Department Of Mechanical Engineering

Department Profile:

The Department of Mechanical Engineering was started in the year 1979 with a intake of 90 students. Over the years it has grown into a full - fledged Department offering undergraduate and Post Graduate courses in Mechanical Engineering with the present intake of 120 students There has been significant improvement in quality, stature, infrastructure and other facilities. It has so far graduated more than 3000 Mechanical Engineers who are contributing significantly to the development and running of various public and private organizations in India and abroad in the fields of Academics, Research, Industrial and Social sector.

The Department of Mechanical Engineering is Accredited by National Board of Accreditation (NBA), New Delhi, and is ISO 9001 certified Institution. Currently the department has a privilege of Seven Professors of which Six of them hold Ph.D. degree, Five Assistant Professor, Six Senior Lecturers and Twelve Lecturers totaling 30 staff members.

Current Research Efforts:

The Department of Mechanical Engineering are currently having two research projects under RPS :

In the area of Material science to study the wear property of Aluminum alloys.
Principal Investigator : Prof.K.Prabhakar,2007-AICTE funded project
Stall and search studies in ducted fan setup.
Principal Investigator: Dr.G.R.Srinivasa,2008

Some more proposals are submitted to AICTE/DST in the areas of Composites, Robotics, Micro machining and Tribology and awaiting funding.

Overcoming Challenges:

The Mission of the Department is “To impart World Class Technical Education to the Students in the Profession to meet the challenges of the post-reforms scenario and to emerge as Ethically responsible Leaders, capable of handling Society, Country and Global needs with a flair for Innovation.”
In order to achieve this Mission, it is proposed to hold a “National Seminar” in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, DSCE, inviting Speakers of Eminence in their respective Fields and on topics in Mechanical Engineering of current interest.
It is also proposed to deliver Technical Talks in the Department by inviting speakers well known in various fields of R&D / Industry / Academics.
All the above activity is envisaged to bring in an R&D culture in the Department, which is supposed to intensify faculty development and further advancement in their respective fields of interest. In the ultimate analysis it is the intention of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, DSCE to encourage both UG and PG students to carry out their project works in-house only.
The Department has been recognized as Research Centre by Visveswaraya Technological University, Belgaum. Presently 2 students are working for their Doctoral degree in the department. It is proposed to induct few more students either for Doctoral degree or for Master of Science degree by research.
It is proposed to set up a Centre of excellence in Computer Aided Engineering Applications encompassing all the branches of Engineering with the State of Heart Softwares to promote applied research. This Centre of excellence will act as a nodal point for all the research activities for all the branches of engineering.
It is proposed to commence Training Programmes for small & Medium scale Industrial Personnel to impart the State of the Heart technology.

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Department Strengths

Placement

Placement Record for the previous year:

Sl.No	Names of companies who visited the campus	No. of Students placed
1	Infosys Technologies Ltd	04
2	Caritor	10
3	Wipro	08
4	HCL	07
5	Accenture	06
6	I-flex	04
7	Mahendra	02
8	Tech Mahendra	02
9	LNT	01
10	Perot	01
11	Qwest	01

Maximum salary drawn (in Rs.) : Rs.5.0 Lakhs P.A
Average salary drawn (in Rs.) : Rs.2.4 Lakhs P.A

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Infrastructure

The departmental infrastructure details are as under-

The departmental library has around 550 books and copies of student project reports are also maintained for reference. The department library caters to the immediate needs of students. The department has a seminar hall with a seating capacity of 120. It has LCD Projector Overhead projector, computer etc. Students, invited speakers etc. use this for delivering seminar lectures/talks.
The CAD laboratory is equipped with state-of-art facilities and the necessary software’s. The laboratory is equipped with sufficient number of computer systems and these computers are networked. The computers are provided with internet facility and students of final year make use of this facility for their project works.

Industry Interaction

In terms of industry academic interaction, the Department proposes to have a thorough interaction with industries in and out of Bangalore and the benefits are going to be three fold.

Development / Testing – revenue generation for self-sustenance as an outcome of this activity.
Refresher training of personal for the purposes of development on a reciprocal basis.
Employment prospects of our students in industries can be improved. The basis for all this activity is assumed to be signing of MOU’s with various industries and a thorough follow up.

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