Education

• M.Sc., Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, 1967
• Ph.D. Purdue University, W. Lafayette, Indiana, USA, 1971
• Research Associate, The Institute of Polymer Science, University of Akron, Ohio, USA, 1971-73

• Director, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune (2002-10)
• Head, Polymer Chemistry Division and Scientist in the Director�s Grade, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India (1988 - 2002)
• Staff Scientist, Research Manager and Deputy General Manager, Research Centre, Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd., Vadodara, India (1973 - 88)

• Polymer synthesis (cationic, anionic, GTP, Ziegler Natta, free radical and step growth polymerizations), high performance polymers; surface chemistry of polymers; porous polymers for energy related applications; biodegradable polymers, polymers from renewable resources, organic-inorganic hybrids; structure-property relationship in polymers.

Awards

• International Award of the Society of Polymer Science, Japan, 2018
• CSIR-Bhatnagar Fellow (2010-15)
• Life Time Achievement Award, Indian Chemical Society, Kolkata (2015)
• J.C. Bose National Fellow, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India (2006-15)
• Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK (2014)
• N.R. Dhar Memorial Award, National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad (2013)
• Lifetime Achievement Award, Indian Plastics Institute, Mumbai (2013)
• Distinguished Material Scientist of the Year, Materials Research Society of India (2011)
• Fellow of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) (2010)
• D.Sc (h.c), Purdue University, W. Lafayette, Indiana, USA (2010)
• D.M. Trivedi Lifetime Achievement Award for Contributions to Indian Chemical Industry, Indian Chemistry Council (2009)
  
• A.V. Rama Rao Research Foundation Award (2009)
• Goyal Prize in Applied Sciences, Goyal Foundation (2007)
• Padma Shri, Civilian honor conferred by the President of India (2006)
• Dhirubhai Ambani Orator Award, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers(2005)
• Asian Paints Distinguished Speaker Award for Innovators and Science Leaders, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers(2003)
• CSIR Technology Award in Chemical Sciences (2003)
• The Vishwakarma Medal, Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi (2003)
• Distinguished Lecturer Award, Materials Research Society of India (2003)
• Chemical Research Society of India, Silver Medal (2002)
• Elected Fellow, The Indian National Academy of Engineering, New Delhi (2002); The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), Trieste, Italy (2001); The Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi (1998); The National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad (1992);The Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore (1991); The Asia Pacific Academy of Materials (1997); Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (2001); Maharashtra Academy of Sciences, Pune (1992)
• Millennium Medal of the Indian Science Congress Association (2000)
• Distinguished Alumnus Award, I.I.T., Kanpur (1998)
• Professor Santi Ranjan Palit Memorial Award, The Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Calcutta, (1997)
• FICCI Award in Physical Sciences, Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, New Delhi (1996)
• Om Prakash Bhasin Award for Science and Technology, Shri Om Prakash Bhasin Foundation, New Delhi(1995)
• ICICI Technology of the Year Award, NCL Research Foundation (1995)
• Who is Who in Plastics and Polymers, First Edition, Society of Plastics Engineers,USA (1995)
• S&M Netrawala Scientist of the Year Award, NCL Research Foundation (1994)
• K.G. Naik Gold Medal, M.S. University of Baroda (1992)
• Materials Research Society of India Medal (1990)
• Professor Santappa Silver Jubilee Award in Polymer Science, Society for Polymer Science, India (1988)
• MRF Prize, Best Technical Paper, 14th Rubber Conference, IRMRA (1988)
• VASVIK Award in Chemical Science and Technology (1987)
• Proficiency Prize for Excellence in Chemistry, I.I.T., Kanpur (1967)
• Department of Atomic Energy, Merit Scholar (1965-67)

