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DR. RAMESH LAXMINARAYAN GARDAS DR. RAMESH LAXMINARAYAN GARDAS

Associate Professor

Email: gardas@iitm.ac.in

Phone: +91-44-2257-4248

Address: CYB 208, Department of Chemistry

Biography

Ramesh Gardas was born and brought up in Surat, Gujarat. He completed B.Sc. (Chemistry) with First Class from P.T. Sarvajanik College of Science, Surat (Gujarat) in 1998 and M.Sc. (Physical Chemistry) with First Class from Department of Chemistry, South Gujarat University, Surat in 2000. He has been awarded the Ph.D. degree in Chemistry in 2004 by the Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, India, for his work on thermodynamic studies of nonelectrolyte binary and ternary liquid mixtures under the supervision of Professor S.L. Oswal. Then, he joined the research group of Professor Abel Ferreira and Professor Isabel Fonseca at the University of Coimbra, Portugal, for his first postdoc research on PVT data of pure and binary liquid mixtures. Later in 2006, he joined PATh, University of Aveiro, Portugal, to work with Professor Joao Coutinho and Professor Isabel Marrucho. His second postdoc at PATh was on water solubility, octanol-water partition coefficients, and thermophysical properties prediction of ionic liquids. Then, in May 2008, he moved to Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, UK, and joined the QUILL Research Team to work with Professor Chris Hardacre and Professor David Rooney for his third postdoc on confidential project sponsored by Petronas, Malaysia. Research experience from PATh and QUILL improved his knowledge of ionic liquids and more precisely their physico-chemical properties and applications. He joined the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India, in August 2010, as an Assistant Professor in Chemistry and promoted to Associate Professor in July 2015. He has more than 18-years of research and 8-years teaching experience. He is a co-author of 4 patents, 2 book chapters and 144 research papers which have been published in international journals having good impact factor and received more than 4900 citations with h-index = 34 and average citations per paper of above 34.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
  • Jan.2005 – Aug.2005

    Teaching Assistant in Chemistry at Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), Surat, INDIA.
  • Aug.2003 – Nov.2004

    Visiting Lecturer, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), Surat, INDIA.
  • Dec.2002 – April 2003

    Adhoc Lecturer, Shree Jayendra Puri Arts & Science College, Bharuch.
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

  • Emerging Investigator – 2018 : Recognized as one among the 25 ‘Emerging Investigators’ by the American Chemical Society Journal – Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data.

  • Publons Peer Review Award 2018 and placed at Global Rank #55 among the Top 1% of Reviewers in Chemistry on Publons Global Reviewer Database.

  • Institute Research and Development Award (IRDA) – 2015 (Junior Level) from IIT Madras. As a part of this award, Rs. 20 Lakhs Project has been sanctioned.

  • H.C. Gaur Memorial Lecture Award – 2017 in Chemistry from University of Delhi.

  • Arvind Kumar Memorial Award ‐ 2016 from Indian Council of Chemists (ICC).

  • Young Scientist Award (Saraswathy Srinivasan Prize) – 2016 from The Academy of Sciences, Chennai.

  • Best Young Researcher Award – 2018 from REST Society for Research International, Kaveripattanam.

  • Oswal Young Scientist Award – 2013 from The Indian Thermodynamics Society.

  • Shri J. C. Bose Patent Award (2015) – from IIT Madras, awarded on 23 July 2016, in recognition of Indian patent on “Composition and Process for Enhanced Oil Recovery” – Patent Application No: 1597/CHE/2015 dated 27 March 2015.

  • Associate Editor (from 2016) of Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics, Frontiers.

  • Associate Editor (from 2018) of Heliyon, Elsevier.

  • Editorial Board Member (2017 – up to 2019) of Thermochimica Acta, Elsevier.

  • BOS Member (from 2018) – Board Of Studies (Chemistry), JNTUH, Hyderabad.

  • Joint Secretary (2012 – 2015), Society for Advancement of Chemical Sciences and Education (SACSE), IGCAR (Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research), Kalpakkam.

  • Joint Secretary (2016 – up to 2018), The Indian Thermodynamics Society, Amritsar.

