1. V.M.Rajavel Muthaiah  and B.V.Manoj Kumar “Morphological change from silicon carbide to silicon nitride,” Indian Patent, 2017 (Appl. No. 201711034924)-GRANTED.

2.   B. V. Manoj Kumar, P. K. Ghosh and Sandan Kumar Sharma “Dissimilar metallic coating on steel by activated diffusion” Indian Patent, 2017 (Appl. No. 201711033207).

Book Chapters:

1.Sonali Jamale, B. Venkata Manoj Kumar*, (2020) Sliding Wear Properties of Boron Carbide Ceramics. In: K. M. Reddy (ed.) Boron Carbide: Structure, Processing, Properties and Applications, Nova Science Publishers, NY, USA. (ISBN: 978-1-53617-121-1).

2.Rajavel Muthaiah V.M., Venkata Manoj Kumar B.*, Meka S.R. (2019) Influence of Milling and Heat Treatment on Phase Evolution and Microstructural Characteristics of Silicon Carbide Powders. In: Pujari S., Srikiran S., Subramonian S. (eds) Recent Advances in Material Sciences. Lecture Notes on Multidisciplinary Industrial Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7643-6_52 (Online ISBN: 978-981-13-7643-6).

3.Vikas Verma*, B. V. Manoj Kumar (2017). TaC-Containing Ti(CN)-WC-Ni/Co Cermets for the Improved Machining Performance. In Kongoli F, Braems I, Demange V, Dubois JM, Pech-Canul M, Patino CL, Fumio O (Eds.), Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit SIPS 2017 Volume 8: Surfaces and Interfaces(SISAM), Composite, Ceramic and Nanomaterials (pp. 210-222). Montreal, Canada: FLOGEN Star Outreach (ISBN: 978-1-987820-75-1).

4.Vipin Sharma*, Ujjwal Prakash and B. V. Manoj Kumar, Challenges in fabrication of surface composites by friction stir processing route, Advanced Composites for Aerospace, Marine and Land Applications II (Ed. T. Sano and T.S. Srivatsan), TMS (The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society), John Wiley & Sons 2015 pp 93-100 (ISBN 978-1-119-08226-2).

Review Articles:

1.  Sandan Kumar Sharma, B. V. Manoj Kumar*, Young-Wook Kim, Tribological Behavior of Silicon Carbide Ceramics - A Review, Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society 2016; 53:581-596 

2.  Vipin Sharma, Ujjwal Prakash, B.V. Manoj Kumar*, Surface Composites by Friction Stir Processing: A Review, Journal of Materials Processing and Technology 2015;224:117-134 

3.  B. V. Manoj Kumar, Young-Wook Kim*. Processing of Polysiloxane-Derived Porous Ceramics- A Review, Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, STAM  2010: 11:044303 [Among TOP 3 % of all IOP journal publications; listed as one of the most popular articles from STAM in 2010] 

Research Articles:

4.  Nilesh V.Dorkar, Young-Wook Kim, B. Venkata Manoj Kumar*, Influence of temperature, impact angle and h-BN content on the erosive wear behavior of hot-pressed SiC-BN composites. Wear 2020;458-459;203447

5.  Vipin Sharma, Ujjwal Prakash, B. V. Manoj Kumar*, Tribological characteristics of friction stir processed graphite-tin/LM24 surface composites. Friction (accepted, in Press 2020).

6.  Rohit Malik , Young-Wook Kim*, Kwang Joo Kim, B. V. Manoj Kumar, Tuning the electrical, thermal, and mechanical properties of SiC-BN composites using sintering additives. Journal of Asian Ceramic Societies 2020; 8[2]: 353–364   

7.  Rajavel Muthaiah, S.R. Meka, B. Venkata Manoj Kumar*, Development of Dual Phase SiC/Si3N4 Nanostructures on Nanosized SiC particles Philosophical Magazine Letters 2020;100[2], 74-85, 

8.  Sonali Jamale, B.V. Manoj Kumar*, Sintering and sliding wear studies of B4C-SiC composites International Journal of Refractory Metals & Hard Materials 87 (2020) 105124   

9.  Yashpal Gupta, T. Venkateswaran, B. Venkata Manoj Kumar*, Influence of angle of incidence, temperature, and SiC content on erosive wear behavior of ZrB2‐SiC composites.  International  Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology 2020;17:459–467.           

10.    Anupam Purwar, Ariharan S, Bikramjit Basu*, B. Venkata Manoj Kumar*, Experimental and computational analysis for thermo-erosive stability assessment of ZrB2-SiC based multiphase composites. International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials 2019;84: 104972 

11.    R. K Singh Yadav, V. Sharma. B. Venkata Manoj Kumar*, On the role of sliding load and heat input conditions in friction stir processing on tribology of aluminium alloy–alumina surface composites. Tribology- Materials, Surfaces & Interfaces.    2019;13(2):88-101.

