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Professor Ganapati. D. Yadav is an exceptional combination of academic brilliance, leadership, and professional service. For the past 40 years, he has made innovative and original contributions, both by theory and experiment, to Catalytic Science and Engineering, Green Chemistry and Technology, Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology and Energy Engineering. He was the first to propound the practice of Green Chemistry and Engineering in India including education, research and has developed pollution-free technologies, which have been internationally patented and some are practised in industry. He has provided breakthroughs in design, synthesis and industrial applications of novel catalytic materials. All work has been carried out in India since 1986. Over the years, he has crafted a distinct theme on science and engineering of pores, (nano) particles and interfaces, with or without functionalization, in search of clean and green processes where he has elegantly used the fundamentals from different disciplines ranging from chemical engineering, chemistry, catalysis, materials, energy and biotechnology. Thus, on one hand he dealt with novel methods of oil recovery from depleted reservoirs to the design and development of new catalysts by manipulating pores and networks, and superimposition of catalytic centres with controlled accessibility or by creation of multiple interfaces to increase yield and selectivity of the desired product in a complex reaction network. His work thus has resulted into exceptional research productivity, bolstered with international recognitions, awards, honours and prestigious fellowships.

Formative Years
His Ph D (Tech) work in Chemical Engineering at the ICT (formerly UDCT) during 1976-80 involved theoretical and experimental analysis of heterogeneous reactions (gas-liquid, gas-liquid-solid, liquid-liquid), which covered chlorination of aqueous phenols and aromatic sulfonic acids; effect of diffusivity on true gas-side mass transfer coefficient; phase transfer catalysis (PTC); gas absorption with instantaneous chemical reaction followed by desorption of the intermediate species. All of these have been published international journal of repute such as Chemical Engineering Science and Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. He was the first chemical engineer in the world to have worked on PTC which has been cited in many books and in fact, his research was commercialised during his doctoral days. Thereafter he went to the UK as Leverhulme Fellow at Loughborough University (1980-81) and worked on binary chromatography, and oil blob mechanics. He proceeded to University of Waterloo, Canada as NSERC Fellow and made significant contributions in flow through porous media, flow visualisation and novel oil recovery techniques and biomass conversion (1982-86).

Research Profile in India
After returning to India as Reader in Chemical Engineering at the UDCT in October 1986, he continued to work in oil recovery methods with support from ONGC, which has been patented and also studied coal structure and gasification, fractals and catalysis. He also started consulting with renowned chemical industries. He received a large number of research grants and maintained a very active research group since 1990. He published a ground-breaking theory with experimental proof on the absorption of chlorine in aqueous alkalis wherein the intermediate hypochlorous acid gas could be desorbed into the gas phase despite stoichiometric excesses of alkali with or without nano-particles; this work is also commercialized in the USA and finds citations in patents (Chem. Eng. Sci, 1983; Can. J. Chem. Eng., 1995).

Pioneering Theory and Experiments
He published the pioneering theoretical and experimental proof of the celebrated phenomenon of inversion in rates and selectivity in Friedel-Crafts reactions, which was debated in literature of leading organic chemists (Tetrahdron Letters, 1993, 1995). This work is seminal. He has introduced new concepts in phase transfer catalysis (PTC) and his research on tri-liquid PTC, the role of omega phase, and cascade engineered PTC is seminal (Langmuir, 2002, Ind Eng Chem Res 1998, Cat Today 2000, J Mol Cat A 2003). He also happens to be the one of most productive researchers in the field of PTC. He has also contributed to the basic work on role of microwave irradiation in catalysis including mathematical modelling (J.Mol.Cat.A,2005). Role of enzymes in conjunction with microwaves has been exploited for separation of chiral pharmaceutical compounds in over 40 papers during 2002-14.

Science and Engineering Accolades
Many of his papers deal with intertwining of chemistry, chemical engineering and material technology. Green Chemistry ( RSC UK) had listed his paper as one of the most influential papers in 2002 and 2004. Now he is appointed as a member of the editorial board of this high impact factor journal (>7.00). He was found to be the topmost scientist in India in the field of catalysis based on SCI database and peer reviewed papers in 2008. He is the only engineer to have figured in top 20 scientists of India as a highly productive and cited scientist with a variety of contributions to research in a survey conducted by CSIR in 2008 and also by DST for their PURSE programme. The hallmark of Professor Yadav’s research is its fundamental analysis with focus on industrial adoption and commercialization. Some of his work has found extensive use in many of India’s chemical manufacturing corporations. He is an active consultant to a number of industries and his research is commercialized.

Novel Functionalized Materials and Multiple Interfaces
His laboratory has reported a series of novel mesoporous solid superacids called UDCaTs, MUICaTs and ICaTs leading to 27 patents. He has devised elegant selectivity engineering principles in multiphase reactions using inert nano particles, new solid superacidic catalysts, multiple liquid phases such as tri-liquid phase transfer catalysis. He also developed novel redox materials, UDCaT-3 (Adv. Synth. Catal., 2008) and silver and platinum based OMS-2 and Fe-TiO2 materials having a number of patents and papers. His group was the first to synthesize a solid superacid called UDCaT-5 having stronger acidity than the hitherto known sulphated zirconia (J. Catalysis, 2004) which was further improved as FLSZ catalyst (J. Catal. 2012). Novel base catalysts have been synthesized and patented and the work has appeared in Catalysis Today (2013), Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chem (2012) and Chemical Engineering Journal (2013). Synergism of heteropoly acids and their modified versions has been propagated by his group in a number of industrially relevant reactions. Synergism of heteropoly acids and their modified versions and clays as nano-catalysts was brought out first time in his leading paper in Chemical Communications (1995), which is oft-cited. A large number of papers have emanated in this area.

Novelty of Phase Transfer Catalysis
His pioneering work in liquid-liquid-liquid phase transfer catalysis has several dimensions; theory, practice and modelling using population balances (Chem Eng J, 2012, Appl. Catal. 2012, Chem. Eng . Res. Des. 2012, AIChE J, 2012). A new reactor was designed to study tri-liquid phase catalysis. A novel concept of pseudo-phase transfer catalysis has been proposed (OPRD, 2012). He has also contributed to the basic work on role of microwave irradiation in catalysis including mathematical modelling.

Waste Minimization and Renewable Resources
The practical applications of Yadav’s research range from pharmaceutical to perfumery chemicals as a green concept with waste minimisation. Indeed, this has now been taken to design and development of a novel micro-channel reactor (Green Chem 2014). The use of octahedral molecular sieves as base materials in developing novel mono- and bimetallic catalysts based has been pursued elegantly ( Chem Eng J, 2012; ChemCatChem 2013). Bioglycerol as a renewable source has been valorised using novel catalysts and covered in a series of patents and also published (Ind Eng Chem Res, 2012, 2013; Clean Tech Environ Policy 2012; RSC Cat Sci and Tech 2013). Novel catalysts based on poly urea have also been developed and used under supercritical conditions (J Supercrit Fluids 2011, Ind Eng Chem Res 2013).

