Professor G.D. Yadav is one of the topmost, highly prolific and accomplished engineering scientists in India who has excelled in scholarship and administration, innovation, technology development & transfer, which is a rare combination. He is internationally recognized by many prestigious and rare awards as an academician, researcher and innovator, including his seminal contributions to education, research and innovation in Green Chemistry and Engineering, Catalysis, Chemical Engineering, Energy Engineering, Biotechnology, Nanotechnology, and Development of Clean and Green Technologies. He was elected to the US National Academy of Engineering in Feb. 2022 which is very rare international honour; only 23 Indian citizens are elected to this Academy in its entire history. He was selected as National Science Chair (Mode I) by SERB/DST/GOI in March 2022. For 10.5 years, he served as the Founding Vice-Chancellor and R.T. Mody Distinguished Professor, and Tata Chemicals Darbari Seth Distinguished Professor of Leadership and Innovation at the Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT), Mumbai, which is a Deemed-to-be-University having Elite Status and Centre of Excellence given by State Assembly on par with IITs/IISc/IISERs. He currently holds the titles of Emeritus Professor of Eminence and J.C. Bose National Fellow in ICT. He serves as the Adjunct Professor at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia and Conjoint Professor at, University of New Castle, Australia. He was conferred Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian honour, by the President of India in 2016 for his outstanding contributions to Science and Engineering. He has been the recipient of two honorary doctorates: D. Sc. (Hon. Causa, DYPU, Kolhapur) and D. Eng. (Hon. Causa, NIT Agartala). In the recent November 2020 survey of Stanford University, where Indian scientists in the top 2% of those in the World are honoured, Professor Yadav is number one in India in Physical Chemistry which is within 0.2% of the world scientists and is ranked at 66, which is remarkable. He is a chemical engineer, but his research is in the field of catalysis science and engineering which is counted as part of physical chemistry. As the Vice-Chancellor he created many records. Under his dynamic leadership, ICT made phenomenal progress having been declared as Category I institute, having started 23 new academic programmes, 5 new Departments and several Centres of Excellence, and establishment of two off-campuses in Bhubaneswar with the total support of IOCL and Marathwada with the total support of Govt. of Maharashtra, and collected phenomenal funds. The ICT is listed in the top 100 institutes in the Developing World by Times Higher Education Ranking in 2019. The Atal Innovation Ranking of MHRD has placed ICT as number 1 among Govt. funded Universities. He has personally won over 125 national and international honours, awards, fellowships, editorships, and several Life Time Achievement Awards by prestigious industrial organizations

Apart from education and research, his passion for Sanskrit, Vedas, Etymology, Philosophy, Indian Culture and literature stands him apart. He writes poetry in Marathi and English and the Institute\\\'s official song in Marathi is penned by him. There are 57 video clips including his lectures and documentaries on his life on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLclyJH91-TwvTScCVrcih3nrrPGgf8U8R
He received his B.Chem.Eng. (1974) and PhD (Technology) (1980) in Chemical Engineering, both from the University Department of Chemical Technology (now ICT), University of Bombay. He earned his PhD under the supervision of Padma Vibhushan Professor MM Sharma, FRS, FNA, dealing with studies in heterogeneous reactions, particularly gas absorption as well as desorption with chemical reaction and phase transfer catalysis. He is the first Indian scientist to work on PTC and proposed a new mechanism of solid-liquid phase transfer catalysis and his research was commercialized. His work on gas absorption with instantaneous reaction followed by desorption of the intermediate gas was also acclaimed and commercialized. He served as Associate Lecturer in Chemical Engineering (1976-80). He went to Loughborough University, UK as Leverhulme Overseas Visiting Fellow (1980-81) and worked on oil blob mechanics in porous media with G Mason and on binary chromatography with BA Buffham and published seminal papers. He returned to India, worked briefly on a sponsored project (1982), and then joined the group of F.A.L. Dullien at the University of Waterloo (1982-86) and made significant fundamental contributions to new methods of enhanced oil recovery, multi-phase flow through porous media, flow visualization, network modelling and percolation processes. Starting as Reader in Chemical Engineering in 1986, he was appointed to the Darbari Seth Professor of Inorganic Chemical Technology (1996). He served as Head of Chemical Engineering Department and also Dean Research, Consultancy and Resource Mobilization and also Coordinator, UGC Networking Resource Centre in Chemical Engineering. He served as Johnsen Crosby Distinguished Visiting Professor at Michigan State University (2001-02), Distinguished Asian Visitor, Purdue University (2007), and Distinguished Visiting Professor, Lunghwa University of Science and Technology, Taiwan (2007). He is also an Adjunct Professor at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia and the University of Saskatchewan, Canada and has previously served as the Chief Coordinator of the Centre for Nanosciences and Nanotechnology and Centre for Green Technology of the University of Mumbai, when the ICT was part of the University of Mumbai. Under his leadership, the ICT has made spectacular progress and is recognized as an Elite Institute like IITs, IISc and Centre of Excellence by Govt of Maharashtra in 2012. The ICT is a role model for industry-institute interaction and has won several prestigious awards under his leadership. ICT has the top NAAC grading (A++ CGPA 3.77) and established campuses in Bhubaneswar with the complete support of Indian Oil Corp. and Marathwada Jalna with the help of Maharashtra Govt. ICT is a Category I institute with Graded Autonomy. IIT-KGP has joined as a partner in ICT\\\'s programme of Executive M. Tech. in Process Engineering and Centre of Excellence in Research and Innovation at Bhubaneswar.

