Chief Guest

Professor Ram Ramaswamy,
Former Vice Chancellor, University of Hyderabad
Honorary Professor, Department of Physics, IIT Delhi

Professor Ram Ramaswamy retired from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, in 2018, after teaching there for more than thirty years. He was a member of the faculty of the School of Physical Sciences as well as the School of Computational and Integrative Sciences.

Educated at Madras University, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, and Princeton University, Professor Ramaswamy earned his degrees in Chemistry, although his research interests have primarily been in various aspects of nonlinear science, statistical physics, and computational biology, in addition to theoretical chemistry.

Prior to joining JNU, he was at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Mumbai. Between 2011 and 2015, he served as Vice Chancellor of the University of Hyderabad. After retiring from JNU he has been Visiting Professor at IIT Delhi and is currently an Honorary Professor at IISER Berhampur.

Professor Ramaswamy has authored over 200 peer-reviewed publications in physics, chemistry, and theoretical biology, and edited approximately 30 books and conference proceedings. He is the co-editor of Lilavati’s Daughters: The Women Scientists of India and A Girl’s Guide to a Life in Science (2008).

From 2016 to 2018, Professor Ramaswamy served as President of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore. He is also an elected Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) and the Indian National Science Academy (INSA).