Started in 1946, Mechanical Engineering Degree Program is one of the oldest at BITS Pilani. The department is vibrant with several activities round the year. It is a DST-FIST Sponsored (2002-2007) and UGC-SAP Sponsored (2007-2012) Department. We have a research focus that benefits industry, society and the environment. Several faculty members of the department also share administrative duties. The Department offers two Integrated First Degree Programs and three Higher Degree Programs on campus apart from off campus programs under continued education scheme. The curricula are highly demanding and attract exceptionally meritorious students from all over India. Research emphasis is there in all tires of education, First Degree, Higher Degree and Ph.D. Students look for challenging careers in the best of the organisations within India and abroad. There is huge potential in the department for Consultancy as well as Technology and Product incubation.
The Mechanical Engineering Department at BITS Pilani has a rich heritage. It was renamed from ‘Group’ to a ‘Department’ in October 2010. The Department takes pride in the achievements of its alumni, who have shined in various walks of life.
To lead in cutting edge research and impart high quality education of social relevance for making future ready mechanical engineers and professionals.
Enhance research and pedagogical collaborations with industries and premium institutes across the globe.
Develop state-of-the-art research environments to provide solutions to national and global issues.
Top-of-the-league curriculum in mechanical engineering for nurturing and grooming globally competitive engineers.
Research focus is there in all tires of education, First Degree, Higher Degree and Ph.D. The University has its own seed grant scheme to encourage research in new areas. The Department encourages research in Mechanical as well as inter-disciplinary areas.
Ph.D. Topic - Droplet Thermo-fluidics for Engineering Applications
Ph.D. Supervisor -
A. R. Harikrishnan
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing
Ph.D. Topic - Electric vehicle charging station location selection and infrastructure development
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Prof. A.K. Digalwar
Co. Supervisor -
Dr. Srikanta Routroy,
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing
Ph.D. Topic - Composite material
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Faizan Mohammad Rashid,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing
Ph.D. Topic - Drop Surface interaction – Impact Thermo-Fluidics
Ph.D. Supervisor -
A R Harikrishnan,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing
Ph.D. Topic - Impact of Buoyancy and Thermohydraulic Performance of an Inclined Tube Fitted with Swirl Generators in Laminar and Transitional Flow Regime
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Suvanjan Bhattacharyya,
Co. Supervisor -
Prof. Manoj Kumar Soni,
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing
Ph.D. Topic - Design and Development of a Multi-axis MEMS Gyroscope
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Venkatesh Kadbur Prabhakar Rao,
Co. Supervisor -
Dr. Sujan Yenuganti,
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing
Ph.D. Topic - Evaluation, Optimization, and Design of an Energy-efficient Environmental Control System (ECS) for a Typical Aircraft
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Prof. Chennu Ranganayakulu,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing
Ph.D. Topic - Behavioural Analysis of Cement Plant Rotary Kiln Using Modelling & Simulation Techniques
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Sharad Shrivastava,
Co. Supervisor -
Arun Kumar Jalan,
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing
Ph.D. Topic - Asset Management of locomotive railway wheelsets
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Rajesh P Mishra,
Co. Supervisor -
Arun Kumar Jalan, Dr.Antonio Ramos Andrade (IST Portugal)
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing
Ph.D. Topic - Studies on electrohydrodynamics flow of non-Newtonian fluid.
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Shyam Sunder Yadav, PhD,
Co. Supervisor -
Dr. Venkatesh Kadbur Prabhakar Rao,
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing
Ph.D. Topic - Design and development of vapour chamber-based hybrid thermal management systems for hot spot mitigation in high heat flux energy systems.
