Vijay Bhargava has made fundamental research contributions in the field of cellular wireless communications.  This research represents an evolution of his earlier pioneering research in error control coding and spread spectrum; error control coding devices designed by him are used by several industries and government agencies.   He was President of the IEEE Information Theory Society and has served on numerous committees for NSERC, Canadian Foundation for Innovation, Canada Research Chairs Program and the Science Council of British Columbia. Vijay Bhargava was also Editor of the Canadian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He currently serves as the Head of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of British Columbia.