12.    Rajavel Muthaiah, S.R. Mek, B. Venkata Manoj Kumar*, Processing of heat-treated silicon carbide-reinforced aluminum alloy composites. Materials and Manufacturing Processes  2019;34(3):312-320 

13.    S. S. Rathore*, V. Verma, B.V. Manoj Kumar, Vikram V. Dabhade, Tribological behaviour of sinter-forged Fe-2Cu-0.7C-xMo alloys. Wear 2018:410–411: 222-231    

14.    Sandan Kumar Sharma, B. Venkata Manoj Kumar*, Young-Wook Kim Tribology of WC reinforced SiC ceramics: Influence of counterbody. Friction 2019; 7(2): 129–142 

15.    Prabhat Chand Yadav, Sandan Kumar Sharma*, B. Venkata Manoj Kumar, Sinhoo Kang, Effect of linear velocity on sliding wear behavior of TiCN based cermets, Materials Today: Proceedings 2018;5: 17342–17349  

16.    Sandan Kumar Sharmaa , B. Venkata Manoj Kumar*, Blaz Brodnik Zugelj, Mitjan Kalin, Young-Wook Kim. Room and high temperature reciprocated sliding wear behavior of SiC-WC composites. Ceramics International 2017;43;16827-16834

17.    Sandan Kumar Sharma, B. Venkata Manoj Kumar*, Young-Wook Kim. Effect of impingement angle and WC content on high temperature erosion behavior of SiC-WC composites- International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials 2017;68:166-171   

18.    Sandan Kumar Sharma, Yashpal, Ashish W. Selokar, B. Venkata Manoj Kumar*, T. Venkateswaran. High Temperature Erosion Behavior of Spark Plasma Sintered ZrB2-SiC Composites,  Ceramics International 2017;43;8982-8988   

19.    Vikas Verma*, B. V. Manoj Kumar, Sliding wear behavior of SPS processed TaC-containing Ti(CN)-WC-NiCo cermets against Silicon Carbide. Wear 2017; 376-377; 1570-1579  

20.    R Manoj Kumar, Pallavi Gupta, Sandan Kumar Sharma, Akshat Mittal, Manish Shekhar, Vijayesh Kumar, BV Manoj Kumar, Partha Roy, Debrupa Lahiri*, Sustained drug release from surface modified UHMWPE for acetabular cup lining in total hip implant, Materials Science and Engineering C 2017;77:649–661   

21.    Vikas Verma*, B. V. Manoj Kumar, Processing of alumina-based composites via conventional sintering and their characterization, Materials and Manufacturing Processes 2017;32:21–26  

22.    Vikas Verma, B. V. Manoj Kumar*, Tribological characteristics of conventionally sintered TiCN-WC-Ni/Co cermets against cemented carbide, Ceramics International 2017; 43:368-375 

23.    Vikas Verma*, B. V. Manoj Kumar, Processing of TiCN-WC-Ni/Co cermets via Conventional and Spark Plasma Sintering Technique, Transactions of Indian Institute of Metals 2017;70: 843-853   

24.    Vikas Verma, B. V. Manoj Kumar*, Sinhoo Kang, Sliding wear behaviour of TaC-containing Ti(CN)-WC-Ni/Co cermets, International  Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology 2016; 13:1033-1042  

25.    Supriya Gupta, Sandan Kumar Sharma, B. Venkata Manoj Kumar*, Young-Wook Kim, Tribological characteristics of SiC ceramics sintered with a small amount of yttria, Ceramics International 2015;41:14780-14789  

26.    Sandan Kumar Sharma, B. Venkata Manoj Kumar*, Young-Wook Kim, Effect of WC addition on sliding wear behavior of SiC ceramics, Ceramics International 2015;41:3427-3437.  

27.    Manoj Kumar R, Sandan Kumar Sharma, B. V. Manoj Kumar, Debrupa Lahiri*, Effects of Carbon Nanotube Aspect ratio on strengthening and tribological behaviour of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene composite, Composites: Part A 2015;76 62-72 

28.    Yashpal, Vipin Sharma, B.V. Manoj Kumar*, Issues in determining size of nano-crystalline ceramic particles by X-ray diffraction, Materials Today: Proceedings 2015;2: 3534 – 3538   

29.    Vipin Sharma, Yahshpal, B. V. Manoj Kumar*, Ujjwal Prakash, Friction stir processing strategies of uniform distribution of reinforcement in a surface composite, Materials and Manufacturing Processes 2016;31: 1384–1392.   

30.    A. Selokar , U. Prakash*, D. B. Goel, B. V. Manoj Kumar, Cavitation erosion and solid particle erosion behaviour of a nitrogen alloyed austenitic stainless steel, ISIJ International 2015;55[5]:1123-1130.   

31.    Vipin Goyal, Sandan Kumar Sharma, B. Venkata Manoj Kumar*, Effect of lubrication on tribological behaviour of martensitic stainless steel Materials Today: Proceedings 2015;2: 1082 – 1091   

32.    D. C. Joshi, S. Nayak, P. Suresh , K. S. Suresh, B. V. Manoj Kumar, S. Thota*, The X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and high-temperature structural studies of Zn1−xNixO/NiO two-phase composites Physica Status Solidi B 2015;252[10]: 2323-2329  

33.    Vipin Sharma, U. Prakash, B.V. Manoj Kumar*, Microstructural and mechanical characteristics of AA2014/SiC surface composite fabricated by friction stir processing  Materials Today: Proceedings 2015;2: 2666 – 2670  

34.    Sandan Kumar Sharma, B. Venkata Manoj Kumar*, Kwang-Young Lim, Young-Wook Kim, S.K. Nath. Erosion behaviour of SiC-WC composites, Ceramics International 2014;40[5]:6829-6839.                                                          

35.    B. V. Manoj Kumar, Wentao Zhai, Jung-Hye Eom, Young-Wook Kim* and Chul B. Park Processing Highly Porous SiC Ceramics Using Poly (Ether-co-Octene) and Hollow Microsphere Templates Journal of Materials Science  2011;46:3664-3667.