• Visitor�s Nominee, Indian Institute of Technology, Patna (2014 -); Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (2013 -); Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai (2005 - 08); Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (2007 - 12); Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (2008); Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (2003 - 05) and Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad (2010)
• Vice President, Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore (2007 � 2012); Chemical Research Society of India (2005 - 08); Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi (2004 - 2006); Materials Research Society of India (2004 - 07).
• Invited Speaker, ACS Meeting, Chicago (1985), Miami Beach (1989) and Washington DC (1992, 1994); International Conference on Ionic Polymerization(IUPAC), Istanbul (1995), Paris (1997), Kyoto (1999), Greece (2001) and Boston (2003); World Polymer Congress, Poland (2000); Europolymer Congress, Eindhoven (2001); Polycondensation �97, Paris (1997); Polycondensation �02, Hamburg (2002); World Polymer Congress, Macro 2004, Paris(2004); 3rd International Symposium on Materials for Advanced Technologies, Singapore (2005); World Polymer Congress (IUPAC), Rio de Janiero, July 16-21, 2006; Polycondensation 2010, September 5-8, 2010; Indian-China-Singapore Trilateral Symposium on Advances in Nanosciences � Water, Energy and Health Care, Materials Research Society, Singapore, August 11-13, 2010; Second Polymer Congress of the Federation ofAsian Polymer Societies, Beijing, May 8-11, 2011; World Polymer Congress, MACRO 2012, Blacksburg, VA, USA, June 24-27, 2012 ; Russia- India Symposium in Catalysis, St.Petersburg, Russia, September 15-17, 2013; Symposium on �Functional Fluids: Synthesis, Structure and Applications�, Fall Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Fransisco, USA, August 10-14, 2014, Symposium on �Designed Polymers: From Synthesis to Applications� in honor of Dr. Nikos Hadjichristidis; Spring Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Denver, USA, March 23-27, 2015; The 4th Federation of Asian Polymer Societies, International Polymer Congress, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, October 5-8, 2015; Fall Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Philadelphia, USA, August 21-25, 2016, Symposium on "Oligomers and Polymers with Preisely Defined Microstructures: Synthesis, Properties and Applications"; IUPAC-FAPS 2017, Polymer Congress, Jeju Island, Korea, October 11-13, 2017. 67th National Symposium, Society of Polymer Science, Japan, Nagoya, May 23 -25, 2018
• Member, International Organizing Committee, World Polymer Congress(IUPAC), Warsaw, Poland (2000); Polymers in the Third Millenium, Society of Chemical Industry (UK), Montpellier, France (2001); IUPAC World Polymer Congress, Paris (2004); IUPAC international symposium on Ionic Polymerization, Boston (2003); Chairman, International symposium on Ionic Polymerization, India (2005); Member, Third International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies, Singapore (2005); International Advisory Commitee, International Symposium on Ionic Polymerization, Germany (2007); International Symposium on Ionic Polymerization, Kracow, Poland (2009); IUPAC World Polymer Congress, MACRO 2010, Glasgow, UK; International Symposium �Polycondensation 2010�, Rolduce Abbey, The Netherlands; 2nd Polymer Congress of the Federation of Asian Polymer Societies, Beijing, China (2011); IUPAC International Symposium on Ionic Polymerization, Akron (2011); IUPAC World Polymer Congress, MACRO 2012, Blacksburg, VA, USA; 3rd Polymer Congress of the Federation of Asian Polymer Societies, Bangalore, May, 2013; IUPAC International Symposium on Ionic Polymerization, Awaji, Hyogo, Japan, September 23-28, 2013; National Advisory Committe, RubberCon 2015, Chennai, December 3-5, 2015; Technical Advisory Committe, Petrotech 2016, December 5-7, 2016. Member, Scientific Advisory Committee MACRO 2018, National Symposium of Society of Polymer Science India, December 19-21, 2018
• Co-Convener, Indo-Russian Symposium on Catalysis, NCL-Pune, January 22, 2009; Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, Novosibirsk - Russia, September 13-14, 2009; IIT-Madras, December 14-15, 2011 and Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, St. Petersberg-Russia, September 15-16, 2013

• Visiting Professor, Centre for Rapid and Sustainable Product Development (CDRSP), Polit�cnico de Leiria, Marinha Grande, Portugal
• Distinguished Visiting Professor, King Abdulla University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, November 2017
• Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (2013)
• Harold A. Morton Distinguished Visiting Professor, College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron, USA, Fall 2006
• Guest Lecturer at the Graduiertenkolleg �Polymerwerkstoffe�, Free University of Berlin, May, 1999
• Visiting Professor, Laboratoire de Chimie des PolymeresOrganiques, Universite Bordeaux, France, September-November, 1995
• K.S.S. Raghavan - Chemical Weekly Visiting Professor of Polymer Science and Technology, University Department of Chemical Technology, Bombay, 1993-94
• Visiting Scientist, Laboratoire de Photochemie, University of Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France, September-October, 1991

• C.J. Bhumkar Memorial Lecture, The Colour Society, Mumbai, March 2016
• Professor R. Gopalan Endowment Lecture, Madras Christian College, Tambaram, February 2016
• B.D. Amin Memorial Lecture, Chemical Council, Mumbai, January 2009
• AVRA Research Foundation Award Lecture, Hyderabad, April 2009
• Sixth Dr. K.T. Achaya Memorial Lecture, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, September 2008
• Shriram Founder Memorial Lecture, Shriram Institute for Industrial Research, New Delhi, 2007
• Petrotel Distinguished Lecture, Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, September 2007
• Dhirubhai Ambani Oration, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, Bombay, December 2005
• Professor K.K.Balasubramanian Endowment Lecture, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, September 2005
• N.R.Kamath Memorial Lecture, University of Mumbai Institute of Chemical Technology, September 2003
• Professor Kaushal Kishore Memorial Lecture, The Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, October 2001

• Member, Editorial Board, Defence Science Journal, Defence Scientific Information and Documentation, Centre, DRDO, Delhi, India (2015-16)
• Member, Advisory Board, Polymer Chemistry, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK (2010-15)
• Member, Editorial Board, J. of Polymer Materials, MD publications Pvt Ltd., New Delhi
• Member, Editorial Board, Indian J. Technology, CSIR, New Delhi (2010- 15)
• Member, Editorial Board, International J. Chemistry, IBH Publications, Mumbai
• Member, Editorial Board, Chemical News, Indian Chemistry Council, Mumbai
• Member, Executive Editorial Board, Polymer International, Society of Chemical Industry, UK (1998-2011)
• Member, Editorial Board, International Journal of Polymeric Materials, Taylor and Francis, USA ( 2004-2011)
• Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Macromolecular Science � Pure and Applied Chemistry, Marcel Dekker, Inc., USA (1995-2000)
• Member, Editorial Board, Polymer Bulletin, Springer, Heidelberg, Germany (1978-1991)
• Contributing Editor, CHEMTECH (ACS), (1987-1990)

• Fellow, Association of Independent Directors of India (AIDI)
• Member, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK (2014 -)
• Founder and Member of the Council, The Federation of Asian Polymer Societies (2011-)
• President, Society of Polymer Science, India (2009-2014)
• Member, American Chemical Society (1968 � )
• Life Member, Chemical Research Society of India
• Life Member, Materials Research Society of India
• Life Member, Society for Chemical Industry(SCI), UK
• Member, Sigma Xi and Phi Lambda Upsilon