Biocatalysis and Pharmaceuticals
Another attributes of his work in last 5 years is the separation of chiral pharmaceutical compounds using enzymes in non-aqueous media and microwave irradiation which has resulted into 21 papers recently in such journals as Process Biochemistry, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymes, Enzyme and Microbial Technology, Bioresource Technology, Biomedical Research International, Biochemical Engineering Journal, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering, Chemical Engineering Research and Design, Chemical Engineering Science, which are all high impact factor journals.

Energy Engineering
In the field of energy engineering a novel hydrogen production technology has been developed based on experiments since 2008 and it has resulted into 3 patents and a pilot scale experiments are going on with the sponsorship of ONGC. Currently work is also in progress on hydrogen storage and heat storage media with ONGC.

Productivity
He has published over 300 international publications in 51 high impact factor international journals; out of which 226 are in journals with impact factor greater than 3. He has also authored/co-authored 2 books (1 in preparation); and holds 71 international patents. His work on sulfated zirconia, heteropoly acids, clays and ion-exchange resins is exceptionally well-recognized and has been cited in over 6900 papers of international repute (see Google Scholar for update- http://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=tC8UjR0AAAAJ&hl=en), including that by Nobel Laureate Ryoji Noyori. Several of his papers are in high impact journals such as Green Chemistry, Chemical Communications, Journal of Catalysis, Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis (all above impact factor of 6), Langmuir, Bioresource Technology, RSC Catalysis Science and Technology, Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, , Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic, Applied Catalysis, Chemical Engineering Journal, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, Catalysis Today, Catalysis Communications, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials. The h index of his publications now stands at 43 which is truly outstanding for an engineer-scientist. His average citations/paper and citations/year are 22.49 and 629.4, respectively. The i10 index is 160. The cumulative impact factor is 816.638, which is again truly extraordinary for an engineer-scientist. His research is cited in 28 monographs, including the celebrated Perry’s Handbook of Chemical Engineers. He has guided 76 Ph. D. (Chemical Engineering/Technology, Biotechnology & Chemistry) and 80 Masters theses, as a single guide. The average impact factor of his top 100 papers is: 3.7416 and top 200 papers is: 3.044. These productivity statistics are remarkable.

Professor Yadav’s work has great impact on national development in four different areas:
a. Industrial practice
b. Educational advances and new academic initiatives
c. Leadership of educational institute
d. Professional development

a. Industrial Practice
The hallmark of his research is its focus on industrial adoption and commercialization. Professor Yadav has been an active and successful consultant to chemical and allied industries for past 40 years in Mumbai, Pune, Ankleshwar, Hyderabad, Delhi and Vapi and this interaction has led to successful development of technology. In these assignments, the consultations were on retainer-ship basis and few adhoc basis where 1/3 rd share was given to the institute, without using the institute’s facilities. His interaction with the industries have benefited them in terms of process intensification, waste minimization, product and process development.

a.1. Specific contributions to new technology development in industry

1.For PIL-Rubber Chemicals (NOCIL), he developed a pollution abatement technology for carbon disulphide and hydrogen sulphide was elegantly separated to produce a valuable product NaSH at a capacity of 1800 tpa. This is going on since 1989.
2.Ecofriendly processes were developed for recovery of phenyl acetic acid (360 TPA), methyl acetoacetate (200 tpa), and pivalic acid (300 tpa), and manufacture of pivaloyl chloride (150 TPA), for for Kopran Ltd, a pharmaceutical company, which are commercialized.
3.With Bombay Oil Industries Ltd., he was involved in the development of new processes for the manufacture of 2,2,6,6-trimethyl piperidinol and anti-markownikoff hydrobromination of α-olefins.
4.M/s Gwalior Chemical Industries Ltd has commercialized in 2004 a new green technology developed in his laboratory for the production of 10800 TPA of benzyl alcohol from benzyl chloride without the use of alkali with a total recycle of hydrogen chloride, which is also used for the production of alkyl chlorides. These plant capacities are of global size.
5.He has also developed a new technology for production of benzyl acetate from dibenzyl ether, which is on commercial trials.
6.Recently he has developed a novel hydrogen production technology which is funded by ONGC Energy Centre for Rs 8.6 crore and now being tested on pilot scale.
7.During 1970s his Ph. D. work on phase transfer catalysis for the production of benzyl esters was also commercialized in India by Indian Organic Chemicals Ltd.
8.He published a pioneering theory with experimental proof on the absorption of chlorine in aqueous alkalis wherein the intermediate hypochlorous acid gas could be desorbed into the gas phase despite stoichiometric excesses of alkali with or without nano-particles (Chem. Eng. Sci., Can. J. Chem. Eng.) . This has a direct relevance in the manufacture of non-degradable bleaching solutions and powders, and epichlorohydrin. Direct use of this theory and experimental work has been acknowledged and exploited by Dow Chemicals, USA, in April 1998 for setting an epichlorohydrin plant of 200,000 tons/year. This work is also reported as the basis of their two patents.
9.A new hydrogen producing technology by water splitting has been developed from first principles and is currently under pre-pilot studies by ONGC. This work is also supplemented by heat storage media which is also supported by ONGC.
b. Educational advances and new academic initiatives
The area of Green Chemistry was pioneered by Professor Yadav in India.
1.He published some of his pioneering work in the Royal Society’s journal Green Chemistry in 1999 (impact factor of 7.06) which have also been highly cited. He was the first Indian author to have published there. In fact, one of his papers was credited as being most influential paper in that area. Six of his innovative papers are published in this area.
2.He also developed industrial clean and green processes which have been commercialized.
3.He developed the Green Chemistry course at the Michigan State University (MSU), East Lansing, USA as Johansen Crosby Distinguished Visiting Professor of Chemical Engineering during 2001-02 and this has been continued ever since there by Professor Dennis Miller of Chemical Engineering and J.E. Jackson of Chemistry at MSU.
4.He started the Catalytic Green Science and Technology elective for undergraduate Chemical Engineering students at the Institute of Chemical Technology from 2002 onwards. It is offered ever year. He also wrote the proposal for UGC’s University with Potential for Excellence for the University of Mumbai and also defended it 2006, wherein the Centre for Green Technology was the theme. This programme was accepted by the UGC and the Centre was established with Rs 9.0 crore with a total grant of Rs 30.00 crores. He became the Chief Coordinator of the Centre in 2007-08. After the ICT became a separate deemed university, the Centre is jointly owned by these two universities and Professor Yadav continues to coordinate its activities. In fact, he also wrote the University of Mumbai’s proposal for establishment of the Centre for Nanosciences and Nanotechnology and became its Chief Coordinator in 2008.
5.He also wrote a thought provoking editorial in the Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy (Springer Germany) in 2007 and mentioned about the adoption of the Green practices; the DST also thereafter started a Task Force on Green Chemistry of which he has been a member.
6.The Principal Scientific Adviser’s office has established a Green Chemistry Task Force under his Chairmanship to assist industries such as dyestuff, pharmaceuticals, pulp and paper, distillery, and inorganic chemicals to adopt green chemistry practices.
7.Under his guidance a new multi-disciplinary degree programme M Tech (Green Technology) programme has been started in the ICT from 2010-11 and the intake is cross disciplinary. This is the first degree programme of its kind in India.
8.He is recognized as the leading scientist in the field of Green Chemistry and Technology in India having won important awards. He has lectured in this area all over the world including Gordon conferences.
9.He has been asked to write a monograph by the CRC Press for the benefit of students and practitioners.
10.He is actively involved as a member of the policy making Committees of the CII (Chemicals Committee and FICCI Chemical Industry and Skill Development Committees)
11.The work is highly cited in research papers including books/monographs, etc.

