Academic2nd November 2007 - Till date
Assistant Professor
Department of Applied Arts, Faculty of Visual Arts, Banaras Hindu University
Research, Teaching, Academic Administration
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Department of Applied Arts
Publications
Research Projects
Ph.D. Scholars
Honours & Awards
A concise academic overview, expertise and current areas of scholarly interest.
Manish Arora serves as Professor in the Department of Applied Arts, contributing to teaching, research, student mentorship and academic initiatives.
Academic appointments, research roles, and administrative responsibilities.
Department of Applied Arts, Faculty of Visual Arts, Banaras Hindu University
Research, Teaching, Academic Administration
University College, Kurukshetra University, Haryana
Teaching, Academic Administration
Government College of Art, Chandigarh, UT
Teaching, Academic Administration
Royal Residency society, Mahmoorganj, Varanasi
Manage daily routine work, maintenance organization of different event etc.
Royal Residency society, Mahmoorganj, Varanasi
All Finance Works
Royal Residency society, Mahmoorganj, Varanasi
Manage daily routine work, maintenance,organisation of different event, etc
Banaras Hindu University
Convener
Proctorial board of Banaras Hindu University
Security related duties
New International Boys Hostal, Banaras Hindu University
Incharge Administrative, Incharge Sports Activity, Student Relations and Cleaning Incharge
MoE Innovation Cell, Institutions Innovation Council, Banaras Hindu University
Innovation, Incubation, Entrepreneurship, Startup, Hackathon, Idea competition etc. related activities
Design Innovation Center, Banaras Hindu University
Innovation, teaching and administration
Faculty of Visual Art's, Banaras Hindu University
Student Advisory
University College, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana
NSS Officer
Government College of Art, Chandigarh
Syllabus upgraded all others academic duties for MFA Courses, Applied Art, Painting, Sculpture
Approach Advertising & Exhibitors Pet. Ltd., Lucknow, UP
Maketing, Designing and Administration
Research projects, funding agencies, roles and project timelines.
ICSSR research grants
Rs. 16.00 Lakh
2026-01-01 — 2028-01-01
World Bank
Principal Investigator of project entitled “UP Pro Poor Tourism Development Plan for Artisans of Varanasi” by UP Tourism, Govt. of UP, INDIA
112 Lakhs
2023-01-01 — 2024-01-01
Faculty Incentive Grant in Institute of Eminence Scheme, BHU
NA
06.00 Lakhs
2021-01-01 — 2023-01-01
Ministry of Education, New Delhi under scheme of SPARC
Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration with Department of Art, Art History and Design, College of Arts & Letters, Michigan State University, USA and Center for Social Design, Maryland Institute College of Art - MICA, Baltimore, MD, USA
97 Lakhs
2019-01-01 — 2022-01-01
Ministry of Education, Govt. of India
NA
4 Lakh
2021-01-01 — 2022-01-01
ICSR – Indian Council of Social Science Research
NA
15 lakhs
2019-01-01 — 2021-01-01
Ministry of Human Resource Development, New Delhi
NA
78 lakhs
2019-01-01 — 2021-01-01
Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development, BHU
NA
15.75 Lakhs
2019-01-01 — 2021-01-01
Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching,
NA
04 Lakhs
2019-01-01 — 2021-01-01
River Development and Water Resource Management, BHU, Varanasi
NA
08 Lakhs
2019-01-01 — 2021-01-01
National Initiative for Design Innovation Network
NA
10 Cr.
2015-01-01 — 2021-01-01
Ministry of Human Resource Development, New Delhi
NA
4 lakhs
2019-01-01 — 2020-01-01
Government of India
"New Paradigms for Visual Arts Education Standard in India". Project sanctioned by Faculty of Education, BHU under Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching
04 Lakhs
2019-01-01 — 2021-01-01
Impactful Policy Research in Social Science
Principal Investigator on “Redesigning the Advertising Methods in Digital Media to Curb Environmental Deterioration” under Media, Culture and Society domain with Dr. Prashant Sriv astava, Co-PI, Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development, BHU. Project sanctioned by ICSR - Indian Council of Social Science Research under the scheme of IMPRESS
15.75 Lakhs
2019-01-01 — 2022-01-01
Faculty Incentive Grant, Institute of Eminence Scheme, BHU
Principal Investigator of the project entitled “Academic Linkage for Artifact, Manufacturing Cluster Development and Excellency”
06.00 Lakhs
2021-01-01 — 2024-01-01
Ministry of Education, New Delhi under scheme of SPARC - Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Resear
: Principal Investigator of project entitled “History of Social Design in India and USA with special reference to Infographics, Advertising, Human-Centered Design and Marketing
97.00 Lakhs
2019-01-01 — 2024-01-01
BHU
Transdisciplinary Research Project : Principal Investigator of project entitled “Determining the key psychological, sociological and cultural considerations to enhance the attentiveness towards digital advertisement” with Professor Shweta Prasad (Co-PI) Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Science, BHU; Professor Yogesh Arya (Co-PI), Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Science, BHU, Dr. Anshul Verma (Co-PI), Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Institute of Science, BHU 2023-2025.
