Professor of Chemical Engineering (27.11.1997 onwards)

Subjects Taught
Chemical engineering Thermodynamics, Chemical Industry and Process Calculations, Separation Processes I & II, Membrane Processes in Downstream Processing, Membrane Technology.

Research Interests
  

• Bombay Oil Industries Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai : Process development of new products, 1986-87, 1987-88, 1988-89, 1989-90.
  
  
• Polyolefins Industries Ltd. (PIL), Rubber Chemicals Division, Mumbai (now NOCIL) : Summer placement as consultant, May 1987-June 1987.
  
  
• New Insurance Co., Mumbai : Expert advice, 1989-90.
  
  
• Polyolefins Industries Ltd (NOCIL), Rubber Chemicals Division, Turbhe: Process development, design pollution abatement and new processes, 1987-88, 1988-89, 1989-90, 1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-93, 1993-94.
  
  
• Simpower Eng. Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai: Design of pilot plant and scale-up of processes for converting liabilities into assets, 1989-1997.
  
  
• Bharat Vijay Chemicals, Tarapur: Expert opinion, 1991-92.
  
  
• Aminex Group of Companies, Mumbai: Identification of new products, plant design, and development of inorganic and organic chemicals, 1994-95.
  
  
• Aminex Alkalies Ltd., Mumbai : Process development and project Engineering, 1995-96, 1996-97.
  
  
• Aarti Industries Ltd., Mumbai : Expert opinion, 1994-95.
  
  
• Amex Carbonates and Chemicals Ltd., Pune : Process and project design, 1996-97.
  
  
• Aarti Industries Ltd., Mumbai : Process evaluation, 1995-96.
  
  
• Industrial Perfumes Ltd., Mumbai : Expert advice, 1994-95, 1995-96.
  
  
• Kopran Ltd., Khopoli : Process development and pollution abatement, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99, 2000-2001.
  
  
• Nascent Chemical Industries Pvt. Ltd, Vapi : Process modifications, capacity 1996-1997.
  
  
• Aminex Group of Companies, Mumbai : Process modifications, capacity improvement and pollution abatement, 1996-97.
  
  
• Laxmi Organic Industries Ltd., Mahad: Expert advice, 1997-98.
  
  
• Alkyl Amines Ltd, Mumbai : Alternate technology evaluation, 1998-99.
  
  
• Nascent Chemical Industries Pvt. Ltd, Vapi : New product development, 1998-1999, 1999-2000
  
  
• Rallies India Ltd, Mumbai : Process improvement and product development, 1998-99, 1999-2000
  
  
• Dishman Pharmaceuticals and Chemicals Ltd, Ahmedabad: Process improvements, new product development, waste minimisation, 1998-99,1999-2000.
  
  
• Rallis (India) Ltd, Lote Parshuram : Expert opinion on alternate product adoption, 1999-2000.
  
  
• Ipca Laboratories Ltd, Mumbai : Development of ecofriendly processes for pharmaceutical Intermediates, 1999-2000.
  
  
• Rallis (India) Ltd, Ankleshwar: Expert opinion on alternate product adoption, 1999-2000.
  
  
• United Phosphorus Ltd, Ankleshwar: Development of ecofriendly phosporus based technologies (2000-2001).
  
  
• Mangalam Drugs and Organics Ltd, Sangamner: Expert advice on process improvement and environmental aspects (2000-2001).
  
  
• EPIC Industries Ltd. : Expert advice on process improvement and environmental aspects (2000-2001).
  
  
• Sudarshan Chemical Industries Ltd, Pune : Expert advice on process improvement and environmental aspects (2000-2001).
  
  
• Medigraph Pharmaceuticals Pvt Ltd., Mumbai : Expert advice on process improvement and environmental aspects (2000-2001).
  
  
• Kedia Chemicals Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai : Expert Advice, 2001-2002.
  
  
• US Vitamins Ltd., Mumbai: Expert advice on environmental aspects of new processes, 2001-2002.
  
  
• Ballarpur Industries Ltd. Karwar : Process design, 2001-2002.
  
  
• Dishman Pharmaceuticals and Chemicals Ltd., Ahemedabad : Process and product Development, 2001-2002.
  