c. Leadership of the ICT and its Current Standing
His inspiring leadership has taken the Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT) to great heights. The Government of Maharashtra has granted Elite Institute and Centre of Excellence status on par with IITs/IISc/IISERs. ICT’s spectacular growth on par with some of the best is appreciated internationally. The ICT has reinforced its reputation as one of the premier engineering and technological institute in the nation. According to an in-depth study conducted by the Georgia Institute of Technology, USA ,the ICT was the top-ranked institute in India and fourth-best in the world in chemical engineering and technology education and research. Additionally, the ICT has also being ranked as the best institute for biotechnology research and education by Biospectrum Magazine, Bangalore three times in last four years. The ICT’s per capita research productivity and its ratio of research output to expenditure is the highest in the world and this stellar performance is the direct result of Professor Yadav’s unique management style. He has also been instrumental in moulding the ICT’s current model of industry-academia-government collaborations – a model is considered by experts to be the benchmark that other Indian institutions must aspire to. Under his leadership, several prestigious universities from the USA, UK, Australia, Canada, France and New Zealand, as well as leading industries from across the globe have signed MOUs with the ICT to promote research and development of technologies. He has metamorphosed the ICT through the active support of industries and government agencies by modernizing its ¬research infrastructure and establishing Centres of Excellence in cutting-edge areas. Among these, the centrally-funded DBT-ICT Centre for Energy Biosciences ( 45 crore) has commercialized several new technologies and is also leading the Indo-US consortium of academia and industries for developing next-generation biofuels, whereas the DAE-ICT Centre for Chemical Engineering Education and Research ( 75 crore) is presently overseeing as many as 32 projects of national importance in the nuclear energy sector. Incidentally, the ICT is the DAE’s largest research partner and some of the technologies arising from this collaboration have already been utilized by BARC. The UGC’s only National Networking Resource Centre in Chemical Engineering was also established with a funding of 10 crore. His leadership also witnessed the ICT being declared as top-ranked institute among 127 World Bank-funded TEQIPs as well as being bestowed with the CHEMTECH Foundation’s Best R&D Institute accolade for 2011 including Lokmat Groups Best R and D institutes award in 2014. Furthermore, he has also attracted many unique endowments in the ICT for self-supporting faculty positions, staff welfare, undergraduate and doctoral scholarships, and expanding library collections through munificent donations from industry and philanthropists. The ICT has 340 merit-cum-means scholarships ranging from Rs 10,000 to Rs, 100,000 per student. Prior to leading the ICT, he also served as the Chief Coordinator of the Centre for Nanosciences and Nanotechnology and Centre for Green Technology of University of Mumbai.

• Endowments Created in ICT as Vice Chancellor since 2009

1. Tata Chemicals-Darbari Seth Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering (May 2013) Endowment- 3.50 Crore
2. Dorabji Tata Reader in Pharmaceutical Chemistry (March 2013)- 2.00 Crore
3. Pidilite Professor M.M. Sharma Distinguished Doctoral Fellowship Endowment (March 2011)- 3.00 crore
4. K.V. Mariwala-J.B. Joshi Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering Endowment- 3.00 crore
5. Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilisers Professor of Chemical Engineering Endowment (March 2012)- 4.00 crore (Rs 20 crores donations from industries and alumni have been received for various purposes since June 2009)

Many leading western universities & industries, Indian Institutes and industries, 6 CSIR labs, HBNI and IITs have collaborations with ICT. The creation and sustenance of centres of excellence in different areas supported UGC, DST-FIST, DBT and DAE has lead ICT as the best model for industry-institute interaction. ICT’s record in patents and publications/capita/dollar is the best in India. It has obtained/filed 310 patents in last 10 years among which 189 are during last 5 years.

d. Leadership of Profession

Substantial innovative contributions to research and development measured by international yardsticks have led to his being one of the finest leaders of academia and professional societies. He has been actively involved in different professional bodies as the leader which include Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE), Catalysis Society of India (CSI) and Maharashtra Academy of Sciences (MASc). His contributions to the development of the profession of Chemical Engineering in India and abroad, and in forwarding the cause of the Chemical and Allied Industries are truly outstanding in post-independent India. He is therefore held in high esteem by the industry and the industrial associations. As President of the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE) in 2001, he reinvigorated the profession and instituted a world-record 51 national awards by attracting endowments from industries and CSIR laboratories in order to promote chemical sciences and engineering and to highlight the critical and central role that the chemical allied industries play in Indian economy. These awards are named after some of the best chemical scientists and engineers and have no equal in of the world. His vision and tireless energy have placed the Indian Chemical Engineering profession on par with the rest of the world. He is associated with Indian Chemical Council (ICC), FICCI and CII in various capacities.

d.1. Distinguished Service to Chemical Engineering Profession & Chemical & Allied Industries

As the President of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers in 2001, following 51 national awards were installed in a single year in 3 different categories. It is a world record for any professional body to have so many awards/prizes/endowments created in a single year for promotion of the profession. The awards have been named after some of the leading Indian scientists who have made great contributions to chemical sciences and engineering and the awardees have been many distinguished and leading scientists, engineers and professionals from all over the world. The endowments are Rs 1.25 crores (12.5 million).

