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Name

Prof. Manoj K. Mishra

Telephone

91 - 522 - 2740467 (O)

Fax

91 - 522 – 2740467

E-mail

vc@lkouniv.ac.in

 

 

 

 

   

Professor Manoj Kumar Mishra finished his schooling from the Modern School, New Delhi in 1968 where he was an All India Merit Scholar. He completed his B.Sc. (Chemistry Honours) from Saint Xavier’s College, Ranchi University in 1972 with first class and second rank in the University and his M.Sc. (Chemistry) with First Class First from IIT Delhi in 1974 where he was a National Merit Scholar. He was a CSIR/UGC JRF at JNU New Delhi during 1974-75 and completed his Ph.D. in Quantum Theory Project, University of Florida, Gainsville in 1981 where he was elected to perhaps the most prestigious honor society of Liberal Arts and Sciences in USA -  the Phi Beta Kappa. He served as a Guest Scientist at the University of Uppsala, Sweden (1981-82), Lektorvikar at the Arahus University, Denmark (1982-83), Post Doctoral Research Associate at the University of Florida (1983-84) and the Prinston University (1984-86) where he returned to teach as a Visiting Associate Professor in 1993-94. He joined IIT Bombay as an Assistant Professor in 1986 and became Professor in 1995. he served IIT Bombay in many different capacities incuding, Head, Chemistry Department and Chairman. GATE before joining the University of Lucknow as its Vice Chancellor in November 2009.

 

His major honors and awards are:

 

HONORS:

1981

Member, Phi Beta Kappa

1999

Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore

1999

Fellow, The National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad

 

AWARDS

2010

US-India Professorship, American Physical Society, USA

2010

Lowdin Lecture – Quantum Theory Project, University of Florida, USA

2010

Pride of India – Indo American Friends Group, New Delhi

2010

Vocational Excellence in Education, Rotary International, Lucknow

2007

S.C. Bhatterjee Award for Excellence in Pure Sciences – IIT Bombay

2000

M.N. Shah Award for Theoretical Sciences – UGC, India

1999

JSPS Fellow at Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan

 

Honorary Positions

1

Associate Editor, International Journal of Quantum Chemistry (2009- )

2

Convenor, Chemistry Committee, Indian Academy of Sciences (2007-09)

3

Member DST Fast Track Chemical Sciences Expert Committee (2008-10, 2001-05)

4

Chairman, Mumbai Chapter, National Academy of Sciences (2008-09)

5

Member, Editorial Board, Advances in Quantum Chemistry (2006- )

6

Member Board of Directors and Chairman Remuneration Committee, IDBI Intech Ltd.

7

Member DST Expert Committee for FIST Grant to Chemistrty Departments (2004-07)

8

President of India’s Nominee to the First Court of Assam University, Silchar (2000-03)

 

Visiting Professor/Scientist at University of Uppsala, Arahus, New Mexico. Prinston, Odense, Georgia, KSU, Nagoya Institute of Technology and Institute of Molecular Science, Japan

 

Publications: 85, Invited Talks: 74