Goverdhan Mehta FNA, FASc, FTWAS, FRS, FRSC (born 26 June 1943) is an Indian researcher and scientist. Career Mehta received his BSc and MSc from the BITS Pilani and PhD from Pune University. His post-doctoral research was at the Michigan State University under Prof. Don Farnum and at the Ohio State University under Prof. Paul G. Gassman. He joined IIT Kanpur in 1969 and remained there until 1977. From 1977 to 1998, he was Professor of Chemistry at the University of Hyderabad and from 1998 to 2010, he was a Professor at the Indian Institute of Science Bangalore. Since 2010 onwards, he is University Distinguished Professor and Dr. Kallam Anji Reddy Chair at Department of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad, India. Mehta has authored more than 450 research papers. He is a recipient of over 40 Honorary Doctorates from India/abroad and has delivered over 300 invited/plenary lectures at Universities/Institutions across the world. Academic and Professional positions Research Associate, Michigan State and the Ohio State Universities, US,1967–1969 Lecturer & Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, 1969–1977 Professor, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 1977–1998, Founder Dean 1977–1986 Hon. Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, 1990–2009 Visiting Professor, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA, Jun-1990 Srinivasa Ramanujan Research Professor, Indian National Science Academy, 1992–1997 Vice-Chancellor, University of Hyderabad, 1994–98 Professor, Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, 1998–2005 Director, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 1998–2005 Tarrant Distinguished Professor, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA, Jun-2002 CSIR Bhatnagar Fellow, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 2005–2010 National Research Professor, 2009–2014 Lilly-Jubilant Chair Professor, University of Hyderabad, 2010–2018 Dr. Kallam Anji Reddy Chair, University of Hyderabad, 2018– Awards Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in Chemical Sciences awarded by CSIR (1978) Basudev Bannerji Medal & Prize awarded by Indian Chemical Society (1979) Science & Technology Award of Rajasthan Government (1980) Professor R.D. Desai Medal & Prize awarded by Indian Chemical Society (1982) FICCI Award in Physical Sciences (1983) Golden Jubilee Commemoration Medal (Chemical Sciences) awarded by Indian National Science Academy (1989) G.D. Birla Award for Excellence in Science (1992) Goyal Prize in Chemical Sciences awarded by Sri Kala Ram Trust (1994) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru National Award for Excellence in Science awarded by MP Government (1994) Humboldt Prize (Humboldt-Forschungspreis) awarded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation of Germany (1995) (first in India) Acharya P.C. Ray Medal awarded by Indian Chemical Society (1995) Dr. Y.