Ganapati D. Yadav

Professor Ganapati D. Yadav is a highly distinguished, unbelievably prolific and hugely decorated multi-talented engineering scientist in India known for his contributions to Sustainability, Net Zero, Green Hydrogen, Decarbonization, Waste to Wealth covering Green Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Energy Engineering, Biotechnology and Nanotechnology. He holds titles of National Science Chair (GOI) & Emeritus Professor of Eminence and Former Vice Chancellor of Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai having three campuses in India, Mumbai, ICT-IOC Bhubaneswar and Marathwada Jalna. The two additional campuses were his creation and during his tenure ICT received phenomenal funds of INR 1800 Crore. It is a record for any academic leader. Apart from being a great engineering scientist, he is an innovator with 134 Patents, 551 papers, and has guided as a single supervisor 113 Ph.Ds., 153 Masters and 48 Post-docs. He received two honorary doctorates: D.Eng. (NIT-A) and D.Sc. (DYPU Kolhapur). A Wikipedia profile is available on him and there are over 80 video clips on his lectures, addresses and life profile. He is still active in guiding students and transferring technologies to industry. He has been a successful consultant to industry for the past 43 years.

He has received over 150 awards, including the Padma Shri in 2016, and was elected to the US National Academy of Engineering (one among 18 living Indians) and the US National Academy of Inventors (only the second Indian). He has been a successful consultant to many industries and sits as an Independent Director on the boards of limited companies including Godrej Industries, Clean S & T, Meghmani Organics, Bhageria Industries and earlier he served on the board of Aarti Industries for 2 terms. His pioneering work in green hydrogen production and CO2 refineries is internationally acclaimed, with three companies currently pursuing commercialization.

His research productivity is phenomenal with supervision of 101 Doctoral and 122 Masters Theses; which is the first record in ICT and for any Engineering Professor in India. Besides, he has supervised 37 post-doctoral fellows, several summer fellows and research staff. He has published 463 original research papers, 118 national and PCT patent applications (78 granted); 3 books; h-index of 60, i10 index of 281; 13,300+ citations in journals, patents, books and monographs. He is still actively involved in guiding doctoral students, patenting, publishing, consulting, and transferring technologies to industry.

He is a fellow of all Indian science and engineering academies, TWAS, RSC UK, and IChemE, and serves as President of the Indian Chemical Society. His accolades in 2024 include the SASTRA C. N. R. Rao award and the Advantage India Chemical Conclave Award. With an h-index of 70, i10 index of 360 with 18,700+ citations, and over 985 invited & oration lectures, he is recognized as one of Asia's top scientists by Asia Magazine in Singapore. He has served on many committees of GOI, AICTE, UGC, CSIR, DST, DBT, and professional bodies such as CII, FICCI, ICC, etc. He had the honour of addressing 5 convocations of renowned universities. He is now appointed as the Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Green Hydrogen platform of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Govt of India.