  
• Dr Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. Hyderabad : Process Development, 2001-2002.
  
  
• Mangalam Drugs and Organics, Vapi : Expert Adivce, 2002-2003.
  
  
• Finor Piplaj Chemicals Ltd., Mumbai : New Products Development, 2003-2004
  
  
• Sabero Gujarat Organics Ltd : Debottlenecking and environmental issues, 2003-2004
  
  

A.   International Honours and Recognition

Royal Society of Chemistry, UK : Honorable mention for the paper in the journal "Green Chemistry's top 10 papers" since the journal inception with an impact factor of 2.447. (Sept 2002)

Invited Speaker, Gordon Research Conference on Green Chemistry, Oxford, UK, September 9-13, 2002.

Director, Asia Pacific Confederation of Chemical Engineers (APCChE), (H.O. Australia2001-2003) (representing India)

Chairman, "Phase Transfer catalysis in Green Chemistry", a special session organised by the American Chemical Society's Spring Meeting in Philadelphia, USA. April 2004.

Expert for Evaluation of Projects under SBIR program National Science Foundation, US Government, 2002.

International Panellist, A New Degree Program "Educational Needs in Support of A Bio-based Economy", A Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, Gatlingburgh, USA, April 28-30, 2002.

Expert for Evaluation of Projects under Israel Science Foundation. Israel Government, 2002

Member Editorial Board, International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering (2003 on). (Berkeley Press, USA).

Special Feature Editor, Clean Technology and Environmental Policy, An International Journal by Spriner Verlag, Germany, 2002.

Johansen-Crosby Visiting Chair Professor of Chemical Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA, 2001-2002.

Biographical sketch in Who's Who in Science and Engineering in World, Marquis Who'sWho, New York, 1999 onwards in all editions.

B.    National Honours and Recognitions

Dr A.V. Rama Rao Foundation's Best Ph. D. Thesis and Research Award for 2003 for Chemical Engineering/Technology in India among the theses submitted in 2001 and publications based on it by the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers
Candidate- Dr P.K. Goel (Rs 15000) and Supervisor - Professor G.D. Yadav (Rs 10000)

Artemis Biotech Best Masters Thesis and Research Award for 2003 for Chemical Engineering/Technology in India among the theses submitted in 2001 and publications/patents based on it by the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers
Candidate- Mr Sameer P. Nalawade (Rs 10000) and Supervisor - Professor G.D. Yadav (Rs 5000)

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. Paper "Selectivity engineering in Multi-phase transfer catalysis in the preparation of aromatic ethers" (G.D. Yadav and P.M. Bisht)

Delegate member, Catalysis Group Visiting Hungary under the aegis of DST, Indo-Hungarian Workshop on Nano-Catalysis, Budapest, Hungary, May 18-25, 2003. v Indian Society for Technical Education and Indian Petrochemicals Ltd. Best M. Tech. Thesis Award for the year 2002 to Sachin P. Patil under the guidance of G.D. Yadav.

President, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2001 (Created a record number of 51 endowments of worth Rs 1.25 crores for promotion of Chemical Engineering in India. This is a world record for any professional body.)

Elected Fellow of Maharashtra Academy of Sciences, 1999.

VASVIK Award for Excellence in Chemical Technology - 1995 declared in April 2000.

Herdillia Award for Excellence in Basic Research in Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1999.

Man the Year 2000 - American Biological Institute (honourable mention)

Environment Award for Development of Eco-friendly Technologies, World Environment Congress, Indian Institute of Environment and Ecology, IAEWP, December, 1997.

Hindustan Lever Biennial Award for the Most Outstanding Chemical Engineer of the Year 1994 (below the age of 45 years), by the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1994.

Best Engineering College Teacher Award for 1994 by The Indian Society for Technical Education, New Delhi.,1995

Foundation Day Lecturer, Central Salt and Marine Salts Research Institute, CSIR, Bhavnagar, 10th April 1997.

Herdillia Chemicals-UDCT Diamond Jubilee Distinguished Fellow, 1995-96.

