MANOHAR SINGH CHARAN

B-216, Hall - 1
IIT Kanpur
Kanpur - 208016, India

Phone: +91-9415540752
Email: mscharan@iitk.ac.in
manohar519@gmail.com
Date of Birth: 28th Feb. 1985

Education
Year
2003 Till
date
2000 - 2001

Degree/Certificate
B.Tech
(Civil Engineering)
Class XII (CBSE)

Institute
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

CGPA/%
6.2/10

J.N.V. Jaswantpura, Jalore (Rajasthan)

84.2%

1998-1999

Class X (CBSE)

J.N.V. Jaswantpura, Jalore (Rajasthan)

77.6%

(After 6 semesters)

Scholastic Achievements

Selected among 2% students in JEE 2003.

Stood top in the school in class 12th.
Selected among 2% students in the entrance exam for Navodaya vidyalaya in 5th class.

Internship
Organization
University of
Avignon, France

Duration
May - July
2006

Ecole des Mines,

INPL, Nancy,
France

May - July
2005

Description
The project dealt with Mechanical wave propagation in
porous medium. Developed a finite element formulation
for proroelastic medium and developed a solver which gives
stress resultants at any point in the continuum. The solver is
only of its kind and gives far better results than other
technique used so far. Was rewarded with a recommendation
letter for the work.
I set a trend by doing an internship at the end of 2nd year
itself. I was selected by a French professor who was working
on Soil- foundation interaction. Using ACCORD, I
studied models of various types of buildings in Lorraine
province and carried out a detailed analysis on risk of
settlement. Those results were to be used in reviving
building safety codes and mining laws in that zone. Was
rewarded with a recommendation letter for the work.

Course Projects

B.Tech Project (Ongoing): I am doing my B.Tech Project under Dr. Nihar Ranjan Patra on
Numerical analysis of large model spread footings on geosynthetic reinforced soil
foundations. We have created an interface between two softwares for validating the finite
element model on reinforced foundations. In the next semester we are going to analyze the
improvement in bearing capacity of various soils under isolated and closely spaced footings
by using various geosynthetics as reinforcements.
Geological survey and Mapping: Attended geological survey camp at Chitrakoot and
surveying and mapping camp at Dehradoon in December 2005. First part of the camp
involved surveying rock deposits and the second part consisted of surveying and plotting map
of landscape using theodolites, total stations, Global Positioning System and plane table
mapping.

Responsibilities Taken
POSITION

ACHIEVEMENTS
Was given the critical responsibility of security chief in the

Chief Security Officer

in UDGHOSH 2006
.

sports festival of IIT Kanpur.

Managed to control around 800 guests and the local students.
Avoided violence between rival teams.

Coordinator- Kalrav in
ANTARAGNI-05

Started the trend of kavisammelan in the institute.

Arranged nationwide live coverage of the event.
The event turned out to be the most popular event of the
festival among staff as well as students.

Coordinator- Sahitya
Sabha (2005-06)

The Hindi literary club of Gymkhana.

Introduced new events which were more interesting.

Editor of the Magazine

of Civil Department

Raised critical current issues related to civil engineering.

NCC

Appointed as the captain of NCC unit at IIT Kanpur in 2003-04.

Commanded a group of 40 cadets in the rock climbing camp at Nainital.
Organized a cancer awareness camp in association with Ratan Cancer Institute, Kanpur.
Participated in other adventures like Parasailing, tracking etc.
Specially requested by the Dean of students affairs for guard of honor on 15th Aug. 2006.

Social Works
Prayas: Prayas is a NGO run by students Gymkhana IIT Kanpur. It is dedicated to educating
poor children in the neighborhood who are unable to go to schools. I am coordinator of
Prayas in the current year.
AINAA (All India Navodaya Alumni Association): Navodayas is the biggest school network
in the country. They are aimed at providing quality education to rural talents. I was one of those
who dreamt of making an alumni association to work with navodayas and to help rural students
focus their attempts. We organize career counseling workshops and workshops on new learning
methods in different navodayas.

Other Activities
Junior Editor- Meander (Students Magazine) in 2005.
Won first prize in Hindi Paheli in ANTARAGNI for three consecutive years.
Member of a voluntary organization, BRiCS and involved in organizing robotics workshops for
school and college students using LEGO kits and traditional tools like junk material, cardboards etc.
Member of mess committee in the hostel.
Represented the college and school at various levels in debates and other literary activities.

Other Skills
Software: ACCORD, GID, Microsoft office.
Programming Languages: Java.
Languages: English (Fluent), Hindi (Fluent) and French (Learner level).