Manish Narayan was an M.E (I) student from the Department of Metallurgy, IISc, between 1989 - 1993. His field of interest was Composites and he did his final ME project with Prof M.K. Surappa. After his graduation he had a short stint with Titan Industries, where he worked on the 'Tanishka' range of jewellery watches. He then went to pursue a Doctorate in NJIT & later on shifted to Lehigh. His promising academic career came to an end, when he passed away in a tragic car accident at Tennessee, USA on July 29th 1996 on his way back from Atlanta Olympics.

In this communication era, with monetarily attractive software jobs all around, there are not even 15% graduates from the Department of Metallurgy pursuing their career in Metallurgy. But Manish was one among those 15%.

Many of his batchmates wanted to institute a fund in his name at the Department of Metallurgy, IISc, to cherish his memory and also to promote a strong research culture among the students working in this area.

All students of the Department of Metallurgy are encouraged to apply for this award. Click here to see the selection procedure.

Click here to see the contributors to this fund.

Contributions have reached a figure of Rs 3,77,000. We have a target of Rs.50 lakhs. Additional contributions are welcome and cheques may be made out to
The Registrar, IISC (Manish Narayan Memorial Award) and sent to The Chairman, Department of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012