Goverdhan Mehta

Goverdhan Mehta FNA, FASc, FRS, FRSC (born 26 June 1943) is an Indian researcher and chemical scientist.

Goverdhan Mehta
Born (1943-06-26) 26 June 1943
Jodhpur, Jodhpur State, British India
(now in Rajasthan, India)
NationalityIndian
Alma mater
Awards
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
Doctoral advisorSukh Dev

Career

Mehta received his BSc and MSc from the BITS Pilani[1] and PhD from Pune University.[2] His post-doctoral research was at the Michigan State University under Don Farnum and at the Ohio State University under Paul Gassman (strained polycyclic systems, cyclopopenyl cation).[3] He joined IIT Kanpur. Since 1977, he was Professor of Chemistry at the University of Hyderabad and since 1998 Professor at the Indian Institute of Science Bangalore.[4] He has authored more than 400 research papers. He has received the Trieste prize.[5]

Academic and professional positions held

Controversy

In 2006, the U.S. government refused Mehta a visa; this decision was strongly criticised by Indian and American scientists.[6][7][8][9]

Awards

Positions
  • Chairman, Board of Governors, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur
  • Chairman, National Accreditation Board for Education & Training, Quality Council of India
  • President of Indian National Science Academy.[16]
  • Fellow of the Royal Society.[17]
  • Foreign member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.[18]
  • Physical Sciences Jury member, Infosys Prize (2012–2015)[19]
  • President of IUPAC.[17]
  • Director of the Indian Institute of Science (1998–2005) and vice-chancellor of the University of Hyderabad (1994–1998).[20]
  • National Research Professor.[21]
  • Member, board of directors of the Institute of Life Sciences.[22]

Publications
  • Mehta, Goverdhan; Murthy, A. Narayana; Reddy, D. Sivakumar; Reddy, A. Veera (1986). "A general approach to linearly fused triquinane natural products. Total syntheses of (.+-.)-hirsutene, (.+-.)-coriolin, and (.+-.)-capnellene". Journal of the American Chemical Society. American Chemical Society (ACS). 108 (12): 3443–3452. doi:10.1021/ja00272a046. ISSN 0002-7863.
  • Mehta, Goverdhan; Padma, S. (1987). "D2h-bishomohexaprismane ("garudane"). Design of the face-to-face 2 + 2 dimer of norbornadiene". Journal of the American Chemical Society. American Chemical Society (ACS). 109 (23): 7230–7232. doi:10.1021/ja00257a076. ISSN 0002-7863.
  • Mehta, Goverdhan; Khan, Faiz Ahmed (1990). "Electronic control of .pi.-facial selectivities in nucleophilic additions to 7-norbornanones". Journal of the American Chemical Society. American Chemical Society (ACS). 112 (16): 6140–6142. doi:10.1021/ja00172a047. ISSN 0002-7863.
  • Mehta, Goverdhan; Reddy, S. Hari Krishna (1993). "Golcondane: A Novel, Caged, Nonacyclic C20H24-Hydrocarbon ofD2d Symmetry". Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English. Wiley. 32 (8): 1160–1161. doi:10.1002/anie.199311601. ISSN 0570-0833.
  • Mehta, Goverdhan; Singh, S. Robindro (30 January 2006). "Total Synthesis of (±)-Merrilactone A". Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Wiley. 45 (6): 953–955. doi:10.1002/anie.200503618. ISSN 1433-7851. PMID 16381043.

References
  1. "Prof. Goverdhan Mehta". Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani (BITS Pilani). 28 November 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  2. "Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize: an inspiration for international recognitions" (PDF). Current Science. 107 (2): 164. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  3. http://chemistry.uohyd.ac.in/gm.htm
  4. "INDIAN RESEARCH INFORMATION NETWORK SYSTEM". IISc. 12 August 2003. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  5. "Organic molecules win Prof Mehta Trieste prize". Indian Express. 7 May 2007. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  6. "Scientist's Visa Denial Sparks Outrage in India". The Washington Post. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
  7. Mehta, Goverdhan (28 October 2006). "Stereochemical Reassignment of Mehta and Kundu's Spiculoic Acid A Analogue". Organic Letters. 8 (24): 5537–40. doi:10.1021/ol062361a. PMID 17107066.
  8. Curly, Arrow (12 November 2006). "Spiculoic Acid". curlyarrow.blogspot.in. Retrieved 12 November 2006.
  9. Totally, Synthetic. "Spiculoic Acid A Controversy". totallysynthetic.com. Retrieved 15 November 2006.
  10. Srivastava, Shilpika (26 February 2016). "Goverdhan Mehta conferred Cross of the Order of Merit, Germany's prestigious award". Jagranjosh.com. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  11. "Vijnana Bhavan University of Mysore". University of Mysore. 28 June 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  12. "Professor Goverdhan Mehta named ICSU President-Elect". International Science Council. 25 September 2002. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  13. "Goverdhan Mehta". Edubilla.com. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  14. "Awardee Details: Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize". Home. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  15. "Goverdhan Mehta conferred Germany's prestigious award". The Hindu BusinessLine. 23 February 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  16. "Goverdhan Mehta". 22 February 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  17. Goverdhan Mehta. "Goverdhan Mehta: Executive Profile & Biography – Businessweek". Bloomberg BusinessWeek. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
  18. "INSA :: Indian Fellow Detail". Indian National Science Academy. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  19. "Jury 2014". Infosys Prize. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  20. "Building a nation of scientists". Rsc.org. 13 June 2007. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
  21. "Goverdhan Mehta set to be National Research Professor". The Indian Express. 17 November 2009. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
  22. ":: Institute of Life Sciences ::". Ilsresearch.org. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
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