Prof. Moona heads the Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar (IITGN).
Prof. Moona is also a Professor of Computer Science at IIT Kanpur and has supervised several
postgraduate theses.  He along with his students and  colleagues, has authored 18 patents, several
research papers and books.
He had been instrumental in defining applications such as smart card driving license, vehicle registration,
e-passport, electronic toll collection, mobility card, etc. The research area of Prof. Rajat Moona spans
over embedded computing, computer security, VLSI design and Operating Systems.
In the past Prof. Moona had been the founding Director of Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai and the
Director General of Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC). Prof. Moona is recipient of
several awards and recognitions, including Indo-US Science and Technology Fellowship, Poonam and
Prabhu Goel Chair Professorship, VASVIK Award for the year 2010, IESA Techno-visionary Award 2014,
fellowship of Maharashtra Academy of Sciences 2015 and National award of Election Commission of India
2016 for the best electoral practices.
Prof. Rajat Moona is an active member of the technical committee of Election Commission of India for
EVMs and has been instrumental in defining the EVMs and VVPAT. He has also been instrumental in
defining national voter service portal and national electoral search for the voters and various other IT
initiatives at Election Commission of India.