Mani Paswan

Prof. Mani Kant Paswan Director, SLIET Longowal, Punjab Prof. Mani Kant Paswan has been a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering since May 2004 and has served as Dean (Faculty Welfare) since August 2021. Prior to joining as Dean (Faculty Welfare), he was Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department at National Institute of Technology (NIT) Jamshedpur, India, for 2.5 years (2018-2021). He is serving as President Nominee at all NIT faculty recruitments since 2023, as well as at Central University Guru Ghasidas Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, in faculty recruitments since September 2022. He also served as Senate member of NIT Meghalaya from 2019-2022. He is working as academic council and Board of Studies member of various universities such as Sarla-Birla University Ranchi, Amity University Kolkata, Amity University Ranchi, Arka-Jain University Jamshedpur etc. He is working as Nominated Moderator by AICTE of 2 Universities in Jharkhand . He is a senate member of NIT Jamshedpur for last 20 years. Chancellor of Bihar nominated as Chancellor Nominee for promoting of University Faculty in all streams like Arts, Commerce, Science and Engineering. He is working as an Accessor in NAAC and NBA for 3 years and 4 years respectively. He has joined as Director, SLIET Longowal, Sangrur (Punjab) w.e.f. 15.07.2023. During his nearly three-decade teaching and research career, he has been an investigator on several funded research projects in MHRD (R&D), TEQIP, and various consultancy work. Renewable energy, composite materials, power plant engineering, and industrial applications are among his current research interests. He has over a One Hundred Sixty papers published in prestigious journals and has attended over 29 conferences. Six Patents has also been awarded. He was supervisor and research supervisor associate of 24 PhDs awarded to date, with another six currently in progress. He has also supervised 68+ M. Tech scholars and 33+ B. Tech project groups to date.