36.    B. V. Manoj Kumar, Jung-Hye Eom, Young-Wook Kim*, In-Hyuck Song, Hai-Doo Kim. Effect of Aluminum Hydroxide Content on Porosity and Strength of Porous Mullite-Bonded Silicon Carbide Ceramics Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan 2011;119[5]:367-370.

37.    B. V. Manoj Kumar, Kwang-Young Lim, Young-Wook Kim*, Influence of Submicron SiC Particle Addition on Porosity and Flexural Strength of Porous Self-Bonded Silicon Carbide Metals and Materials International 2011;17[3]:435-440.

38.    B. V. Manoj Kumar, Jung-Hye Eom, Young-Wook Kim*, Effect of filler addition on porosity and strength of polysiloxane-derived porous silicon carbide ceramics, Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan 2011; 119 [1]: 48-54.

39.    B. V. Manoj Kumar, Young-Wook Kim*, Dae-Soon Lim, Won-Seon Seo. Influence of Small Amount of Sintering Additives on Unlubricated Sliding Wear Properties of SiC Ceramics, Ceramics International 2011;37:3599-3608

40.    Jung-Hoo Shin, B. Venkata Manoj Kumar, Jae-Hee Kim and Seong-Hyeon Hong*. “Tribological Properties of Si3N4/SiC Nano-Nano Composite Ceramics, Journal of the American Ceramic Society 2011;94[11]:3683-3685

41.    B. V. Manoj Kumar, Jung-Hye Eom, Young-Wook Kim*, In-Sub Han, Sang-Kuk Woo. Effect of Aluminum Source on Flexural Strength of Mullite-Bonded Porous Silicon Carbide Ceramics, Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan 2010; 118[1]:13-18.

42.    B V Manoj Kumar, Myong-Hoon Roh, Young-Wook Kim*, Wonjoong Kim, Sang Whan Park. Mechanical properties of SiC Ceramics sintered with RE2O3 (RE: Sc, Lu, Y) and AlN Additives, Metals and Materials International 2010;16[2]:229-233.

43.    Aditya Jain, B. Basu*, B. V. Manoj Kumar, Harshavardhan and J. Sarkar. Grain Size -Wear Rate Relationship for Titanium in Liquid Nitrogen Environment, Acta Materialia 2010;58:2313-2323.

44.    B. Venkata Manoj Kumar, Won-Sik Kim, Seong-Hyeon Hong*, Hung-Tak Bae, Dae-Soon Lim. Effect of grain size on wear behavior in Y-TZP ceramics, Materials Science and Engineering A 2010; 527:474–479.

45.    Jae-Hee Kim, B. Venkata Manoj Kumar, Seong-Hyeon Hong*, Hai-Doo Kim. Fabrication of Silicon Nitride Nano-Ceramics and Their Tribological Properties. Journal of the American Ceramic Society 2010;93[5]:1461-1466.

46.    B V Manoj Kumar, Myong-Hoon Roh, Young-Wook Kim*, Wonjoong Kim, Sang Whan Park. Effect of additive composition on microstructure and mechanical properties of SiC ceramics sintered with small amount of RE2O3 (RE: Sc, Lu, Y) and AlN, Journal of Materials Science 2009; 44:5939–5943

47.    Bikramjit Basu*, B. V. Manoj Kumar, Paul S. Gilman. Deformation of High Purity Cold Worked Copper during Sliding Against Bearing Steel in Cryogenic Environment. Journal of Materials Science 2009; 44:2300-2309.

48.    Atiar R. Molla, B. V. Manoj Kumar, Bikramjit Basu*. Friction and Wear Mechanisms of K2O–MgO–Al2O3–B2O3–SiO2–F Glass Ceramics. Journal of the European Ceramic Society 2009;29: 2481–2489

49.    Jae-Hee Kim, Venkata Manoj Kumar B, Won-Sik Kim, Seong-Heyon Hong*. Wear properties of silicon nitride-nano ceramics, Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society 2009; 46[5];505-509. (in Korean)

50.    B. V. Manoj Kumar, Bikramjit Basu*, Mechanisms of material removal during high temperature fretting of TiCN–Ni based cermets. International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials  2008; 26: 504–513.

51.    B. V. Manoj Kumar, Bikramjit Basu, Joze Vizintin, Mitjan Kalin*,  Tribochemistry in sliding wear of TiCN-Ni based cermets. Journal of Materials Research 2008; 23[5]: 1214-1227.

52.    B. V. Manoj Kumar, Bikramjit Basu*, Fretting wear properties of TiCN-Ni cermets: Influence of load and secondary carbide addition. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A 2008; 39A [3]:539-550.

53.    M. Karanjai*, B.V. Manoj Kumar, R. Sundaresan, B. Basu, T.R. Ramamohan, B.P.Kashyap; Fretting wear study on Ti-Ca-P biocomposites in dry and simulated body fluids; Materials Science Engineering A 2008;475:299–307.

54.    B. V. Manoj Kumar, Bikramjit Basu, Mitjan Kalin*, Joze Vizintin. Load dependent transition in sliding wear properties of TiCN-WC-Ni cermets. Journal of the American Ceramic Society 2007; 90[5]:1534-1540.