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Saket Verma,
Co. Supervisor -
Dr. Md. Qaisar Raza,
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing
Ph.D. Topic - Design and Development of Vibration Suppression Strategies for flexible objects during Robot Assembly Using Vision and F/T Sensors
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Bijay K. Rout,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing
Ph.D. Topic - Design and Development of MEMS Based Inertial Measurement Unit
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Venkatesh Kadbur Prabhakar Rao,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Rajesh P Mishra,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing
Ph.D. Topic - Dynamic Analysis of Bleed and Bleed-less Environment Control Systems for Aerospace Applications
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Prof. Chennu Ranganayakulu,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing
Ph.D. Topic - Digital Twin in Manufacturing
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Kuldip Singh Sangwan,
Co. Supervisor -
Dr. Dhiraj
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing
Ph.D. Topic - Design, Development and Process Parameter Optimization of Cavitation Machining
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Bijay K. Rout,
Co. Supervisor -
Prof. Tufan Chandra Bera,
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing
Ph.D. Topic - Isogeometric analysis of composite sandwich structure
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Gaurav Watts,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing
Ph.D. Topic - Development of cyber physical production system framework for energy and resource efficiency at factory level
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Kuldip Singh Sangwan,
Co. Supervisor -
Prof. Christoph Herrmann
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing
Ph.D. Topic - Performance Enhancement Options of CO2 Vapor Compression Refrigeration Systems for High Ambient Regions
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. M.S. Dasgupta,
Co. Supervisor -
Prof. Souvik Bhattacharyya
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing
Ph.D. Topic - Assessment and mitigation of impact of climate change on heating and cooling energy consumption in buildings
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Aakash Chand Rai,
Co. Supervisor -
Dr. Shyam Sunder Yadav, PhD,
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing
Ph.D. Topic - Investigations on Microwave Energy based Binder Jetting Process of Metallic Materials
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Radha Raman Mishra,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing
Ph.D. Topic - Design and Development of electrochemical polishing of additively manufactured free form metallic surfaces.
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Girish Kant,
Co. Supervisor -
Divyansh Patel,
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing
Ph.D. Topic - Design of Upstream Supply Chain for Selected Agriculture Produces to Enhance Farmers’ Income: A Study on Selected Districts of Rajasthan
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Srikanta Routroy,
Co. Supervisor -
Satyendra K Sharma,
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing
Ph.D. Topic - Development of a blockchain-enabled environmental impact assessment framework for manufacturing industries.
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Kuldip Singh Sangwan,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing
Ph.D. Topic - Development of lab-on-chip diagnosis tool based on electromechanical properties of skin.
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Venkatesh Kadbur Prabhakar Rao,
Co. Supervisor -
Gautam Singhvi,
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing
Ph.D. Topic - “Design & Development of Automatic Seat Retraction System (ASRS) to Mitigate Driver's Injury during Vehicle’s Frontal Crash”
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Venkatesh Kadbur Prabhakar Rao,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing
Ph.D. Topic - A Computational Study of the Mechanical Behavior of High Entropy Alloys using Atomistic Simulations.
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr Murali Palla, PhD,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing
Ph.D. Topic - 3D printed conformal sensors for health monitoring of bovine post diaphragmatic hernia surgery
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Prateek Kala, PhD,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing
Ph.D. Topic - Development and validation of numerical techniques for the solidification and melting of Phase Change Materials
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Shyam Sunder Yadav, PhD,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing
Ph.D. Topic - Design and Development of Technology for water conservation in condensing units of Power and Process Industries using Phase Change Material and geothermal cooling.
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. P. Srinivasan,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing
Ph.D. Topic - Performance Evaluation of Novel Microchannel Heat exchanger(s) through Numerical Investigation and Experimental Validation
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Prof. Chennu Ranganayakulu,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing
Ph.D. Topic - Investigation of CO2-based heating/cooling systems for supermarket applications in high ambient conditions
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. M.S. Dasgupta,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing
Ph.D. Topic - Design, fabrication and performance evaluation of additively manufactured heat exchanger for moderate temperature and pressure condition.