Member, Selection Committees for Scientists of CSIR Laboratories- IIP,IICT, CSMCRI, CLRI and NCL

New Millennium Indian Technology Leadership Initiative (NMITLI) projects by Govt of India in 2 different niche areas : (a) Nano-catalysis, (b) defunctionalisation of carbohydrates (2001-2003).

Received "Best Ph.D. Thesis" prize installed by Gharda Chemicals (1981).

Overseas Visiting Fellowship (1980-81), Leverhulme Trust, London, UK; spent a year at Loughborough University of Technology.

Shri Dadasaheb Abhyankar Visiting Fellowship of University of Bombay at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 1991.

Senior Visiting Fellow at the Department of Chemical Engineering, Loughborough University of Technology, Loughborough, Leics., England (May- September, 1990).

Best Poster Presentation Award for the poster titled "Selectivity Engineering in Multiphase transfer catalysis in the preparation of aromatic ether" by G.D.Yadav and P.M.Bisht presented in 16th Catalysis Symposium and 1st Indo German Conference on Catalysis at IICT, Hyderabad, February 6-8, 2003.

Indian Society for Technical Education and Indian Petroleum Corporation Ltd Best M. Tech. Thesis Award 2002 to Sachin P. Patil (candidate), Prof. G. D. Yadav (Thesis Guide)

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.

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)

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.

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

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.

Supervised Ph. D. thesis of M.S. Krishnan (June 1998): 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 during 1997-98.

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 ational workshop on catalysis, Forays into non-traditional areas, Catalysis Society of India & IICT, Hyderabad, January 7-8, 2000.

Felicitated by Wadala Neighbourhood Association and Citizens of Wadala Matunga Area for Distinguished Services to Society, August, 15, 1997.

Felicitated by UDCT Alumni Association for Dedicated Services to the UDCT in beautifying locality and removal of slums from footpaths, August 4, 1995.

Supervised Ph. D. thesis of N. Kirthivasan (December 1995) : Heterogeneous Catalysis: Preparation, Characterisation and Application adjudged as the Best Thesis amongst 42 theses submitted in the UDCT during 1995-96) recognised by the University of Bombay as a Ph.D. guide in Chemistry.

Best high school student prize and trophy instituted by Pakco Engineering, Kolhapur (1968).

GOI National Merit Scholarship for meritorious performance at Secondary School Certificate examination was in top 100 students among 300,000 appeared for the examination in Maharashtra State. Winner of Gauri Kelkar and V. Shantaram Scholarships. Matric Magazines prizes for English, Sanskrit and Physics and Chemistry.

GOI National Merit Scholar for 6 years (1968-74).

Fourth Rank in Pre-Professional Examination, Shivaji University Kolhapur (1970)

Kapilram Vakil Prize at B. Chem. Eng. Exam., University of Bombay (1974).

Second rank M. Chem. Eng. I & II Semester Exam, University of Bombay (1975).

Warden, New University Hostel, Bombay University since May 1991.

Writing a regular feature called E-column in Chemical Business (Technical Magazine of Colour Publications, Mumbai)

• Office Bearer of Professional Bodies and Member of National/International Committees
  
  1. Chair, Joint Meeting Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers and American Insitutie of Chemical Engineers and Chemcon-2004, Dec. 27-30, Mumbai.
  
  2. Member, Biotechnology in Petroleum Sector, Centre for High Technology, Ministry of Petroleum, G. O. I.
  
  3. Chairman, Green Phase Transfer Catalysis, American Chemical Society Spring Meeting, 2004.
  
  4. Chairman, International Symposium: Chemical Engineering and Pharma Knowedge Networking , IIChE-AIChE, CHEMCON-2002, Dec. 20, 2002, Hyderabad.
  
  5. Chairman, Finance Committee, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2002.
  
  6. President, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers - 2001.
  
  7. Member, International Organizing Committee, Indo-German Symposium on Catalysis, Hyderabad, Feb. 6-8, 2003.
  
  8. Member, National Organizing Committees of Annual Conferences of the I.I.Ch.E. Chemcon-1998 (Visakhapattanam), 1999 (Chandigarh), 2001 (Chennai), 2002 (Hyderabad), 2003 (Bhubaneswar) and 2004 (Mumbai).
  
