| V. Ramgopal Rao |
V. Ramgopal Rao obtained his M.Tech from IIT Bombay in 1991 and Dr.Ingenieur degree from the
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universitaet der Bundeswehr Munich, Germany in 1997.
His doctoral thesis was on Planar-Doped-Barrier Sub 100 nm Channel Length MOSFETs.
He was a DAAD fellow for three years during 1994-1996, and, during 1997-1998, and again in 2001,
a visiting scholar with the EE Department, University of California, Los Angeles.
He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay.
Dr.Rao's areas of interest include Physics, Technolology and Characterization of Silicon CMOS
devices, Novel Device Architectures, CMOS Scaling for
Mixed Signal Applications, Flash Memories, Bio-MEMS, and Molecular Electronics. He has over
120
publications in these areas in refereed international journals and conference
proceedings and holds two patents. He closely interacts with various semiconductor industries
in India and abroad and has many ongoing sponsored projects from various industries.
He also collaborates with various research groups in Europe and USA. Prof. Rao is a Senior
Member of IEEE and a Fellow of IETE. He is closely associated with the IEEE activities in the
Bombay region, and is currently the Chairman, IEEE AP/ED Bombay Chapter. He served on the
organizing committees of various conferences in India, and is currently the organizing chair
for the 17th International Conference on VLSI Design. Since November 2003, he is serving as an
Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices for MOS Devices and Technology.
He is also a working group member setup by the Govt. of India on nanotechnology.
Email:rrao@ee.iitb.ac.in