Category A: National Awards Established in 2001: Innovation & Life Long Service (Award in Rs./year)

1.Dr. Burjor P. Godrej Life Time Achievement Award for Serving the Profession of Chemical Engineering, Technology and Industry ( Rs. 1.00 lakh plus Rs 50,000/- for incidental expenses including travel) (year to year basis)- 1.50 lakh
2.Dr. K. Anji Reddy Innovator of the Year Award Endowment of Rs 50.000/- 7.50 lakh
3.Kvaerner Powergas Professor N.R. Kamath Memorial Lecture (Rs. 10, 000/-)- 4.05 lakh
4.The Chemical Weekly’s Best Paper published in Indian Chemical Engineers- 5,000
5.Lupin Industries Best Chemical Engineering Teacher Endowment (Award of Rs 5,000 per year)- 50,000
6.Professor Paritosh Sen Gupta Award for the Best IIChE Employee of the Year.(Rs. 3,000/-)- 40,000
7.Dhirubhai Ambani Orator of the Year during Dhirubhai Ambani Commemoration Day Celebrations on Dec. 28 every year; Oration award of Rs. 1.25 lakhs Sponsored by Reliance Industries Ltd (2004)- 25.00 lakh

Category B: National Awards Estd. in 2001: Chemcon Distinguished Speaker Award Endowments (Award in Rs./year)
8.RPG Life Science Padma Vibhushan Prof. M.M. Sharma Medal and Chemcon Distinguished Speaker Award for Bhatnagar Prize Winners and INSA Fellows/Fellows of Foreign Academies (Award of Rs. 10,000/- and gold medal)- 5.25 lakh
9.Hercules (now Ashland) Padma Vibhushan Prof. C.N.R. Rao Medal and Chemcon Distinguished Speaker Award (Award of Rs. 50,000/- and gold medal)- 7.50 lakh
10.Asian Paints Padma Bhushan Dr. R.A. Mashelkar Medal .and Distinguished Speakership Award Endowment for Innovators and -Science Leaders (Award of Rs. 10,000/- and gold medal)- 5.0 lakh
11.NCL’s Professor K. Venkataraman Chemcon Distinguished Speaker Award (Biennial) (Award of Rs. 10,000/- and medal)- 2.00 lakh
12.Hetero Drugs Prof. G.S. Ladha Chemcon Distinguished Speaker Award (Award of Rs. 10,000/- and gold medal)- 3.00 lakh
13.Chemical Weekly’s Padmashri Dr. G. P. Kane Chemcon Distinguished Speaker Award- 10,000
14.Deepak Group’s Padma Bhushan Prof. L.K. Doraiswamy Chemcon Distinguished Speaker Award (Award of Rs. 10,000/- and medal)- 3.00 lakh
15.Perkin Elmer’s Padmabhushan Prof. R.Kumar Chemcon Distinguished Speaker Award Endowment (Award of Rs. 10,000/- and medal)- 2.50 lakh
16.IICT-Avon’s Padmashri Dr. G.S. Sidhu Chemcon Distinguished Speaker Award (Award of Rs. 10,000/- and medal)- 2.50 lakh
17.Alkyl Amines Padma Bhushan Prof. B.D. Tilak Chemcon Distinguished Speaker Award (Award of Rs. 10,000/- and medal)- 2.00 lakh
18.Themis Medicare Chemcon Distinguished Speaker Award.(Rs. 2.00 lakhs)- 2.00 lakh
19.Sartorius India’s Chemcon Distinguished Speaker Award (Rs. 2.00 lakhs) (Award of Rs. 10,000/- and medal)- 3.50 lakh
20.United Phosphorus Ltd.’s Chemcon Distinguished Speaker Award (Award of Rs. 10,000/- and medal)- 3.50 lakhs
21.Hikal’s Chemcon Distinguished Speaker Award (Award of Rs. 10,000/- and medal)- 3.50 lakhs
22.CSMCRI Chemcon Distinguished Speaker Award (Award of Rs. 10,000/- and medal) - 3.50 lakhs
23.CLRI-Padma Vibhushan Dr Y. Nayudamma Chemcon Distinguished Award (Award of Rs. 10,000/- and medal)- 3.50 lakhs
24.National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI)Chemcon Distinguished Award (Award of Rs. 10,000/- and medal) (2005)- 5.00 lakhs

Category C : National Awards Established in 2001 Awards for Students

25.Dr. A.V. Rama Rao Foundation’s Best Ph.D Thesis and Research in Chemical Engineering/Technology (Rs. 25000/- plus travel expenses)(Student Rs. 15,000 + Supervisor/Guide Rs 10,000)- 35,000
26.Artemis Biotech Best Masters Thesis in Chemical Engineering/Technology (Award of Rs. 15000/-: Student Rs. 10,000 + Supervisor/Guide Rs 5,000)- 2.00 lakhs
27.Dr B.V. Raju Foundation Hyderabad’s donation of Rs 2.00 lakhs for Dr B.V. Raju Endowment for instituting Awards for a Masters Student and Scholarships for Needy U.G. Students (Awards for Rs 5000/- for a student who has secured the highest GATE score and is doing Master’s degree in any institute under the Hyderabad Regional Centre plus several scholarships for needy UG students (Total Rs 15000/- each year)- 2.00 lakhs
28.The Ambuja Cement Best Student Chapter Award (Rs. 25,000, year to year basis)- 25,000
29.Pidilite Best Student Chapter Award Endowment (Rs. 15000)- 2.50 lakhs
30.Ambuja Cements Best Home Paper Awards (three Rs 10,000, Rs 8000 and Rs 7000/- each totaling total Rs. 25000/- )- 25,000
31.Ambuja Cement’s Young Researchers Award for Doing Post Graduate Studies in India.(Ten awards each of Rs. 10,000/- totalling Rs. 1.00 lakhs year to year basis)- 1.00 lakh
32.The Chemical Weekly Prize for Best Research Paper Accepted/Published in a High Impact Factor International Journal by an Undergraduate Chemical Engineering Student. (Two prizes ; Rs. 6000/- and Rs 4000/-)- 10,000
33.Mr Manhar H. Shukla Prizes for the Best Technical Papers Presented During The Technical Sessions, Chemcon (Two Prizes; Rs 3000 And Rs 2000/- Each; yearly)- 5,000
34.Professor G.D. Yadav and Dr (Mrs) Vasanti G. Yadav Award for the Most Versatile Under –Graduate Chemical Engineering/Technology Students in India (Rs. 2000/- each, one male and one female student)- 50,000
35.IIChE Students Sports Festival Endowment by The Mariwala Trust- 2.00 lakhs
36.Excel Industries Ltd Award for First Ranker Chemical Engineering Graduate in IAS Examination- 1.25 lakhs

