V Ramgopal Rao — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Group Vice Chancellor of BITS Pilani, an Institution of Eminence with campuses in Pilani, Goa, Hyderabad, Dubai, Mumbai and Amaravati
Former Director of IIT Delhi (2016-2021)
Co-founded two deep technology startups, Nanosniff and Soilsens
Authored over 500 research publications and holds more than 50 patents, including 20 issued US patents
Intellectual property developed in his group on CMOS SoC applications is used in hundreds of millions of integrated circuits worldwide
Independent Director for JBM Auto, AMTZ, and Nanosniff
Fellow of IEEE, The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), and all three national science academies in India (IASc, INSA, NASI)

Biography

V Ramgopal Rao is the Group Vice Chancellor of BITS Pilani, an Institution of Eminence with campuses in Pilani, Goa, Hyderabad, Dubai, Mumbai, and Amaravati. In this role, he focuses on strengthening academic quality, research, innovation, entrepreneurship, industry engagement, and global partnerships across the campuses.