Work Experience:
Assistant professor in IIT, Indore from 2010-till date
Visiting Fellow in TIFR, Mumbai, India from 2007-2010.

Education :
Ph. D in Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, 2001-2007
Dissertation: “Topics in gauge/gravity correspondence”
Advisor-Leopoldo A. Pando Zayas.
Bachelor in Technology in Engineering Physics,
Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay, India, 1997-2001
Schooling in Kendriya Vidyalaya Mughalsarai (Uttar Pradesh) 1985-1997

Award :
Awarded Institute silver medal in 2001 for getting highest CPI in the stream of B. Tech in Engineering physics by IIT Bombay.

Hobbies:
Sports: I play Badminton and Volleyball. I also like running. I have run Standard chartered half marathon in Mumbai in 2009.
Outdoors: I love to go to visit new places., hiking, trekking & camping.
Food: love less spicy but with fragrant spices.
Drinks: wine (neither too dry or too sweet) , fruit juices.
Music: Bollywood songs, Rock (Metal), old classic instrumental.
Movies: drama, action, comedy genre.
Reading: short stories, classics
Photography, Sketching

Phone: 	(Off)731-2438742
	(Mobile): 882796-fifty-sixty
E-mail: manav7up@gmail.com or 
        manav@iiti.ac.in