WORK EXPERIENCE (Full-time Positions)
- Group Vice-Chancellor, Birla Institute of Technology & Sciences (BITS) Pilani with campuses in Pilani, Dubai, Goa, Hyderabad & Mumbai (Since March 2023)
- Pillay Chair Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Delhi (June 2022 - february 2023)
- Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Delhi (Feb 2022 - June 2022)
- Director, IIT Delhi (April 2016-Feb 2022)
- P. K. Kelkar Chair Professor for Nanotechnology (2015-16)
- Institute Chair Professor, EE Department, IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai(2012-2014)
- Chief Investigator, "Centre for Excellence in Nanoelectronics" "Indian Nanoelectronics Users Program (INUP)"(2005-2015)
- Head, "Centre for Research in Nanotechnology & Science", IIT Bombay (Dec 2005-Jan 2007)
- EE Department, University of California, Los Angeles: 1997-1998 (Post-doctoral fellow)
- Prof. Rao has held short term visiting positions at the University of California, Los Angeles, USA (2001), Universitaet der Bundeswehr, Munich, Germany (2003), Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan (2005), Monash University, Melbourne, Australia (2007), The University of Calabria, Italy (2008), Georgia Institute of Technology, USA (2009), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (since 2005), University of Alberta, Canada (2010) and McGill University, Canada (2011).