Prof. Manoj Choudhary is currently working as the First/Founding Vice-Chancellor of the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya (GSV). GSV is focused on the entire transportation sector and logistics.
Prof. Manoj Choudhary is currently on lien from IIT Jodhpur, where he is a Professor of Electrical Engineering. He also served as the Dean (International Relations) at IIT Jodhpur. He received his Ph.D from IIT Kanpur
Prof. Manoj is the Finance Committee Chairman and a member of the Management Council of the Semiconductor Laboratory. He is also chair/member of several technical evaluation committees for various ministries (Telecom, Electronics, Energy). He also served as an Independent Director on the board of Jodhpur Discom (Electricity/Energy).
Prior to joining Academia, Prof. Manoj has had a very vast experience in the Technology Industry as a top technologist and business leader. He was the Senior Director and Head of the System LSI R&D (Semiconductor Chip Business) at Samsung R&D Center at Bangalore. In this role, he led the business unit and grew the team 5 times to 1,200 R&D Engineers. He was lead member of team to develop world’s 1st 5G chip and world’s 1st 108 Megapixel camera for mobile phone.
Very well recognized internationally and at national level, Prof. Manoj has won many awards such as “MARWAR RATNA Award”, “Most Influential Vice-Chancellor”, “Logistics Visionary of the Year”,. He is a frequent speaker at national conferences and on national television. Prof. Manoj has 31 granted patents in US, Korea, European Union and India.