Previous Fora / 2003
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Professor Goverdhan Mehta |
Professional Carrier
Professor of Organic Chemistry and Director, Indian Institute of Science,
Bangalore, 1998-
Honarary Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore
Vice Chanceller, University of Hyderabad, 1994-1998
Professor of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad, 1977-1998
Professor of Chemistry, IIT Kanpur, 1969-1977
Ph.D. University of Poona (with Dr. Sukh Dev)
D.Sc.( Honoris Causa), University of Marseilles
Over his carrer, Dr. Goverdhan Mehta had delivered over 200 lectures at
various national and international meetings, universities and research institutions. These
include over 25 Plenary and Invited Lectures at international conferences including some
of the foremost in the field of Organic Chemistry such as: IUPAC Symposia on Natural
Products, Organic Synthesis and Physical Organic Chemistry; NATO-Advanced Workshops;
Meetings and Symposia of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute Convention, the Brazilian
Chemical Society, the Royal Society
of Chemistry (UK) and the Chemical Society of Japan. In addition, Dr. Goverdhan Mehta has
served as Chair of the 10th IUPAC Conference on Organic Synthesis held in
Bangalore in 1994, and has been a Member of
the International Advisory Committees of leading International Conferences in Organic
Chemistry.
Fellowship of Academies/Scientific Societies
Fellow, Indian National Science Academy (FNA), Vice-President
(1995-97), President (1999-2001)
Fellow of Indian Academy of Sciences (FASc), Vice-President (1991-94)
Fellow the National Academy of Sciences (FNASc)
Fellow of the Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
Fellow of the World Innovation Foundation (WIF)
Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (C.Chem, FRSC)
Fellow of Indian Chemical Society
Fellow of the Andhra Pradesh Akademy of Sciences
Founding Member of Society for Scientific Values
Awards & Medals
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (Chemical Sciences) Awarded by CSIR, 1978
Basudev Bannerji Medal & Prize, Indian Chemical Society, 1979
Science & Technology Award of Rajasthan Government, 1980
Professor R.D. Desai Medal & Prize, Indian Chemical Society, 1982
FICCI Award for outstanding work in Physical Sciences, 1983
Indian National Science Academy-Golden Jubilee Commemoration Medal (Chem. Sc.), 1989
G.D. Birla Award for Excellence in Science, 1992
Indian National Science Academy - Srinivasa Ramanujan Research Professorship, 1992-97
Goyal Prize in Chemical Sciences, 1994
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru National Award for Excellence in Science (M.P.Government), 1994
Alexander von Humboldt Research Award, Germany, 1995, (first in India)
Acharya P.C. Ray Medal, Indian Chemical Society, 1995
Doctorate (h.c.), Universte de Droit, D'Economie et Des Sciences d'Aix-Marseille, France,
1996
Dr.Y. Nayudamma Gold Medal, Andhra Pradesh Academy of Sciences, 1998
Officier dans l`ordre des Palmes Academiques, Awarded by the President of France, 1999
Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa), Bundelkhand University, 2000
P. C. Ray Memorial Award, Indian Science Congress Association, 2000
Silver Medal, Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI), 2000
Third World Academy of Sciences Medal (Chemical Sciences), 2000
Padma Shri, Civilian Honour awarded by the President of the Republic of India, 2001
New Millennium Plaque of Honour in Chemical Sciences, Indian Science
Congress Association, 2002
Membership of Editorial Boards
Board of Consulting Editors, Tetrahedron and Tetrahedron Letters, UK,
1996-
Regional Advisory Board, Chemical Communications, Royal Society of Chemistry, 1990-96
Editorial Advisory Board, Perkin Transactions 1, Royal Society of Chemistry, 1992-
International Advisory Board, Contemporary Organic Synthesis, RSC, 94-97
Honorary Advisory Board, SYNLETT, VCH Publishers, 1991-
International Advisory Board, Dictionary of Organic Compounds, 6th Ed.,Chapman & Hall,
1993-
Editorial Board, Methods in Stereochemical Analysis (MSA), VCH Publishers, 1985-90
Chairman, Editorial Board, Indian Journal of Chemistry (B), 1978-
International Editorial Board, Heterocyclic Communications, Freund Publishing House, UK,
1995-
Editorial Board, Journal of the Iranian Chemical Society, 2000-
Important International and National Committees & Professional Service
President, Indian National Science Academy, 1999-2001,
Vice-President,1995-97
Member, Scientific Advisory Committee to the Cabinet (SACC), Governmentof India, 1997-
Member, Executive Board, International Council for Science (ICSU), 1999-2002
President-Elect, International Council for Science (ICSU), 2002-
Co-Chair (with Bruce Alberts of NAS), Inter Academy Council (IAC), 2000-
Member, Executive Committee, Inter Academy Panel (IAP), 2000-2001
Member, Executive Council, Association of Commonwealth Universities(ACU), 2000-
Vice-President, Indian Academy of Sciences, 1992-94, Council 1989-94
Member, Science & Engineering Research Council (SERC), 1984-90, 1994-97
President, Chemical Research Society of India, 2002-
Member, India-European Union (EU) Round Table of Eminent Persons, 2000-
Chairman & Member, University Grants Commission Panel on Chemistry,1983-93
Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, 1984-88
Member, Government of India Scientific Commission on Bhopal Gas Leakage, 1985-87
Chairman, National Committee for IUPAC, 1991-93 and Member, IUPAC
Committees/bodies 1977-
Member of numerous National Committees and Councils (DST, CSIR, UGC,DAE, DRDO, etc.)
responsible for R&D efforts, awards and framing of policies, 1977-present
Member & Chairman, Research Advisory Councils of several National laboratories,
1978-present
Trustee/Member of several Scientific Foundations, Juries and Award Bodies world-wide.
