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{{Short description|Indian mechanical engineer}}
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{{Infobox scientist
| name = Man Mohan Suri
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1928|1|13}}
| birth_place = [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1981|7|25|1928|1|13}}
| death_place =
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| fields = {{ublist | [[Mechanical engineering]] }}
| workplaces = {{ublist | [[Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute]] }}
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| known_for = {{ublist|Suri transmission | Introducing [[farm tractor]]s in India }}
| awards = {{ublist|1961 [[Padma Shri]] | 1962 [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]]}}
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'''Man Mohan Suri''' (1928–1981) was an Indian mechanical engineer and the Director of [[Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute]] (CMERI), Durgapur.<ref name="How India's fields got `Swaraj'">{{Cite web |url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/bline/2003/08/08/stories/2003080800260900.htm |title=How India's fields got 'Swaraj' |date=8 August 2003 |work=The Hindu}}</ref> He is best known for inventing ''[[Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute#Achievements|Suri Transmission]]'', a hydromechanical [[transmission unit]], reported to increase the efficiency of diesel locomotives<ref name="Brief Profile of the Awardee">{{Cite web |url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/content/Detail.aspx?AID=287 |title=Brief Profile of the Awardee |date=2016 |publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize |access-date=12 November 2016}}</ref> and he held the patent for the inventions.<ref name="Power transmission unit">{{Cite web |url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US3065653 |title=Power transmission unit |last=Suri Man Mohan |date=27 November 1962 |publisher=United States Patent |work=Patent No. US3065653 A}}</ref> The technology is known to have led to 36 patent specifications in eleven countries.<ref name="Engineering Sciences">{{Cite web |url=http://www.csir.res.in/external/heads/career/award/BPRIZE/Engineering_SCIENCES.htm |title=Engineering Sciences |date=2016 |publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923211647/http://www.csir.res.in/external/heads/career/award/BPRIZE/Engineering_SCIENCES.htm |archive-date=2015-09-23 }}</ref> He is also credited with the conceptualization of Swaraj farm tractor, a product of [[Punjab Tractors Ltd.]] and held another patent for his development of ''Railway truck wheel assembly''.<ref name="Railway truck wheel assembly">{{Cite web |url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US3065653 |title=Railway truck wheel assembly |last=Suri Man Mohan |date=28 August 1967 |publisher=United States Patent |work=Patent No. US3334596 A}}</ref> He received the fourth highest Indian civilian award of the [[Padma Shri]] in 1961.<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Shri |publisher=Government of India |date=2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=2015-10-15 }}</ref> The [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]], the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]], one of the highest Indian science awards for his contributions to Engineering Sciences in 1962.<ref name="View Bhatnagar Awardees">{{cite web | url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/AwardeeList.aspx | title=View Bhatnagar Awardees | publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize | date=2016 | access-date=12 November 2016}}</ref> The Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi has instituted an annual award, ''Padmashri Manmohan Suri Project Award'', for honoring the best mechanical project by its alumni.<ref name="Saha">{{cite book|author=S K Saha|title=Introduction to Robotics, 2e|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MxriAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA33|publisher=Tata McGraw-Hill Education|isbn=978-93-329-0281-7|pages=33–}}</ref>
[[File:Swaraj Tractor.jpg|thumb|235px|Swaraj Tractor, the first indigenous tractor designed and manufactured in India.]]

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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.freepatentsonline.com/3065653.html |title=Power transmission unit |date=2016 |publisher=Free Patents Online |work=Patent information}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://assistech.iitd.ernet.in/awards.php |title=Padmashri Manmohan Suri Project Award |date=2016 |publisher=Assistech - IIT Delhi}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://web.iitd.ac.in/~jpkhatait/biosketch.html |title=Biosketch |date=2016 |publisher=IIT Delhi}}

{{1900s Padma Shri Award Recipients in Science & Engineering}}
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