Dr.Manikandan, Associate Professor in the Department of Physiotherapy has been awarded Ph.D and is the 39th  doctoral scholar of the institute. He has specialized in neuro rehab aspects of Physiotherapy.  Dr Mani has received Excellent Academic Contribution Award from Oxford College of Physiotherapy, Bangalore and leads a funded project of DST. Recipient of M.U. Innovation Award, Dr Mani has been coordinating the Malaysian Top Up Program right from the first batch.