V. Ramgopal Rao

Valipe Ramgopal Rao is the Director[1][2][3] of the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. He was a P.K.Kelkar Chair Professor in Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay and is now the Director of IIT Delhi. Ramgopal Rao has more than 480 publications in various journals, and 49 patents in the areas of Electron devices and Nanoelectronics.[4] Ramgopal Rao was the first elected chairman for the Indian Section of the American Nano Society.[5] He is also the recipient of multiple prizes including the Swarnajayanti Fellowship Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, Infosys Prize,[6] 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. He is a Fellow of IEEE, 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).

During Prof. Rao's tenure as Director, IIT Delhi has seen an unprecedented growth. During his term, the annual research output of the institute has doubled, Institute has filed over 500 patents (more than the previous 55 years of total patent filings), executed roughly 150 industry projects and obtained over Rs 1500 Crores of research funding from competitive grants from all over the world. The Institute has also created 18 new Centers of Excellence with funding from alumni, industries and government agencies. 10 New academic entities have been created during his time either by upgrading the existing Centers or by catalyzing new activities. Over 20 new academic programmes (such as B Tech, M.Sc, B.Des, MS(R)) have been launched by the institute during his term as Director. These numbers are anywhere from two times to four times higher compared to any previous 5-year periods, since the inception of the institute. Institute has also created over 2 Million sq.ft. of additional built up space under his leadership to meet the institute's expansion needs. Also, the alumni commitments for fund donations to the institute during his term have exceeded the last 55 year total value of donations received in the Institute. IIT Delhi's Endowment fund initiative launched under his leadership on Oct 31, 2019 by the Hon'ble President, Govt of India set a new benchmark for all other academic institutions in the country to follow. Ministry of Education has also issued a directive to all other educational institutions in the country to follow the IIT Delhi model. (Refer to IIT Delhi's Official 2020 Convocation Director's report: https://convocation.iitd.ac.in/2020/).

Early life and education

Prof. Rao was born in a remote village Kollapur (Telangana) and studied in government schools in Telugu medium until his 12th standard (Intermediate education). Rao obtained his B. Tech. degree 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 and was a Post-doctoral Fellow at the University of California Los Angeles from 1997 to 1998.[7]

Career

Prof. Rao spent 18 years as a faculty member at IIT Bombay before moving to IIT Delhi as the Director. Ramgopal 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.[8] He was the Head of the Centre for Nanotechnology and Science at IIT Bombay between December 2005 and January 2007.[9] He was P.K.Kelkar Chair Professor for Nanotechnology at IIT Bombay before moving to IIT Delhi as Director.[10]

Awards

The Infosys Prize 2013 was awarded for Prof. 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)
  • H. H. Mathur Award for Excellence in Research in Applied Sciences, IIT Bombay (2012)
  • IEEE Electron Device Society Education Award in 2020 for "educational leadership and establishing Nanoelectronics research programs in India”.
  • Prof. C.N.R. Rao Bangalore INDIA NANO Science Award (2016)
  • J.C.Bose National Fellowship, 2016
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 2009 Indian Semiconductor Association's (ISA) TechnoMentor Award
  • '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)
  • IIT Bombay "Industrial Impact Award" in 2008 for undertaking research work that caused maximum industry impact
  • 2016 VASVIK Award in the category of Information & Communications Technology
  • Fellow, IEEE (Elected in 2017 "for his contributions to CMOS System-on-Chip technologies")
  • Fellow, Indian National Science Academy (INSA), New Delhi
  • Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences (IASc), Bangalore (Indian Academy of Sciences)
  • Fellow, The National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad (The National Academy of Sciences)
  • Fellow, Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) (Indian National Academy of Engineering)
  • 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)
  • 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)

References
  1. "Board of Governors : Indian Institute of Technology Delhi". home.iitd.ac.in. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  2. "Ramesh Pokhriyal's term marked by vacancies in Central universities, IITs". The Indian Express. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  3. "Headless for over a year, IIT-Delhi to get new boss - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  4. "Prof. V.Ramgopal Rao". www.ee.iitb.ac.in. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  5. "American Nano Society | American Nano Society". 17 May 2014. Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  6. "Infosys Prize - Laureates 2013 - Dr. V. Ramgopal Rao". www.infosys-science-foundation.com. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  7. "Ramgopal Rao - Basic Information". www.ee.iitb.ac.in. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  8. "Ramgopal Rao - Work Experience". www.ee.iitb.ac.in. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  9. "Prof. Ramgopal Rao's Work Experience". www.ee.iitb.ac.in. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  10. "Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay". www.ee.iitb.ac.in. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  11. "7 scientists, academics bag Infosys Prize". The Hindu. 13 November 2013. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
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  • , Prof.Ramgopal Rao's official IIT Bombay webpage
  • , IIT Delhi Director's official report presented during Convocation
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