• CSIR Senior research fellow from August 2004 to April 2007.
• Best technical paper award by Indian Railways for the year 2005 for the paper entitled, “Mathematical Model to represent the Track Geometry Variations using PSD”, Railway Bulletin of Indian Railways, Vol. LXI, No. 312-313, pp.1-9, February-May, 2005.
• CSIR Junior Research Fellow from August 2002 to July 2004.
• Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE)-2002 with percentile 99.82 (All India Rank 2).
• Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE)-2001 with percentile 92.16 (All India Rank 64).
• National Eligibility Test (NET) Dec-2001 for eligibility for Junior Research Fellowship & Lectureship.
• National Eligibility Test (NET) June-2001 for eligibility for Lectureship.

Journals

• Sanjeev Kumar, R. Balasubramanian and Manoj Thakur: “Real Coded Genetic Algorithm based Stereo Image Watermarking”, International Journal of Secure Digital Information Age (IJSDIA), Volume 1, Number 1, June 2009.
• Kusum Deep and Manoj Thakur: “A Real Coded Multi Parent Genetic Algorithm for Function Optimization”, Journal of Hybrid Computing Research, Vol. 1, No. 2, July-Dec. 2008, pp. 67 – 83.
• N. Sukavanam, R. Balasubramanian, Manoj Thakur and Sanjeev Kumar: “Camera calibration based on Hybridization of Genetic Algorithm and Neural Network”, International Journal of Information processing, Volume 2, Number 3, 2008, pp. 1-11.
• Kusum Deep and Manoj Thakur: “A New Crossover Operator for Real Coded Genetic Algorithms”, Applied Mathematics and Computations, Vol. 188, Issue 1, May 1, 2007, pp. 895-911.
• Kusum Deep and Manoj Thakur: “A New Mutation Operator for Real Coded Genetic Algorithms”, Applied Mathematics and Computations, Vol. 193, Issue 1, October 1, 2007, pp. 211-230.
• K. Ramji, V. K. Goel, Kusum Deep and Manoj Thakur: "Optimum Design of Suspension System of Three-Wheeled Motor Vehicles”, World Journal of Modeling and Simulation, UK, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 36-44, 2007.
• Kusum Deep, Dinesh Birla, R. P. Maheshwari, H. O. Gupta, and Manoj Thakur: “A Population based Heuristic Algorithm for Optimal Relay Operating Times”, World Journal of Modeling and Simulation, UK, Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 167-176, August 2006.
• Birla, R. P. Maheshwari, H. O. Gupta, Kusum Deep and Manoj Thakur: “Application of Random Search Technique in Directional Overcurrent Relay Co-ordination”, International Journal of Emerging Electric Power Systems, Volume 7, Issue 1, Article 1, September 2006.
• V. K. Goel, Manoj Thakur, Kusum Deep and B. K. Awasthi: “Mathematical Model to represent the Track Geometry Variations using PSD”, Railway Bulletin of Indian Railways, Vol. LXI, No. 312-313, pp.1-9, February-May, 2005.

Conference

• Sanjeev Kumar, Manoj Thakur, R. Balasubramanian and N. Sukavanam, Stereo Camera Calibration using Real Coded Genetic Algorithm, In Proc. of “IEEE TENCON- 2008”, Nov 18-21, 2008, Hyderabad, INDIA, pp. 1-5.
• Manoj Thakur and Kusum Deep, “Data Assimilation of a Biological Model using Genetic Algorithms”, In Proc. of 26th SGAI International Conference on Innovative Techniques and Applications of Artificial Intelligence (Springer), December 11-13, 2006, pp. 238-242, Peterhouse College, Cambridge, UK.

• Kusum Deep and Manoj Thakur, “A Real Coded Genetic Algorithm for Constrained Optimization“, 37th Annual Convention of Operations Research Society of India, Indian Institute of Management Ahmadabad, January 8-11, 2005.
• Kusum Deep and Manoj Thakur, “Parameter Estimation of Pray-Predator Model using Genetic Algorithms“, Symposium on Current Trends in Bio-Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, March 14, 2005.
• Dinesh Birla, R. P. Maheshwari, H. O. Gupta, Kusum Deep and Manoj Thakur, “Optimal Relay Co-Ordination Design of Electric Power Systems”, 71st Annual Conference of the Indian Mathematical Society, Department of Mathematics, IIT Roorkee, December 26-29, 2005.