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Prof. V. Ramgopal Rao

Senior Professor & Vice Chancellor, Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering

Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, BITS-Pilani, Pilani Campus

  

AWARDS & HONOURS

  • The Infosys Prize 2013 for Engineering and Computer Science, Infosys Science Foundation 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)
  • 2020 IEEE Electron Device Society (EDS) Education Award "for educational leadership and establishing Nanoelectronics research programs in India." (the highest global award given annually by the IEEE Electron Devices Society for Education)
  • H. H. Mathur Award for Excellence in Research in Applied Sciences, IIT Bombay (2012)
  • Prof. C.N.R. Rao Bangalore INDIA NANO Science Award (2016)
  • J.C.Bose National Fellowship, 2016 JC Bose National Fellowship
  • Techno-Visionary award from the Indian Electronics & Semiconductor Association (IESA) (2020).
  • Outstanding Higher Education Stalwart of the Year, Issued by the Economic Times, June 2024.
  • Distinguished Fellow, Foundation for Advancing Science and Technology (FAST) India (https://fast-india.org/) (2022-current)
  • DRDO Academic Excellence Award (2017) awarded by the Hon'ble Minister of Defence, Govt. of India
  • 2019, ACCS-CDAC Foundation award, Bangalore.
  • Shri Om Prakash Bhasin Award for the year 2018 Shri Om Prakash Bhasin Award
  • 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 (NASI)-Reliance Industries Platinum Jubilee Award
  • Prof. Meghnad Saha Memorial Lecture Award for 2021 from National Academy of Sciences, India.
  • Prof. M.G.K. Menon Lecture Award from the National Academy of Sciences India (2018)
  • 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 independance)
  • 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") (IEEE USA)
  • Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), Trieste, Italy (TWAS)
  • Fellow, Indian National Science Academy (INSA), New Delhi (Indian National Science Academy)
  • 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)
  • Member, Editorial Advisory Board, ACS Nano Letters, 2020-2022 (IF: 12.26)
  • Editor, Applied Physics Reviews (American Institute of Physics) (2023-25) (IF: 19.16)
  • 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, November 14-15, 2011, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia USA (decided by an eminent jury of industry professionals)
  • (a) IETE M.N.Saha Memorial Award for the best application oriented paper in 2004 in a IETE journal; (b) Best paper award, 2005 IMAPS India National conference; ( c) Best Research Paper award, 2008 Intel Asia Academic Forum, Taiwan
  • Over 480 Research Publications in refereed International Journals and International Conference Proceedings (Over 200 publications in IEEE Transactions and other reputed journals), 49 patents/patent applications (18 issued US parents) & Over 200 keynote & invited talks at various international conferences, workshops, academic institutions and industries all over the world in the area of Electron Devices/Nanoelectronics.
  • Listed in the "Who's Who in Nanotechnology in Europe and India", prepared by the European Commision Framework Programme INCO - International Scientific Cooperation, 2007
  • Chief Investigator, ("Centre of Excellence in Nanoelectronics") project @ IIT Bombay
  • Prof. Rao interacts closely with semiconductor industries such as Intel, IBM, Infineon, International Rectifier Corporation,IMEC, Texas Instruments etc., and has many ongoing industry sponsored projects in the area of Silicon CMOS devices. Prof. Rao's work on fringing field effects in high-k gate dielectric MOSFETS & circuits is widely cited by the industry, while his work on Lateral Asymmetric Channel (LAC) devices has been successfully applied in reducing the sub-threshold leakage in mobile devices. Prof. Rao is founder of two deep technology startups which have successfully commercialized products which are available in the market. Please visit: "NanoSniff.com" & "Soilsens.com" for more details.

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY ACTIVITIES/EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERSHIPS

  • Member, Editorial Advisory Board, ACS Nano Letters, 2020-2022 (IF: 12.26)
  • Associate Editor, Applied Physics Reviews (American Institute of Physics) (2023-25) (IF: 19.16)
  • Member, Governing Council, Indian National Science Academy (INSA) (2019-2021)
  • Founder-member of CII Innovation Movement, Expert Committee on CII Industry Innovation Index, 2021
  • Member, IEEE EDS Education Award Committee (2022-2023)
  • Member, Governing Council, Indian Academy of Sciences,(2022-2024)
  • Editor, IEEE Journal on Flexible Electronics (2021-2024)
  • Member, Governing Council, Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) (2019-2024)
  • Member, Governing Council, The National Academy of Sciences India (NASI) (2019-2021)
  • Vice-President, Materials Research Society of India (2015-2018)
  • Editor, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices (2004-2012)IEEE T-ED Editorial Board
  • Member of the International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) technical subcommittee "Characterization, Reliability, and Yield", (2008 & 2009)
  • Member, Conference Executive Committee, Bangalore India Nano event (since 2012)
  • Session Chair, "Strain Optimization & Performance", International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), San Francisco, CA, December 15-17, 2008
  • Judge, 2010 Graduate Student Award (GSA) Sub-Committee, MRS Fall Meeting 2010, Boston, Nov 29-Dec 3, 2010
  • Chair, Technical Programme Committee, 2023 IEEE Applied Sensing Conference 2023 IEEE APSCON Conference
  • Vice-Chair, IEEE Asia-Pacific Regions/Chapters Subcommittee (2007-2010))
  • Distinguished Lecturer (DL), IEEE Electron Devices Society (EDS) IEEE-EDS Distinguished Lecturer Program)
  • Lead Editor, Materials Research Society (MRS), "Nanofunctional Materials, Nanostructures and Nanodevices for Biomedical Applications II", Symposium Proceedings, Fall Meeting, 2010, Boston, MA, USA
  • Editor, NanoTrends - http://www.nstc.in/journal*
  • Editor, IETE Journal of Education (2008-2011)
  • Honorary Editor, IETE Journal of Research in the area of "Electronics Devices & Components" (2007-2010)
  • Editor, VSI Vision, VLSI Society of India (2005-2007)
  • Consulting Editor, ICFAI Journal of Nanotechnology
  • Panel member, IEEE Electron Devices Society (EDS) Industry Short Course program (IEEE-EDS Industry Short Course Program)
  • Chairman, IEEE AP/ED Bombay Chapter (2003-2004)
  • Member, Executive Committee, IEEE Bombay Section (2005-2006)
  • Member, Executive Committee, IETE Bombay Section (2002-2003)
  • Member, IEEE Electron Device Society (EDS) Membership Committee (2006-2007)
  • General Chair, 9 th International Workshop on Nano-mechanical Cantilever Sensors (NMC 2012)
  • Chairman, Organizing Committee, 2nd INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON ELECTRON DEVICES AND SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY (IEDST 2009), June 1-2, 2009, Mumbai, India (www.ee.iitb.ac.in/iedst)
  • Chairman, MEMS/NEMS Committee, 2nd Asia Symposium & Exhibits on Quality Electronic Design (ASQED 2010, 2011 & 2012)
  • Co-convener, Local Organizing Committee, International Conference on "Nano Science & Technology" (ICONSAT 2010), February 17-20, 2010, Mumbai
  • Chairman, Organizing Committee, 17 th International Conference on VLSI Design, Mumbai, 2004
  • Chairman, Organizing Committee, 2005 IMAPS India National Conference on "Microelectronics & VLSI"
  • Chairman, Organizing Committee, 14 th International Workshop on Physics of Semiconductor Devices (IWPSD), Dec 16-20, 2007, Mumbai (IWPSD 2007)
  • Co-chair, Organizing Committee, International Conference on Nanotechnology & Health Care Applications (NateHCA - 07), Oct 11-13, 2007, Mumbai
  • Member, Emerging Applications and Technologies (EA&T) sub-committee, Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference (Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference)(2006-2008)
  • Publicity Co-chair, Nano-Net 2006: International Conference on Nano-Networks, Lausanne, Switzerland, September 14-16, 2006
  • Member, Technical Program Committee, (Chairman, Technology Sub-committee), 20 th International Conference on VLSI Design, January 6-10, 2007, Bangalore
  • Member, Technical Program Committee, 2007 ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design (ISLPED' 06), Portland, USA, August 27-29, 2007
  • Member, Technical Program Committee, IEEE VLSI Design & Test Symposium (VDAT) (2007-2009)
  • Organizing/Advisory committee member for various national/international conferences/workshops held in India
  • Reviewer for multiple International Journals / IEEE Transactions & Conferences.
  • Member, Program Committee, 24th International Conference on VLSI Design and 10th Conference on Embedded Systems (VLSI 2011), Chennai, India, Jan 2-7, 2011