Resources on the Web
Homepage: http://www.orgchem.iisc.ernet.in/faculty/gm/gm.html
Selected Publications
G. Mehta, K. Pallavi, From hydrocarbons to polyols. Cyclooctatetraene to novel cyclooctitols, Chem. Commun. 2828 (2002).
G. Mehta, S. Muthusamy, Tandem cyclization-cycloaddition reactions of rhodium generated carbenoids from a,a-diazo carbonyl compounds, , Tetrahedron, 58, 9477 (2002).Tetrahedron Report No 624.
G. Mehta, V. Singh, Hybrid systems through natural product leads: An approach towards new molecular entities, Chem. Soc. Rev. 31, 324, (2002).
G. Mehta, P. V. V Sriram Sarma, A rapid, two step construction of novel C48H24 and C54H24 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons represented on the C60-fullerene surface through three-fold intramolecular Heck coupling reaction, Tetrahedron Lett., 43, 6557 (2002).
G. Mehta, R. Senthil Kumaran, A general, norbornyl based approach to anti-Bredt alkenes via tandem RCM-fragmentation strategy, Chem. Commun. 1456 (2002).
G. Mehta, R. Singh, P. Balanarayan, S. R. Gadre, Electrophilic additions to 2-methylenebicyclo[2.1.1] hexane system: Probing diastereoselectivity for electrostatic and orbital effects, Org. Lett., 4, 2297 (2002).
G. Mehta, K. Islam, Total synthesis of otteliones A and B, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl., 41, 2396 (2002).
G. Mehta, J. D. Umarye, Studies towards the total synthesis of diterpene antibiotic Guanacastepene A: Construction of the hydroazulenic core, Org. Lett., 4, 1063 (2002).
G. Mehta, P. Talukdar, S. Lakshminath, A norbornyl route to aminocyclohexitols: Synthesis of diverse aminocarbasugars and 'confused' aminocarbasugars, Tetrahedron Lett., 43, 335 (2002).
G. Mehta, R. Singh, V. Gagliardini, U. Devapriyakumar, G. Narahari Sastry, The bicyclo[2.1.1]hexan-2-one system. A new probe system for the experimental and computational study of electronic effects in a-facial selectivity in nucleophilic additions, Tetrahedron Lett., 42, 8527 (2001).
G. Mehta and R. Uma, Stereoelectronic control in Diels-Alder reaction of dissymmetric 1,3-dienes, Acc. Chem. Res., 33, 278 (2000).
G. Mehta and R. Uma, Role of heteroatoms in diastereofacial control in cycloaddition to a dissymmetric cyclohexa-1,3-diene moiety in a polycyclic framework. Remarkable stereodirecting influence of distal protective groups, J. Org. Chem., 65, 1685 (2000).
G. Mehta, R. Vidya, Oxa-bowls: Synthesis of new tetraoxa-cages and their C-H...O mediated solid state architecture, J. Org. Chem., 65, 3497 (2000).
G. Mehta and S. Ramesh Polycyclitols. Novel condriutol and carbasugar hybrids as a new class of glycosidase inhibitors, Chem. Commun., 2429(2000).
G. Mehta and P. V. V. S. Sarma, Bucky-Balls. A general approach to benzocorannulenes: Synthesis of mono-, di- and tribenzocorannulene, Chem. Commun., 19 (2000).
G. Mehta and R. V. Venkateshwaran, Haller-Bauer reaction revisited: Ssynthetic applications of a versatile C-C bond scission reaction, Tetrahedron, 56, 1399 (2000). Tetrahedron Report No 518.
G. Mehta and J. Chandrasekhar, Electronic control of facial selection in additions to sterically unbiased ketones and olefins, Chem. Rev., 99, 1437(1999). Invited contribution to the special issue on `Diastereoselection'.
G. Mehta and V.K. Singh, Progress in the construction of cyclooctanoid systems: New approaches and applications to natural product syntheses, Chem. Rev., 99, 881 (1999)
G. Mehta and D.S. Reddy, Enzymatic resolution of dioxygenated dicyclopentadienes: Enantiopure hydridanes, hydroisoquinolines, diquinanes and application to a synthesis of (+)-coronofacic acid, Tetrahedron Lett., 40, 991 (1999).
G. Mehta and N. Mohal, Norbornyl route to cyclopentitols: Synthesis of trehazolamine analogues and the purported structure of salpantiol, Tetrahedron Lett., 40, 5795 (1999).
G. Mehta and N. Mohal, A norbornyl route to cyclopentitols via novel regiospecific fragmentation of a 2,7-disubstituted norbornane, Tetrahedron Lett., 40, 5791 (1999).
G. Mehta and K. Srinivas, A stereoselective total synthesis of the novel sesquiterpene kelsoene, Tetrahedron Lett., 40, 4877 (1999).
G. Mehta and H.S.P. Rao, Synthetic studies directed towards bucky-balls and bucky-bowls, Tetrahedron, 54, 13325, (1998). Tetrahedron Report No 470
G. Mehta and R. Uma, Oxa-bowls: Formation of exceptionally stable diozonides with novel, C-H.O hydrogen bond directed, solid state architecture, Chem. Commun., 1735 (1998).
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