In 2016, The US Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs appointed Dr. Manu
K. Vora as a Fulbright Specialist for a Five-Year term. Dr. Vora completed his first Fulbright Specialist
(FSP) Project at his Alma Mater, IIT (BHU), Varanasi, India in March 2018.
Dr. Vora accomplished Five Key Initiatives as a part of his FSP Project
at IIT (BHU), Varanasi as follows:
1) Conducted "Risk Management for Organizational
Excellence" Workshop for 21 attendees and
received 100% Overall Satisfaction.
2) Delivered five sessions on "Recipe for Success at an University and in
Professional Careers", a
Career Development Talk to 195 Students.
3) Delivered five sessions on "Create Magic in the Classrooms for Students' Engagement", an
Innovative Educational Practice with 54 Faculties and
Research Scholars.
4) Provided expert advice in advancing
state-of-the-art curriculum for the establishment of a new
School of Management Science and Engineering Program
at IIT (BHU), Varanasi.
5) Provided Relevant Feedback to Two Ph.D.
Research Scholars in the Industrial Management area
of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at
IIT (BHU), Varanasi.
During his India visit, he delivered
his Career Development Talk at Narsee Monjee Institute of Management
Studies (NMIMS), Vile Parle, Mumbai, Shri
Ramakrishna Ashrama, Rajkot, and Ramakrishna Mission Home of Service, Varanasi. He attended a meeting
with the IIT Bombay Director's Team regarding their World University Ranking project. Also delivered Two Talks at
SIES Graduate School of Technology, Nerul, Mumbai on 'Education, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship for Nation
Building' to undergraduate students and on 'Create Magic in the Classrooms for Students' Engagement' to faculties.
Overall, during the visit he delivered 11 sessions on Career Development with an outreach to 1,200 students and professionals
and shared five sessions on innovative practices for students' engagement in the classrooms with 130
faculties and research scholars.
Dr.
Manu Vora is the Chairman and President of Business Excellence, Inc., USA since
June 2000. He has over 43 years
of leadership experience guiding Fortune 500 companies in US Baldrige
Performance Excellence Framework. For
the last 25 years as an Adjunct Faculty he teaches Operations Management course
globally. He is connected with over 80 educational institutes globally.
He holds Ph.D., M.S. (both from IIT, Chicago), and B. Tech. (Honors) in chemical engineering from IIT (BHU), and
MBA with marketing management. He has delivered 770 presentations world-wide and published over 70
scholarly articles.
As the Founder Director and President of Blind
Foundation for India (BFI), his team has raised over $4 million to help over one million visually impaired people
in India. He received “2017 Lifetime
Achievement Award from Association of IIT-BHU Alumni, Delhi”, “2015 BHU
Distinguished Alumnus Award”, 2015
& 2000 Rotary International Paul Harris Fellow Medal”, “2013 Top 40 Alumni for the First 40th
Anniversary of Keller
Graduate School of Management”, “2012 IIT Chicago Alumni Medal”, “2011 Ellis
Island Medal of Honor”, and "2010 U. S. President’s Volunteer Service
Award”. In 1968, he received J. N. Tata Scholarship to pursue his graduate studies in the US.
