Prof. Srikrishna Deva Rao is the Registrar of the National Law University, Delhi. Prof Rao holds a masters degree in Law from Kakatiya University, Master of Philosophy in Law from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore and PhD from Delhi University. Prof Rao was the founding Director of School of Law at IGNOU, New Delhi from May 2007 to May 2010. He has worked with three National Law Schools in India - Bangalore, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad, in addition to a short stint at Delhi University and the Jawaharlal Nehru University, both in Delhi. He is a member of the University Grants Commission (UGC) expert committee to transform legal education in India. He was a consultant to the Indian Medical Association (IMA), Swedish Development Cooperation (SDC), Sir Dorabji Tata Trust (SDTT), Child Rights and You (CRY) and Swedish National Science Foundation (SNSF). His areas of specialisation include Criminal Law, Human Rights, Community Legal Education and Law, Science and Technology.