Manohar Lal Munjal

[12][note 1] M. L. Munjal, born on 4 April 1945 in the Indian state of Punjab, graduated in mechanical engineering with honors in 1966 from Panjab University and a master's degree in internal combustion engineering from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in 1968.

[13] He joined IISc as a member of faculty in 1968, simultaneously pursuing his doctoral studies and earned his PhD in 1971.

Post-retirement, he serves as an honorary professor and INSA senior scientist at the Facility for Research in Technical Acoustics (FRITA) of the Indian Institute of Science.

[14] He researched and wrote about designing and optimization of flow passages and his work has applications in the automotive industry and Heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems.

[18] He has authored two books, Noise and Vibration Control[7] and Acoustics of Ducts and Mufflers With Application to Exhaust and Ventilation System Design,[8] and has edited another, IUTAM Symposium on Designing for Quietness: Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium held in Bangalore, India, 12–14 December 2000.

[11][10] Munjal has undertaken over 100 industrial consultancy projects on noise control and quieter designs[19] and holds two patents and one copyright for his work.

[29] He held the chair of the Karnataka State Industrial Investment and Development Corporation from 1991 to 1994 and is a former member of the director board of the International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration (1995–2001).

[4] He has delivered invited or keynote addresses at several seminars[30][31] and is a speaker designate at the Automotive Noise & Vibration Congress being held in March 2017.