Resume of Accomplishments Manjit K. Misra - Seed Science Center

• Member, Board of Directors, Iowa Seed Association, 1991-present
• Full member, Graduate Faculty Committee, 1990-present
Civic committees
• Co-organizer, Martin Luther King Day Program, City of Ames
• Search committee for Ames Middle School principal, Ames schools district
superintendent, etc.
• Invited speaker on community issues (4 speeches/yr on topics such as “Nonviolence
the True Meaning,” (on Martin Luther King’s day), “Beauty: External
and Internal,” “Seven Habits of Most Effective People,” “The Art of Living,” and
“Modern Relevance of Gita” etc.)
H. Professional Improvement Activities:
a) Kaizan Workshop, ISU, 2006
b) Media Training Workshop, ISU, 2003, 2001
c) Process Improvement (ISO 9000) workshop, Pioneer Hi-bred
International, Inc., 1999
d) Fund Raising seminar series, by ISU Foundation, 2003, 1997
e) Intellectual Property Law Seminar, by ISU Research Foundation, 1997
f) Facilitative Leadership, by Texas Instruments Learning Institute, 1995
g) ISO 9000 Orientation Seminar by CIRAS, ISU, 1994
h) Total Quality Management, by Texas Instruments Learning Institute & ISU,
1994
i) Building and Maintaining Employee Morale: How to Manage Negative Thinking,
by CPED, ISU, 1992
j) Leadership and Team Development Skills for Supervisors. by I.S.U. Extension
and the Center for Professional and Executive Development, Ames, Iowa, 1991
k) Focus Groups, by Iowa State University Extension, 1991
l) Biotechnology for Extension. July 30 - August 10, 1990. I.S.U., Biotechnology
Council.
m) Time Management. March 6-10, 1989. I.S.U. Ames, University Extension and
Agricultural Education Department.
n) Bar Code Technology Workshop. December 6-7, 1988, I.S.U., Ames, Iowa
o) Machine Vision. June 27-28, 1987. Baltimore, Maryland. American Society of
Agricultural Engineers
p) Expert Systems in Agriculture. May 27-30, 1986. Purdue University, West
Lafayette, IN.
q) Cost Reduction Through Methods Analysis. 1984. I.S.U., Engineering
Management Institute, Ames, Iowa.
r) Integrating Layout Planning and Materials Handling Analysis. March 27, 1984.
Engineering Management Institute, I.S.U., Ames, Iowa.
Awards, Honors, and Recognition:
• Order of the Knoll Distinguished Faculty and Staff Award, Iowa State University, 2008
• Dean’s Chair of Distinction, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, 2008
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