Prof Rajat Moona takes charge as IITGN Director

Before joining IIT Gandhinagar, Prof Moona served as Director of IIT Bhilai and Director General of the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC).

 

Prof Rajat Moona has taken charge as the Director of the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN). Prof Amit Prashant, officiating Director of the institute, handed over the responsibility to Prof Moona on Monday. The institute had organised a ceremony to welcome the new Director. An interactive session was also held between him and the IITGN community. 

‘Will take IIT Gandhinagar to greater heights’ 

After taking the charge, Prof Moona said, “I am thankful to all of you for such a rousing welcome. Working on various projects so far, whether leading some of the key technological projects or driving academic/administrative activities, my philosophy has been not to shy away from making errors, because it is only natural for humans to make an error. But, I also strongly believe that learning is also a natural human quality and if you do not learn from your past experiences, it is an error. Don’t ever let the fear of making mistakes stop you. Our motivation should be to keep doing things that we can, and ultimately it will lead us to success. I have been fortunate to work with teams who have helped make various path-breaking projects a success, and I am sure that together we will grow and take IIT Gandhinagar to greater heights.” 

Prof Moona holds a BTech in electrical engineering from IIT Kanpur (1981-1985) and a PhD in computer science from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore (1985-1989). His research area spans over embedded computing, computer security, VLSI design and operating systems. 

Before joining IITGN, Prof 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. He, along with his students and colleagues, has authored 18 patents, several research papers and books. 

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