received the prestigious Shantiswarup Bhatnagar Award in Chemistry (1993), awarded every year by the President of India to select scientist below the age of 40 who have made notable contributions to science. Since 2000 Professor Gadre has also been closely associated with the Indian and International Chemistry Olympiads. Professor Gadre is a recipient of various awards and honours. "Young Scientist" Medal and Award in Chemical Science, of the Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi, (1982). "Young Associate" of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, (1983) "INSA Research Fellow" ( 1988–1991 ). "UGC Research Scientitst – C" equivalent to full Professorship (1988). Fellow of the Maharashtra Academy of Sciences (1989). Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore (1990). The team of Professor S. R. Gadre and co-workers was awarded the Second 100 MFLOP PARAM Award by Center for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Pune (1991). Life Member of The Agharkar Institute for the Cultivation of Science, Pune (1992). Golden Jubilee Visiting Fellowship of the Department of Chemical Technology, Matunga, Mumbai (1993). Sir Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in Chemical Sciences (1993). Prin. V. K. Joag prize for excellence in teaching and research, University of Pune (1994). Honorary Senior Fellow of the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bangalore (1994). Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi (1995). Platinum Jubilee lecture at the Indian Science Congress, Pune, January (2000). J. C. Bose National Fellowship by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), New Delhi (2007). References Living people Academic staff of Savitribai Phule Pune University Savitribai Phule Pune University alumni IIT Kanpur alumni Academic staff of IIT Kanpur Scientists from Maharashtra 20th-century Indian chemists Indian theoretical chemists Fellows of the Indian Academy of Sciences Recipients of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in Chemical Science 1950 births Indian computational chemists