NATIONAL LEVEL ADVISORY COMMITTEES

  • Chairman, Board of Governors, National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM), Sonepat, India (http://www.niftem.ac.in/) (2022-2025)
  • Chairman, Council of Management, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre For Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bangalore, India (https://www.jncasr.ac.in/) (2022-2025)
  • Chairman, Scientific Advisory committee, National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS), Department of Science & Technology, Govt of India (https://nmicps.in//) (2022-2025)
  • Chairman, Research Council, Defence Electronics Research Laboratory, DLRL DRDO, Govt of India, 2022-2025
  • Chairman, Working Group on Nanotechnology, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Govt of India, 2022-2024
  • Chairman, Expert Committee (PG colleges), Fund for Improvement of S&T Infrastructure in Universities & other Higher Educational Institutions (FIST), Department of Science & Technology, Govt of India, 2022-2025
  • Chairman, Expert Committee on Waste-to-Wealth standardization, Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs, Govt of India, (2023)
  • Chairman, National Coordination Committee, Prime Minister's Research Fellowship (PMRF) Programme for Doctoral students (2019-2021)
  • Chairman, Expert Committee to Review Charter of DRDO Labs, 2020
  • Chairman, Expert Advisory Group on Biomedical Device and Technology Development Programme, Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India (2020-2022)
  • Chairman, MHRD-DRDO Task force for "DRDO-Academia Interactions for Achieving Leadership in Futuristic Technologies", 2019
  • Chairman, Expert Group for evaluation and recommendation of various proposals for training and skill development, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Govt of India (2019-2022)
  • Distinguished Fellow, Foundation for Advancing Science and Technology (FAST) India (https://fast-india.org/) (Since 2022)
  • Member, Governing Council (2019-2021), C-DAC
  • Chairman, Research Council, Solid State Physics Laboratory, DRDO (2019-21)
  • Chairman, Industry Relevant R & D (IRRD) Scheme of SERB, Govt. of India (2018-2021)
  • Chairman, Research Council, Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (CSIO), Chandigarh (2017-2020)
  • Chairman, Governing Body, The Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India (2018-2021)
  • Member, Scientific Advisory Board (SAB), Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) (2018-2021)
  • Chairman, Prime Minister's Fellowship Scheme for Doctoral Research (jointly operated by CII, DST and FICCI), Govt. of India (2017-2020)
  • Chairman, Nano Applications and Technology Advisory Committee (NATAG), DST Nano Mission, Govt. of India (2018-2020)
  • National Coordinator for Nanotechnology domain, IMPacting Research INnovation and Technology (IMPRINT-1), India (2015-17)
  • Co-Chairman, Indo-Taiwan Joint Committee on Science & Technology, Department of Science and Technology, Govt.of India (Ended)
  • Chairman, Nano Applications and Technology Advisory Group (NATAG) Proof-of-Concept Expert Committee (NATAG-POCC), Nano Mission, Govt. of India (Ended in 2022))
  • Vice-President, Materials Research Society of India (2015-2018)
  • Council Member, DST Nano Mission, Govt. of India (Ended in 2022)
  • Member, Research Council, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), Trivandrum, Kerala (2015-2017)
  • Member, Research Advisory Board, Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences, Bangalore (an autonomous institute under the DST, Govt. of India) (Ended)
  • Member, Planning & Development Advisory Committee (PDAC), Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Govt. of India (Ended)
  • Member, Institute Governing Body, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology, Trivandrum (Ended)
  • Member, Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Govt. of India (Ended)
  • Member, Expert Committee for "Development of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies (AMT)" under the Technology Systems Development Programme (TSDP), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India (Ended)
  • Chairman, Working Group on Nanotechnology for North Eastern Region, Nanotechnology development programme of Department of Electronics & Information Technology, Govt. of India
  • Member, Industry Advisory Committee, Modified Special Incentives Package Scheme (M-SIPS), Electronics System Design & Manufacturing Sector, Ministry of Communications & IT, Govt . of India
  • Member, Board of Governors (BoG), Institute of Nano Science & Technology (INST), Mohali (Punjab)
  • Member, Governing Council, National Centre for Molecular Materials Research (NCMMR), Thiruvananthapur
  • Chairman, Innovation Council on Nanoelectronics, Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, Govt. of India (since 2011)
  • Member, "Nano Applications and Technology Advisory Group (NATAG), NANO MISSION, Department of Science & Technology (DST), Govt. of India (2008-2012)
  • Member, Governing Council, International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy & New Materials (ARCI) Hyderabad (since 2012)
  • Member of Research Council, "Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute (CEERI), Pilani" (since 2010)
  • Member, Expert Committee, DST; India-U.S. Grand Challenge: Affordable Blood Pressure Measurement Technologies for Low-Resource Settings in India and the U.S
  • Member, Vision Group on Nanotechnology, an apex Advisory Body for promotion of Nano-Science and Technology in the State of Karnataka, Govt of India (since 2010).
  • Member, Core committee, National Semiconductor Vision 2020, Indian Semiconductor Association (ISA)
  • Member, "Working Group on Nanotechnology", Department of Information Technology (DIT), Ministry of Communication & Information Technology, Government of India (2005)
  • Member, Programme Advisory Committee (PAC), Electrical, Electronics & Computer Engineering, Department of Science & Technology (DST), Govt. of India (since 2007)
  • Member, Programme Advisory Committee (PAC), Bio-medical Engineering, Department of Science & Technology (DST), Govt. of India (since 2008)
  • Member, Programme Advisory & Review Committee (PARC-4), National Programme on Micro and Smart Systems (NPMASS), Govt. of India
  • Member, Academic and R&D Initiatives in the area of Info-Nano-Biotechnology for the 11 th Five Year plan, Govt of India
  • Member of Academic Planning, Advisory & Evaluation Boards of various Universities and Educational Institutions in India
  • Member/Chairman of various research project monitoring committees including the (i) Electronic Design Centre project, SAMEER, Chennai (ii) Nano-Metrology facility at the National Physical Laboratories, Delhi (iii) Nano-device Characterization project at VNIT, Nagpur (iv) Nano-scale MOSFET project at Punjab University (v) Explosive Detection project at SSPL, New Delhi etc.

INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS PAST/ONGOING INTERACTIONS/RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS:

(interactions that resulted in joint publications/projects/joint guidance of students)
  • Centre for Materials & Microsystems (Fondazione Bruno Kessler), Trento (TN), Italy (Current)
  • Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany (Current)
  • McGill University, Quebec, Canada (Nano-mechanical sensors) (Current)
  • University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada (Sensors) (Current)
  • Georgia Insitute of Technology (Georgia Tech), Atlanta, USA (MEMS Packaging) (Current)
  • Applied Materials Corporation, USA (Bottom-up Approaches for Nano-scale CMOS) (Current)
  • Intel-(Circuit Research Lab) (high-k modeling, mixed-signal CMOS, Multi-gate MOSFETs) (Current)
  • Intel Mobile Commuincations, Munich, Germany (Input-Output high voltage devices, Ultra low power devices) (Current)
  • Tokyo Institute of Technology-Japan (Finfets) (Current)
  • Nanyang Technological University-Singapore (Organic Electronics) (Current)
  • University of Cambridge, UK (Sensors) (Current)
  • National Engineering School of Sfax, Tunisia (Current)
  • Universita della Calabria, Italy (High-k characterization for CMOS/Finfets) (2007-2010)
  • Johannes Kepler Universitat Linz , Austria (Organic transistors) (2012-2014)
  • IBM (Technology Aware Design Challenges) (2006-2014)
  • IMEC-Belgium (Multi-gate MOSFETs) (2010-2014)
  • University of Washington, USA (MEMS) (2008-2010)
  • International Rectifier Corporaton (Super-junction Power MOSFETs) (2005-2007)
  • National University of Singapore (High-k Dielectric Characterization) (2005-2008)
  • University of California -Los Angeles (Single Halo MOSFETs & Mixed signal CMOS) (1998-2006)
  • Yale University (JVD nitrides) (1999-2001)
  • Universitaet der Bundeswehr Munich-Germany (Vertical transistors) (2000-2005)