55.    B. V. Manoj Kumar, R. Balasubramiam, Bikramjit Basu*, Electrochemical behavior of TiCN-Ni based cermets. Journal of the American Ceramic Society        2007;90[1]:205–210.

56.    B. V. Manoj Kumar, J Ram Kumar, Bikramjit Basu*, Crater wear mechanisms of TiCN-Ni-WC cermets during dry machining. International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials  2007; 25[5-6]:392-399.

57.    B. V. Manoj Kumar, J. Ramkumar, Bikramjit Basu*, S. Kang. Electro-discharge machining performance of TiCN-based cermets; International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials 2007; 25[4]:293-299.

58.    Manas Ranjan Tripathy, B. V. Manoj Kumar, Bikramjit Basu*, R. K. Dube, S. C. Koria. Tribological behavior of steel backed Al-Sn Strips prepared via spray atomization-deposition-rolling Route; Materials Science and Technology 2006; 22 [12]:1-8.

59.    Debdas Roy, Bikramjit Basu*, Amitava Basu Mallick, B. V. Manoj Kumar, Sumit Ghosh; Understanding the unlubricated friction and wear behavior of Fe-aluminide reinforced Al-based in-situ metal matrix composite; Composites: Part A 2006; 37:1464-1472

60.    B. V. Manoj Kumar, Bikramjit Basu*, S. Kang, J. Ramkumar, Erosion wear behavior of TiCN-Ni cermets containing secondary carbides (WC/NbC/TaC). Journal of the American Ceramic Society 2006; 89 [12]: 3827-3831.

61.    B. V. Manoj Kumar, B. Basu*, Evolution in friction and wear of fretting wear of Mg-SiCp composites: Influence of fretting duration; Journal of Materials Research 2005; 20:801-812.

62.    B. V. Manoj Kumar, B. Basu*, V S R Murthy, Manoj Gupta, The role of tribochemistry on fretting wear of Mg-SiC particulate composites Composites: Part A 2005;36;13-23.

Ph.D. Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, 2007, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur.

M.Tech. Industrial Metallurgy, 2001, Regional Engineering College Warangal (presently, National Institute of Technology (NIT) Warangal).

B. Tech. Metallurgical Engineering, 1998, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU), Hyderabad.

· Professor, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee, from March 2021 to date

•  Associate Professor, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee, from April 2016 to March 2021

·     Assistant Professor, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee, from March 2011 to April 2016

·     Research Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Seoul, Seoul, South Korea, from January  2009 to February 2011

·     Post-doctoral researcher at Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, from January 2008 to January 2009.

·     Project Associate at Laboratory for Advanced Ceramics, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, from August 2007 to December 2007

·     Guest Researcher at Centre for Tribology and Technical Diagnostics, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, from October 2005 to February 2006.

·Guest Researcher, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Seoul, Seoul in December 2011.

Institute level:

• Chairman, GATE-JAM office, IIT Roorkee from May 2020 to May 2021

• Vice-Chairman, GATE-JAM office, IIT Roorkee from May 2018 to May 2019 and May 2019 to May 2020

• Warden, Cautley Bhawan, IIT Roorkee from August 2014 to July 2016

• Staff Advisor Cultural Council, IIT Roorkee for 2014-15 and 2015-16

• Department faculty Advisor, Cognizance 2013, IIT Roorkee

• Executive member IPR Cell, IIT Roorkee 2012-2016

• Executive member MHRD-IPR Chair, IIT Roorkee 2012-2016

• Executive member TOCIC, IIT Roorkee 2014-2016

• Faculty Adviser for Metallurgical Engineering Society (METES), IIT Roorkee for 2013-14 and 2014-15

Department level:

O. C. Office,

O. C. Materials Characterization laboratory,

O.C. SPS facility

Member, Department Purchase Committee

Member, Department Research Committee

Member, Department Administrative Committee

Under Graduate Courses:  Materials Science; Introduction to Engineering Materials, Composites and Polymers, Metal Processing, Ceramics & Metal Powder Processing, Nano Ceramics*

Graduate courses: Structure of Materials, Engineering Ceramics, Introduction top Engineering Materials, Materials Phase Equilibria*

(*at the University of Seoul (UOS), Seoul, South Korea, from January 2009 to February 2011)

1.  Treasurer for an international conference on Advanced Materials and Processes: Challenges & Opportunities (AMPCO) 2017, October 30-December 02, 2017, IIT Roorkee.

2.  Coordinator for Training of Trainers (ToT) Program, “Organising IP Creation & Management in HEIs” September 13-17, 2016, IIT Roorkee. Other Coordinator: Dr. Ranjana Pathania, Dept. of Biotechnlogy, IIT Roorkee.

3.  Coordinator QIP sponsored short term course “Materials and Processes for High Temperature Applications” during June 06-10, 2016 at IIT Roorkee. Other coordinator: Dr. V. V. Dabhade, Dept. of MME, IIT Roorkee.

4.  Coordinator QIP sponsored one-day workshop on “Spark Plasma Sintering: A Promising Technique to Develop Advanced Structural Materials” on February 13, 2016 at IIT Roorkee.

