Manoj Kumar

Manoj Kumar is the founder of three organizations: Foundation for Innovation & Social Entrepreneurship (2016), Sustain Plus Energy Foundation (2019), and Krishikalpa Foundation (2020).
He is currently a Director at Madura Micro Finance Ltd., a Director at Kanpur Flowercycling Pvt Ltd., a Founding Trustee at Tata Institute For Genetics & Society, a Member Of The Board Of Advisors at Atal Incubation Centre Centre For Cellular & Molecular Biology, a Member, Investment Committee & ACE Fund at Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council, and a Board Member at Centre for Cellular & Molecular Platforms.
He is also an Independent Non-Executive Director at CreditAccess Grameen Ltd.
(since 2019) and a Director at Mach33 Aero (since 2021).
Mr. Kumar has held former positions as an Independent Director at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (2019-2022) and Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (2017-2019), Managing Director & Chief Executive at Confluence For Health Action And Transformation Foundation (2018-2020), Senior Advisor at Tata Trusts (2016-2023), and Advisory Council Member at Tata Centre For Development At UChicago (2017-2020).
Mr. Kumar has a graduate degree from the University of Lucknow and an undergraduate degree from Kumaun University.