Manas Kumar Mandal

Dr. Manas K Mandal is a cognitive neuropsychologist serving as the Distinguished Visiting Professor at Indian Institute of Technology - Kharagpur. 
Research areas.
Dr. Mandal specializes in the areas of Neuropsychology and Cognitive Science. His research interests areas include hemispheric lateralization and affective architecture of the brain. He has been mentioned in 14 books and over 100 research papers in international and Indian journals of high repute.
Career.
Dr. Mandal holds a Ph.D. degree from Calcutta University and started his career as a Lecturer at Banaras Hindu University in 1983.Dr. Mandal completed his post-doctoral research at the University of Delaware as a Fulbright Fellow from 1986 to 1987. He also studied at the University of Waterloo as an International Scientific Exchange Awardee from 1993 to 1994. 
Dr. Mandal was a Professor of Psychology at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur. He then joined the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) as the Chief Controller R&D of Life Sciences. He was also a Visiting Professor at Kyushu University in Japan in 1997 and from 2010 to 2011. In 2003, he was also a Fulbright Visiting Lecturer at Harvard University. He was formerly a Distinguished Scientist and Director-General of Life Sciences of the DRDO from 2013 to 2016. He was also the Director of the Defense Institute of Psychological Research for about nine years. Currently, Dr. Mandal is the Distinguished Visiting Professor at Indian Institute of Technology - Kharagpur. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the National Institute of Advanced Studies at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore. 
Fellowships and awards.
Dr. Mandal has received various research fellowships and awards at national and international levels for his work. In 2005, Dr. Mandal and his team were given away 'Agni Award for Excellence in self-reliance' for the contribution towards the development of 'Computerized Pilot Selection System' for Air Force. For his overall contribution to psychological sciences, he was elected as the Fellow of National Association of Psychology in India in 2012; and for his contribution to Military Psychology, he was given away the ‘Technology Leadership Award’ by the Defense Minister of India and the 'Scientist of the Year' award by the Prime Minister of India in 2006 (DRDO). Some of the other awards he has been given include: