Dr Manoj Gupta was a former Head of Materials Division of the Mechanical Engineering Department and Director designate of Materials Science and Engineering Initiative at NUS, Singapore. He did his Ph.D.from University of California, Irvine, USA (1992), and postdoctoral research at University of Alberta,Canada (1992). In August 2017 he was highlighted among Top 1% Scientist of the World Position by The Universal Scientific Education and Research Network and among 2.5% among scientists as per ResearchGate. To his credit are: (i) Disintegrated Melt Deposition technique and (ii) Hybrid Microwave Sintering technique, an energy efficient solid‐state processing method to synthesize alloys/micro/nanocomposites. He has published over 500 peer reviewed journal papers and owns two US patents. His current h‐index is 59, RG index is 46 and citations are greater than 22500. He has also co‐authored six books, published by John Wiley, Springer and MRF ‐ USA. He is Editor‐in‐chief/Editor of twelve international peer reviewed journals. In 2018 he was announced World Academy Championship Winner in the area of Biomedical Sciences by International Agency for Standards and Ratings. A multiple award winner, he actively collaborate/visit Japan, France, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, China, USA and India.