Prof. (Dr.) R. Venkata Rao, is the Chairperson, Vivekananda School of Law and Legal Studies(VSLLS) and Vivekananda schools of
English Studies(VSES), in Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies(VIPS), New Delhi.
Prior to this he has served as the Vice Chancellor of National Law School of India University, Bangalore for a period of 10 years. He was
awarded Prof. N.R. Madhava Menon Best Law Teacher Award for the year 2018. Prof. R. Venkata Rao has been awarded the Attorney
General K. Parasaran Award in recognition of his Outstanding Scholarship in Legal Education by Capital Foundation Society, New
Delhi on 1st September, 2019. To date, he has 42 years of teaching and research experience.
He has the distinction of serving the Statutory Bodies of almost all the Law Schools in the Country. Besides, he is a member of Board of
Governors of Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs, New Delhi. He also served as Member, Governing Council Indian Law Institute New
Delhi and Member, Academic Committee, Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi. He has served as Independent Director in
prestigious Public Sector Undertakings like, Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL), Bangalore, Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL), Bangalore, Goa
Shipyard Ltd, Goa. He is also a member of different committees in Bar Council of India and is associated with prestigious bodies like
UPSC, State Service Commissions, UGC and NAAC among others. He has the distinction of receiving Gold Medal for the Best Ph.D.
Thesis from the Andhra University in 1993, the Best Researcher Award from the Andhra University in 2003, the Best Teacher Award
from the Government of Andhra Pradesh in 2006, he has been awarded the “Best Vice Chancellor Award for Outstanding
Contribution to Education” during the World Chancellors and Vice Chancellor’s Congress- 2014 held on 27th June 2014 at Mumbai,
Amity University, Noida, awarded “Amity Academic Excellence Award” twice, once in 2017 for the most distinguished contribution
towards propagation of doctrine of knowledge, at the 17th International Business Summit & Research Conference INBUSHERA and again in 2019. He has authored 6 books and published more than 130 papers.
He was the Chairman, Board of Governors of Asia Law Institute (ASLI) for the year 2010-2011