Professor G.D. Yadav has received numerous honours and distinctions for his path-breaking contributions to green chemistry and engineering, catalysis science and engineering, chemical reaction engineering, nanotechnology and energy engineering. He is a Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy (INSA) and the National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI), among others. He has been honoured by the Government of India’s Department of Science and Technology with its prestigious Jagdish Chandra Bose National Fellowship and is the only active university faculty member in the state of Maharashtra to be elected as Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) in Trieste, Italy. He was bestowed with the D. M. Trivedi Lifetime Achievement Award of Indian Chemical Council as well as the Dr. B. P. Godrej Lifetime Achievement Award of the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE). The Indian Speciality Chemical Manufacturers Association (ISCMA) and PSN College of Engineering TN has bestowed the Best Researcher awards for 2012. The Sardar Patel Foundation has bestowed the prestigious Sardar Patel International Award-2014 for his Lifetime Achievement for Excellence in Academic Leadership. Three Rotary Clubs in Mumbai have bestowed on him excellence in vocation awards. Other notable international recognitions bestowed upon him include the Fellowships of The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), UK and The Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE), UK; the Canadian Catalysis Foundation’s Cross-Canada Lectureship Award; the University of Amsterdam’s John van Geuns Lectureship; the Park Reilly Distinguished Speakership of the University of Waterloo; the Johansen Crosby Visiting Professorship in Chemical Engineering at Michigan State University; the Distinguished Asian Visiting Scholar at Purdue University; Visiting Professorship at the Lunghwa University of Science and Technology, Taiwan; and Adjunct Professorship at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and University of Saskatchewan, Canada. He is also elected as the Chair, APCAT-7, 7th Asia Pacific Congress on Catalysis Societies which will be held for the first time in India. Member, International Advisory Board (IAB), The State Key Laboratory for Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, China. The American Chemical Society (ACS) has organized a special issue of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research in 2014 in his honour to highlight his immense and exceptional research contributions. The ACS has also elected him to the editorial board of its new journal, ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering. He is now the Founder President Elect of ACS India International Chapter. He has served/been serving on editorial boards of international journals of considerable repute such as Applied Catalysis A:Gen, Journal of Molecular Catalysis A:Chem, Catalysis Communications, RSC Green Chemistry, ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering, Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, Current Catalysis, Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering, Advanced Porous Materials. In India, Prof, Yadav has been awarded with prestigious honours such as: IIT-Roorkee’s Khosla National Award; RPG Life Sciences’ Padma Vibhushan Prof. MM Sharma Medal and Chemcon Distinguished Speaker Award of IIChE; Institution of Engineer’s Eminent Engineer Award; Ashland Padma Vibhushan Prof. CNR Rao Medal & Chemcon Distinguished Speaker Award; Best Teacher Award of the Government of Maharashtra; Dr. Anji Reddy Innovator of the Year Award; Anna University’s National Award for the Most Outstanding Academician; and VASVIK Foundation Award for Excellence in Research in Chemical Sciences and Technology. The year and category wise details are as follows:

INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITIONS

International Fellowships and Honours

2015 Elected Chair, APCAT-7, 7th Asia Pacific Congress on Catalysis Societies, November, 2015
2014-19 Member, International Advisory Board (IAB), The State Key Laboratory for Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, China (http://sklc.dicp.ac.cn/homepagee.htm)
2014 Chair Elect (Founder) , American Chemical Society (ACS) India International Chapter
2014 Honoured with a Festschrift (special issue) by Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, ACS (November 2014) for life time achievement
2013 Member, Governing Council, Asia Pacific Association of Catalysis Societies (14 countries)(http://www.apacs.dicp.ac.cn/apacs-committee.htm)
2013 Fellow, The Royal Society of Chemistry, UK
2010 Fellow, TWAS-Academy of Sciences of the Developing World, Trieste, Italy
2007 Fellow, Institution of Chemical Engineers, UK and Chartered Engineer

International Distinguished Faculty Positions and Chairs

2014 Distinguished Global Leader Seminar Speaker, Imperial College London (Leaders who have shaped the future of Chemical Engineering Profession, March 11, 2014)
2013 Adjunct Professor, University of Saskatchewan, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Canada (June 2013- onwards)
2012 Cross Canada Lecture Tour Award (2012-13), Canadian Catalysis Society & Canadian Catalysis Foundation
2012 John van Geuns Lecturer, Van’t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2011 Park Reilly Lecturer, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
2011 Adjunct Professor, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia, May 2011-on
2011 Member, International Advisory Committee, International Congress Sustainability Science and Engineering: Where Science and Engineering Meet the Needs of Society, (ICOSSE 2011), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Science Foundation (NSF), NIST and American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), Tucson, Arizona, January 9-14, 2011.
2009 Member, International Advisory Committee, International Congress Sustainability Science and Engineering: Where Science and Engineering Meet the Needs of Society, (ICOSSE 2009)
2009 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Science Foundation (NSF), NIST and American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). August 9-13, 2009
2008 Chair (India), 2nd Indo-US Joint Symposium on Energy, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers & American Institute of Chemical Engineers at CHEMCON-2008, December 27-30, 2008, Panjab University, Chandigarh, with Chairs (USA) Prof. A. Varma (Purdue U) and B. Subramaniam (Kansas U)
2007 Distinguished Visiting Professor, Lunghwa University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
2007 Distinguished Asian Visiting Scholar, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana-47907, USA
2007 Chair (India), 1st Indo-US Joint Symposium on Chemical Engineering, I. I. Ch. E. and the A. I. Ch. E.; CHEMCON-2004, December 27-30, 2004, Mumbai, with Chair (USA) Prof D. Ramkrishna (Purdue U).
2004 Chairman, Green Phase Transfer Catalysis, American Chemical Society Spring Meeting, 2004.
2002 International panelist in “A New Degree Program: Educational Needs in Support of A Bio-based Economy”, a symposium on biotechnology for fuels and chemicals, Gatlinburg, USA (April 2002).
2002 Expert, SBIR program of the National Science Foundation, USA
2002 Expert, Project Proposal Evaluation, Israel Science Foundation, Israel
2002 Listed in Marquis WhosWho in S and T, New York, 2002 onwards.
2002 Invited as an expert speaker at the Gordon Research Conference on Green Chemistry, Oxford, UK (September 2002).
2001 Johansen Crosby Visiting Chair Professor of Chemical Engineering, Michigan State University, USA (2001 – 2002).
2001 Director, Asia Pacific Confederation of Chemical Engineers (A. P. C. Ch. E.), Australia (on)
1980 Leverhulme Overseas Visiting Fellowship, Leverhulme Trust, Loughborough University, UK (1980-81)

