Quantum-Mechanical Modeling of Nanomaterials (2025)
Conducted tutorials on Quantum ESPRESSO and graded assignments and student exams.
Quantum ESPRESSODFTNanomaterials
Teaching and mentoring
Teaching
Course support, hands-on tutorials, workshop teaching, and public science education across computational materials science, density functional theory, machine learning, and physics.
Overview
Teaching Snapshot
Teaching experience drawn from academic appointments, course assistantships, workshops, and public outreach.
10course assistantships
1invited DFT workshop
21kYouTube subscribers
3.8MYouTube views
IISc and national courses
Course Support at IISc and NPTEL
Teaching assistant and tutorial work connected to computational materials science, machine learning, and engineering education.
Application of Machine Learning for Solving Challenging Engineering Problems (2025 & 2026)
Conducted hands-on tutorials on training machine learning models.
Machine LearningHands-on TutorialsEngineering
Machine Learning for Core Engineering Disciplines (2025 & 2026)
Prepared question papers, assignments, tutorials, and reviewed course materials and lectures.
AssignmentsTutorialsCourse Review
FSU Jena
Teaching Assistantships During the PhD
As a Scientific Employee at Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Manas supported physics, simulation, statistics, and scientific computing courses.
Modelling and Simulation
Served as teaching assistant for a curriculum covering basics of quantum mechanics and standard algorithms used in quantum chemistry codes, including geometry optimization. Conducted seminars as well as prepared & graded assignment sheets and final exams.
Basics of Stochastics and Experimental Design
Served as teaching assistant for foundational statistical thinking and experimental design training. Conducted seminars as well as prepared & graded assignment sheets and final exams.
Algorithms for Scientific Computing
Supported curriculum developement, course material preparation. Conducted tutorials/hands-on sessions, prepared & graded assignements, and prepared & graded exams.
Workshops and outreach
Public Teaching and Mentoring
Teaching beyond formal courses, including workshops, online lectures, tutorials, and mentoring.
Skill Development Workshop for CEIP 2026 Fellows, IISc
Delivered lectures and tutorial sessions on DFT to the interns in the Chemical Engineering department at IISc.
Mastering DFT: A Hands-on Training Workshop
Delivered invited lecture and tutorial sessions for the Janardan Singh Foundation online workshop.
Phys Whiz
Founded Phys Whiz to create tutorials and lectures on physics, computational materials science, and scientific computing. The channel has reached about 21k YouTube subscribers and 3.6 million views.
Student Guidance
Mentored U.S. high school students on applications to top U.S. universities. Also mentored interns in the Chemical Engineering department. Build accessible web and Android tools for learners and researchers.