V. Ramgopal Rao
obtained his doctorate from the Faculty of Electrical
Engineering, Universitaet der Bundeswehr Munich, Germany in
1997 after his post-graduate studies at IIT Bombay. After a two
year post-doctoral research at the University of California at
Los Angeles, he joined IIT Bombay, where he is currently a
Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering. He is
also the Chief Investigator for the Centre for Nanoelectronics
at IIT Bombay. Dr. Rao has over
250 publications in the area
of Electron Devices & Nanoelectronics in refereed
international journals and conference proceedings and holds
three patents.
Prof. Rao received the coveted Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (SSB)
Prize in Engineering Sciences in 2005 awarded by the Hon'ble
Prime Minister, Govt. of India for his work on Electron
Devices. He is an Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Electron
Devices in the CMOS Devices and Technology area and serves on
the Editorial boards of IETE Journal of Research, The Open
Applied Physics Journal, and the 'Recent Patents in Electrical
Engineering" published by the Bentham Science Publishers.
Dr.Rao is a Distinguished Lecturer (DL), IEEE Electron Devices
Society, a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering
and a Fellow, IETE. He received the prestigious Swarnajayanti
Fellowship award in 2003-2004, instituted by the Department of
Science and Technology, Govt. of India to mark 50 years of
India's independence. He is also a recipient of the 2004 Swarnajayanti
Fellowship award from DST, 2007 IBM Faculty award, 2008 MRSI-ICSC Annual
Prize and the 2009 Technomentor award given by the Indian Semiconductor
Association. He is an Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices
in the CMOS Devices and Technology area and serves on the Editorial boards
of IETE Journal of Research, IETE Journal of Education, ICFAI Journal of
Nanotechnology etc. Dr. Rao is a Distinguished Lecturer (DL), IEEE Electron
Devices Society, a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering, a
Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences and a Fellow, IETE. Prof. Rao was
the organizing committee Chair for the 17th International Conference on VLSI
Design, 14 th International Workshop on the Physics of Semiconductor
Devices, 2 nd International Workshop on Electron Devices and Semiconductor
Technology (IEDST) and serves on the program/organizing committees of
various international conferences including the IEEE International Electron
Devices Meeting (IEDM), IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference, IEEE
Conference on Nano-Networks, ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Low Power
Electronics and Design, 11 th IEEE VLSI Design & Test Symposium among
others. He was Chairman, IEEE AP/ED Bombay Chapter during 2002-2003 and
currently serves on the executive committee of IEEE Bombay Section besides
being the vice-chair, IEEE Asia-Pacific Regions/Chapters Subcommittee
For more information about Prof. Rao's current research
interests, and a list of publications, please visit:
http://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/~rrao
.
Email ID:
rrao@ee.iitb.ac.in
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