  9. Council Member, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1991-94, 2000-2002
  
  10. Hon. Secretary, UDCT Alumni Association, 1999-2001
  
  11. Convenor, Decennial Jubilee Celebrations Committee, , UDCT Alumni Association, 1999.
  
  12. Member, Management Committee, Catalysis Society of India,, Mumbai Chapter.(1999-2000)
  
  13. Member, Management Committee, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, Mumbai Regional Centre (2000).
  
  14. Expert, Technology Development Board, DST, Government of India (1999-2000)
  
  15. Member, Industry-Institute Interaction Committee, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (2000).
  
  16. Member, Advisory Council of the President, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (2000).
  
  17. Chairman, International Relations Committee, I.I. Ch. E. 1999, 2000, 2001,2002, 2003.
  
  18. Member, Publications Committee, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (2000)
  
  19. Chairman, Catalysis Society of India, Bombay Chapter, 1997-98, 1998-99
  
  20. Vice- Chairman, Catalysis Society of India, Bombay Chapter, 1996-97
  
  21. Member, National Organising Committee, CHEMCON-97, Golden Jubilee Annual Indian Chemical Engineering Congress & Exhibition, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, I.IT, New Delhi, December, 14-18, 1998
  
  22. Member, Industry-Academy Relations Committee, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1996, 1997, 1998
  
  23. Organising Secretary, National Seminar on Chemical Industry, Environment, and Legislation; Golden Jubilee Celebrations of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, Mumbai, September 26, 1997.
  
  24. Member, Organising Committee, "Recent Trends in Catalysis", Catalysis Society of India, Mumbai Chapter, BARC, April 16, 1997.
  
  25. Convenor, National Seminar on "Advances in Catalysis" in honour of Professor D.K. Chakraborty and Dr. A.N. Bhat, Catalysis Society of India, UDCT, Mumbai, May 9, 1998.
  
  26. Hon. Consulting editor and Columnist, "E-Column", Chemical Business, Colour Publications, Mumbai 27. Consulting Editor, Chemical Purchase, Mumbai, 1996-97
  
  28. Member, Industry-Institute Interaction Committee, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, 29. Member, National Organising Committee, , 14th Annual Congress of Catalysis, Catalysis Society of India, Chennai, 1998
  
  30. Member, National Organising Committee, Chemical Engineering Education Conference, Department of Chemical Engineering, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 1999
  
  31. Member, Board of Governors, UDCT Alumni Association,1997-98.
  
  32. Member, Ph. D. Selection Committee in Chemistry, University of Pune.
  
  33. Member, Research Committee for Chemical Engineering, Shivaji University, Kolhapur.
  
  34. Member, National Steering Committee, National Symposium on Photochemical Processes on Solid Surfaces, Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Banaras Hindu University, March 8-10, 2000.
  
  35. Member, Board of Studies in Chemical Engineering, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, Maharashtra.
  
  36. Faculty Member, UGC Workshops and QUIP programmes in Industrial Chemistry for College Teachers (a) K.C. College, Mumbai 1994-95, 95-96, 96-97, 97-98, 98-99 (b)Institute of Science, Mumbai 1997-98, 1998-99 (c) R. Ruia College, 1998-99, 2003
  
  
• Membership of Editorial Boards of International and National Journals
  
  1. Feature Editor, Clean Technology and Environmental Policy, a journal by Springer, Germany (2003 on)
  
  2. International Journal of Chemical Reaction Engineering (2002 0n) (Berkeley Press, USA)
  
  3. Indian Chemical Engineer (1997-99)
  
  4. Chemical Business (1995 on)
  
  5. Chemical Purchase (1996-98)
  
  
• Membership of Regional, State and National Selection Committees
  
  1. Member, Maharashtra Council of Science and Technology , Govt of Maharashtra (2001 on)
  
  2. Member, Selection Committee for Scientists, Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun, 1994-95.
  
  3. Member, Selection Committee for Scientists, Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Bhavnagar, 1997-98, 1998-99.
  
