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V Rao Work

• 2023 -now Group Vice-Chancellor for BITS Pilani Campuses (Pilani |Dubai |Goa |Hyderabad |Mumbai |Amaravati) @ Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
• 2025 -now Vice President @ Indian Academy of Sciences
• 2025 -now Chairman of the Working Group on Electronics Materials and Nanotechnology @ Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
• 2022 -2025 Chairman of the Working Group on Nanotechnology @ Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
• 2026 -now Chairman, Research Council @ CSIR- Central Scientific Instruments Organization
• 2023 -now Independent Director, JBM Auto @ JBM Group
• 2023 -now Board Member (Director) @ Andhra Pradesh medtech zone Limited
• 2023 -now President @ PIEDS : Pilani Innovation & Entrepreneurship Development Society, BITS Pilani
• 2026 -now Chairman, Committee for formulation of the National Entrepreneurship and IP Commercialization Policy @ Department of Science & Technology, Government of India
• 2025 -now Co-Chair of the CII Industry-Academia Partnership Forum @ Confederation of Indian Industry
• 2024 -now Chairman of the Technical Advisory Group for Centre for Nanomaterials (CNM), ARCI. @ ARCI Hyderabad
• 2021 -now Member of Board of Governors @ Shriram Institute for Industrial Research, Gurugram
• 2022 -now Distinguished Fellow @ Foundation for Advancing Science and Technology - India
• 2025 -now Member of NITI Frontier Technology Hub Expert Council @ NITI Aayog
• 2015 -now Member of the Vision Group for Nanotechnology chaired by Prof. CNR Rao @ Govt of Karnataka
• 2025 -now Member of Academic Council @ NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad
• now Advisory Board Member of CSIR @ Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
• now Chairman of Advisory Committees for Next-Gen Display Devices Project @ CSIR- Central Scientific Instruments Organization
• 2022 -2026 Chairman of the Council of Management (Board of Governors) @ Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR)
• now Chairman, Scientific Advisory Committee, National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical System @ Department of Science & Technology, Government of India
• now Chairman of the Committee FIST-DST for PG Colleges @ Department of Science & Technology, Government of India
• now Chairman, Expert Group on Academia-Industry Interaction and Academia-Technology Translation @ Department of Science & Technology, Government of India
• now Chairman, Expert Advisory Group on Biomedical Device and Technology Development Programme @ Department of Science & Technology, Government of India
• now Chairman, Nano Applications and Technology Advisory Group (NATAG) Nano Mission, Govt. of India @ Department of Science & Technology, Government of India
• now Chairman of the Governing Body, Center for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS) @ Department of Science & Technology, Government of India
• now Chairman, Prime Minister's Fellowship Scheme for Doctoral Research (CII, DST and FICCI) @ Department of Science & Technology, Government of India
• now Chairman of the Board of Governors @ National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management, Kundli (NIFTEM-K)
• 2001 -2011 Short term visiting positions @ Universities in over a dozen countries abroad
• 1997 -1998 Post Doctoral Fellow, University of California, Los Angeles @ UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs