b'20 Member News March 2024VolunteersMeet Manisha Excellent contributionManisha put her new skills and knowledge to the test in November. Chartered Engineer,Four-time FellowMy first Fellowship Executive Coach andWhen Manisha applied forVolunteer role assessment gave me the opportunity to pause and to IET Fellow Dr ManishaIET Fellowship, her overridingWhen Manisha was invited tolook closely at the work of a objective was to better herselfapply for an IET volunteering Morais is able to drawand to help others do the same. position, she found the ideaseasoned leader. It reminded from a wide rangevery appealing. me that professionals She knew she would bringare making excellent of experiences inmany qualities to the IET table:contributions globally and her latest volunteerI am a digitally fluent andthat were now able to be ambitious professional withinterconnected globally, role: IET Fellowshipfrom the comfort of our own links to both academia and Assessor. industry. I am technically andoffices.commercially aware, which canAs well as enabling her to help to engage technical andgive something back to the commercial professionals alike. Ive always volunteeredengineering and technology Manisha has experienced in some way with othercommunity, Manishas many benefits since becomingorganisationsfor example,Fellowship Assessor role an IET Fellow in March 2023:I was a CPD (Continuoussupports her personal and Professional Development)professional development. Assessor volunteer withShe said: I will continue the IChemE and haveto volunteer for the IET Fellowship has furtherbeen a guest speaker at aas often as I can and will enhanced my influencenumber of WES events. encourage others to work in the engineering andIn July 2023 Manishatowards Fellowship.Manisha is a co-owner andsubmitted an IET Fellowship Executive Director of Kuzukotechnology community.Assessor application. It was Group, a coaching and technicalIt has also helped mesuccessful, as was her training consultancy business. to overcome imposterday, just three months later. As Director of Businesssyndrome and to remainI was one of the youngest Development and Professionalconfident and useful intrainees in the room and the Development, Manisha takesonly ethnic minority woman, the lead on Kuzuko Groupsnew environments. she said. If there was ever industrial and academicgoing to be a moment activities. She said: I am awhen I would have imposter qualified executive coachThis latest accolade meanssyndrome, this was it! and am currently completingthat Manisha now has fourHowever, Im pleased to the ILM7 Certificate forFellowships. She is a Fellow of theconfirm that I was fully Executive and Senior LevelIET, the Institution of Chemicalsupported, encouraged Coaches and Mentors. Engineers (IChemE), the Womensand included in discussions Engineering Society (WES) andthroughout the day. Dr Manisha Morais MEng (Hons) Ph.D. the Institute of Leadership. CEng FIET FIChemE FWES FioLRead more at: theiet.org/meet-our-volunteers'