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Professor Mehta is a leading researcher in the area of Chemical Sciences, made wide ranging research contributions in organic chemistry that encompass synthesis of biologically active and architecturally challenging natural products, creation of new and aesthetically pleasing molecular entities and incisive probing of stereoelectronic effects. He has around 500 research publications to his credit. and presently National Research Professor and Jubilant-Bhartia Chair Professor at the School of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad. He served as the Director of IISc, Bangalore for seven years.

Professor Mehta is a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) and a Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He is also a Fellow of all the three Science Academies in India and Third World Academy of Sciences and was the President of INSA. He is a recipient of Padma Shri from the President of India and has been conferred with “Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur" by the President of France.