5.  Coordinator for AICTE sponsored QIP short term course on “Materials Science Influence in Tribology of Engineering Ceramics” during June 30-July 04, 2014 at IIT Roorkee; Other coordinator: Prof. S.K. Nath, Dept . of MME, IIT Roorkee

6.  Coordinator for MHRD-IPR Chair, IIT Roorkee sponsored Two–day Orientation Program for research students of IIT Roorkee,  “Importance of IP(Patents and copy rights) and commercial aspects of research” September 19-20, 2015; Other coordinator: Prof. P. K. Ghosh, Dept. of MME, IIT Roorkee

7.  Coordinator for TOIC, IIT Roorkee sponsored One day Workshop, "Innomania" on February 14, 2015 at IIT Roorkee; Other coordinator: Prof. P. K. Ghosh, Dept. of MME, IIT Roorkee

8.  Coordinator for Continuing Education Center, IIT Roorkee and MHRD-IPR Chair, IIT Roorkee sponsored Training of Trainers (ToT) programme, ““How to promote innovation and IP in HEIs” during February 03-07, 2014 at IIT Roorkee; Other coordinator: Prof. P. K. Ghosh, Dept. of MME, IIT Roorkee

9.  Convener for QIP sponsored Two-day Workshop, “Establishment of Concept Materials Research   Laboratory to meet the Futuristic Demands of Cutting Edge Technology” during September 22-23, 2012 at IIT Roorkee; Co-convener: Prof. Surendra Singh, Dept. of MME, IIT Roorkee.

10.    Co-convener for QIP sponsored Two-day Workshop, “Market demand of materials engineering education in the context of diversified industrial growth” during November 05-06, 2011 at IIT Roorkee; Convener: Prof. Surendra Singh, Dept. of MME, IIT Roorkee.

1.  “Fundamentals and Advances in Powder Metallurgy”, December 10, 2020, TEQIP-III Sponsored FDP/Short Term Course on “Fundamentals and Advances in Powder Metallurgy” organized by IIT Indore (online).

2.  “Understanding wear behavior of SiC-based ceramics” September 09, 2020, AICTE sponsored STTP on “Recent Advances in Materials and Manufacturing- RAMM-2020, organized by Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering (A) located at Visakhapatnam, (online).

3.  “Wear of ceramics and composites” July 22, 2020, 12th Tribology Summer School organized by Tribology Society of India (online).

4.   “SEM Applications to Ceramics” June 20, 2019, TEQIP Short Term Course “Scanning Electron Microscopy – Imaging, EDS & EBSD”, IIT Roorkee.

5.   “Processing of Nanoceramics” June 13, 2019, TEQIP-III Faculty Development Program “Recent Advancements in Materials Processing and Characterization” IIT Roorkee.

6.   “Tribology” May 23, 2019, QIP Short Term course “Functional Materials: Recent Trends and Future Prospects”, IIT Roorkee.

7.   “Commercialization of academic research” TEQIP-III course on “Active Learning, Autonomy, Academic Governance and R&D” June 29, 2018, IIT Roorkee.

8.   “Surface and subsurface analysis of worn SiC-WC composites” February 23,2018 at Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Seoul, Seoul, South Korea..

9.   “Fundamentals, characterization and applications of CMC” December 06-12, 2017, in a course on “Advances in composite materials” at Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, India.

10.    “Structural ceramic composites” January 4-10,  2016,  in course on  “Advances in composite materials” at Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, India, 

11.     “Wear of SiC ceramics” 05th September 2015 at Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Seoul, Seoul, Korea.

12.     “Advanced Structural Ceramics”, 14th March 2015,  National Conference on Futuristic Trends in Mechanical Engineering (FTME 2015), Jaipur Engineering College & Research Centre, Jaipur, India, (KEYNOTE speech).

13.    “Fundamentals of Ceramics” 3rd to 7th November 2014,  in  a course on “Recent Advancements in composites” at Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, India 

14.    “Introduction to Structural Ceramics” 13th March 2014 in a National level technical symposium (EISEN 2K14), JNTUK, Vijayanagaram, India.

15.    “Structural Ceramics” 29th January 2014, Materials Advantage Seminar, IIT Roorkee, India.

16.     “Commercialization of Academic Research,” 7th February 2014, Short term course organized by MHRD-IPR Chair, IIT Roorkee.

17.    Invited seminar delivered on “Understanding tribological properties of TiCN-Ni based cermets”, BK Seminar, 13th February 2008 at Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.

18.    Invited seminar delivered on “India, IITs and Research work at IITK Ceramic laboratory”, 7th December 2005, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

·    Team member in a Ceramic and Glass Industry Foundation (CGIF), The American Ceramic Society sponsored Academia-Industry Outreach Program on Convectional and Advanced Ceramic Manufacturing for the Next Generation of Ceramic and Glass Engineers.

·    Offered Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)- based National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) course twice (Jan-March 2019 and Jan- March 2020) on “Friction and Wear of Materials: Principles and Case Studies”

·   Coordinator for a MHRD sponsored Global Initiative of Academics Networks            (GIAN) course, “Microstructural engineering and properties of advanced ceramics” November 15-21, 2016, IIT Roorkee. Foreign faculty: Prof. Young-Wook Kim, University of Seoul, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

Life Member in Tribology Society of India

 

Member in American Ceramic Society

 

Life Member in Indian Institute of Metals

Member, Board of Studies, JNTUK, Kakinada, December 2020

Mentoring team member, Centre for Materials & Manufacturing, 2020, S R University, Warangal

Member, Board of Studies, JNTUK, Kakinada, February 2019 

Member, Board of Studies, JNTUK, Kakinada, February 2016

Member, Board of Studies JNTUH, Hyderabad, June 2012

Advisory board member for ‘A Symposium on MEMS, NEMS & NANO Engineering’, GMR Institute of Technology, Rajam, Andhra Pradesh, 08 –09 August, 2008

·   Associate Editor for the journal “International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology” published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., USA in association with the American Ceramic Society.

