Jhillu Singh Yadav

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1950|8|4}}

| birth_place = Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India

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| nationality = Indian

| fields = {{ublist | Agrochemicals | Pheromones }}

| workplaces = {{ublist | National Chemical Laboratory | Indian Institute of Chemical Technology }}

| alma_mater = {{ublist | Banaras Hindu University | National Chemical Laboratory | Malti Chem Research Centre | Rice University | University of Wisconsin–Madison }}

| doctoral_advisor = Sukh Dev

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| known_for = Studies on organic syntheses of allylic and acetylenic alcohols

| awards = {{ublist | 1991 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize | 199 VASVIK Industrial Research Award | 2000 Ranbaxy Research Award | 2003 Vigyan Ratna Samman | 2003 Goyal Award | 2004 Vigyan Gaurav Samman Award }}

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Jhillu Singh Yadav (born 4 August 1950) is an Indian organic chemist and the co-founder of the Indo-French Joint Laboratory for Sustainable Chemistry at Interfaces (JLSCI), jointly established by the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology and the University of Rennes 1.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ambafrance-in.org/Indo-French-joint-lab-co-founders |title=Indo-French joint lab co-founders honoured |date=21 April 2015 |publisher=French Embassy in India |access-date=25 November 2016 |archive-date=25 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161125041939/http://www.ambafrance-in.org/Indo-French-joint-lab-co-founders |url-status=dead }} He is a former director of Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) and is known for his studies on organic syntheses of allylic and acetylenic alcohols and spiroacetals.{{Cite web |url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/content/Detail.aspx?AID=107 |title=Brief Profile of the Awardee |date=2016 |publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize |access-date=12 November 2016}} He is an elected fellow of the Indian National Science Academy,{{Cite web |url=http://insaindia.res.in/detail.php?id=N98-1243 |title=Indian fellow |date=2016 |publisher=Indian National Science Academy |access-date=25 November 2016 |archive-date=24 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224180518/https://www.insaindia.res.in/detail.php?id=N98-1243 |url-status=dead }} the Indian Academy of Sciences{{Cite web |url=http://www.ias.ac.in/describe/fellow/Yadav,_Dr_Jhillu_Singh |title=Fellow profile |date=2016 |publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences |access-date=12 November 2016}} National Academy of Sciences, India,{{Cite web |url=http://nasi.org.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=Y |title=NASI fellows |date=2016 |publisher=National Academy of Sciences India |access-date=6 December 2016 |archive-date=16 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201016044631/http://www.nasi.org.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=Y |url-status=dead }} Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers and The World Academy of Sciences.{{Cite web |url=http://twas.org/member/yadav-jhillu-singh |title=TWAS fellow |date=2016 |publisher=The World Academy of Sciences}} 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 1991, for his contributions to chemical sciences.{{cite web | url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/AwardeeList.aspx | title=View Bhatnagar Awardees | publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize | date=2016 | access-date=12 November 2016}}

Biography

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J. S. Yadav was born on 4 August 1950 at Azamgarh, a town in the eastern border of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and after completing his early schooling locally, he did his graduate and master's studies at Banaras Hindu University in 1968.{{Cite journal |last=S. Chandrasekar |title=Dr. Jhillu Singh Yadav – Scientist par excellence - A Tribute |url=http://www.arkat-usa.org/get-file/53814/ |journal=Arkivoc |publication-date=2016 |volume=II |pages=1–8}} His doctoral studies were at National Chemical Laboratory under the guidance of Sukh Dev and on securing a PhD, he had a short stint at Rice University during 1977–78. Subsequently, he did his post-doctoral studies at University of Wisconsin from 1979 to 1980 and returned to India to join National Chemical Laboratory as a scientist in 1980. Later, he moved to Indian Institute of Chemical Technology where he served as its director till his superannuation from service.{{Cite web |url=http://www.serb.gov.in/pdfs/research/Prof_J_S.pdf |title=SERB profile |date=2016 |publisher=Science and Engineering Research Board}} Post-retirement, he continues his association with IICT as a Bhatnagar Fellow of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research.

Yadav is married to Janaki and the couple has two sons. The family lives in Kadi in Gujarat.

Legacy

Yadav is known for his studies on the synthesis of complex natural products and drugs and is credited with the development of protocols for synthesizing allylic and acetylenic alcohols and for spiroacetals.{{cite web | url=http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf | title=Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners | publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research | date=1999 | access-date=5 October 2016 | pages=34 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043957/http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf | archive-date=4 March 2016 | url-status=dead }}{{cite book|author=Douglass F. Taber|title=Organic Synthesis: State of the Art 2009 - 2011|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MijdD3nASbAC&pg=PA143|date=21 February 2013|publisher=OUP USA|isbn=978-0-19-996572-4|pages=143–}} His researches are reported to have led to over 100 patents{{Cite web |url=http://oneorganichemistoneday.blogspot.ae/2015/11/dr-jhillu-singh-yadav.html |title=Yadav on One Organic Chemist One Day |date=2016 |publisher=One Organic Chemist One Day}} (he holds 47 of them) and have resulted in developing cost effective methodologies for the synthesis of pharmaceutical and agrochemicals such as Diltiazem, Ondasetron, Pyrazinamide, Ketotifen, Mefloquin and Tamoxifin. He has published over 1000 peer-reviewed articles{{Cite web |url=http://repository.ias.ac.in/view/fellows/Yadav=3AJhillu_Singh=3A=3A.html |title=Browse by Fellow |date=2016 |publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences}} and guided over 110 research scholars in their studies. His work on pheromones assisted in evolving an Integrated Pest Management for developing environmentally friendly agro products. Along with René Grée, he is the founder of the Indo-French Joint Laboratory for Sustainable Chemistry at Interfaces (JLSCI), established jointly by the University of Rennes 1 and the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology where he served as its founder director.

Awards and honours

The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research awarded Yadav the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, one of the highest Indian science awards, in 1991.{{cite web | url=http://www.csir.res.in/External/Heads/career/award/BPRIZE/CHEMICAL_SCIENCES.htm | title=Chemical Sciences | publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research | date=2016 | access-date=7 November 2016 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120912012851/http://www.csir.res.in/external/heads/career/award/BPRIZE/CHEMICAL_SCIENCES.htm | archive-date=12 September 2012 | df=dmy-all }} He received the VASVIK Industrial Research Award in 1999{{Cite web |url=http://www.vasvik.org/chemical_sciences_%26_technology.html |title=VASVIK Industrial Research Award |date=2016 |publisher=VASVIK Foundation |access-date=25 November 2016 |archive-date=2 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201102124207/http://www.vasvik.org/chemical_sciences_%26_technology.html |url-status=dead }} and the Ranbaxy Research Award in 2000. The year 2003 brought him two awards, Vigyan Ratna Samman and Goyal Award and he received Vigyan Gaurav Samman Award in 2004. He is an elected fellow of all the three major Indian science academies viz. the Indian National Science Academy, National Academy of Sciences, India and Indian Academy of Sciences. He is also a fellow of the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers and an elected fellow of The World Academy of Sciences. Arkivoc journal issued a festschrift on Yadav by way of its Issue II of 2016.