Dr Manoj Choudhary

Prof. Choudhary is currently Vice Chancellor, Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya (On Lien from IIT Jodhpur), where he is a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering. He has also held the position of Dean (International Relations, Alumni Relations and Corporate Relations).

Before joining academia, Prof. Manoj has a very vast experience in the industry as a top technologist and business leader having worked with top electronics and semiconductor companies such as Samsung Electronics and Texas Instruments. He was the Senior Director and Head of System LSI R&D (Semiconductor chip business) at Samsung Electronics India R&D Centre, Bangalore. In this role for 5 years, he led the business unit and grew the team 5 times to approximately 1,200 R&D Engineers working in the SOC (System on Chip) design & development along with software for various market segments including Wireless Modem (5G/4G), Connectivity, Automotive, Camera image sensors and Power management ICs. He was member of the team to develop world’s 1st 5G chip and world’s first 108 Megapixel camera for mobile phone.

Currently, he is an invited member of 6G Task Force, (Department of Telecom, Govt of India) and a member of the Management Council of the Semiconductor Laboratory SCL (Ministry of Electronics & IT). He is also an Independent Director on the Jodhpur Discom Board.