He is a multidisciplinary design and planning professional with interests in historic preservation and international planning. Within historic preservation, his research and teaching emphasizes large-scale cultural resource management, multicultural preservation, and preservation of vernacular environments. He has published and presented his work in a variety of planning and preservation journals and venues. Manish has also participated and consulted on preservation projects internationally, especially in Asia. In his free time he likes to read, garden, walk his dog around the Central District, explore cities and travel the world.