·   Editorial Board Member for the journal “Tribology and Lubricants” published by the Korean Tribology Society.

·Co-authored a text book, “Friction and Wear of Ceramics: Principles and Case Studies”, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., USA, 2020

·Reviewer Appreciate Certificate from Transactions of Indian Institute of Metals for excellent review

·Session Chair, Mechanical Properties II session in 12th Pacific Rim Conference of Ceramic Societies (PACRIM12), Hawaii ,USA, May 21-26, 2017

·Session Chair, Powder Metallurgy session in 11th Pacific Rim Conference of Ceramic Societies (PACRIM11), Jeju, Korea August 30-September 04 2015

·Session Chair in an International conference AMPCO 2012, IIT Roorkee, November 2-4, 2012

·Session co-chair in conference “Microstructure 2011”  IITR,  Nov.4-5,  2011

·Recipient of Cash Award for Journal Publication by IITK Students, 2006. 

·First prize for technical paper presentation in Cottrell-Rothery session at COSMET-2000, Visakhapatnam

·Post Graduate Course in Computer Applications from CMC Ltd., Hyderabad, 1999.

·  Third prize for technical paper presentation at ELIXER-1996, REC Rourkela, India

Bikramjit Basu,Mitjan Kalin and B. Venkata Manoj Kumar, Friction and Wear of Ceramics: Principles and Case Studies; John Wiley & Sons, Inc., USA in association with the American Ceramic Society 2020.

Brief Description: This book consists of fundamentals of ceramics and tribology as well as selected case studies of wear of ceramics and ceramic coatings. Moreover, the book includes a comprehensive Appendix section featuring different types of qualitative and quantitative questions for the self-assessment of students’ understanding of the subject.

https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Friction+and+Wear+of+Ceramics%3A+Principles+and+Case+Studies-p-9781119538387 

  

1.   B V Manoj Kumar,* “ZrB2-SiC composites erosive wear behavior” at ADMAT conference, conference, Hyderabad, September 24, 2019 (Invited talk)

2.   B V Manoj Kumar, * “Surface and subsurface studies of worn SiC based composites for green transport engines systems” in Japan-India YNU Symposium2017, Yokohama, Japan, December 13 - 14, 2017 (Invited talk)

3.   B. V. Manoj Kumar*, S.K.  Sharma; B. Zugelj, Y.W. Kim, M. Kalin “Understanding tribology of ceramics and cermets in sliding wear contacts” in 12th Pacific Rim Conference of Ceramic Societies (PACRIM12), May 21-26, 2017, Hawaii, USA    (Invited talk)

4.   Yashpal Gupta, S. K. Sharma, A. W. Selokar, B.V. Manoj  Kumar*, T. Venkateswaran “Influence of SiC content on high temperature erosion wear behavior of ZrB2 ceramics”  in 12th Pacific Rim Conference of Ceramic Societies (PACRIM12), May 21-26, 2017, Hawaii ,USA. 

5.   Vikas Verma, B. V. Manoj Kumar*, “Tribological characteristics of conventional and spark plasma sintered TiCN based cermets” Poster presented in 12th Pacific Rim Conference of Ceramic Societies (PACRIM12), May 21-26, 2017, Hawaii, USA.

6.   B. Venkata Manoj Kumar*, “Micromechanisms for Tribology of Advanced Ceramics” in 3rd Indo-Austrian Symposium in Advances in Materials Engineering (AME) 2016, December  19-20, 2016, IIT Bombay (Invited talk)

7.   Vikas Verma* and B. V. Manoj Kumar ,Tribological Behavior of TiCN Based Cermets Processed via Conventional Sintering against Cemented Carbide in sliding wear, 9th International Conference on High Temperature Ceramic Matrix Composites and Global Forum on Advanced Materials and Technologies for Sustainable Development 2016  (HTCMC-9 & GFMAT 2016), Toronto, Canada June 26- July 1, 2016.

8.   Vikas Verma* and B. V. Manoj Kumar, Tribological behavior of TiCN based cermets against steel and cemented carbide, Accepted for presentation at Advances in Refractory and Reactive Metals and Alloys (ARRMA 2016), Mumbai, India, January 27-29, 2016.

9.   Sandan Kumar Sharma, Ashish W. Selokar, Yashpa, B. V. Manoj Kumar*, and T. Venkateswaran, Erosion wear behavior of spark plasma sintered ZrB2-SiC composites Presented at Workshop on Ultra High Temperature Ceramics for Thermo-structural applications, IISc, Banglaore, India on December 14, 2015 (Invited talk)

10.    Sandan Kumar Sharma, B. V. Manoj Kumar* and Young-Wook Kim, Friction and wear characteristics of SiC-WC composites, Presented at International conference on Ceramics & Advanced Materials for Energy and Environment (CAMME 2015), Bangalore, India, December 14-17, 2015

11.    Vikas Verma* and B. V. Manoj Kumar, Processing of Alumina based Composites via Conventional Sintering and their Characterization, Presented at Conference on Advanced Materials and Processing (CAMP-2015), MNIT Jaipur, India, December 02-04, 2015.

