Professor Manoj Choudhary is currently working as the First/Founding Vice-Chancellor of the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya (GSV). GSV is a Central University, created through an Act of Parliament, and is focused on the entire transportation and logistics sector.
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, Alumni Relations and Corporate Relations) at IIT Jodhpur. He holds Ph.D in Communication Systems from IIT Kanpur and Bachelor’s degree in Electronics & Communication Engineering from MBM Engineering College, Jodhpur.
Before joining academia, Prof. Manoj has a very vast experience over two decades in the industry as a top technologist and business leader having worked with top electronics and semiconductor companies such as Samsung Electronics and Texas Instruments. He was the Senior Director and Head of System LSI R&D (Semiconductor chip business) at Samsung Electronics India R&D Center, Bangalore. In this role for 5 years, he led the business unit and grew the team 5 times to approximately 1,200 R&D Engineers working in the SOC (System on Chip) design & development along with software for various market segments including Wireless Modem (5G/4G), Connectivity, Automotive, Camera image sensors and Power management ICs. He was member of the team to develop world’s 1st 5G chip and world’s first 108 Megapixel camera for mobile phone.
During 2014 ~ 2016, within Samsung Electronics, he was the Director of Digital Media & Communication (DMC R&D) leading 5G Communication and IoT (Internet of Things) R&D along with new standards development. During 2010 ~ 2014, he led SAIT (Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology) India, which is Samsung’s corporate technology research lab. Between 2002 ~ 2006, he set up the next generation wireless research group and Intellectual Property Group at Samsung. His research led to standardization of emerging wireless technologies such as Ultrawide Band and 3G-WLAN interworking in IEEE and 3GPP. He has been one of the authors of Ultra Wideband and MAC specification at the WiMedia Alliance and also served as world-wide co-chair of its Technical Steering Committee. During 2006 ~ 2010, he worked with Texas Instruments (India) as Development Unit Manager of wireless modem software development for mobile handsets.
In 2020, he was selected as the Director of CSIR-CEERI (Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute).
Prof. Manoj is the Finance Committee Chairman and a member of the Management Council of the Semiconductor Laboratory (SCL). He is also chair/member of several technical evaluation committees for various ministries (Telecom, Electronics, Energy). He served on TTDF (Telecom Technology Development Fund) and DCIS (Digital Communication Innovation Square) committees and is an invited member of 6G Task Force (Department of Telecom, Govt of India). He also served as an Independent Director on the board of Jodhpur Discom (Electricity/Energy).
A distinguished academician and dynamic technologist, Prof. Manoj is 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”, “University Gold Medal”, “Young Achiever Award”, “Patent of the Year Award” to name a few. Prof. Manoj is credited with building a strong research team for wireless standards and intellectual property mission at Samsung Electronics way back in 2002.
Prof. Manoj has 31 granted patents in US, Korea, European Union and India. He also co-authored 6 IEEE/ECMA international standards. Prof. Manoj has delivered numerous papers, talks and tutorials in national/international conferences and industry forums (FICCI, IESA, CII, ASSOCHAM, NASSCOM etc.). Dr. Manoj is co-author of the book “Ultra Wideband Demystified: Technologies, Applications, and System Design Considerations” published by River Publishers, Denmark.
Prof. Manoj Choudhary is a frequent speaker on national television covering topics across Railways, Semiconductors, Infrastructure, Budget, Policy, Telecom, Logistics, Aviation, Energy, Maritime, PM Gati Shakti, PRAGATI, Viksit Bharat @ 2047 etc. including major events such as inauguration of USBRL project, Union Budget, Semiconductor Plants, Vande Bharat inauguration, etc.
Email ID : vicechancellor@gsv.ac.in
