Professor Ramesh K. Goyal, is the Vice Chancellor, Delhi Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research University since 2016. Formerly he was the Vice-Chancellor of the MS University of Baroda and held positions as Director in Chennai, Mumbai; Moga, Panjab in addition to Professor at L. M. College of Pharmacy, Ahmadabad. In 2019 he was conferred with the Honorary Professorship at Stavropol State Medical University, Russia as second only non-Russian Professor title in 80 years there and the Distinguished Professor at the UCSI University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He has over 45 years of experience in Teaching and Research. He was the post-doctoral scholar, visiting scientist and Visiting Professor in University of British Columbia Vancouver and University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.

Dr Goyal got five patents awarded, 4 under consideration, about 40 books and book chapters, over 390 full papers articles (‘h’ index 47), over 600 abstracts published in National and International journals. He has guided 46 Ph.D. and over 200 MPharm/MBA/MPH students. He has been invited as the Speaker, and Chairman has delivered has delivered over 300 invited lectures in India and 40 abroad. He is the recipient of 78 National & International Awards. He is the Fellow of eight professional bodies (FIPS, FIACS, FAMS, FIC, FICN, FNASc, FSCH, FIVSPT). He is the President of International; Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences, Winnipeg, Canada (India Chapter) and has been the President of Indian Pharmacological Society, Society of Pharmacovigilance, India and Indian Society of Hypertension.

He also served as the Expert member of the Indian Medicinal Plants Review group and SAG of ICMR, New Delhi, Scientific Advisory Committee of Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission, Faridabad and Phyto-pharmaceutical Group of Central Drugs Standards Control Organization (CDSCO) New Delhi, National Board of Accreditation (NBA) and Peer Member & Chairman in NAAC committees. He is the Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Group of the National Drug Testing Laboratory of Sports Authority of India. He was the Chairman of the Central Region of All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and also the Executive Member of the AICTE.