12.    Vikas Verma*, B. V. Manoj Kumar, Friction and wear characteristics of TiCN-10Ni-10Co-5WC-5TaC cermet, Presented at NMD-ATM of IIM, Coimbatore, November 13-16, 2015

13.    Supriya Gupta, Sandan Kumar Sharma, Madhu Sekhar V., Venkata Manoj Kumar B.*, and Young-Wook Kim, Does Small Amount of Sintering Additives Improve Wear Performance of SiC Ceramics?​, Presented at 11th Pacific Rim Conference of Ceramic Societies (PACRIM11), Jeju, Korea August 30- September 04, 2015. (Invited talk)

14.    Sandan Kumar Sharma*, Venkata Manoj Kumar B., and Young-Wook Kim, Mechanical and Tribological Characteristics of SiC-WC Composites, Presented at 11th Pacific Rim Conference of Ceramic Societies (PACRIM11), Jeju, Korea August 30- September 04, 2015.

15.    Vikas Verma, Venkata Manoj Kumar B.* Effect of TaC and Co Addition on the Sliding Wear Behaviour of TiCN-Ni-WC Cermets​, Presented at 11th Pacific Rim Conference of Ceramic Societies (PACRIM11), Jeju, Korea August 30- September 04, 2015.

16.    Vikas Verma*, B. V. Manoj Kumar, Sintering Studies of Structural Ceramics, Presented at Processing and Fabrication of Advanced Materials (PFAM-XXIII),  IIT Roorkee, December 05-07, 2014

17.    Rajeet Singh*, Vipin Sharma, B.V. Manoj Kumar, Mechanical and Tribological Characteristics of Friction Stir Processed AA 5083/Al2O3 Surface Composites, Poster presented at ICEMA ‘14, IIT Roorkee, Saharanpur campus, Saharanpur, India April 05-06, 2014.

18.    Vipin Goyal*, B.V. Manoj Kumar,  Sliding wear behavior of 13/4 martensitic stainless steels, Presented at ICEMA ‘14, IIT Roorkee, Saharanpur campus, Saharanpur, India April 05-06, 2014.

19.    Vipin Sharma*, Rajeet Singh, U. Prakash, B.V. Manoj Kumar, Microstructural and Mechanical Characteristics of Friction Stir Processed Aluminum-Silicon Alloy, Presented at ICEMA ‘14, IIT Roorkee, Saharanpur campus, Saharanpur, India April 05-06, 2014

20.    B. V. Manoj Kumar*, S. H. Hong, “Processing and Wear Properties of 
Si2N2O Phase-free Nano Si3N4 Ceramics,” 21st, December 2013 , DST- JSPS Symposium, IISc, Bangalore, India (Invited talk)

21.    B. V. Manoj Kumar*, V. Madhusekhar, Young-Wook Kim, Sintering SiC Ceramics with 1 wt% Additives and their Sliding Wear Behaviour, NMD-ATM of IIM, IIT BHU, Varanasi, Nov. 12-15, 2013 (Invited talk)

22.    Vikas Verma*, Prabhat Yadav, B. V. Manoj Kumar, S. Kang Tribological Properties of Advanced Cermet Systems,  Poster presented at NMD-ATM of IIM, IIT BHU, Varanasi, Nov. 12-15, 2013. 

23.    Sandan Kumar Sharma*, B. V. Manoj Kumar, Young-Wook Kim Fabrication and Solid Particle Erosion of SiC - WC Composites, Poster presented at NMD-ATM of IIM, IIT BHU, Varanasi, Nov. 12-15, 2013.

24.    V. Madhusekhar*, B. V. Manoj Kumar, Kwan-Yooung Lim, Young-Wook Kim, Sliding Wear Behavior of SiC Ceramics, 2nd World Conference on Applied Sciences, Engineering & Technology (WCSET 2013), Geetam University, Hyderabad, March 8-9, 2013.

25.    Prabhat Yadav*, B. V. Manoj Kumar, S. Kang, Sliding Wear Behavior of Advanced Cermet Systems, 2nd World Conference on Applied Sciences, Engineering & Technology (WCSET 2013), Geetam University, Hyderabad, March 8-9, 2013

26.    Upadhyay S. *, Sharma S. K., Kumar B.V.M., Basu B., Sarkar J., Solid Particle Erosion Studies of High Purity Titanium, National Symposium for Materials Research Scholars and Workshop on Advanced Characterization Techniques, IIT Bombay, May 3-5, 2012.

27.    Sharma S. K., Upadhyay S., Kumar B.V.M., Nath S. K.,  Lim K. Y*, Kim Y. W., Processing and Erosion Wear of SiC-WC Composites. Poster presented at ISASC2012, Seoul, Korea March 25-28, 2012.

28.    Kumar B. V. M.*, Kim Young Wook, Lim Dae-Soon, Material Removal Mechanisms of SiC Ceramics Sintered with Small Amount of RE2O3-AlN (RE: Y and Sc) additives, NMD-ATM of IIM, Hyderabad, November 13-16, 2011.

