There is an urgent need to link research to finding solutions to societal problems with the involvement of industry, says V Ramgopal Rao, the newly anointed director of IIT Delhi. In an email interview to ET's Prachi Verma Dadhwal, his first interview since being named the director, he says the institute needs to focus on higher citations for research and attracting more foreign students and faculty. A leading researcher in nanoelectronics, who helped create a startup, Nanosniff Technologies Pvt Ltd at IIT Bombay, he says more companies need to be incubated on campuses in the country. Rao, currently the PK Kelkar Chair Professor for Nanotechnology at IIT Bombay, will assume charge at IIT Delhi around mid-April.
Image: There is an urgent need to link research to finding solutions to societal problems with the involvement of industry, says VRamgopal Rao, the newly anointed director of IIT Delhi.