  4. Member, Selection Committee for Scientists, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, 1998-99.
  
  5. Member, Selection Committee for Scientists, Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai, 2001-2002.
  
  6. Member, Staff Selection Committee, National Chemical Laboratory, 1994-95, 99-2000, 2001-02, 2002-03.
  
  7. Member, Projects Selection Committee, Maharashtra State Science and Technology Council, 1999-2001.
  
  8. Member, Panel of Experts, Department of Environment, Government of Maharashtra, 1990-93.
  
  9. Member, Panel of Experts, SPREAD Programmes, ICICI, 1994-95.
  
  10. Member, Panel of Experts on Environmental Audit, Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industries, 1995-96, 1996-97.
  
  11. Member, Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskar and National Safety Awards Committee, Ministry of Labour, Government of India, Directorate General Factory Advice Service and Labour Institutes, Mumbai, 1993-1994, 1997- 2000, 2001-2002, 2002-2003.
  
  12. Member, Task Group of Chlorine Use Optimisation in India, Central Pollution Control Board, New Delhi, 1997-2000.
  
  13. Member, Selection Committee for Research Scientists, Bharat Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd., 1998.
  
  14. Member, Ph. D. Selection Committee in Chemistry, University of Pune, 1997-98, 1998 99 and 1999-2000.
  
  15. Member, M.E. / Ph.D. (Chemical Engineering) Research Committee, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, 1998-on.
  
  
• Membership/ Fellowship of Professional and Other Bodies
  
  1. Life Fellow, Maharashtra Academy of Sciences
  
  2. Life Fellow, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers
  
  3. Life Fellow, Indian Chemical Society
  
  4. Member, American Chemical Society
  
  5. Life Member, Catalysis Society of India
  
  6. Life Member, Indian Society for Surface Science and Technology
  
  7. Life Member, Membrane Society of India
  
  8. Life Member, UDCT Alumni Association
  
  9. Life Member, National Society of the Friends of Trees
  
  10. Life Patron, Marathi Vidyan Parishad
  
  11. Former Member, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (resigned in 1987)
  
  12. Former Member, Society of Petroleum Engineers (resigned in 1987)
  
  
• Referee/Peer Reviewer for International Journals (All high impact factor journals)
  
  1. Langmuir
  
  2. Organic Process Research and Development
  
  3. Chemical Engineering Science
  
  4. Chemical Engineering Journal
  
  5. Society of Petroleum Engineers Journal
  
  6. Chemical Engineering Communication
  
  7. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research
  
  8. Applied Catalysis A - Gen.
  
  9. Journal of Molecular Catalysis A -Chem.
  
  10. Journal of Catalysis
  
  11. Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering
  
  12. International Journal of Chemical Kinetics
  
  13. Catalysis Letters
  
  14. Encyclopedia of Catalysis
  
  15. Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy
  
  16. Transactions of Institutions of Chemical Engineers UK.
  
  17. Green Chemistry
  
  18. Synthetic Communications
  
  19. Catalysis Communications
  
  20. International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering
  
  
• Science Popularisation through Media
  
  Radio talks on science
  
  1. Interview in Marathi on "Petroleum research in India", April 30, 1997, All India Radio Mumbai, Station B,
  
  2. In English " Chemicals ; From cradle to crematorium", 20th July, 1997, AIR-Mumbai,
  
  3. In English "Chlorine: One chemical, many uses", AIR-Mumbai-A, Feb.8, 1998;
  
  4. Thoughts on Holi and Colours in Marathi "Prabhat Kirane", March 10, 1998
  
  5. Panel discussion in Marathi, "Uchcha Sansodhanasathi Nidhi," Station A, October 29,1998.
  
  6. Innovative Funding Research Part I- Discussion in English (Mumbai-A), February 7, 1999.
  
  7. Innovative Funding Research Part II- Discussion in English (Mumbai-A), February 14, 1999.
  
  8. Ekvisavya shatakatil padarth- A talk in Marathi (Mumbai-B), March 20,1999.
  
  9. Sansodhanasathi Nidhi -Discussion in English (Mumbai-A), November 21,1999.
  
  10. Discussion on "Science and Technology Policy", Mumbai-B, April 9, 2000.
  
  Television
  
  (i) Live TV programme on Higher Education, Mumbai Door Darshan (Sahydri, Marathi), July 23, 2001.