29.    Kumar B. V. M.*, Kim Young Wook, Fabrication Methods of Polysiloxane-Derived Porous Ceramics, Microstructure 2011, IIT Roorkee, November 4-5, 2011.

30.    B. V. Manoj Kumar*, Jung-Hye Eom, Young-Wook Kim. Porosity and Strength of Polysiloxane-derived Porous SiC Ceramics Prepared using SiC and PCS Fillers. Presented at 27th International Korea-Japan Seminar on Ceramics, Incheon, Korea, November 23-26, 2010.

31.    B. V. Manoj Kumar*, Young-Wook Kim, Heung-Taek Bae and Dae-Soon Lim. Wear Behavior of SiC Ceramics Sintered with Small Amount of Additives. Presented at 3rd International Congress on Ceramics, Osaka, Japan, November 14-18, 2010.

32.    B. V. Manoj Kumar*, Young-Hoon Choi, Young-Wook Kim, In-Sub Han, Sang-Kuk Woo. Processing and Properties of Mullite-Bonded Porous SiC Ceramics. Presented at 3rd International Congress on Ceramics, Osaka, Japan, November 14-18, 2010.

33.    B. V. Manoj Kumar*, Eom Jung-Hye, and Kim Young-Wook. Effect of Filler Addition on Porosity and Strength of Polysiloxane-Derived Porous Silicon Carbide Ceramics. Presented at Korean Ceramic Society meeting, Jeju , South Korea, October 21-23, 2010.

34.    B. V. Manoj Kumar*, Young- Wook Kim, Dae-Soon Lim, and Won-Seon Seo Mechanical and Sliding Wear Properties of SiC Ceramics Sintered with Small Amount of Sintering Additives. Presented at Spring meeting of Korean Ceramic Society, Changwon, South Korea, April 22-23, 2010.

35.    B. V. Manoj Kumar*, Young- Wook Kim, Hung-Tak Bae, and Dae-Soon Lim. Influence of Grain Boundary Characteristics on Wear Properties of SiC Ceramics sintered with small amount of RE2O3+AlN (RE: Y and Sc) additives. Presented at Autumn meeting of Korean Ceramic Society, Dajeon, South Korea, October 19-20, 2009.

36.    B. V. Manoj Kumar*, Eom Jung-Hye, Kim Young-Wook, Han In-Sub and Wo Sang-Kuk. Influence of Aluminum Source on Microstructure and Properties of Mullite-Bonded Porous Silicon Carbide Ceramics. Presented at Autumn meeting of Korean Ceramic Society, Dajeon, South Korea, October 19-20, 2009.

37.    Jae Hee Kim*, Won Sik Kim, B V Manoj Kumar and Seong-Hyeon Hong. Correlation between grain size and wear properties of nano-Si3N4. Poster presented at Autumn meeting of Korean Ceramic Society, Kyong-gi, South Korea, October 24-25, 2008.

38.    Jae-Hee Kim*, Won-Sik Kim, B. V. Manoj Kumar and Seong-Hyeon Hong.  Second phase (Si2N2O) reduction during sintering of nano-Si3N4. Poster presented at Symposium of Korean crystallographic association, Seoul, May 23, 2008.

39.    B.V. Manoj Kumar, Bikramjit Basu and G.B. Raju*. “Understanding erosion and sliding wear behaviour of TiCN-Ni cermets: Influence of secondary carbide addition”. Presented at CERATEC-2007, Visakhapatnam, India, January 08-10, 2007.

40.    B. V. Manoj Kumar*, Fretting wear behaviour of Mg-SiCp composites: Evolution of wear mechanisms”, VSR Murthy memorial symposium, 8th December 2006, IIT Kanpur, India.

41.    B. V. Manoj Kumar*, Bikramjit Basu and Manoj Gupta. “Fretting wear of Mg-SiCp composites: a systematic study”.  Paper presented at 1st International Conference of Advanced Tribology, National University of Singapore, Singapore. December 1-3, 2004.

42.    Nikhil Kumar, Gaurav Singh, B. V. Manoj Kumar and Bikramjit Basu*. “Solid particle erosion of TiCN-Ni cermets containing secondary carbides”. Presented at FDM-NMD-ATM-2005, IIT Madras, Chennai, India, November 12- 16, 2005.

43.    B. V. Manoj Kumar* and Bikramjit Basu. “Tribological behaviour of TiCN- based cermets: Influence of NbC addition” International Symposium of Research Students ISRS at Chennai, India, December 20th to 22nd 2004. 

44.    B.V. Manoj Kumar*, Bikramjit Basu, V.S.R. Murthy and Manoj Gupta. “The Role of Tribochemistry on Fretting Wear of Mg-SiC Particulate Composites”. Poster presented at 15th MRSI conference, Banaras Hindu University, India, March 2004.

45.    B. V. Manoj Kumar and Bikramjit Basu*. Fretting wear of Mg-SiCp composites: A systematic study. Presented at NMD-ATM, Trivandrum, India, November 17- 19, 2004.

46. Debashish Sarkar, B. V. Manoj Kumar* and Bikramjit Basu. “Fretting wear behavior of TiCN-Ni cermet: Influence of Secondary carbide content”. Paper presented at 17th National Convention of Metallurgical and Materials Engineers and National Seminar on Emerging Materials for Wear Applications, Bhopal, October 11-12, 2003.