In this special discussion with Dr. Purnendu Ghosh, Prof. V. Ramgopal Rao, Group Vice Chancellor of BITS Pilani, shares his remarkable journey from his early life and student days to becoming a distinguished figure in engineering and education.
Key highlights include:
- Early Life and Inspiration: Prof. Rao talks about his formative years and what sparked his interest in engineering and academia. He shares a defining moment that set him on this path.
- Balancing Multiple Roles: How he manages his roles as an educator, researcher, and leader, and what motivates him to strive for excellence.
- Collaboration Between Academia, Research, and Industry: The importance of seamless collaboration and how to bridge the gap between academia and industry in India.
- Future Goals and Vision for 2030: Prof. Rao's personal and professional aspirations and how he plans to contribute to India's vision for 203
About Prof. V. Ramgopal Rao
Prof. V. Ramgopal Rao is currently the Group Vice-Chancellor for the Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS) Pilani campuses located in Pilani, Hyderabad, Goa, Dubai and Mumbai. Prior to joining the BITS Group in 2023, Prof. Rao had served as the Director of IIT Delhi for 6 years during 2016-2021 and as a Chair Professor for Nanoelectronics at both IIT Bombay and IIT Delhi.Prof. Rao is an internationally acclaimed Nanoelectronics researcher with over 500 research papers and over 50 patents, which include 20 issued US patents. 15 of his patents have been licensed to industries for commercialization.
Besides his education and research activities, Prof. Rao is also well known for establishing major Nanoelectronics Programmes in India. For his research accomplishments, Dr. Rao has been elected a Fellow of IEEE, a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), the Indian Academy of Sciences (IASc), the National Academy of Sciences (NASI) & the Indian National Science Academy (INSA).
Prof. Rao's research and leadership contributions have been recognized with over 35 awards and honors in the country and abroad. He is a recipient of three honorary doctorates. The recognitions Prof. Rao received include the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in Engineering Sciences, Infosys Prize, IEEE EDS Education Award (the highest international award bestowed by IEEE Electron Devices Society for Education) and many others.
Prof. Rao serves on the Editorial Advisory Boards of several leading international journals such as the ACS Nano Letters, AIP Applied Physics Reviews, IEEE Journal on Flexible Electronics etc. Dr. Rao has delivered over 200 Plenary, key-note and invited lectures all over the world.
About Dr. Purnendu Ghosh
Dr. Purnendu Ghosh is the Executive Director of the Birla Institute of Scientific Research, Jaipur. Before this, he was a Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. He has also held research positions at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland; University of Melbourne, Australia; National Research Centre for Biotechnology (GBF), Braunschweig, Germany.
He has been involved with the planning and execution of several teaching and research programs and has taken a lead role in augmenting bioprocess engineering and biotechnology activities in the country as a member of several task forces of S&T agencies in India. Prof Ghosh, a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), has been conferred the Distinguished Professorship award of the INAE. He is also the Founder President of the Biological Engineering Society and Founder Editor in chief of INAE's engineering journal published by Springer Nature.
Besides research publications, he has written several books and articles in different genres.
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8 июл 2024
