Manoj Gupta

​Dr Manoj Gupta was a former Head of Materials Division of the Mechanical Engineering Department and Director designate of Materials Science and Engineering Initiative at NUS, Singapore. He did his BEng from VRCE-Nagpur in 1984 (First Class with Distinction), MEng from IISC- Bangalore in 1987 (Gold Medalist) Ph.D. from University of California, Irvine, USA (1992), and postdoctoral research at University of Alberta, Canada (1992). In August 2017 he was highlighted among Top 1% Scientist of the World Position by The Universal Scientific Education and Research Network and among 2.5% among scientists as per ResearchGate. To his credit are: (i) Disintegrated Melt Deposition technique and (ii) Hybrid Microwave Sintering technique to synthesize alloys/micro/nano-composites. He has published over 580 peer reviewed journal papers and owns two US patents and 1 Trade secret. His current h-index is 67, RG index is 47.5 and citations are greater than 17000. He has also co-authored six books, published by John Wiley, Springer and MRF – USA and edited many others. He is Editor-in-chief/Editor of twelve international peer reviewed journals. A multiple award winner, he actively collaborate/visit as invited researcher, visiting and chair professor in Japan, France, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, China, USA and India.