Shridhar Ramachandra Gadre

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Shridhar Gadre
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Professor Gadre at Pune, (MH, India) (2019)
Born (1950-05-20) 20 May 1950 (age 74)
Akola, Maharashtra
NationalityIndian
Alma mater Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, University of Pune, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Known forMolecular Scalar Fields, Molecular Clusters, Ab initio treatment for large molecules
Scientific career
Fields Chemistry, Computational Chemistry, Theoretical Chemistry, Quantum Chemistry
Institutions University of Pune Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

Shridhar Ramachandra Gadre (born 20 May 1950) is an Indian scientist working in computational quantum and theoretical chemistry.

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Education and early work

Professor Gadre got his undergraduate and master's degrees at the University of Pune. He did his PhD with Professor P. T. Narasimhan at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India. Following his PhD he did post-doctoral work with Professor Robert Parr at the University of North Carolina and Robert Matcha at the University of Houston. During his post-doctoral work, Gadre carried out research in density functional theory and on rigorous inequalities in quantum chemistry.

Career

After returning to India, Gadre joined as a lecturer at the Department of Chemistry of University of Pune and became a Professor of Physical Chemistry [1] in 1988. Since joining the University of Pune, Gadre's work has focused on the study of molecular scalar fields and their topographical characteristics. In 1985 he proposed a new maximum entropy principle which has been since investigated by other researchers. Gadre has been at the forefront of investigating chemical reactivity and weak interactions through the use of molecular electrostatics potentials and momentum densities. Gadre has also contributed to algorithms and codes for efficiently parallelising quantum chemical ab inito calculations. Recently he has pioneered a technique called the Molecular Tailoring Approach that seeks to calculate accurate one-electron properties for large molecules by breaking down the molecules into fragments and then combining calculations on individual fragments. This approach is now extended to perform geometry optimisation as well as Hessian (vibrational frequency) calculation of large molecules in an efficient manner even on a common personal computer.

In 1995 Professor Gadre founded the Interdisciplinary school of scientific computing at the University of Pune and has since served as its director. He has authored and co-authored over 220 articles in high-impact journals. He has mentored 18 PhD students and 46 Master's degree students. Professor Gadre has also authored, co-authored several book chapters. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

He is known for his contributions to the growth of computational technologies in Chemistry, Physics and scientific computing in India. [7] [8]

He moved to the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India on 22 July 2010.

He returned to University of Pune in 2016 as a Distinguished Professor in Interdisciplinary School of Scientific Computing.

Awards and honours

For his contributions, Professor Gadre was elected a fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences in 1992 and the Indian National Science Academy in 1996 and 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.

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References

  1. ↑ "Faculty at the Department of Chemistry, University of Pune". Archived from the original on 17 June 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2009.
  2. ↑ Interconnection between electron densities in position and momentum spaces S. R. Gadre and R. K. Pathak Ed. D. Mukherjee Aspects of Many Body Effects in Molecules and Extended Systems. Vol. 50. Springer. 1989.{{cite book}}: External link in |title= (help)
  3. ↑ Parallelization of two electron integrals in molecular orbital programs S. R. Gadre et al. Ed. Vijay bhatkar Advanced Computing. 1991. pp. 388–391, Tata McGraw Hill.
  4. ↑ Molecular Recognition via Molecular Electrostatic Potential Topography, S. R. Gadre et al. Molecular Electrostatic Potential: Concepts and Applications . Vol. 3. 1996. pp. 219–522, Elsevier, Amsterdam.{{cite book}}: External link in |title= (help)
  5. ↑ Topography of Atomic and Molecular Scalar Fields, S. R. Gadre, Computational Chemistry: Reviews of Current Trends . Vol. 4. 1999. pp. 1–53, World Scientific, Singapore.{{cite book}}: External link in |title= (help)
  6. ↑ Information Theoretical Approaches to Quantum Chemistry, Reviews of Modern Quantum Chemistry: A Celebration in the Contributions of Robert G. Parr Ed. K.D. Sen. Vol. 1. 2003. pp. 108–147, World Scientific, Singapore.{{cite book}}: External link in |title= (help)
  7. ↑ Biomed Experts
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