Dr. Manish Kumar is currently working as a polymer faculty for Diploma Course in Polymer Technology at MSME-Technology Development Centre, Meerut. He has worked as a post- doctoral fellow in Institute of Polymers and Composites (IPC), Department of Polymer Engineering at University of Minho, Portugal.
He had completed his Ph.D. (Tech.) in Chemical Engineering with specialisation in polymer nano composites from Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, M.Tech. in Plastic Engineering (with Honours) from Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology, Lucknow. Prior to that, he has finished his M.Sc. in Polymer Science from Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut.
He has a teaching experience of more than two years for Diploma, B.Tech. and M.Tech. students. He has also co-guided three M.Tech. students for their project work. He has published 16 research articles in international journals. He is also credited with more than 15 international conferences and presented research work in USA, Greece and Portugal.
He is awarded with three times for International Travel Grant by Department of Science and Technology (DST), India. He is also selected for travel support by The Centre for International Co-operation in Science (CICS), Chennai. He is a Life member of Society of Polymer Science India (SPSI). His research interests are polymer composites, nano materials, rheology and polymer processing.