IIT Gandhinagar Gets New Director In Professor Rajat Moona
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Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN) has appointed Professor Rajat Moona as its new Director.
Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN) has appointed Professor Rajat Moona as its new Director. The Officiating Director, Professor Amit Prashant handed over the responsibilities to Professor Moona today, October 3. The IIT Gandhinagar also organised a welcoming ceremony and interactive session between its new director and the IITGN community that served as a medium to know more about Professor Rajat Moona.
Professor Rajat Moona has pursued a BTech in Electrical Engineering from IIT Kanpur during 1981-1985 and a PhD in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore during 1985-1989). Before joining IITGN, Professor Moona served as Director of IIT Bhilai and Director General of the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC). He is also a faculty of Computer Science and Engineering at IIT Kanpur since 1991.
Professor Moona was instrumental in defining some of the key applications for the country like smart card driving licence, vehicle registration, e-passport, electronic toll collection and mobility card among others. He is the recipient of several awards and recognitions, including Indo-US Science and Technology Fellowship, Poonam and Prabhu Goel Chair Professorship and many others.
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