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{{Infobox scientist
| name = Ganesh Prasad Pandey
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1954|7|5}}
| birth_place = [[Uttar Pradesh]], India
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| residence = [[Lucknow]], Uttar Pradesh, India
| nationality = [[Indian nationality|Indian]]
| fields = {{ublist | [[Organic chemistry]] }}
| workplaces = {{ublist | [[Panjab University]] | [[Indian Institute of Chemical Technology ]] | [[National Chemical Laboratory]] }}
| alma_mater = {{ublist | [[Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University]] | [[Banaras Hindu University]] | [[Purdue University]] }}
| doctoral_advisor = {{ublist| Harry Morrison }}
| doctoral_students =
| known_for = Studies on photo-induced single electron transfer reactions and natural products synthesis
| awards = {{ublist | 1988 [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research|CSIR]] Young Scientist Award | 1990 B. M. Birla Science Prize | 1999 [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]] | 2002 [[Government of Uttar Pradesh|GoUP]] Vigyan Ratna Samman }}
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'''Ganesh Prasad Pandey''' (born 1954) is an Indian organic chemist and scientist at [[National Chemical Laboratory]].<ref name="Darpan1999">{{cite book|author=Pratiyogita Darpan|title=Competition Science Vision|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K-gDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA1262|date=December 1999|publisher=Pratiyogita Darpan|pages=1262–}}</ref> He is known for his researches on photo-induced single electron transfer reactions
and the synthesis of natural products<ref name="Brief Profile of the Awardee">{{Cite web |url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/Detail.aspx?AID=224 |title=Brief Profile of the Awardee |date=2016 |publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize |access-date=12 November 2016}}</ref> and is an elected fellow of the [[Indian National Science Academy]]<ref name="Indian fellow">{{Cite web |url=http://insaindia.res.in/detail.php?id=N99-1254 |title=Indian fellow |date=2016 |publisher=Indian National Science Academy}}</ref> the [[National Academy of Sciences, India]]<ref name="NASI fellows">{{Cite web |url=http://nasi.org.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=P |title=NASI fellows |date=2016 |publisher=National Academy of Sciences, India}}</ref> and the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]]<ref name="Fellow profile">{{Cite web |url=http://www.ias.ac.in/describe/fellow/Chakravarty,_Prof._Akhil_Ranjan |title=Fellow profile |date=2016 |publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences |access-date=12 November 2016}}</ref> 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 1999, for his contributions to chemical sciences.<ref name="View Bhatnagar Awardees">{{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}}</ref>

== Biography ==
[[File:BHU Main Gate, Banaras Hindu University.jpg|thumb|235px|Banaras Hindu University]]
G. P. Pandey, born on 5 July 1954 in the Indian state of [[Uttar Pradesh]], graduated in chemistry from [[Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University]] and completed his master's degree from the same university.<ref name="Indian fellow" /> Subsequently, he enrolled for his doctoral studies at [[Banaras Hindu University]] from where he secured a PhD and moved to the US in 1980 to pursue his post-doctoral studies at the laboratory of Harry Morrison of [[Purdue University]]. After completing his studies on the [[photobiology]] of [[urocanic acid]], he returned to India in 1983 and joined [[Panjab University]] as a pool officer the same year. However, his stay at the university lasted only a few months and he joined the [[Indian Institute of Chemical Technology]] (IICT), Hyderabad in 1984 as a scientist.<ref name="Scientist profile">{{Cite web |url=http://www.ncl-india.org/PhDAdmission/Profiles/Ganesh_Pandey.pdf |title=Scientist profile |date=2016 |publisher=National Chemical Laboratory}}</ref> He served the institute for 7 years before shifting his base to the [[National Chemical Laboratory]], Pune in 1991 as an E2-Grade scientist.<ref name="Indian fellow" /> He is associated with Molecular Science Laboratory of [[Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences]] where he serves as a scientist.<ref name="Brief Profile of the Awardee" />

== Legacy ==
Pandey's early researches were based on photobiology and radical ions initiated by [[photoinduced electron transfer]] (PET).<ref name="Indian fellow" /> Later, he used the PET reactions for organic synthesis and his studies are reported to have widened the understanding of the processes.<ref name="Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners">{{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 }}</ref> He leads a team of scientists at NCL who are involved in investigations on target oriented synthesis of natural products and biologically active compounds and the team has developed novel carbon-carbon bond forming reactions assisting in total synthesis of natural products.<ref name="Ganesh Prasad Pandey">{{Cite web |url=http://www.serb.gov.in/pdfs/research/Dr_Ganesh_Prasad_Pandey.pdf |title=Ganesh Prasad Pandey |date=2016 |publisher=National Chemical Laboratory}}</ref> They have also done extensive studies on [[glycosidase]] inhibitors with regard to their design, synthesis and evaluation. His researches have been published as chapters to books authored by others as well as several peer-reviewed scientific articles;<ref name="Browse by Fellow">{{Cite web |url=http://repository.ias.ac.in/view/fellows/Pandey=3AGanesh_Prasad=3A=3A.html |title=Browse by Fellow |date=2016 |publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences}}</ref> [[ResearchGate]], an online repository of science articles, has listed 134 of them.<ref name="Pandey on ResearchGate">{{Cite web |url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ganesh_Pandey2 |title=Pandey on ResearchGate |date=2016 }}</ref> He is the vice-chair of the National Organic Symposium Trust (NOST)<ref name="Trustees">{{Cite web |url=http://www.nost.in/trustees.html |title=Trustees |date=2016 |publisher=National Organic Symposium Trust}}</ref> and serves as an editor of [[Tetrahedron]] journal.<ref name="Editor, Tetrahedron">{{Cite web |url=http://www.journals.elsevier.com/tetrahedron/editorial-board/professor-gp-pandey |title=Editor, Tetrahedron |date=2016 |publisher=Elsevier}}</ref>

== Awards and honors ==
Pandey received the Young Scientist Award of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research in 1988 and the B. M. Birla Science Prize in 1990.<ref name="B. M. Birla Science Prize">{{Cite web |url=http://www.birlasciencecentre.org/awards/birlaSciencePrizes/ |title=B. M. Birla Science Prize |date=2016 |publisher=B. M. Birla Science Centre}}</ref> The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research honored him again with the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]], one of the highest Indian science awards, in 1999.<ref name="Chemical Sciences">{{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 }}</ref> He has delivered several award orations including the Professor N. S. Narasimhan Lecture Award of 1998, Professor R. C. Shah Memorial Lecture of 1999, and Professor T. R. Seshadri 70th Birthday Commemoration Lecture of 2003.<ref name="Indian fellow" /> He was elected by the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]] as their fellow in 1995.<ref name="Fellow profile" /> and he became an elected fellow of the [[Indian National Science Academy]] in 1999. He is also an elected fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India.<ref name="NASI fellows" />

== See also ==
* [[Photoinduced electron transfer]]
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