RAMESH LAXMINARAYAN GARDAS

Professor

Phone: +91-44-2257-4248

Email: gardas@iitm.ac.in

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Experience

  • 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.

Research Areas

  • Ionic Liquids
  • Chemical Thermodynamics; Fluid Phase Equilibria
  • Group Contribution methods; Structure-Property correlations

Selected Journal Publications

  •  Zwitterions as novel phase forming components of aqueous biphasic systems. Basaiahgari, A.; Yadav, S.K.; Gardas, R.L. Pure Appl. Chem. (The Scientific Journal of IUPAC), Accepted, Available online 23 November 2018 (DOI: 10.1515/pac-2018-0921).
  • Temperature dependent apparent molar properties of trihexylammonium carboxylate based protic ionic liquids in toluene and dodecane. Keshapolla, D.; Ijardar, S.P.; Gardas, R.L. J. Mol. Liq. 2018, 272, 1058-1069.
  • Effect of Ethylene, Diethylene, and Triethylene Glycols and Glycerol on the Physicochemical Properties and Phase Behavior of Benzyltrimethyl and Benzyltributylammonium Chloride Based Deep Eutectic Solvents at 283.15–343.15 K. Basaiahgari, A.; Panda, S.; Gardas, R.L. J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2018, 63, 2613–2627. (Emerging Investigators special issue).
  • A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Approaches to Correlate the Structure and Properties of N-methylpyrrolidone-based Protic Ionic Liquids. Panda, S.; Kundu, K.; Umapathy, S.; Gardas, R.L. ChemPhysChem, 2017, 18, 3416–3428.
  • Influence of Cation Size on the Ionicity, Fluidity and Physiochemical Properties of 1,2,4-Triazolium Based Ionic Liquids. Singh, D; Gardas, R.L. J. Phys. Chem. B, 2016, 120, 4834-4842.

Research Projects

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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.
  • Prof. H.C. Gaur Memorial Lecture Award – 2017 in Chemistry from University of Delhi.
  • Dr. Arvind Kumar Memorial Award ‐ 2016 from Indian Council of Chemists (ICC).
  • Young Scientist Award (Saraswathy Srinivasan Prize) – 2016 from The Academy of Sciences, Chennai.
  • Institute Research and Development Award (IRDA) – 2015 (Junior Level) from IIT Madras.