  • Associate Fellow – Andhra Pradesh Akademi of Sciences, Amaravati.

  • Associate Fellow – Telangana Academy of Sciences, Hyderabad.

  • Member – Gujarat Science Academy, Ahmedabad.

  • Delivered 88 Invited Talks.

  • Reviewer of more than 50 scientific journals from various publishe

  • Certificate of Excellence in Reviewing from Fluid Phase Equilibria (2013) and Journal of Molecular Liquids (2013), Elsevier, in recognition of an outstanding contribution to the quality of the journa

  • Certificate of Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing from The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics (2015), Thermochimica Acta (2015) and Journal of Molecular Liquids (2015), Elsevier.

  • Earned a place among top 30 % of reviewers for the J. Chem. Eng. Data (American Chemical Society).

  • Organizing committee core-member, 7th National Conference on Thermodynamics of Chemical, Biological and Environmental processes (TCBEP-2012), The Indian Thermodynamics Society, hosted by V. University, Tirupati, India, during December 10-12, 2012.

  • Convener, Chemistry in-House Symposium (CiHS-2014 (13 August, 2014)),   Co-Convener, CiHS-2012 (22 August, 2012) and CiHS-2013 (21 August, 2013), IIT Madras, India http://chem.iitm.ac.in/cihs/

  • Treasurer, MEDCHEM 2011, IIT Madras, India  http://www.chem.iitm.ac.in/medchem2011/

  • Best Poster Presentation Award for the poster entitled “Octanol-Water Partition Coefficients of Imidazolium based Ionic Liquids” presented at 2nd National Conference on Thermodynamics of Chemical & Biologycal systems, hosted by Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat, India, during October 30 to November 1, 200

  • Post-doctoral grant (for 3 years, 2006 to 2008) from the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), Portugal. Grant number: SFRH/BPD/23246/2005

  • Member (from May 2008 to July 2010) of a confidential project sponsored by Petronas (Malaysia), at QUILL, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Queen’s University Belfast, UK.

  • Chaired the session during (i) International Conference on Nanotechnology and Ultrasound (ICNU-2011), Organized by Joseph’s College, Tiruchirapalli, India, January 12-14, 2011. (ii) An Indo-Spanish Workshop on Solar Absorption Refrigeration Systems Operating with Ionic Liquids, IIT Madras, during February 21-22, 2014. (iii) International Symposium on Application of Ionic Liquids (ISOIL 2016), Organized by Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, India, during January 21-22, 2016.

  • Judging Committee member for SEATS (Scheme for Early Attraction of Talent for Science) projects under the INSPIRE Award Competition by DST, Government of India, organized by Kendriya Vidyala IIT Campus, Chennai on 20.01.

  • Judging Committee member for SEATS (Scheme for Early Attraction of Talent for Science) projects under the INSPIRE Award Competition by DST, Government of India, organized by Kendriya Vidyala IIT Campus, Chennai on 20.01.

  • Oral / Poster Presentation Judging Committee member for the selection of best oral / poster presentation award at (i) Chennai Chemistry Conference – 2011, IIT Madras, 11-13 Feb, 2011, (ii) National Chemical Constellation Cheminar (NCCC-2011), National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, India, 20-21 Aug 2011, and (iii) 11th National Conference of the Indian Thermodynamics Society, organized by University of Jammu, India, during December 02-03, 2016.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION
    • 2000 – 2004, Ph. D (Chemistry) from the Department of Chemistry, Veer Narmad South Gujarat University (VNSGU), Surat, INDIA.
    • 1998 – 2000, M. Sc (Physical Chemistry) from the Department of Chemistry, South Gujarat University, Surat, INDIA.
    • 1995 – 1998, B. Sc (Chemistry) from P. T. Sarvajanik College of Science, South Gujarat University, Surat, INDIA.
POST – DOCTORAL RESEARCH
    • Aug.2005 – Dec.2005 Research Fellow, University of Coimbra, Portugal.
    • Jan.2006 – May 2008 Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Aveiro, Portugal.
    • May 2008 – July 2010 Research Associate, QUILL, Queen’s University Belfast, UK.