Dr. Manoj K. Patel received his B.Tech degree from NIT Jamshedpur and completed his PhD from AcSIR, New Delhi. His research interests include food safety & nutrition, additive manufacturing, green energy, electrostatic liquid atomization, airborne charged particulate technology, surface decontamination, precision agriculture, UAVs, aerial electrostatic spraying, and social innovations.
Dr. Patel has transferred nearly a dozen technology know-how to various industries for commercial production and created numerous startups. Dr. Patel has received several awards; the most prominent are the Young Achiever Alumnus Award 2024, BRICS Young Scientist Award 2022, CSIR Young Scientist Award 2020, IETE-Hari Ramji Toshniwal Award 2020, IEI Young Engineers Award 2019, NRDC National Societal Innovation Award 2017, and Gandhian Young Technological Innovation (GYTI) Award 2016. He is a recipient of the CSIR Raman Research Fellowship (2024-2025), the Post Graduate Research Program for Engineers (PGRPE) Fellowship (2010-2012), and the TATA Cummins Meritorious Scholarship (2009-2010).
Dr. Patel is a Fellow of ISSA and IETE. He is serving as a secretary of the Electrostatics Society of America (ESA), USA, a member of the International Advisory Board (IAB), Polytechnic of Leiria, Portugal, and an external member of the Board of Studies (BoS) of NIT, Jamshedpur.
Dr. Manoj K. Patel received his B.Tech degree from NIT Jamshedpur and completed his PhD from AcSIR, New Delhi. His research interests include food safety & nutrition, additive manufacturing, green energy, electrostatic liquid atomization, airborne charged particulate technology, surface decontamination, precision agriculture, UAVs, aerial electrostatic spraying, and social innovations.
Dr. Patel has transferred nearly a dozen technology know-how to various industries for commercial production and created numerous startups. Dr. Patel has received several awards; the most prominent are the Young Achiever Alumnus Award 2024, BRICS Young Scientist Award 2022, CSIR Young Scientist Award 2020, IETE-Hari Ramji Toshniwal Award 2020, IEI Young Engineers Award 2019, NRDC National Societal Innovation Award 2017, and Gandhian Young Technological Innovation (GYTI) Award 2016. He is a recipient of the CSIR Raman Research Fellowship (2024-2025), the Post Graduate Research Program for Engineers (PGRPE) Fellowship (2010-2012), and the TATA Cummins Meritorious Scholarship (2009-2010).
Dr. Patel is a Fellow of ISSA and IETE. He is serving as a secretary of the Electrostatics Society of America (ESA), USA, a member of the International Advisory Board (IAB), Polytechnic of Leiria, Portugal, and an external member of the Board of Studies (BoS) of NIT, Jamshedpur.