V. Ramgopal Rao

V Ramgopal Rao (born 1965) is an Indian Academic serving as the Vice Chancellor of Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani from February 2023 onwards . He was previously the director of IIT, Delhi for six years during 2016-2021.[1][2]

He was the P.K.Kelkar Chair Professor in Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay before joining IIT Delhi as the Director. Rao has more than 500 publications in various journals, and over 50 patents in the areas of Electron devices and Nanoelectronics.[3] Rao was the first elected chairman for the Indian Section of the American Nano Society.[4] He is also the recipient of over 35 honors and awards in the country and abroad including the Swarnajayanti Fellowship, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, Infosys Prize, Techno-Visionary award from the Indian Semiconductor Association in 2020, the IBM faculty award in 2007 and the IEEE EDS Education award in 2020 besides many others.[5][6][7][8]

He is a Fellow of IEEE, a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), Indian Academy of Sciences (IASc), National Academy of Sciences (NASI) and the Indian National Science Academy (INSA).[9][10][11][12][13]

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi) director

During Rao's tenure as Director, IIT Delhi has seen an unprecedented growth. IIT Delhi received the Institution of Eminence (IoE) status in 2018 under his leadership, one of the first three Govt institutions to be selected for this recognition following a tough selection process.[14]

IIT Delhi's Endowment fund initiative launched under his leadership on 31 October 2019 by the Hon'ble President, Govt of India set a new benchmark for all other academic institutions in the country to follow.[15][16] This is the first ever endowment created by any institution in India. Ministry of Education has also issued a directive to all other educational institutions in the country to follow the IIT Delhi model.[17]

Early life and education

Rao was born in a remote village Kollapur (Telangana) and he completed his schooling from Govt Upper Primary School Kollapur from 1st to 10th Std and then completed his Intermediate from Govt RID Junior College Kollapur.[18] Also, Mr.Rao completed all his education in Telugu Medium right from his 1st Std to 12th Std. Rao obtained his B.Tech degree in "Electronics and Instrumentation" from Kakatiya University in 1986 with distinction and his M.Tech from IIT Bombay in 1991. He obtained his Doctorate in Nanoelectronics from Bundeswehr University Munich, Germany in 1997 (in a short span of two years) and was a Post-doctoral Fellow at the University of California Los Angeles from 1997 to 1998.[19]

Career

Rao spent 18 years as a faculty member at IIT Bombay before moving to IIT Delhi as the Director. Rao has also held short term visiting positions in University of California, Los Angeles in May–July 2001 in the USA. After this, he worked for short periods of times at several universities all over the world, including Tokyo Institute of Technology, Monash University, The University of Calabria in Italy, Georgia Institute of Technology, Nanyang Technological University, University of Alberta, and McGill University.[20] He was the Head of the Centre for Nanotechnology and Science at IIT Bombay between December 2005 and January 2007.[21] He was P.K.Kelkar Chair Professor for Nanotechnology at IIT Bombay before moving to IIT Delhi as Director.[22]

Awards

The Infosys Prize 2013 was awarded for Rao's "wide-ranging contributions to nanoscale electronics, for insightfully integrating chemistry with mechanics and electronics to invent new functional devices, and for innovation and entrepreneurship in creating technologies and products of societal value."

  • 2005 "Dr. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in Engineering Sciences" presented by the Hon'ble Prime Minister, Govt.of India (S.S.Bhatnagar Prize) (the highest scientific award for researchers in India)[7]
  • H. H. Mathur Award for Excellence in Research in Applied Sciences, IIT Bombay (2012)[24]
  • IEEE Electron Device Society Education Award in 2020 for "educational leadership and establishing Nanoelectronics research programs in India”.[25]
  • Prof. C.N.R. Rao Bangalore INDIA NANO Science Award (2016)[26]
  • J.C.Bose National Fellowship, 2015[27]
  • DRDO Academic Excellence Award (2017) awarded by the Hon'ble Minister of Defence, Govt. of India
  • Telangana State Award for Science & Technology, awarded by the Chief Minister of the state on the Telangana Formation day (2016).
  • The National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI)-Reliance Industries Platinum Jubilee Award for Application Oriented Research for Physical Sciences, 2014[28]
  • 2010 "DAE-SRC Outstanding Research Investigator" award from the Department of Atomic Energy-Science Research Council (DAE-SRC), an apex body of DAE, Govt. of India.[29]
  • 2009 Indian Semiconductor Association's (ISA) TechnoMentor Award[30]
  • 'Swarnajayanti Fellowship' Award (2003–04), Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India (Swarnajayanti Fellowship) (this prestigious fellowship is instituted by Govt. of India in 1997 to mark 50 years of India's independence)[8]
  • IIT Bombay "Industrial Impact Award" in 2008 for undertaking research work that caused maximum industry impact[31]
  • 2016 VASVIK Award in the category of Information & Communications Technology[32]
  • Fellow, IEEE (Elected in 2017 "for his contributions to CMOS System-on-Chip technologies")[9]
  • Fellow, Indian National Science Academy (INSA), New Delhi[13]
  • Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences (IASc), Bangalore (Indian Academy of Sciences)[12]
  • Fellow, The National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad (The National Academy of Sciences)[12]
  • Fellow, Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) (Indian National Academy of Engineering)[10]
  • Fellow- IETE & Invited Member-Society for Cancer Research and Communication (www.scraci.com)
  • Editor, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices (2003-2012) (IEEE T-ED Editorial Board)
  • 2008 'The Materials Research Society of India (MRSI)-ICSC Superconductivity & Materials Science Prize' (presented at the 19th Annual General body meeting of the MRSI by Dr. R. A. Mashelkar, President, MRSI)[33]
  • 2007 IBM Faculty Award (IBM Faculty Award)
  • Best Research Paper Award, Global Interposer Technology (GIT) Workshop: Design, Technologies, Applications, Markets and Manufacturing Infrastructure, 14–15 November 2011, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia USA (decided by an eminent jury of industry professionals)[34][35]

References

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  2. ^ "Board of Governors : Indian Institute of Technology Delhi". home.iitd.ac.in. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Prof. V.Ramgopal Rao". www.ee.iitb.ac.in. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  4. ^ "American Nano Society | American Nano Society". 17 May 2014. Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  5. ^ "Infosys Prize - Laureates 2013 - Dr. V. Ramgopal Rao". www.infosys-science-foundation.com. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  6. ^ "IESA Technovation Awards". IESA. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
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  13. ^ a b "Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy".
  14. ^ "IIT Delhi, IIT Bombay and IISc Bengaluru granted Institute of Eminence status". India Today. Indo-Asian News Service. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  15. ^ "President Ram Nath Kovind launches IIT Delhi Global Alumni Endowment Fund with Rs 265 Cr initial commitment". India Today. 1 November 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
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  17. ^ "Convocation 2020 IIT Delhi" (PDF).
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  22. ^ "Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay". www.ee.iitb.ac.in. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  23. ^ "7 scientists, academics bag Infosys Prize". The Hindu. 13 November 2013. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
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  26. ^ Dutta, Baishakhi (12 September 2019). "Prof V. Ramgopal Rao Honored With The Prestigious ACCS-CDAC Foundation Award". ElectronicsB2B. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  27. ^ "J. C. Bose Fellowship, 2015".
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  29. ^ "DAE-SRC Outstanding Research Investigator 2010 | IIT Bombay". www.iitb.ac.in. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
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  35. ^ "Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology". 4 March 2015.

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