Prof. Rajeev Ahuja has joined Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Ropar director from April 1st, 2021 Before joining as director at IIT Ropar, Rajeev Ahuja was professor of computational Materials science at Uppsala University, Sweden. He is one of the most highly cited researchers in Sweden. He has done his Ph.D. from I.I.T. Roorkee in India in 1992. Same year he has joined Uppsala University, Sweden as postdoctoral fellow. He became Assistant Professor in 1996, Associate Professor in 2002 and