D Y Patil International University

Vice Chancellor Message

• Prof Ranjan has been educated in Gurukul Style Netarhat School, IIT Kharagpur, Delhi University. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley based on his research carried out at Lawrence Berkeley Lab on Nuclear Fusion in 1986. He worked for nearly 20 years making important contributions to Nuclear Fusion research as a scientist in India and USA. Recently he is leading Project Sanlayan as a chief mentor, which is a private initiative funded by Silicon Valley investors to develop nuclear fusion technology for Energy, Health, and Space applications.

• Prof Ranjan is a Nuclear Fusion Scientist, a Futurist, an Educator, an Innovator, an Entrepreneur and a Science Communicator. From 2013-18, he was heading India's Technology Think Tank, TIFAC (Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council, an Autonomous body of DST, GoI) in Delhi as its Executive Director. TIFAC developed Technology Vision 2035 during his tenure, which was released by Hon'ble PM in Jan 2016. PMO directed all Dept/Ministries to follow this document and take the agenda forward under the leadership of NITI Aayog.

• He also worked on Chandrayaan-II mission, wildlife, agriculture, and brain-computer interface(BCI). He has brought smiles to the faces of many persons with severe disabilities by innovative assistive technology for more than a decade. He has been nominated by BIS to represent India in the BCI standardization process at International Standards Organization.

• At DYPIU, he has created a flexible and futuristic multitrack B Tech(Comp Sci and Engg) program that has impacted the Computer Science and Engineering curriculum across the country. He is also Chairing the National Steering Committee of AICTE IDEA Lab scheme to spread the digital fabrication movement across the country.