N.Rama.Rao.Chair Professor, Computer Science
& Engg.
IIT Kanpur
India
I completed my Bachelors in CSE
from the
Indian Institute
of Technology, Kanpur in 2002 and completed my PhD under
Manindra
Agrawal in 2006. I am broadly interested in Complexity,
Algebra/Geometry/Number Theory, Cryptography, and AI
product-development for the local economy.
I have been a visiting graduate student in
Princeton University
(2003-2004) and
National
University of Singapore (2004-2005); a postdoc at
CWI,
Amsterdam (2006-2008) and
a
Bonn
Junior
Fellow (W2 Professor) at
Hausdorff Center
for Mathematics,
Bonn
(2008-2013). Since April 2013, I have a faculty position in the
department of
CSE,
IIT Kanpur. Since 2022, I'm
the founding Coordinator of Center for Developing Intelligent
Systems (
CDIS). Since 2025, I'm
the founding Dean of Wadhwani School of AI & Intelligent
Systems.
Edited 2025