Membership of Editorial Boards of Prestigious International Journals

2014 Associate Editor, European Journal of Biotechnology and Bioscience
2014 Member, Editorial Board, Green Chemistry (RSC, UK)
2013 Associate Editor, Current Catalysis, Bentham Science Publishers
2013 Guest Editor along with A.K. Dalai (U of Saskatchewan) and Nicolas Abtzoglou (U of Sherbrooke) Catalysis Today on Catalytic Processes for Clean Energy, Waste Minimization and Green Chemicals (Elsevier), Vol. 207 (May 30, 2013)
2013 Member, Editorial Board, ACS Journal of Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, USA
2012 Member, Editorial Board, Advanced Porous Materials (http://www.aspbs.com/apm.htm)
2012 Member, Editorial Board, The Scientific World Journal, Bentham Science Publishers
2011 Member, Editorial Board, Current Catalysis, Bentham Science Publishers
2009 Co-editor with Prof Donald Paul and Dr T.K. Jayaraman, Special issue of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, American Chemical Society, USA) – Festschrift in honour of Dr B.D. Kulkarni, Distinguished Scientist, NCL, Pune on his 60th Birthday (Sept. 2009).
2007 Co-editor with Prof Donald Paul, Special issue of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, American Chemical Society, USA (May 2007) – Festschrift in honour of Professor M.M. Sharma on his 70th Birthday.
2007-12 Member, Editorial Board, Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, Springer, USA
2007-11 Member, Board of Editors, Applied Catalysis A : General (Elsevier)
2006 Member, Editorial Board, Catalysis Communications, Elsevier, the Netherlands (2006 - present).
2005-08 Columnist, Literature Highlights, Organic Process Research and Development, American Chemical Society, USA and Royal Society for Chemistry, UK (2005 – 2008).
2005-11 Member, Editorial Board, Applied Catalysis A: General, Elsevier, The Netherlands
2005-11 Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, Elsevier, The Netherlands
2002 Member, Editorial Board, International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering, Berkeley Press, USA

National Journals and Magazines

2008 Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering, CSIR-NEERI
2006 Member, Editorial Board, Indian Chemical Engineer, I.I.Ch.E.
2004-on Member, Board of Editors, Bulletin of Catalysis Society of India
1997-99 Member, Editorial Board, Indian Chemical Engineer, IIChE
1996-98 Consulting Editor, Chemical Purchase.
1994-05 Hon. Consulting editor and Columnist, “E-Column”, Chemical Business, Colour Publications, Mumbai

International : Most Accessed and Cited Articles

2014 Most downloaded article: G.D. Yadav and A.A. Kadam, Selective engineering using Mg-Al calcined hydrotalcite and microwave irradiation in mono-transesterification of diethyl malonate with cyclohexanol, Chem. Eng. J. 230 (2013) 547-557
2014 Citation Classic over 641 citations (Google Scholar, Web of Science; books; monographs; patents, company brochures):G. D. Yadav and J. J. Nair, Sulfated zirconia and its modified versions as promising catalysts for industrial processes, Micro. Meso. Mater. 33 (1999) 1-48.
2008 Author of the most read article in the history of Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy (published by Springer)
2008 G. D. Yadav and A. V. Joshi, “A green route for the acylation of resorcinol with acetic acid”, Clean. Tech. Environ. Pol., 4 (3) (2002) 157-164.
2006 Listed by Green Chemistry (published by the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK) in its ten most influential and ten most accessed articles of 2004 and 2006. G. D. Yadav and P. K. Goel, “Selective synthesis of perfumery grade cyclohexyl esters from cyclohexene and carboxylic acids over ion exchange resins: An example of 100% atom economy“, Green Chem., 2 (2) (2000) 71 –78.
2005 Article in Journal of Molecular Catalysis B was ranked as the 8th most accessed article on the journal’s website in 2005.
2005 G. D. Yadav and P. S. Lathi, “Lipase catalysed transesterifcation of methyl acetoacetate with n-butanol”, J. Mol. Cat. B: Enz., 32 (3) (2005) 107-11.
2005 Article in the Catalysis Surveys from Japan and Catalysis Survey from Asia (Springer) ranked among the top five articles published by the journal in 2005.
2005 G. D. Yadav, “Synergism of clay and heteropoly acids as nanocatalysts for development of green processes with potential industrial applications”, Cat. Sur. Jpn. Cat. Sur. Asia, 9 (2005), 117-137.

International Visits as Member of National Committees & Govt. Delegations

2014 L'Oreal Science Inside Out Symposium, L'Oreal Research and Innovation , Paris,5-6 June, 2014
2012 US-India Workshop on Energy, Environment and Sustainability, AIChE Fall Meeting, Pittsburgh, October 28-Nov 3, 2012
2012 Organizer, Indo-German Workshop on Cutting Edge Science, ICT, Mumbai, October, 2012
2011 Chair (with Co-Chair Prof T. Pradeep, IIT-Madras and Prof Haiwon Lee, Hanyang University ), Second India-Korea Joint Workshop on Chemistry , Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology Conclave, IIT-Madras, Taj Fisherman’s Cove, TN, Nov. 3-4, 2011.
2011 Team Leader and Chair, Indian Delegation of DST (with Prof. M. Beller and Prof B. Luecke ), Indo-German Joint Conference on Catalysis, Rostock, June 19-24, 2011.
2011 Team Leader, Indian Delegation of DST, Korea-India Joint Workshop on Energy and Environment, Seoul, South Korea, May 2-5, 2011
2010 Expert, India Initiative Program, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, October 28-29, 2010.
2010 Member, MHRD-UGC Delegation of 15 Indian Vice Chancellors for Leadership Development and Collaboration in Higher Education with UK, UKIERI, September 5-10, 2010.
2009 Member, Indian Delegation for framing MOU for Collaboration with Austria, December, 15-18, 2009.
2009 Delegate, Indian Catalysis Group Visiting Hungary under the aegis of Indo-French Centre for Scientific Research, Workshop on Catalysis, France, November 23-25, 2009.
2009 Delegate, Indian Catalysis Group Visiting France under the aegis of Indo-French Centre for Scientific Research, Workshop on Nano-Catalysis, France, May 18-25, 2009.
2003 Delegate, Indian Catalysis Group Visiting Hungary under the aegis of DST, Indo-Hungarian Workshop on Nano-Catalysis, Budapest, Hungary, May 18-25, 2003.

NATIONAL RECOGNITIONS

National Fellowships & Presidentship of Academies and Professional Bodies

2010 Jagdish Chandra Bose National Fellow (DST-Govt. of India) (2010 on)
2010 President, Maharashtra Academy of Sciences (2007-10; 2010-13).
2006 Fellow, Indian National Science Academy (INSA)
2005 Vice President, Maharashtra Academy of Sciences (2005-07).
2003 Fellow, National Academy of Sciences India (NASI)
2001 Fellow, Maharashtra Academy of Sciences
2001 President, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers - Created a record 51 awards and endowments with industrial support (Rs. 1.25 Crores) – Most awards named after famous chemical engineers and chemists.
1999 Fellow, Indian Chemical Society and Chartered Chemist (1999).
1996 Fellow, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (1996).

