Manas Kumar Mandal

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[[File:IIT Kharagpur Main Building.JPG|thumb|Main building of IIT Kharagpur]]
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Dr. Manas K Mandal is a cognitive neuropsychologist serving as the Distinguished Visiting Professor at [[IIT Kharagpur|Indian Institute of Technology - Kharagpur]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur|url=http://www.iitkgp.ac.in/department/HS/faculty/hs-87a051c5cff9cd51f9afb048405f71f1#resp-tab1|access-date=2021-01-23|website=www.iitkgp.ac.in}}</ref>

==Research areas==
Dr. Mandal specializes in the areas of [[Neuropsychology]] and [[Cognitive science|Cognitive Sciences]]. His research interests areas include hemispheric lateralization and affective architecture of the brain.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Kumar|first1=Sameer|last2=Mandal|first2=Manas|date=July 2005|title=Bilateral transfer of skill in left- and right-handers|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13576500442000120|journal=Laterality: Asymmetries of Body, Brain and Cognition|volume=10|issue=4|pages=337–344|doi=10.1080/13576500442000120|pmid=16020370|s2cid=25055220|issn=1357-650X}}</ref> He has been mentioned in 14 books and over 100 research papers in international and Indian journals of high repute.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Dutta|first1=Tanusree|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-WuItAEACAAJ|title=Neuromarketing in India: Understanding the Indian Consumer|last2=Mandal|first2=Manas K.|date=2018|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-138-57667-4|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Emmerling|first1=Robert J.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TJF5892APCoC|title=Emotional Intelligence: Theoretical and Cultural Perspectives|last2=Shanwal|first2=Vinod K.|last3=Mandal|first3=Manas K.|date=2008|publisher=Nova Publishers|isbn=978-1-60021-856-9|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Dutta|first1=Tanusree|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s6PwugAACAAJ|title=Bias in Human Behavior|last2=Mandal|first2=Manas K.|last3=Kumar|first3=Sameer|date=2012|publisher=Nova Science Publisher's|isbn=978-1-62257-040-9|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Research Gate - Manas Kumar Mandal|url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Manas_Mandal4|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref>

== Career ==
Dr. Mandal holds a Ph.D. degree from [[University of Calcutta|Calcutta University]] and started his career as Lecturer at [[Banaras Hindu University]] in 1983. Dr. Mandal completed his post-doctoral research at the [[University of Delaware]] as a Fulbright Fellow from 1986 to 1987. He also studied at the [[University of Waterloo]] as an International Scientific Exchange Awardee and as an Indo-Canadian Shastri Fellow from 1993 to 1994.

Dr. Mandal was a Professor of Psychology at the Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur till 2003. He joined the [[Defence Research and Development Organisation|Defence Research and Development Organization]] (DRDO) in 2004 as the Director - Defense Institute of Psychological Research and remained there for nine years before he took over as the Chief-Controller R&D of Life Sciences. Thereafter Dr. Mandal became Distinguished Scientist & Director-General (LS), DRDO. Dr. Mandal was also a Visiting Professor at Kyushu University in Japan in 1997 and from 2010 to 2011; a Fulbright Visiting Lecturer at Harvard University, 2003; and a visiting Fulbright-Nehru professor at the University of Pennsylvania. Currently, he serves as the Distinguished Visiting Professor at [[IIT Kharagpur|Indian Institute of Technology - Kharagpur]]. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, IISc campus, in Bangalore.

==Fellowships and awards==
Dr. Mandal has received various research fellowships and awards at national and international levels for his work. In 2005, Dr. Mandal and his team were given away 'Agni Award for Excellence in self-reliance' for the contribution towards the development of 'Computerized Pilot Selection System' for Air Force. For his overall contribution to psychological sciences, he was elected as the Fellow of National Association of Psychology in India in 2012; and for his contribution to Military Psychology, he was given away the ‘Technology Leadership Award’ by the Defense Minister of India and the 'Scientist of the Year' award by the Prime Minister of India in 2006 (DRDO).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Office of Alumni & Corporate Relations|url=https://alumni.iitm.ac.in/acr/dr-manas-k-mandal-is-distinguished-scientist-and-director-general-life-sciences-in-drdo/|access-date=2021-01-23|website=alumni.iitm.ac.in}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Home|url=https://mandalmanask.wixsite.com/website|access-date=2021-01-23|website=Manas Kumar Mandal|language=en}}</ref> Some of the other awards he has been given include:

* Indo-Canadian Shastri fellowship
* Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council of Canada award
* [[Fulbright Program|Fulbright fellowship]]
* [[Seymour S. Kety|Seymour Kety]] award
* German Academic Exchange (DAAD) fellowship
* Career Award, U.G.C.
* Young Scientist Award, ISCA
* National Association of Medical Sciences Award
* DRDO Spin-off Technology Award
* Fulbright-Nehru Fellow
* Technology Leadership Award

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