Prof Rajiv Prakash is the director of IIT Bhilai. He became the director of IIT Bhilai on September 19, 2022. Before this he was a professor of materials Science and Technology at IIT BHU and has held various administrative positions at IIT BHU including head of Materials Science and Technology (twice), Dean (R&D) and founder coordinator of IPR Cell and Central Instrument Facility. He is one of India’s foremost scientists in the fields of electronic polymers and nanocomposites, organic electronics, sensors and energy storage devices.