Dr. Manu Sam has attained over 10+ years of diverse academic and research experience in mechanical and materials engineering, while working in various technical and research roles like Lecturer, Consultant, Research engineer, Funding/Grant Reviewer, Laboratory Supervisor and Research Fellow.

His expertise is in product design, advanced manufacturing, and development of functional composites, focused on improving the defence systems and automotive industries. He has managed research activities for Aeronautics Research and Development Board - AR&DB, India and Defense Research and Development Organization – DRDO, India alongside a full-time Technical Consultant role with Mercedes Benz – Research and Development, India.

He has accomplished a PhD in Mechanical and Materials Engineering from Amrita University. He has published nearly 30+ SCOPUS indexed international journal articles that include Q1 journals of mechanical and materials engineering. He also served as a grant reviewer for National Science Centre Poland and article reviewer for 14+ high-impact international journals.

He has taught various subjects from Mechanical Engineering and multi-disciplines and has supervised engineering students at the bachelor’s and master’s levels. In his current role at EIT, he has been serving as Unit Lecturer of Computer Aided Technologies, Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing, Process Plant Layout, Piping and Pipeline Systems, Engineering Drawing and CAD units