DR. INDRANIL MANNA, FNAE, FNASc, FIE, FIIM, PRS, FASc
INAE Visvesvarya Chair Professor
Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Chairman, Central Research Facility
Coordinator, Nano-Science and Technology
Indian Institute of Technology, KHARAGPUR, WB 721302, India
Tel.: +91 3222 283266 (office), 283267 (home);
FAX: +91 3222 282280; 255303
e-mail: imanna@metal.iitkgp.ernet.in or, im_kgp@yahoo.co.in
Personal web: http://www.imanna.org; Institute Home Page: www.iitkgp.ac.in;

Professor Indranil Manna (born on 22.01.1961) received his Ph. D degree from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur in 1990. Earlier, he obtained his bachelor’s (B. E.) and master’s (M. Tech.) degrees from Calcutta University and IIT-Kanpur in 1983 and 1984, respectively. Prof. Manna worked at the Mishra Dhatu Nigam, Hyderabad (an integrated superalloys plant) before joining IIT-Kharagpur in 1985. Since then, he has been at the same Institute as Lecturer (1985-1990), Assistant Professor (1990-1997), Associate Professor (1997-2003) and a Full Professor (2003-present). In between, he worked as guest scientist in different renowned Institutions and Universities abroad like Max Planck Institute at Stuttgart, Technical University of Clausthal, Nanyang Technological University, Liverpool University, University of Ulm for periods up to one year (on leave from IIT-Kharagpur). Prof. Manna teaches courses on phase transformation, surface engineering, X-ray diffraction, etc. His research interest concerns structure-property correlation in engineering materials including synthesis/application of nano-materials, surface coating/engineering, phase transition, oxide fuel cell, bainitic steel and modeling. His current activities on amorphous/nanocrystalline Al-alloys, nano-fluid and laser/plasma assisted surface engineering have evoked wide interest in the scientific community. He has published about 200 peer-reviewed papers, supervised 12 Ph.D, 31 M. Tech. and 43 B. Tech. theses, carried out 32 sponsored projects worth over Rs. 140 million and recently obtained a patent on amorphous AlCuTi alloy. Prof. Manna won several prizes and awards in India and abroad including INSA Medal for Young Scientists, Young Metallurgist and Metallurgist of the Year Awards, MRSI Medal, AICTE career award and DAAD and Humboldt Fellowships, Acta Materialia Best Referee Award (1999 and 2003). Currently, he is the Coordinator, Nano Science and Technology, and the Chairman, Central Research Facility, IIT, Kharagpur. Prof. Manna has been elected a Fellow (FNAE) of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), New Delhi, a Fellow (FNASc) of The National Academy of Sciences of India, Allahabad, and a Fellow (FASc) of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore. The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Bonn appointed him an Honorary DAAD Advisor in India for three years, INAE selected him for INAE-AICTE Distinguished Industry Professorship for 2007-08 to work with Tata Steel, and Indian Institute of Metals (IIM) has conferred the GD Birla Gold Medal (2008) on him. Prof. Manna is the President-elect of the Materials Science Section of the Indian Science Congress Association for 2009-10. Recently, INAE has awarded him the prestigious ‘INAE Chair’ for two years (the 'third' awardee to date).

Prof. Manna is married (to Mrs Snigdha Manna) and has two children aged 19 (Oindrila, daughter), and 14 (Rudroneel, son).