National Awards

2014 Sardar Patel International Award for Excellence in Academic Leadership, Sardar Patel Foundation
2013 ID. M. Trivedi Lifetime Achievement Award for Contribution to Indian Chemical Industry
(Education & Research) for the year 2012- Indian Chemical Council
2013 Dr B.P. Godrej Life Time Achievement Award by Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers
2013 Chairman, Experts Committee on Higher Technical Education, Govt of Maharashtra
2012 Goyal Prize for Applied Sciences, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra (Goyal Foundation’s prestigious national awards of Rs 1.00 lakh)
2011 IGCW Award for contributions to Green Chemistry in India
2011 Dr C.V. Raman Award for Excellence in Teaching and Research in Engineering and Technology, IES Bhopal, Dec. 13, 2011
2011 IPCL Award for Best M Tech Thesis (Student : Saurabh Patankar, Guide:Prof G.D. Yadav), Indian Society for Technical Education, Dec. 2011
2011 Recognized by UGC by Special Award of Rs 7.00 lakhs (Empowered Committee of MHRD) as a University Faculty who has produced more than 15 Ph Ds with at least 5 of those in the last 5 years.
2011 Professor M.A. Govinda Rau Memorial Lecture, Anna University, IIChE, Chennai, February 26, 2011
2011 CHEMTECH Foundations Best R and D Institute Award for 2011 (as a Leader)
2010 Padma Vibhushan Professor M.M. Sharma Medal and Chemcon Distinguished Speaker Award, CHEMCON-2010 (for S.S. Bhatnagar Prize Winners/INSA Fellows/Fellows of Foreign Academies), Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (I.I.Ch.E.), Annamalai University, Chidambaram, Dec. 27-29, 2010.
2009 Padma Vibhushan Professor C.N. R. Rao Medal and Chemcon Distinguished Speaker Award (Given for Science Leadership including Research), CHEMCON-2009, I.I.Ch.E., Andhra University, Visakhapatanam, Dec. 27-30, 2009.
2009 Eminent Engineer Award, Institution of Engineers (India), 2009.
2008 Dr H.L. Roy Memorial Lecturer – Founder’s Lecture, CHEMCON-2008, I.I.Ch.E., Chandigarh, Dec. 27-30, 2008.
2007 Maharashtra State Government Republic Day Best Teacher Award
2007 CHEMTECH Foundation’s Award for Outstanding Research and Development
2007 Outstanding Citizen (Education) Award, Lions Club of Mumbai
2006 Distinguished Alumnus Award, University of Mumbai Institute of Chemical Technology, 4th August 2006).
2006 Dr. K. Anji Reddy Innovator of the Year Award, I.I.Ch.E.
2006 Dr. K. G. Naik Gold Medal, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda for 2002 ( 2006).
2006 Prof. S. K. Bhattacharya Eminent Scientist Award of the Catalysis Society of India .
2005 Anna University National Award for the Most Outstanding Academic- Indian Society for Technical Education
2005 D.O.S.T. Prof. S. K. Sharma Medal and Chemcon Distinguished Medal and Award, I.I.Ch.E., CHEMCON-2005, IIT-Delhi, December 14-18, 2005.
2003 Professor M.A. Govinda Rau Memorial Lecture, Anna University, Chennai, October 10, 2003
1999 Herdillia Award for Excellence in Basic Research in Chemical Engineering of the I. I.Ch.E.
1997 Indian Institute of Environment and Ecology Award for development of eco-friendly technologies
1997 Foundation Day Lecture, Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (SMCRI), Bhavnagar (10th April 1997)
1995 Herdillia Chemicals-UDCT Diamond Jubilee Distinguished Fellow, 1995-96.
1995 VASVIK Foundation Award for Excellence in Research in Chemical Sciences and Technology
1995 Best Engineering College Teacher award from the Indian Society for Technical Education
1994 Hindustan Lever Biennial Award for the Most Outstanding Chemical Engineer of the Year by the IIChE

Membership of Prestigious National Committees

2014 Member, Steering Committee, Universities with Potential for Excellence, UGC
2014 Member, Chemical Industry Committee, CII
2014 Member, Maharashtra Innovation Council
2014 Member, Advisory Committee, India Chem 2014- 8th International Conference on Chemicals, Petrochemicals, Technologies, Process Plant & Machinery & Automation Systems, Mumbai, 9-11 Oct. 2014
2013 Chairman, CSIR-CSMCRI Research Council
2013 Chairman, DST National Centre for Catalysis Research (NCCR), IIT-Madras
2013 Member, Research Council, CSIR-IICT Hyderabad
2013 Member, Research Council, CSIR-NIIST, Trivandrum
2012 Visitor’s (President of India) Nominee, Faculty Selection Committee, IIT-Delhi –on
2012 Chancellor’s nominee, Senate of Pune University
2012 Chancellor’s nominee for Selection of Faculty, University of Mumbai
2012 Member, Selection Committee for Post of Director, CSIR-IICT Hyderabad
2011 Member, Working Group on Chemicals for 12th Plan, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertlilisers
2011 Member, Working Group on PAN India S&T Missions, The Planning Commission, Govt. of India
2011 Member, Expert Committee on Tirupur Industrial Pollution in Tamil Nadu, Ministry of Textiles
2011 Member, Governing Council, Bombay Textile Research Association (BTRA), Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India, 2011-14.
2011 Member, Peer Committee, Rajiv Gandhi Science and Technology Commission, Govt. of Maharashtra, March 2011-14
2010 Member, Peer Review Committee for Technical Report Evaluation and Recommendations on Bhopal Disaster, for Group of Ministers, Govt. of India, 2010.
2010 Member, Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) on Hydrocarbons, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, 2010-13.
2010 Member, Expert Committee of Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Research Programme, Department of Science & Technology, 2010-13.
2010 Member, Research Council, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad (a CSIR Laboratory) (2010-13).
2010 Member, Research Council, Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Bhavnagar (a CSIR Laboratory) (2010-13).
2010 Member, REACH Committee, CHEMEXCIL, Ministry of Commerce, Govt of India , 2010.
2010 Member, REACH Committee, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertlisers, Govt of India, 2010.
2009 Member, Expert Committee, Clean Coal Technologies, Office of the Principal Scientific Officer to the Cabinet, Government of India (2009-10).
2009 Chairman, International Project Advisory Committee – Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India, 2009-12.
2009 Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, Nanotechnology, Biotechnology and Information Technology, Govt of Karnataka, 2009 onwards
2009 Council Member, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, 2009-13.
2008 Member, Governing Council, Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Petroleum Technology, Govt of India, Raibareli (2008-2011).

