Manoj Kumar Mishra
{{Short description|Indian academic and researcher}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| office = Head, Department of Chemistry, IIT Bombay
| alma_mater = St. Xavier's College, Ranchi
IIT Delhi
University of Florida
| birth_place = Begusarai, Bihar, India
| office1 = Vice-chancellor of the University of Lucknow
| office2 = Vice-chancellor of the Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra
| order1 = 37th
| term2 = 22 November 2013
| term = 1985 – 2009
| term1 = 21 October 2009 - 2 November 2012
| appointer1 = Banwari Lal Joshi, Governor of Uttar Pradesh
| predecessor1 = Upendra Nath Dwivedi
| successor1 = Gopabandhu Patnaik
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|10|15|df=yes}}
| spouse = Meena Mishra
| children =
| honorific_prefix = Dr.
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Manoj Kumar Mishra (born 15 October 1952) is an Indian academic and researcher. He served as the 37th vice-chancellor of the University of Lucknow. He is recognised for his work in quantum chemistry.
Mishra completed his education at the St. Xavier's College, IIT Delhi and the University of Florida. He then completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Princeton University.
Mishra has held academic positions, including vice chancellor of Lucknow University (2009–2012), and also served in leadership roles at IIT Bombay.
He has won the M.N. Saha Award for theoretical sciences and the S.C. Bhattacharya Award for Excellence in Pure Sciences.{{cn|date=November 2024}}
Academic and teaching career
Mishra began his career in academia after a postdoctoral research associateship at Princeton University, USA. He joined the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay as a faculty member, where he spent 27 years in various capacities, including head of the Department of Chemistry{{Cite web |title=New Page 2 |url=https://ether.chem.iitb.ac.in/~mmishra/ |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=ether.chem.iitb.ac.in}} and chairman of the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) from June 2008 to July 2009. He served as the vice chancellor of the University of Lucknow,{{Cite web |date=2009-10-22 |title=LU gets new V-C,this time from IIT-Bombay |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/lucknow/lu-gets-new-vc-this-time-from-iitbombay/ |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}} from 21 October 2009 to 2 November 2012. Since November 22, 2013, he has been vice chancellor of BIT Mesra, Ranchi.{{Cite news |date=2013-11-24 |title=Manoj Mishra named VC at BIT Mesra |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/manoj-mishra-named-vc-at-bit-mesra/articleshow/26281348.cms |access-date=2024-10-22 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}{{Unreliable source?|date=October 2024}}
Legacy
Mishra became a Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences{{Cite web |title=Indian Academy of Sciences |url=https://fellows.ias.ac.in/profile/v/FL1999007 |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=fellows.ias.ac.in}} in 1999. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences, India,{{Cite news |date=2011-01-21 |title=The Lucknow University vice-chancellor, Manoj K Mishra has been elected as a member of the National Academy of Sciences (India) for the year 2011. |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/the-lucknow-university-vice-chancellor-manoj-k-mishra-has-been-elected-as-a-member-of-the-national-academy-of-sciences-india-for-the-year-2011-/articleshow/7333064.cms |access-date=2024-10-22 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}{{Unreliable source?|date=October 2024}}{{Cite web |title=MISHRA, Manoj Kumar – The National Academy of Sciences, India |url=https://nasi.org.in/fellows/mishra-manoj-kumar/ |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=nasi.org.in}}