A Professor at BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus in the field of Computer Science, Machine Learning & Wireless networks, Dr Manik is a Graduate from Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh & a Post Graduate from IIT Delhi. She worked for 7 years in the Industry in India with CDot & Motorola before pursuing her PhD from Queen Mary University London and since then has had various research and post doctoral stints at UCL, Southbank University & now at BITS Hyderabad.
Mother to two lovely girls, she is passionate about women’s empowerment and STEM education.