About Member

Respected Prof. Ajay Rana, a renowned educationist and researcher, is currently the Director-General at Amity University, Noida. Before that, He obtained M.Tech and PhD in Computer Science and Engineering. His areas of interest include machine learning, The Internet of things (IoT), Augmented Reality,  Software Engineering, and Soft Computing.

He served Amity University, Uttar Pradesh, Noida, for more than 20 years as Dean, Director, Professor in Computer Science & Engineering and Senior Vice President (RBEF – A Trust of Amity) Amity Education Group.

Prof. Ajay Rana is an educationalist, a teacher, an innovator, a strategist, and a committed philanthropist. He possesses deep organisational ethics, and equality and believes in holding the hands of every individual who wishes to succeed in life. He possesses an outstanding academic record, a product of a prestigious system throughout.

He has 72 plus patents under his name in IoT, Networks, and Sensors. He has published more than 306 Research Papers in reputed  Journals like ACM, Springer, Elsevier, Taylor and Francis and others, and International and  National Conferences, Co-authored 08 Books and co-edited 36 Conference Proceedings. 

Prof. Rana is the Founding Chairman of AUN Research Labs, Executive Committee Member of the IEEE Uttar Pradesh Section, Senior Member of IEEE, and Life Member of the CSI and ISTE. He is also a member of the Editorial Board and Review Committee of several Journals. With an intent to provide a robust learning environment to students and to strengthen the  Indian Education System. 

He has visited many Top Universities & Colleges like Oxford,  University of Nottingham, University of Wales, University of Southampton, University of West  England, University of Newcastle, University of Poole, University of Bournemouth, Bangkok  University, Institute of Industrial Technologies and Automation, Milano, Ducati -Bologna,  FERRARI – Maranello (MO) and many more, which have a legacy of more than 1200 years of producing leaders on the global front in entire Europe, UAE, and the UK & Asia.

Prof. Rana has excellent networking and social skills and a vision for enhancing professional connections with Top Academicians, Industrialists, and Bureaucrats at both national and international levels. He has undertaken 45 Sponsored Research Projects and 18 major systems-based Management  / HRD Consultancies in several reputed organisations, both public and private, in India and abroad. Eighteen students have completed their PhD under him.

He has organised more than 504 conferences, workshops, faculty development programs, Seminars and Talks sponsored by IEEE,  Springer, CSI, and others.

Prof. Ajay Rana has been honoured with 243 awards & recognition for his extraordinary work in the field of Education and Research, including the Corona Warriors Award 2020, Life Time  Achievement Award, Frontiers of Knowledge Award, Man of Academic Advisory Award, Icon of Healthcare Award, Med Achievers, Leadership Award BRICS – MSME, Most Influential 100  Directors of India, Education Award Singapore, IT Next CIO, International WHO’S WHO USA,  Italian Machine Tool Technology Award Italy and many more. He has been conferred with Honorary Professorship from ULAB Bangladesh. He is currently also a Member of the Consultative Group NEP 2020 CBSE, Ministry of  Education, Government of India.

Designation

Director-General, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh