Dr. Manoj Khandelwal is presently working as a lecturer at the Federation University Australia since Feb, 2015. He also worked as an Assistant Professor at the Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology (MPUAT), India from Aug, 2007 to Jan, 2015. He did his undergraduate degree in Mining Engineering from the College of Technology and Engineering, MPUAT(Erstwhile RAU, Bikaner), India in the year 2000. He got Master’s degree in Rock Mechanics from the Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi, India in the year 2002 He got Ph.D. degree in Rock Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay in the year 2007. He also worked at Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research, India as a Senior Research Fellow from Nov, 2002 to July, 2004. Dr Khandelwal has attended a postdoctoral research fellowship by winning the most prestigious Australian Government’s Endeavour Research Fellowship to undertake six month of research at Monash University, Australia in the year 2008-09. Dr Khandelwal has published more than 90 research papers in different reputed national and international journals and conference proceedings of repute. He is the Editor-in-chief of Earth Resources Journal, SciKnow Publications, USA. He is editorial board member in more than 35 international journals of repute. He has been awarded number of prestigious national and international awards including Young Scientist Award by the then President of India during the 93rdIndian Science Congress in the year 2006.