About the
Department

The Mechanical Engineering department at Vishwakarma University was established in 2017 to provide programmes that are designed to develop highly desirable and industry-relevant skill sets in the students. The department adopts a holistic approach towards the development of fundamentals of design, analysis, and manufacturing.

The focus is on developing the necessary analytical skills and diagnostic problem-solving skills through the high-quality and interactive teaching-learning process along with integrated practical experience.

The B.Tech (Mechanical) programme at VU ensures the readiness of the students in a true multi-disciplinary spirit by offering specializations with Honors in Robotics and Electric Vehicles and specializations with minors in cyber security, Internet of Things (IoT), Virtual and Augmented Reality, Data Science, Product Design, Web and Mobile Application Development and Design Thinking and Innovation.

To expand and assimilate human knowledge and benefit society at large through quality education to become a leader in education and research in Mechanical Engineering, preferred by students, industry and the community.

HOD Message

The Department of Mechanical Engineering was established in 2017. The first programme to be introduced was B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering with an intake of 30. From beginning to till date, we have grown our expertise and competence in the core Mechanical Engineering curriculum. Mechanical engineering has a long tradition of excellence in education with an effective hands-on for teaching and learning.

The department has good infrastructure and all laboratories are well equipped with the all experimental setup with latest software and hardware. We have a good track record of internship and job placements. Our students are sent for a mandatory internship during the Final Year. Some deserving students are also sent for part time internship during the third year along with their course work. Students focus on academics as well as co-curricular activities, they have established a Technical Club “Team Overdrive”. This club organizes expert lectures, programming contests and provides student with a platform for acquiring and disseminating software knowledge.

The University has an MOU with many industries under which department have many live projects currently going on. Many of our students got chance to work on live projects which helps them to make their academic strong.

The department has well qualified and experienced staff with expertise in various fields of research such as Vibration, Waste Water Treatment, Non-Conventional Machining, Thermal systems, Refrigeration, Cryogenics. Many of our faculties are members of different centers of excellence such as Unity Center of Excellence and Industry 4.0. They are also major contributors to other centers of excellence such as the Center for e-Learning, Design Thinking and Innovation. Our faculty members are also significant contributors to the University administration occupying roles such as Registrar, Dean Science & Technology, OSD in Administration. The overall goal of the department is to nurture students to make them industry ready as well as prepare them for goals such as higher education, entrepreneurship and research.

This website provides an overview of the academic programs, research activities of our department, research facilities and details of student activities. We hope that, you will find this website to be informative If you have further questions after browsing this website, please do not hesitate to contact us. Thank you for visiting us.

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Mr. Nikhil Shinde

Programme Details

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B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering)

Undergraduate Programmes




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M.Tech (Mechanical Engineering)

Postgraduate Programmes




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Doctor of Philosophy

Doctoral Programmes




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Academic Infrastructure

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Departmental Achievements


Students Achievements

Industry Connect


Project Title

Industry/ Institute Name 

Nature of Collaboration

(Student Project/ internship/ research project/ consultancy etc.  

No.of Students/ Faculties involved

Design of optimization of the Oil containing vessel in Mono-block with smart cooling medium .

Philips

Research Project

Faculty- 5 | Students – 3

Design and Development of Semi-Active Torsional Vibration damper based on smart materials.

Hodek

Research Project

Faculty- 1 | Students – 3

Industrial consultancy: Design and Development tube coning machine.

Maximator India Pvt. Ltd

Consultancy Project

Faculty- 1

Industry Training at Carraro India.

Carraro India

Consultancy Project

Faculty- 4

Collaborations & MOUs



NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY SINGAPORE


BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY NEW YORK


Asian Institute of Technology




Hof university


Board of Studies


Name of the member

Affiliation 

Designation 

Mr. Sandip Kulkarni

Assistant Professor, VU

Chairman

Mr. Rocky Alvares

Thermax Ltd., Pune, Deputy General Manager at Thermax Ltd Pune

External Member

Dr. P.J.Guruprasad

IIT-Bombay, Associate Professor in the Dept. of Aerospace Engineering at IIT Bombay

External Member

Dr. Prasanna Bhat

Deputy Director, ARAI, Pune

External Member

Dr. Chaudhari M. B.

Professor, Head Mechanical Engineering Dept. VIT, Pune.

External Member

Mr. Nitin Sahastrabuddhe

Associate Professor (Rtd) Mechanical Engineering Dept. VIT, Pune.

External Member

Dr. Atul Kulkarni

Associate Professor VIIT, Pune

External Member

Dr. Nitin Satpute

Dean, S&T VU

Member

Mr. Pranav Dhaneshwar

Assistant Professor, VU

Member

Mr. Kaustubh Utpat

Assistant Professor, VU

Member

Mrs. Swati Patil

Assistant Professor, VU

Member

Mr. Nikhil Shinde

Assistant Professor, VU

Member

Mrs. Mrunmayi Ranade

Assistant Professor, VU

Member

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