18.00 Lakhs
2023-01-01 — 2025-01-01
Journal articles and papers linked to this profile's research record.
Journal articles, conference papers, book chapters and other scholarly work.
Baboolall Himesh; Arora Manish
Baboolall Himesh; Arora Manish
Baboolall Himesh; Arora Manish
Arora, Manish; Gupta, Peeyush and Srivastava, Prashant
TANISHA WADHAWAN 1,DR. JYOTI AGNIHOTRI, DR. MANISH ARORA
Wadhwan Tanisha; Arora Manish;
Baboolall Himesh; Arora Manish
Baboolall Himesh; Arora Manish
Wadhwan Tanisha; Arora Manish;
Gupta Shivangi; Arora Manish; Wadhwan Tanisha;
Gupta Kumar, Peeyush; Arora, Manish;
Arora, Manish; Gupta Kumar, Peeyush;
Arora, Manish; Gupta Kumar, Peeyush
Arora, Manish; Gupta Kumar, Peeyush
Saini Jyoti; Arora Manish
Arora, Manish
Arora, Manish; Singh, Brijendra, Kumar, Ajay
Gupta, Peeyush Kumar, Arora Manish
Gupta, Peeyush Kumar;Arora, Manish
Gupta, Kumar, Peeyush; Arora, Manish
Singh, Randhir; Arora, Manish
Gupta, Peeyush Kumar; Arora Manish
Gupta, Peeyush Kumar; Arora, Manish
Kumar, Ajay; Arora, Manish;
Kumar, Ajay; Arora, Manish
Kumar, Ajay; Arora, Manish
Arora, Manish; Kumar Ajay
Arora, Manish; Kumar, Ajay
Arora, Manish
Scholars and research students guided by the faculty member.
Scholar: Dr. Peeyush Kumar Gupta · Banaras Hindu University
Scholar: Dr. Ajay Kumar · Banaras Hindu University
Scholar: Dr. Tripti Srivastava · Banaras Hindu University
Scholar: Dr. Bijendra Singh · Banaras Hindu University
Scholar: Dr. Deepika Yadav · Banaras Hindu University
Scholar: Randhir singh · Banaras Hindu University
Scholar: Shivangi Gupta · Banaras Hindu University
Scholar: Shristi Prajapati · Banaras Hindu University
Scholar: Rahul Shaw · Banaras Hindu University
Courses and academic offerings associated with this faculty profile.
No courses are currently listed.
Consultancy engagements, technical advisory, and industry collaboration projects.
2026 to 2026
Member of Advisory Council
2025 to 2025
External Member of Board of Study
2025 to 2025
External Member of Board of Study
2025 to 2025
Board of Studies
Memberships in academic associations, professional societies and advisory councils.
In association with IDC,Indian Institute of Technology,Bombay,Mumbai at Varanasi
Since 2023Amity University, Kolkata
Since 2022Dept.of Applied Arts,Faculty of Visual Arts,BHU by Shri Sanjay Ojha, Director, Drawing Room India Gurgaon Haryana
Since 2022Design Innovation Centre , Faculty of Visual Arts with NIESBUD & MoE IC IICs BHU
Since 2022Lala Deen Dayal Photo Art Society
Since 2022Faculty of Visual Arts ,Banaras Hindu University
Since 2022Dept. of Applied Arts,Faculty of Visual Arts,BHU
Since 2022Dept. of Biochemistry,Institute of Science ,BHU
Since 2022Design Innovation Centre,BHU
Since 2022Dept. of Applied Arts,Faculty of Visual Arts,BHU
Since 2022Dept. of Applied Arts,Faculty of Visual Arts,BHU
Since 2022Dept. of Applied Arts,Faculty of Visual Arts,BHU
Since 2022Shri Paritosh Tripathi, AIC BHU
Since 2022Dept.of Applied Arts,Faculty of Visual Arts,BHU
Since 2022Design Cafe ,Department of Applied Arts,Faculty of Visual Arts,BHU
Since 2022Dept. of Applied Arts,Faculty of Visual Arts,BHU
Since 2022Dept. of Applied Arts,Faculty of Visual Arts,BHU by Shri Bikram Pal,Assistant Professor ,Srishti Maipal Institute of Design ,Bangalore,Karnatka
Since 2022Dept. of Applied Arts,Faculty of Visual Arts,BHU
Since 2022NITTTR, Bhopal under AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy.
