Background

Deopura, Manish was born on May 8, 1975 in New Delhi, India. Son of Basanti Lal and Kanta Deopura.

Education

B. of Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, New Delhi, 1997. Master of Science in Materials Ssci. and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003. Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004.

Career

Researcher in liquid crystalline polymers Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, 1995—1997. Researcher in polymer processing, optical engineering, nano- mechanics and polymer nano- mechanics. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1997—2004, teaching instructor in semiconductor fabrication, 2002.

Technical consultant IntoNetworks, Cambridge, 1999—2000, Neopad Technologies, Sunnyvale, California, since 2004. Presenter in field.

Achievements

• Manish Deopura has been listed as a notable materials scientist and engineer, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Organizer and president Boston Vipassana Association, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2000—2002. President, director lecture series Sangam Indian Organization, 2000—2003. Founder Entreprenuerial Club of Massachusetts Institute of Technology & Harvard, 1999—2000.

Fellow: International Society Optical Engineering. Member: Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, Optical Society of America, Materials Research Society (Gold Award 2004), American Physical Society.

Connections

Father:

Basanti Lal

Mother:

Kanta Deopura