Dr. Manu Vora is Chairman and President of Business Excellence, Inc., a global quality management consulting firm. He has over 48 years of leadership experience in guiding Fortune 500 companies with the U.S. Baldrige Performance Excellence assessment. For the last 30 years, he has taught Operations Management courses at various business schools globally. He has contributed at over 680 educational institutes globally and taught to over 12,000 people. In 2016, he was appointed as Fulbright Specialist by the U. S. Department of State. In 2016, he completed a GIAN program sponsored by MHRD, Government of India at IIT (BHU). In 2018, he completed his first Fulbright Specialist project at IIT (BHU) sponsored by the U.S. Department of State.

Dr. Vora has B. Tech. (Honours, IIT (BHU), Varanasi, 1968) in Chemical Engineering, M.S., and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering (IIT Chicago), and MBA with Marketing Management, USA. He is a Past Vice President of ASQ and ASQ Fellow. He is a sought-after speaker on business excellence and quality management topics with over 1,270 presentations in 36 Countries across 5 Continents. He has published over 75 scholarly articles. He has written 50 blog posts on quality management. Since 2013, he has delivered soft skills topics using technology to 100 colleges/ universities in India benefiting over 1,100,000 students/ faculties/ professionals. He served as an invited member of the AICTE NEP 2020 Implementation Plan Strategy Committee in 2020.

Dr. Vora has received 60 awards/honors for his outstanding professional service including Fulbright Specialist appointment from the U.S. Department of State. He received 40 awards/honors for his life-long community service including U. S. President's Volunteer Service Award. In 1968, he received J. N. Tata Scholarship for his graduate studies at IIT Chicago in the U. S.