Prof. Kuldeep Kumar Raina is the Vice Chancellor of M S Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Bengaluru. A distinguished academic leader and researcher, he earlier served as Vice Chancellor of DIT University, Dehradun for over six years and spent nearly three decades at Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala, holding key positions including Acting Director, Deputy Director, and multiple Deanships. With an M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Solid State Materials and post-doctoral research from the University of Manchester (UK), Prof. Raina has published over 250 international research papers and delivered 60 invited lectures worldwide. He has supervised 33 Ph.D. and 40 PG theses, attracted significant research funding, and earned numerous national and international recognitions for his scientific and academic contributions.