Dr. Manoj G Tharian did B. Tech in Mechanical Engineering from Govt. Engineering College, Trichur in 1995. He has worked as Project Associate for a short period in the Ocean Engineering Department, IIT Madras. He completed post graduate diploma in Marine Engineering from Marine Engineering Research Institute, Mumbai in 1997. He has six years of experience as marine engineer and has worked with Chevron Shipping Company, San Francisco and Anglo Eastern Ship Management, Hong Kong in the capacities of Junior Engineer, 3^rd Assistant Engineer and 2^nd Assistant Engineer on merchant ships (Oil Tankers and Container Ships) from 1997 to 2003. In addition he has a teaching experience of fourteen years. He completed his Masters Degree in Computer Aided Structural Analysis and Designand Ph.D from the Department of Ship Technology, Cochin University of Science and Technology. He has also taken classes for the Post Graduate students in the Department of Ship Technology, Cochin University of Science and Technology. His area of academic interest is Engineering Graphics, Machine Drawing, Mechanics of Solids, Theory of Machines, Machine Design, Finite Element Method and Dynamics of Machinery.