Since 2021Shri Vithal Education andResearch Institute College of Engineering, Pandharpur, Maharashtra under AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy.
Since 2021School of Planning and Architecture,Vijayawada under AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy
Since 2021MoE’s Innovation Cell & AICTE
Since 2021IQAC, Mahila Mahavidalaya, BHU
Since 2021MoE’s Innovation Cell & AICTE, New Delhi
Since 2021International Centre for Advanced Research and Studies (ICARS), New Delhi
Since 2020Patliputra University and Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
Since 2020KIIT College of Engineering, Gurugram (Haryana)
Since 2020Internal Quality Assurance cell (IQAC) and Department of Physical Education, Faculty of Arts, BHU, Varanasi (U.P.)
Since 2020Ministry of Education, Innovation Cell, Govt. of India
Since 2020Kalam Programme for IP Literacy and awareness (KAPILA)
Since 2020U.P Institute of Design, Lucknow
Since 2019Amar Ujala
Since 2019Techno Group of Institutions
Since 2019Munger University ( Bihar )
Since 2019Urban Development Ministry, Govt. of India , Varanasi
Since 2019Royal Residency Society, Mahmoorganj , Varanasi
Since 2019Amar Ujala
Since 2019Khatri Hitkarni Sabha
Since 2019Varanasi
Since 2019Industry and Online Programme at National Institute of Design, Ahmadabad, Gujrat
Since 2018Royal Residency Society, Mahmoorganj , Varanasi
Since 2018Institute of Agricultural Science BHU
Since 2018Royal Residency Society, Mahmoorganj , Varanasi
Since 2017UGC Human Resource Centre, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005
Since 2017by IDC- Industrial Design Centre, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Mumbai
Since 2014IDC- Industrial Design Centre, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Since 2014IDC- Industrial Design Centre, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Mumbai
Since 2014+ Acumen, New York, USA
Since 2014+ Acumen and IDEO.ORG, New York, USA
Since 2014Department of Design, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati
Since 2012Federation of Indian Photography, Kolkata
Since 2011Horizon International Photographic Society, Lucknow, U. P
Since 2011India International Photography Council, New Delhi
Since 2011University Grants Commission (U.G.C.) at University Staff College, BHU.
Since 2010Lucknow Camera Club, Lucknow, U. P
Since 2010Acharyakul , Varanasi
Since 2009National Film Archive of India and Film & Television institute of India, Pune, Maharastra.
Since 2009University Grants Commission (U.G.C.) at University Staff College, BHU
Since 2008Malaviya Centre for Ethics & Human Values at BHU
Since 2008Jnana Pravaha- Centre for Cultural Studies, Varanasi
Since 2008Northern Regional Office, Kanpur, U.P
Since 2007Northern Regional Office, Kanpur, U.P
Since 2005Academic honours, distinctions, prizes and recognitions received by the faculty member.
Academic Recognition
Ministry of Culture,UP and Subah-e-Banaras
Academic Recognition
For Ayodhya Development Authority, Uttar Pradesh
Academic Recognition
Ministry of Education Innovation Cell
Academic Recognition
Ministry of Education Innovation Cell, New Delhi
Academic Recognition
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Academic Recognition
Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj ,UP
Academic Recognition
Ministry of Culture ,UP and Subah-e-Banaras , Anand Kanan Sansthan at Assi Ghat ,Varanasi
Academic Recognition
Ministry of Education - Innovation Cell,New Delhi
Academic Recognition
Ministry of Education Innovation Cell
Academic Recognition
Lucknow University, Uttar Pradesh
Academic Recognition
MHRD , IIC
Academic Recognition
IIT, Indore M.P
Academic Recognition
UGC - University Grants Commission and BHU
Academic Recognition
Guinness world Records Events
Academic Recognition
UGC- India in Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA 2013 -14
Academic Recognition
by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, USA
Academic Recognition
HT City, Lucknow Camera Club
Academic Recognition
Bhojpuri Adhyan Kendra, Faculty of Arts, BHU
Academic Recognition
Banaras Hindu University and University at Buffalo, NY, USA
Academic Recognition
Banaras Hindu University
Academic Recognition
Ministry of Welfare, Govt. of India, New Delhi.
Academic Recognition
Faculty of Visual Arts , BHU
Notable academic, professional, research and institutional achievements.
No achievements are currently listed.
Banaras Hindu University
For academic collaboration, teaching enquiries, research discussions or professional communication.