Prof. B.N. Gupta was born on March 31, 1942. He obtained his B.Sc. (Physics, Maths & Statistics) & M.Sc. (Physics) from Agra University in 1962 & 1964 respectively, and M.Tech. (Applied Optics) & Ph.D. (Physics) from IIT, Delhi in 1968 & 1972 respectively. Prof. Gupta first began his extensive career as Sr. Design Engineer in 1977 at IIT Delhi, where he was promoted to Chief Design Engineer in 1986. He subsequently took over the role of Head, IDDC and Professor at IIT Delhi in 1995.He joined as Director, NSIT in 1997, where his tenure lasted for about six years. He rejoined IIT Delhi as a Professor after his term in NSIT.His field of specialization being Instrumentation, Prof. Gupta supervised 5 Ph.D. theses and guided over 18 M.Tech. & 3 M.Sc. projects. His teaching experience covered a large stretch of about 18 years in IIT, Delhi. Prof. Gupta published about 40 research papers and had numerous awards & distinctions to his name, including the Fellowship Award by Society for Information Sciences, India (1995); Eminent Engineer Award by Institution of Engineers, India (2001); Giants Gaurav Samman by the Giants International (2001); Super Brain of India Award by Competition Success Review (CSR); Shiromani Purskar by Institute of Economic Studies, New Delhi; and the Best Citizens of India Award by the International Publishing House. Throughout his career, Prof. Gupta had been the Chairman of various governing bodies & committees, including ISTE, Delhi Section for two years and National Standing Committee (NSC) on Rural Technology of CAPART for six years. He was also the Founder Director of Mahila Institute of Technology, Delhi.