V. Ramgopal Rao
Valipe Ramgopal Rao | |
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| Born | August 16, 1965 Kollapur, Telangana, India |
| Education | Kakatiya University (BTech) IIT Bombay (MTech) Bundeswehr University Munich (PhD) |
| Occupations | Academic, Scientist |
| Employer | Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani |
| Known for | Former Director, IIT Delhi Nanoelectronics research |
| Title | Vice Chancellor, BITS Pilani |
| Awards | Infosys Prize (2013) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (2005) Swarnajayanti Fellowship (2003) |
| Website | Official Homepage |
Valipe Ramgopal Rao (born 16 August 1965) is an Indian academic who has been serving as the Vice Chancellor of the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani since 2023. He also serves as the Chairperson of National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management Kundli and the Jawahar Lal Nehru Center for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) since 2021. He previously served as the Director of the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi from 2016 to 2021.
He is the recipient of over 40 honors and awards in the country and abroad including the prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, Infosys Prize, Swarnajayanti Fellowship among others. Rao 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).