Govindasamy Mugesh

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Govindasamy Mugesh
Born (1970-05-29) 29 May 1970 (age 53)
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Doctoral advisor
  • H. B. Singh
Other academic advisors
Websitehttps://www.mugesh-iisc.in/

Govindasamy Mugesh (born 1970) is an Indian inorganic and physical chemist, a professor and the head of the Mugesh Laboratory attached to the department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry at the Indian Institute of Science.[1] He is known for his studies on the mechanism of thyroid hormone action[2] and is an elected fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences,[3] Indian National Science Academy,[4] Royal Society of Chemistry[5] and the National Academy of Sciences, India.[6] The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, one of the highest Indian science awards, in 2012, for his contributions to chemical sciences.[7] In 2019, he was awarded the Infosys Prize in Physical Sciences for his seminal work in the chemical synthesis of small molecules and nanomaterials for biomedical applications.[8]

Biography

Born on 29 May 1970 in the south Indian state of

Scripps Research Institute. On his return to India in 2002, he joined the Indian Institute of Science as an assistant professor where he rose in ranks to become an associate professor in 2006 and a professor at the department of inorganic and physical chemistry in 2012.[10] At IISc, he heads the Mugesh Laboratory attached to it.[1]

Legacy

Mugesh is known to have carried out extensive researches on the chemistry of

Nature Publishing Group as a member of their editorial boards.[11] He serves as the vice president of the Asian Chemical Editorial Society (ACES) which publishes three science journals viz. Chemistry – An Asian Journal, Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry, and ChemNanoMat.[3]

Awards and honors

Mugesh received the International Award for Young Chemists of the

InterAcademy Panel
, RSC-West India Young Scientist Award and the Award for Excellence in Drug Research of
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, one of the highest Indian science awards, in 2012.[18] He was awarded the Asian Rising Star Commemorative Plaque at the 15th Asian Chemical Congress organized by the Federation of Asian Chemical Societies (FACS) in 2013[5] and he was selected for the ISCB Award for Excellence by the Indian Society of Chemists and Biologists in 2016.[19]

He has been a holder of an Alexander von Humboldt fellowship during his post-doctoral days, Swarnajayanthi Fellowship (2006–07),[20] Ramanna Fellowship (2008–09) and the J. C. Bose National Fellowship (2015) of the Department of Science and Technology and the Invitation Fellowship of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (2016). Mugesh was elected as a fellow by the Indian Academy of Sciences[3] and the National Academy of Sciences, India in 2010[6] by the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2013[5] and by the Indian National Science Academy in 2016.[4] Dr. R. A. Mashelkar Endowment Lecture of the National Chemical Laboratory (2014) and the Prof. S. K. Pradhan Endowment Lecture of the Institute of Chemical Technology (2014) feature among the several guest lectures he has delivered.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Mugesh Laboratory". Mugesh Laboratory IISc. 2016.
  2. ^ "Brief Profile of the Awardee". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Fellow profile". Indian Academy of Sciences. 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Fellows elected 2016". Indian National Science Academy. 2016.
  5. ^ a b c d "New Editorial and Advisory Board Members". Royal Society of Chemistry. 29 June 2016.
  6. ^ a b "NASI fellows". National Academy of Sciences, India. 2016.
  7. ^ "View Bhatnagar Awardees". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  8. ^ "Infosys Science Foundation".
  9. ^ "Faculty profile". Mugesh Lab IISc. 2016.
  10. ^ a b "Profile summary". Indian Institute of Science. 2016.
  11. ^ a b "Biography". Toxicology. 2016.
  12. ^ "Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners" (PDF). Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  13. ^ "Browse by Fellow". Indian Academy of Sciences. 2016.
  14. ^ "On ResearchGate". 2016.
  15. ^ "On Google Scholar". Google Scholar. 2016.
  16. ^ a b "IISc's Prof Govindasamy Mugesh bags 5 awards in drug research". Phamrabiz. 25 October 2010.
  17. ^ "CDRI AWard" (PDF). Central Drug Research Institute. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  18. ^ "Chemical Sciences". Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. 2016. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012.
  19. ^ "ISCB Award for Excellence" (PDF). Indian Society of Chemists and Biologists. 2016.
  20. ^ "Swarnajayanthi fellowship" (PDF). Department of Science and Technology (India). 2016.
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