New Vice Chancellor for BITS Pilani

Prof Bijendra Nath Jain joined as Vice Chancellor of Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani on 1st August 2010.

Prof Bijendra Nath  Jain obtained his B. Tech.  from IIT Kanpur and Ph.D. from SUNY, Stony Brook (NY),  both in Electrical Engineering.  Since 1975, he was with IIT,  Delhi where he has been a Microsoft Chair Professor, Head of the Department, Dean Alumni Affairs, and Deputy Director (Faculty Affairs).

He has held visiting assignments with the Universities of Texas and Maryland, Bell Labs, and Cisco Systems. Most recently, he was a Gledden Senior Visiting Fellow at University of Western Australia, Perth. 

His teaching and research interests are in Computer Networks and Systems, with applications to wireless networks, environment monitoring and information security. Over the last 35 years, Prof Jain has trained over 2500 computer communication specialists, many of whom are leaders in R & D in India and abroad, including those in government or industry.