Manoj Kumar Tiwari (academic)
Manoj Kumar Tiwari FNAE, FASc, FNASc, FIISE | |
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Prof. Manoj Kumar Tiwari, addressing the audience on Independence Day, 15 August 2025. | |
| Director of Indian Institute of Management Mumbai | |
| Assumed office 11 August 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Founding Director |
| Director of National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE) Mumbai | |
| In office 5 November 2019 – 11 August 2023 | |
| Succeeded by | Position upgraded to IIM Mumbai |
| Acting Vice-Chancellor, Tata Institute of Social Sciences | |
| In office 27 September 2023 – 31 July 2025 | |
| Professor, IIT Kharagpur | |
| In office 2007–2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 10, 1962 India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Residence(s) | Mumbai, India |
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| Profession | Professor Author Consultant |
| Known for | Director of IIM Mumbai; Supply Chain & Industrial Engineering |
| Awards |
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| Website | Official Profile Google Scholar |
Manoj Kumar Tiwari (born 10 September 1962) is an Indian scholar and researcher in manufacturing systems and supply chain management. He is the founding and incumbent Director of the Indian Institute of Management Mumbai (IIM Mumbai).[1][2][3][4][5]
Education
He earned his Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering from Visvesvaraya Regional Engineering College (now VNIT Nagpur) in 1986, followed by a Master of Technology in Production Engineering from Motilal Nehru Regional Engineering College (now MNNIT Allahabad) in 1990. He later completed his Ph.D. from Jadavpur University in 2004.[2]
Awards and honours
In 2023, he received the David F. Baker Distinguished Research Award from the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE), becoming the first scholar outside the United States to be honoured with this distinction.[6][7] He has been elected Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI), Indian Academy of Sciences (IASc), and IISE (USA).[8][9]
Academic career
He began his academic career in 1990 as a Lecturer at the North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST), Itanagar. In 1998, he joined the National Institute of Advanced Manufacturing Technology (then NIFFT), Ranchi. In 2007, he joined the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. He was appointed Director of the National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Mumbai, in 2019.[10] In 2023, NITIE was upgraded to the Indian Institute of Management Mumbai under the Indian Institutes of Management (Amendment) Act.[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] He was also appointed Acting Vice-Chancellor of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, in September 2023.[19][20]
Publications
Tiwari has contributed as Chief Editor to the book Towards Naya Bharat and served as Convenor for the report Future Talent Requirements in Logistics – A Vision 2047 under the Ministry of Education.[21] He is also the author of Modeling of Responsive Supply Chain (2019).[22]
References
- ^ "Professor Manoj Kumar Tiwari reappointed director of IIM Mumbai". The Times of India. 2025-02-28. Retrieved 2025-08-23.
- ^ a b "Manoj Kumar Tiwari reappointed as IIM Mumbai Director, here's his educational qualification". The Indian Express. 2025-03-02. Retrieved 2025-08-23.
- ^ "Prof Manoj Tiwari reappointed as IIM Mumbai director". Hindustan Times. 2025-03-01. Retrieved 2025-08-29.
- ^ "Mumbai: Following IIM tag, NITIE to Convert PG Diploma Courses to MBA, Admit Non-Engineering Students". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 2025-08-29.
- ^ "Brand to Faculty & Fees, A Lot Will Change for Newly Rechristened IIM-Mumbai: Director Manoj Tiwari | Exclusive". News18. Retrieved 2025-08-29.
- ^ "NITIE Director awarded the prestigious David F Baker Distinguished Research Award". The Indian Express. 2023-03-13. Retrieved 2025-08-25.
- ^ "NITIE Director Manoj Tiwari gets David F. Baker Distinguished Research Award". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 2025-08-25.
- ^ "TIWARI, Manoj Kumar – The National Academy of Sciences, India". Retrieved 2025-08-27.
- ^ "Manoj Kumar Tiwari". The Most Innovative Organisations 2025. Retrieved 2025-08-29.
- ^ "Manoj Kumar Tiwari Reappointed as IIM Mumbai Director for a Second Term". Times Now. 2025-03-01. Retrieved 2025-08-29.
- ^ "IIM Amendment Act 2023" (PDF). Ministry of Education. Retrieved 2025-08-25.
- ^ "From NITIE To IIM Mumbai: Director Manoj Tiwari Chronicles The Remarkable Journey". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 2025-08-29.
- ^ "Govt lists 24 bills for Parliament's monsoon session". Hindustan Times. 2022-07-16. Retrieved 2025-08-29.
- ^ "India gets 21st IIM, Check Rank-Wise List of All IIMs". Times Now. 2023-08-09. Retrieved 2025-08-29.
- ^ "How Bombay's NITIE is getting transformed into Mumbai's IIM". The Financial Express. 2024-06-03. Retrieved 2025-08-29.
- ^ "NITIE to be IIM-Mumbai, Maharashtra only state with 2 IIMs". The Times of India. 2023-07-16. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2025-08-29.
- ^ "NITIE To Be India's 21st IIM, Will Be Renamed IIM Mumbai". NDTV.com. Archived from the original on 2023-08-14. Retrieved 2025-08-29.
- ^ "It's official: NITIE is now IIM Mumbai". The Indian Express. 2023-08-28. Retrieved 2025-08-29.
- ^ "IIM-Mumbai director appointed as in-charge TISS vice chancellor". Hindustan Times. 2023-09-27. Retrieved 2025-08-29.
- ^ "Professor Badri Narayan Tiwari takes charge as VC of TISS". Hindustan Times. 2025-07-31. Retrieved 2025-08-29.
- ^ "Towards Naya Bharat: A Study of Infrastructure, Community and Development". NBT India. Retrieved 2025-08-23.
- ^ "Modeling of Responsive Supply Chain". Routledge & CRC Press. Retrieved 2025-08-26.