Best Thesis Supervision National Awards

2013 IPCL Award for Best M. Tech Thesis in Chemical Engineering by Indian Society for Technical Education to Miss Anita Sharma (Student) and G.D. Yadav (Guide), 2013
2012 IPCL Award for Best M. Tech Thesis in Chemical Engineering by Indian Society for Technical Education to Miss Shraddha Potdukhe (Student) and G.D. Yadav (Guide), 2012
2011 IPCL Award for Best M. Tech Thesis in Chemical Engineering by Indian Society for Technical Education to Mr Saurabh Patankar (Student) and G.D. Yadav (Guide), 2011
2009 IPCL Award for Best M. Tech Thesis in Chemical Engineering by Indian Society for Technical Education to Mr Sanjay Dodiya (Student) and G.D. Yadav (Guide), 2009
2008 Indian Petrochemical Ltd Award for Best Master’s Thesis (Candidate: Mr Yuwraj S. Lawate) and Research Guide (Prof. G.D. Yadav) by Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), New Delhi, Dec. 2008.
2003 Artemis Biotech Award for the Best Masters Thesis in Chemical Engineering/Technology along with student, Mr. Sameer P. Nalawade (2003)
2003 Dr. A. V. Rama Rao Foundation’s Best Ph. D. Thesis and Guide Award in Chemical Engineering/Technology along with student, Dr. P. K. Goel (2003)
2002 Indian Petrochemicals Ltd Best M. Tech. thesis of Sachin P. Patil and Research Guide Award, Indian Society for Technical Education (2002)

Best Paper Awards in Conferences

2012 Hindustan Platinum Award for the Best Poster Presentation: M.G. Kulkarni and G.D. Yadav, at CATSYMP 2013, Catalysis Society of India, February 10-12, 2013, IICT, Hyderabad.
2011 M.H. Shukla Award for Best Paper Somnath D. Shinde and G.D. Yadav, CHEMCON-2010
2010 Ambuja Cements Award of IIChE for Best Home Paper to Anuj Varma guided by Prof G.D. Yadav
2009 Ambuja Cements Award of IIChE for Best Home Paper to Harshvardhan Choudhari guided by Prof G.D. Yadav
2008 N.R. Kuloor Award (2008) for Best Paper Published in Indian Chemical Engineer, I.I.Ch.E.: G. D. Yadav and S.R. Jadhav, Synthesis of novel supports for enzymes: transesterification of p-chlorobenzyl alcohol with vinyl acetate in non-aqueous media and kinetic modelling, Ind. Chem. Engr. 49(4) (2007) 283-295.
2008 M.H. Shukla Award for Best Paper , Rajesh V. Sharma and G.D. Yadav , Liquid phase dehydration of D-xylose into furfural by using rare earth metal supported on hexagonal mesoporous silica as catalyst; CHEMCON-2008, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (I.I.Ch.E.), Chandigarh, Dec. 27-30, 2008
2005 Hindustan Platinum Best Paper Presentation Award, Catalysis Society of India National Symposium, Bhavnagar, Jan. 18-20, 2005 ( S.S. Salgaonkar and G.D. Yadav, “Alkylation of Naphthalene with Isopropanol Over a Novel Catalyst UDCaT-4: Insight into Selectivity to 2,6-Diisopropylnaphthalene and its Kinetics”)
2003 Hindustan Platinum Award for Best Poster Presentation in the First Indo-German Conference on Catalysis, held at I.I.C.T. Hyderabad, Feb. 6-8, 2003 (G.D. Yadav and P.M. Bisht “Selectivity engineering in Multi-phase transfer catalysis in the preparation of aromatic ethers)
2000 Best Paper Presentation Award for the paper titled “Friedel-Crafts Benzoylation of Anisole using Modified Heteropolyacid Supported on K-10 Clay” by G.D.Yadav and N.S. Asthana at Chemcon-2000, by IIChE, at Science City, Calcutta, December 18-21.
2000 Best paper presentation Indian Chemical Society, Annual Convention of Chemists, Hardwar, November 15-18, 2000 (Co-author P.K. Goel awarded, Young Scientist Award for Industrial and Applied Chemistry Section)
2000 Third prize for the best poster presentation titled "Liquid-Liquid Phase Transfer Catalysis in the Synthesis of Methyl Phenylglyoxylate" by G.D.Yadav and M.S.M. Mujeebur Rahuman at National Workshop on Catalysis on Forays into Non-Traditional Areas, Catalysis Society of India & IICT, Hyderabad, January 7-8, 2000.
1998 Best poster presentation prize titled “Liquid-Liquid Phase Transfer Catalysis for the Synthesis of 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid," G.D. Yadav and Yogeeta B. Jadhav, CATSYMP -98, 14th National Symposium on Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, Anna University, Chennai, December 16 - 18, 1998.
1997 Second prize for the best paper presentation, titled “Clay Catalysed Oligomerization of 1- Decene” by G.D.Yadav and N.S. Doshi at National workshop on catalysis, Catalysis Society of India, Trivandrum, December 11-13, 1997
1990 Best paper presentation award, "Are fractals of any use to Chemical Engineers?" at Chemcon-90, Chem. Engineering Congress of I.I.Ch.E., Varanasi, Dec. 17-21,1990.

Best Ph. D. Thesis Supervision Awards in Institute

2013 Akhilesh R. Yadav ' Synthesis, Characterization and Applications of Microporous and Mesoporous Materials & Nanocatalysts' Best Ph D (Sci) Thesis
2007 Sharad V. Lande “Catalysis in Multiphase Reaction of Industrial Relevance “ adjudged as the Best Thesis amongst 53 theses submitted in the UICT in all branches during 2005-06.
2006 Ambareesh D. Murkute ” Development of New Materials and their Applications” adjudged as the Best Thesis amongst 51 theses submitted in the UICT in all branches during 2004-05.
1999 M.S. Krishnan, “Heterogeneous catalysis in the synthesis of organic reactions: Synthesis and applications of meesopore zeolites and zeotypes” adjudged as the Best Thesis amongst 47 theses submitted in the UDCT in all branches during 1997-98.
1997 N. Kirthivasan, “Heterogeneous Catalysis: Preparation, Characterisation and Application adjudged as the Best Thesis amongst 42 theses submitted in the UDCT during 1995-96”

Other Recognitions

2005 Recognized as Research Guide for Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat, Gujarat State
2001 Mumbai University’s Foundation Day Teachers Honour , 18th July, 2001
1997 Civic Felicitation by Wadala Neighbourhood Association and Citizens of Wadala Matunga Area for Distinguished Services to Society, August, 15, 1997.
1995 Felicitation by UDCT Alumni Association for Dedicated Services to the UDCT August 4, 1995.
1991 Shri Dadasaheb Abhyankar Visiting Fellowship of University of Bombay at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, May, 1991.
1988 Recognized Research Guide for Ph. D. in Chemistry, University of Mumbai
1981 Gharda Chemicals Best Ph.D. Thesis of 1980, UDCT, University of Bombay
1974 Kapilram Vakil Award, B. Chem. Eng. Examination, University of Mumbai, 1974.
1970 Fourth Rank in Pre-Professional Examination (Engineering), Shivaji University Kolhapur (1970)
1968 GOI National Open Merit Scholarship for meritorious performance at Secondary School Certificate examination(1968-74)/ Winner of Gauri Kelkar and V. Shantaram Scholarships. Matric Magazines prizes for English, Sanskrit and Physics and Chemistry
1968 Best high school student prize and trophy instituted by Packo Engineering, Kolhapur (1968)

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