Designing uniformly dispersed Pd nanoparticles over nanoporous carbon supports is very demanding in the context of heterogeneous catalysis. However in most of the cases cluster/agglomerated Pd particles are formed over carbon matrixes, which lack sufficient stability and formation of a sustainable passive layer that can prevent the direct contact between the active metal sites with the reactants. Herein we report the in-situ preparation of surface-exposed Pd nanoparticle over N-doped carbon hollow tubes i.e. Pd@CHT, which showed high catalytic activity compared with agglomerated Pd on carbon. The simplicity in the preparation of Pd@CHT via one step direct carbonization of hypercrosslinked polymer tubes followed by reduction in the presence of NaBH4 can offer huge potential in liquid phase heterogeneous catalysis. High dispersibility of the catalyst in the reaction medium, good stability and reusability of Pd@CHT is observed for the Sonogashira, cyanation and hydrogenation reactions for the synthesis of a wide range of value added fine chemicals, suggesting its future potential in heterogeneous catalysis. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.