Prof. Raghurama completed his five-year tenure as the Director of BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus on 30th Oct 2021. Prof. Raghurama is an accomplished teacher, teaching and guiding students in the areas of Electronic Sciences, Instrumentation, Computer Organization, Communication Engineering, Telecommunication Networks and Management.

Prof. Raghurama joined BITS Pilani at Pilani in Rajasthan as an assistant lecturer in 1987 and became a Senior Professor in the EEE department in 2012. He had completed his MSc in Physics with first rank and distinction from IIT Madras and obtained his PhD from IISc Bangalore. In 2007, he was appointed as Deputy Director (Academic) in-charge of academic affairs at BITS Pilani, including faculty recruitment. Prof. Raghurama has rich experience in academic administration holding positions such as Dean of Faculty Division, Dean of Admissions and Placement for over 14 years before he took charge as Deputy Director.

During his tenure as Dean of Admissions at BITS, he was a key person in the design and implementation of the fully computer based Online test BITSAT for admission to BITS, which has become a benchmark in Online testing in India. Later in 2009, he pioneered the first draft of ‘Vision 2020’ for BITS Pilani which subsequently became the ‘Vision 2020: Mission 2012’ project for BITS Pilani. In 2010, Prof Raghurama was appointed as the Director of BITS Pilani, Pilani campus, during which time he made significant contributions to the growth of the Institute. During his tenure as Director, he also led the Phase I of ‘Project Parivartan’ at Pilani campus and was responsible for expansion and modernization of physical infrastructure at Pilani campus. In 2015, he shifted to BITS Pilani, Goa campus and was appointed as Director of the campus in 2016. In 2017, he spearheaded the “Project Lakshya”, a strategic planning exercise for BITS Pilani. He successfully represented BITS Pilani as its nodal official at the MHRD, IoE Secretariat and UGC right from the application stage for the status of ‘Institute of Eminence’ which was finally granted in 2018. Prof. Raghurama also guided completion of construction of 6 hostel buildings and the New Academic Block as part of the Phase II Infrastructure Development of Goa Campus.