Doon University (Established By Government Of Uttarakhand)

Prof. V.K. Jain is an eminent researcher, educational administrator  and environmentalist. A D.Phil in Plasma Physics from Sussex University, Brighton, U.K. Prof. Jain was at IIT, Delhi  as a CSIR Pool Scientist in the Department of Physics during 1983-85 and later joined the School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi as an Associate Professor in 1985. Prof. Jain has been a visiting Research Engineer in the Electrical Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles, USA .He has  diverse research interests in areas of Air and  Noise Pollution, Energy and Mathematical Modelling of Environmental processes, linear and non-linear plasma phenomena in laboratory and space plasmas.

Prof. Jain has about 26 years of teaching experience and is actively involved in research activities for past 36 years. Prof. Jain has supervised 25 PhD and 22 M.Phill students. He has 87 research publications in international and national journals in the fields of Plasma Physics and Environmental Sciences. He is a reviewer of several journals of international and national repute in the fields of Plasma Physics as well as Environmental Sciences . Prof. Jain was  Dean, School of Environmental Sciences, JNU during 2006-08 years. He has also held important administrative responsibilities as Dean of Students, Chief Procter and Registrar of JNU.

In recognition of his considerable scholastic achievements, Prof. Jain is an Advisor to International Mc Donnel Scholar's Academy Washington St. Louis USA and a member on panel of experts of University Grants Commission (UGC), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and other central and State Organizations. He has been a member of Xth and XI plan UGC visiting teams to several universities. He is also a member of academic committee of several institutions. To name a few, JNU, College of Military Engineering, Pune, National Defence Academy, Khadakvasala, Pune, Inter- University Accelerator Centre, New Delhi, Babasaheb Bhimrao Amdedkar University, Lucknow and TERI University are some of the universities with which he has been associated.