V Ramgopal Rao (born 1965) is an Indian Academic serving as the Vice Chancellor of Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani from February 2023 onwards .
[1][2] He was the P.K.Kelkar Chair Professor in Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay before joining IIT Delhi as the Director.
[14] IIT Delhi's Endowment fund initiative launched under his leadership on 31 October 2019 by the Hon'ble President, Govt of India set a new benchmark for all other academic institutions in the country to follow.
Rao obtained his B.Tech degree in "Electronics and Instrumentation" from Kakatiya University in 1986 with distinction and his M.Tech from IIT Bombay in 1991.
Rao has also held short term visiting positions in University of California, Los Angeles in May–July 2001 in the USA.