Prof. Ranjan Bose is currently serving his second term as the Director of IIIT-Delhi.  Prior to joining IIIT-Delhi, he spent over 20 years at IIT Delhi in the Department of Electrical Engineering, where he held the prestigious Microsoft Chair Professor position for 8 years.  He has also served as the Head of the Bharti School of Telecom Technology and Management and the founding Head of the Center of Excellence in Cyber Systems and Information Assurance at IIT Delhi. Prof. Bose received his B.Tech. degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT Kanpur, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA. He gained industry experience at Alliance Semiconductor in San Jose, USA, before embarking on his academic career at IIT Delhi.  He is the author of the book Information Theory, Coding and Cryptography (3rd Ed.). This book has an international edition and has been translated into Chinese and Korean. He is the national coordinator for the MHRD Mission Project on Virtual Labs, which enables students all over the country to perform laboratory experiments remotely. He has also contributed to the National Program on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) and the National Pedagogy Project. He has served on the editorial boards of IEEE Access and Computers & Security (Elsevier), and has been the Editor-in-Chief of IETE Journal of Education. Prof. Bose holds several significant positions, including on the Board of Governors of IIIT Guwahati, Governing Council of SETS, Governing Council of CRIS, Chairman of the Search Committee for Director DIA-CoE at IIT Kharagpur, member (PT) TRAI, and member of the Search cum Selection Committee for Director of IIIT Una. He has served on numerous reputed committees such as the Security Advisory Board of GSTN, the IDEA steering committee, the Technology Advisory Group of Empowered Technology Group of the Office of the PSA, the CII National Committee on R&D & Innovation, and the Delhi Knowledge and Development Fund (DKDF). His expertise has been sought as a Domain Expert for DRDO, SAG, NATGRID, Delhi Police, and BPR&D, and he has served as a Jury Member for the Dataquest ICT Business Awards in 2023 and 2024. He is also on the Board of Directors of Delhi Research Implementation and Innovation (DRIIV), a Section 8 company supported by the Office of the PSA.  He is the recipient of the Dr. Vikram Sarabhai Research Award, the National Systems Gold Medal, the URSI Young Scientist Award, the INAE Young Engineers Award, the AICTE Career Award for Young Teachers, and the BOYSCAST Fellowship.  He is a Fellow of the IET (UK) and a Humboldt Fellow (Germany).