Academic and Research Achievements: Prof. Yadav has made extensive seminal contributions to catalysis-science & engineering, green chemistry & technology, nanomaterials & nanocatalysis, energy engineering, and biochemical engineering & biotechnology. At ICT, he initiated work on novel techniques of enhanced oil recovery, flow visualization in 2-D and 3-D micromodels, phase transfer catalysis and heterogeneous catalysis. He propounded selectivity engineering principles and developed novel concepts in PTC and new solid superacid acids called UDCaTs, ICaTs and MUICaTs. He provided the first-ever interpretation of the celebrated phenomenon of inversion rate and selectivity in Friedel-Crafts reactions and one of his papers on sulfated zirconia is a citation classic. His work on sulfated zirconia, heteropoly acids, clays and ion-exchange resins is well recognized and very well cited. He has authored over 507 peer-reviewed papers, 42 book Chapters, 115 granted patents, and also supervised 107 PhD and 134 Masters theses and 47 Post-Doctoral Fellows and several Summer Fellows as a sole guide. This is a record for any engineering professor in India. He continues to be an active consultant to the chemical and allied industry for the past 40 years and his research is commercialized. His work on water splitting to produce hydrogen and carbon dioxide valorization for the Net Zero Goal is being scaled up for commercialization. He has been a consultant to several leading chemical and pharmaceutical companies. His h index is 65 and i10 index is 317 with over 15,500 citations including books, monographs, patents, and company brochures. He has lectured all over the world giving more than 800 invited talks, seminars, orations, keynote, and plenary addresses. He is actively engaged in research and innovation despite being a top-notch administrator

Contributions: As the President of the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE) during 2001, Professor Yadav was able to rejuvenate the Institute and created a world record by establishing endowments for 51 national awards/prizes. He has mobilized large donations to renovate and modernize Centres of Excellence, infrastructure and scholarships for several needy students. His leadership of the Catalysis Society of India and Maharashtra Academy of Sciences is remarkable. He was also the Chief Coordinator of the Centres for Nano-sciences and Nanotechnology and Green Technology of the University of Mumbai. He has served/been serving on the Editorial boards of Applied Catalysis A, Journal of Molecular Catalysis A, Catalysis Communications, International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering, Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, RSC Green Chemistry, Current Catalysis, etc. He is the Founder Editor-in-Chief of Catalysis in Green Chemistry & Engineering by Begell House, Inc. USA (2017). He is currently the President of the Indian Chemical Society and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Indian Chemical Society which is published by Elsevier.

