Dr. Sonu Manuel completed his MBBS and MD in general medicine from prestigious Govt.Medical College Thiruvanathapuram.After graduating with gold medal he practised as physician for a year and half before pursuing higher studies in nephrology  in one of south India's leading nephrology center,Nizam Institute of Medical Sciences Hydrabad.

• Membership in ISN, ASN, ISOT and PDSI

• Medical Officer, Community Health Centre Muttom, Idukki, Kerala, India (2011 - 2012).
• Casualty Medical Officer, Chazhikattu Hospital, Thodupuzhaldukki, Kerala, India (2012).
• Medical Officer, Government Thaluk Hospital, Peermade, Idukki, Kerala, India (2012 - 2013).
• Junior Resident, General Medicine, Government Medical CollegeTrivandrum, Kerala, India (2013 - 2016).
• Consultant Physician, Chazhikattu Hospital Thodupuzha Idukki, Kerala, India (2016 - 2017).
• Senior Resident Nephrology, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, Telangana, India (2017 - 2020).

•  Received MD general medicine, Gold Medal for the best outgoing student in 2016

•  Awarded 2^nd Prize in cardiology Quiz during Annual Cardiology CME- Trivandrum in 2015

• Awarded 2^nd Prize in crystal (National level competition on Tacrolimus related original research) conducted in association with CAST 2019

• Completed ISN-ANIO Clinical Nephropathology Certificate Program in 2019

• Research work on calcium free dialysis for management of hypercalcemia accepted as 2^nd best paper in TSNCON (State Level Nephrology Conference of Telangana)

• Raju, S., Ansari, F., Manuel, S., Dwivedi, R., Boraiah, S., Uppin, M. and Sharma, A., 2019. A rare case of acute kidney injury due to levofloxacin-induced crystal nephropathy. Indian Journal of Nephrology, 29(6), p.424.

• Bhushan Raju, S., Golla, A., Manuel, S., Thandavan, T. and Abraham, G., 2019. Recent advances in APD. Indian journal of peritoneal dialysis, (March 2019), pp.19-23.

• Dwivedi R, Shashikiran K B, Manuel S, Ansari FA, Madipalli RT, Golla A, Raju SB. Induction with rATG versus no-induction in deceased donor renal transplantation – A retrospective observational study. Indian J Nephrol 2022;32:423-9

• Ansari FA, Latief M, Manuel S, Shashikiran K B, Dwivedi R, Prasad D K, Golla A, Raju SB. Impact of fasting during ramadan on renal functions in patients with chronic kidney disease. Indian J Nephrol 2022;32:262-5

• Dwivedi R, Shashikiran K B, Manuel S, Ansari FA, Raju SB. Crescentic glomerulonephritis associated with polycythaemia vera: A rare occurrence. Indian J Nephrol 2022;32:156-9

• Ansari, Faizan Ahmed Abdul Irfan; Dwivedi, Rohan; Torkadi; Sonu, M.; Shashikiran, K. B.; Raju, SreeBhushan^,. Classical Xanthinuria: An Uncommon Cause of Pediatric Renal Stone Disease. Journal of The Nephrology Society 1(1):p 36-38, Jan–Jun 2022. | DOI: 10.4103/jtns.jtns_12_22

• Ansari, Faizan Ahmed Abdul Irfan; Shashikiran, KabbareBoraiah; Dwivedi, Rohan; Manuel, Sonu; Padmaja, Kanne¹; Raju, SreeBhushanTej^,. Purple Urine Bag Syndrome: A Rare Case Scenario. Journal of The Nephrology Society 1(1):p 33-35, Jan–Jun 2022. | DOI: 10.4103/jtns.jtns_13_22