Dr Manish Pandey
Dr Manish Pandey
Educational Qualification: PhD. (IIT Kanpur)
Professional Qualification: CEng MIMechE (London), Membership
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Present Organisation: Government of India, Indian Railways
Present Unit: Northern Railway
Present Designation: Senior Professor (Rolling Stock)/IRITM
Present Place of Posting: Lucknow
Grade (JS/SS/JA/SA/SAG/HAG): Senior Administrative Grade
Date of Birth: 15.02.1976
Date of Joining Railways: 04.09.2000
National award for outstanding services (Railway Minister Award) in Apr’2012 while working as Deputy Chief Mechanical Engineer in Loco Workshop/Charbagh/Lucknow.
General Manager’s Award for Outstanding Service in 2006 while working as Divisional Mechanical Engineer (Diesel)/Diesel Shed/TKD.
M. L. Puri Award (2003) as Probationary IRSME for Best Probationer.
Director General’s Medal (2003) as Probationary IRSME for Foundation Course.
Director General’s Medal (2003) as Probationary IRSME for Induction Course.
Titled as “Parametric Studies on the Dynamic Response of a Rail Freight Wagon: Identification of Key Objective Functions and Evolutionary Optimization Based on Non-Linear Regression and Surrogate-Assisted Techniques” under the supervision of Dr. Bishakh Bhattacharya (IIT Kanpur).
Have been awarded “Visvesvaraya Fellowship” for PhD from Dept. of Science and Technology (Unique ID VISPHD.MEITY-1430).
Titled as “Dynamic Inter Laminar Toughness of Unidirectional GFRP Laminates under Impact Loading” under the supervision of Dr. Prashant Kumar (IIT Kanpur).
Worked as Project Research Assistant in Project No. ME/ARDB/19970139 titled as “Interlaminar Toughness of FRP laminates under impact loading”
M. Pandey, R. Datta, R. Dey and B. Bhattacharya, "Multi-objective Optimisation of Dynamic Responses for a Rail Freight Wagon using Regression Models," 2019 IEEE 18th International Conference on Cognitive Informatics & Cognitive Computing (ICCI*CC), Milan, Italy, 2019, pp. 361-365, doi: 10.1109/ICCICC46617.2019.9146044. ( 01 citation)
Manish Pandey, Sanjay Kumar, Vinay Agarwal and O.P. Yadav, “Three-piece Freight Bogies on Indian Railways: Evolution of the LWLH25 bogie for 25T axle load open wagon” in the “poster presentation” in International Heavy Haul Conference IHHA-2019 (Narwik, Norway).
M. Pandey and B. Bhattacharya, “Effect of bolster suspension parameters of three-piece freight bogie on the lateral frame force,” International Journal of Rail Transportation. https://doi.org/10.1080/23248378.2019.1593059. 2019. 8(1):45-65. (13 citations)
M. Pandey and B. Bhattacharya, “A Parametric study is analysing the effect of bolster suspension parameters on the carbody dynamic response in a freight wagon fitted with a three-piece bogie,” Journal of Vibration Engineering and Technologies. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42417-019-00105-4. 2019. 1-17. (06 citations)
M. Pandey, R. Regis, R. Datta, B. Bhattacharya, “Surrogate-assisted multi-objective optimisation of the dynamic response of a freight wagon fitted with three-piece bogies", International Journal of Rail Transportation, 9:3, 290-309, DOI: 10.1080/23248378.2020.1792808, 2021. (11 citations)
M. Pandey “Effect of carbody flexibility on the dynamic performance of an empty freight wagon",Proc IMechE Part F: J Rail and Rapid Transit, (https://doi.org/10.1177/09544097211028679) Volume: 236 issue: 5, page(s): 490-500, 2022(04 citations)Worked as Project Research Assistant in Project No. ME/ARDB/19970139 titled as “Interlaminar Toughness of FRP laminates under impact loading”
Pandey, M. (2026). Formulation of a metamodel-based multi-objective optimization problem for a rail vehicle’s dynamic response. In V. M. Ravindra Kumar, K. P. Vineesh, & S. K. Sharma (Eds.), Railway engineering technology: Developments and innovations (pp. 236–263). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003659983-11
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.1201/9781003659983/railway-engineering-technology-ravindra-kumar-vineesh-sunil-kumar-sharma
Working as an external expert on the Board of Studies in the Mechanical Engineering Department of Dayalbagh Educational Institute since April’2025.
Delivered a lecture on basic aspects of Rail Vehicle Dynamics in my alma mater, SMSS ( Smart Materials Structures and Systems) Lab, Mechanical Engineering Department, IIT Kanpur, on 26th August 2025.
Two innovations were shortlisted for the best innovation schemes on Indian Railways (2012-13)- Provision of Hydrant Control Valves with detachable handles at Moradabad railway station, Provision of urinal and toilet in the cab of diesel locomotives
Represented the Lucknow district football team in the State Junior Football Championship, held in Faizabad (1993)
Captained the Institute Badminton team (Dayal Bagh Educational Institute) in 1997
Captained the Institute Badminton team (IIT Kanpur) in 1999
Worked as Divisional Sports Officer in Lucknow division (2014-15)
Worked as District Commissioner in the National Railway Bharat Scouts & Guides in Lucknow (2014-15)
Co-supervisor of Sh. Ravi Kumar, Thesis on “Modelling, Simulation and Machine Learning for On-Board Condition Monitoring of Railway Rolling Stock” at Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. The thesis has been submitted.