Awards and Honours: He is a Fellow of all 4 Indian academies (INSA, NASI & IASC, INAE) and TWAS; Fellow of RSC (UK), IChemE (UK), IIChE, ICS, ISTE; Prof. Jai Krishna Memorial Medal and Lecture, INAE (2021), Sayed Husain Zaheer Medal INSA (2017), Padmashri (2016) by the President of India; D.Sc. (Hon. Causa, DYPU, 2016); UPL Smt Sandra Shroff Medal & Chemcon Distinguished Speaker (CDS) Award (2018); Solaris Padma Vibhushan Prof CN R Rao Medal and CDS award (2010); Deepak Nitrite Padma Bhushan Dr LK Doraiswamy Medal CDS award IIChE (2017); Hetero Drugs Prof G.S. Laddha CDS Award, IIChE (2016); Asian Paints Padma Vibhushan Dr RA Mashelkar Medal and CDS Award (2015); Chair, ACS India International Chemical Sciences Chapter (2015), 15th NES Jagadguru Sankaracharya National Eminent Scientist Award (2015), Festschrift by ACS Industrial & Engineering Research Chemistry [53(49) Dec. 10, 2014)], Dhirubhai Ambani Oration, IIChE-Reliance Industries (2014); Dr B.P. Godrej Life Time Achievement Award, IIChE (2013); D.M. Trivedi Life Time Achievement Award, Indian Chemical Council (2013); PNG College of Engineering TN Best Researcher Award (2012); Life Time Achievement Award, VIT Vellore (2018); Vocational Excellence by 94 Rotary Clubs in Mumbai; Best Professor Award for Producing Maximum Peer Reviewed Paper in 2012,Indian Speciality Chemicals Manufacturers Association(2013); Goyal Prize, Kurukshetra University (2012), Cross Canada Lecture Tour Award (2012-13), Canadian Catalysis Society & Canadian Catalysis Foundation, John van Geuns Lecturer, Van\\\'t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2012), Park Reilly Lecturer, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada (2011),;Chair, APCAT-7, IGCW Award for contributions to Green Chemistry in India (2011), Dr C.V. Raman Award (2011), Fellowship of TWAS Academy of Sciences of the Developing World, Trieste (2010); RPG Life Sciences Padma Vibhushan Professor M. M. Sharma Medal and CDS, IIChE, Eminent Engineer Award, Institution of Engineers (India) (2009), Hercules Padma Vibhuhan Professor C.N.R. Rao Medal and Chemcon Distinguished Speaker Award (2009), Jacob Engineering\\\'s Dr. H.L. Roy Memorial Lecture (2008) of IIChE, Fellow IChemE (UK) (2007); President, Maharashtra Academy of Sciences (2007-12), Chairman, Catalysis Society of India, Mumbai Chapter (2006-12). The Govt. of Maharashtra\\\'s Best Teacher\\\'s Award (2007), Chemtech Foundations Award for Outstanding Contributions to R and D (2007), Director, Asia Pacific Confederation of Chemical Engineers (2003-10), Johansen Crosby Visiting Professor of Chemical Engineering, Michigan State University, (2001-02), Distinguished Asian Visiting Scholar, Purdue University (2007), Visiting Professor Lunghwa University of Science and Technology, Taiwan, Prof S.K. Bhattacharya Eminent Scientist Award of Catalysis Society of India (2007), K.G. Naik Gold Medal MS University Baroda (2002), K. Anji Reddy Innovator of the Year Award, IIChE (2006), Distinguished Alumnus Award, UICT (2006), Anna University National Award for the Most Outstanding Academic, ISTE (2005); D.O.S.T. Professor S.K. Sharma Medal and Chemcon Distinguished Award by IIChE (2005), Fellow, Maharashtra Academy of Sciences (2003), VASVIK Foundation Award for Excellence in Research in Chemical Sciences and Technology (1995), Herdillia Award for Excellence in Basic Research in Chemical Engineering by IIChE (1999), Hindustan Lever Biennial Award for the Most Outstanding Chemical Engineer of the Year by IIChE (1994), Best Engineering College Teacher by the ISTE (1994), IIEE Award for the development of eco-friendly technologies ( 1997). He has been serving on several committees of the Central and State Governments, UGC, CSIR, DST, DBT, MHRD, AICTE, NBA, NAAC, FICCI, CII, ICC, Founder Member of Maharashtra Innovation Society, etc. He is also a member of Apex Council of Indian Oil R&D; Expert Advisory Committee, ONGC Energy Centre (OEC); Glexcon India Advisory Board on Process Safety and the Governing Council DBT-IndianOil Energy Centre, and member of the DBT-Pan IIT Centre for Bioenergy. He is Chairman of DST’s National Expert Advisory Committee on Innovation, Incubation and Technology Enterprise, member of Advisory and Screening Committee of the Common Research and Technology Development Hubs of DSIR, Chairman, PAC of International Programmes in Chemical Sciences and Engineering, DST and Chairman, Expert Committee, Waste Management Technology, DST. He is a member of the Maharashtra Govt’s Expert Committee on the implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP 2020). He serves on the Boards of five public limited industries as Independent Director including Godrej Industries Ltd, Aarti Industries Ltd, Meghmani Organics Ltd, Bhageria Industries Ltd, and Clean Science and Technologies Ltd.