Manav Kumar

Address: Room no. 326, hostel 03, IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076
Permanent Address: A-103, Sector-61, Noida, UP 201301
Phone: 09819505850, E-mail: manavkt@iitb.ac.in, Date of Birth: 27th February 1984
Education

Year

Degree/ Certificate

2002-till date

B.Tech
Chemical Engineering

2001

Class XII: CBSE

1999

Class X: CBSE

Institute/ School, City

IIT Bombay

CGPA/ %

Rank

8.15

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Vishesh Kendriya Vidyalaya

88.2

Vishesh Kendriya Vidyalaya

86.2

Scholastic achievements

15th rank among 200,000 students competing for UPSEAT 2002, the engineering entrance exam for the state of Uttar
Pradesh.
Ranked 1st in Matriculation (1999) and Intermediate (2001) in my school.
Awarded Merit certificates for junior level in 1999 and B-level in 2000, in National Mathematics Olympiad
conducted by Delhi Association of Mathematics Teachers.
Awarded Proficiency certificate in GK competition conducted by Indian Institute for International Studies and
Cultural Exchange in 1997.

Academic projects undertaken

Junior Thesis (July-Dec. 2004): Presented Seminar on Thermoanalytical Methods for study of solid phase
reactions. The work involved exhaustive literature survey on various methods used for analysis of solid
phase reactions, a challenging topic in Chemical engineering.
Summer Project (May 2005 till date): Proposed plausible factors for determining the size of Nanoparticles
formed in water-oil microemulsion and studied under TEM under the guidance of Prof K. C. Khilar at the
department of chemical Engineering, IITB. The task at hand was to do thoruogh data collection on Particle size
distributions and comparing empirical observations with proposed theory.
B. Tech Project (July 2005 Dec, 2005): Designed a chemical reactor, of 45000 TPA capacity, for
manufacture of Aniline from Nitrobenzene. A new mechanism was tested instead of the ones commercially
in use.
Management Project (Sept. Nov. 2005) on Collusive oligopoly in a nearby market.
Course Project (Dec 2004) on Simulation of a non-isothermal packed bed reactor with radial dispersion.

Internship
Organization: IIT Bombay
City: Mumbai

Department: Chemical Engineering

Period: May July 2005

Took the initiative to design 3-D static models of a Petroleum Refining Complex and a Sulfuric Acid Plant to assist
in the teaching of chemical engineering process to undergraduate students at IITB with Prof. S. M. Mahajani, forgoing
an offer to pursue internship in Sweden.
Organized visits to Reliance Petroleum refining complex at Jamnagar, Gujarat and DMCC Monsanto sulfuric acid

plant at Ambernath, Mumbai, to gain insight into the process and the aesthetic aspect of the plant layout.
Wrote the script for the 30 min video on Batch Processing methods for the department of chemical engineering, IITB,
describing the technical aspects of the processes.

Extra-Curricular Activities
Positions of responsibility
Position, Organisation

Period

Key achievements

Core Group Member

(Services)
Mood Indigo 2004

May04
to
Dec 04

Core Group Member

(Infrastructure)
Livewire 2005

Jan 05

Sound and light In charge Sept 05

MI-PAF 2005
to
Dec. 05

Arranged for the best sound engineer in Asia, Roger Drego, for the
cultural nights attended by 15000 students from across the country, after
a period of 15 years.
Managed a team of 20 volunteers and a budget of over Rs. 1,300,000,
Single-handedly.
Part of the team that conceptualized and organized a rock concert in aid
of victims of 2004 Tsunami catastrophe, on 25th January 2005, on a
short span of 15 days.
Donation of the order of Rs. 300,000 made to Prime Ministers
National Relief Fund from ticket sales.
The event was appraised to be rejuvenating the rock music culture in
Mumbai by daily magazines JLT and JAM.
designed and materialized stage lighting and sound setup for the biggest
ever dramatics performance by students of IITB, to be enacted in
Mood Indigo 2005 to an audience of 15000

Cultural

Participated actively in script-writing, directing and acting in sophomore dramatics production.

Awarded special mention for inter-hostel Street Play competition in 2003.
Took the initiative to choreograph the inter-hostel dance competition in my second year when hostel seniors were not
available (2003).
Awarded Hostel Cultural Color for my contributions for 2003-2004.
Sports

Secured 12th position in the inter-hostel cross-country among 500 runners, this helped the hostel win the trophy with a
huge margin.
Member of the hostel athletics team for inter-hostel athletics competitions .
Awarded Hostel Special Mention for 2002-2003.

Others

Awarded Institute Organizational Color for 2004-2005.

Part of the three member team that stood out as one of the top 10, among 350 teams who participated in the pan-IIT
business idea competition, Ideaz-2005. The eminent judging panel appraised the idea to be having strong market
potential.
Led a team of 15 volunteers to organize the Annual convention of SPICMACAY held at IIT Bombay from 1st - 6th
June 2004, attended by more than 1000 delegates from across the country.