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Aneesh A. M,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Radha Raman Mishra,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing
Ph.D. Topic - Investigations on electromechanical response of the brain
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Venkatesh Kadbur Prabhakar Rao,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing
Ph.D. Topic - Accelerated materials discovery
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Tribeni Roy,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing
Ph.D. Topic - Assessing the environmental impact mitigation and economic analysis of using Battery Energy Storage Systems to meet the demand-side management of electricity consumption in India
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. P. Srinivasan,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing
Ph.D. Topic - Computational fluid dynamics based study of the clot removal process in cerebral blood vessels using a catheter
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Shyam Sunder Yadav, PhD,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing
Ph.D. Topic - Design of downstream supply chain for selected agriculture produces and its value-added products to enhance farm income
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Srikanta Routroy,
Co. Supervisor -
Dr. Krishna Muniyoor,
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing
Ph.D. Topic - Development of a Rapid Tooling (RT) technique for manufacturing Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM) electrodes using low melting point alloy.
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Prateek Kala, PhD,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing
Ph.D. Topic - Machine learning enabled additive manufacturing
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Amit Rajnarayan Singh,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing
Ph.D. Topic - "Development of Polymer Composites with reinforcement of Carbon-Based Materials and Evaluation of Properties for Engineering Applications.”
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Sachin U Belgamwar,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing
Ph.D. Topic - Development of hybrid fibre-reinforced polymer composite for industry application based on impact assessment”
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Sharad Shrivastava,
Co. Supervisor -
Dr. Rajesh Kumar,
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing
Ph.D. Topic - Empirical Investigation and analysis of various and its impact on mobility solutions sustainability of automobile sector in India.
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Abhijeet K. Digalwar,
Co. Supervisor -
Ravi Shrikrishna Reosekar,
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing
Ph.D. Topic - CFD Simulation of Supersonic Condensing Two-phase Flow for CO2 in Ejector Geometries and its Practical Application in Flow Modulation
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. M.S. Dasgupta,
Co. Supervisor -
Dr. Shyam Sunder Yadav, PhD,
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Srikanta Routroy,
Co. Supervisor -
Dr. Suvanjan Bhattacharyya,
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing
Ph.D. Topic - Development and optimization of passive devices based battery thermal management system using numerical and experimental analyses
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Saket Verma,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing
Ph.D. Topic - Exploring Thermal-Hydraulic Performance of Pillow-Plate Heat Exchangers for HVAC Implementations: A Combined Numerical and Experimental Study
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Aneesh A. M,
Co. Supervisor -
Anirudh Singh Rana,
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing
Ph.D. Topic - Numerical and Experimental Investigation of Accuracy Improvement Techniques for Non-Contact Measuring Instruments
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Kuldip Singh Sangwan,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing
Ph.D. Topic - Fault diagnosis and prognosis of cylindrical roller bearing system using vibration and acoustic measurement.
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Arun Kumar Jalan,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing
Ph.D. Topic - Design and Development of Transfer Chute to Handle Alternate Fuels and Their Mix in Indian Cement Plants
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Prof. Manoj Kumar Soni,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing
Ph.D. Topic - Assessment of Indoor Plants for Improving Indoor Environment Quality
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Aakash Chand Rai,
Co. Supervisor -
Dr. M.S. Dasgupta,
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing
Ph.D. Topic - Towards Energy Efficient Machining Systems
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Prof. Tufan Chandra Bera,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing
Ph.D. Topic - Non-cytotoxic and Antibacterial Zinc-Graphene Nanocomposite: Synthesis and Performance Characteristics
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Sachin U Belgamwar,
Co. Supervisor -
Dr. Jitendra Singh Rathore,
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing
Ph.D. Topic - Development of Net Zero Approach Framework for Indian Cement Sector
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Prof. Manoj Kumar Soni,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing
Ph.D. Topic - Mechanical Microscopy of Biological Structures: Investigations on The Mechanical Resonance of Tissues and Cells
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Venkatesh Kadbur Prabhakar Rao,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing
Ph.D. Topic - Design and development of an intelligent fault diagnosis and prognosis scheme for journal bearing
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Arun Kumar Jalan,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing
Ph.D. Topic - Solar and Geothermal based cold storage for selected agricultural products
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. M.S. Dasgupta,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing
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Multi-Attribute Decision Models
ANSYS
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MATLAB
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INTELLISUITE
Flexible Manufacturing Systems Laboratory (FMS)
Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Laboratory (RA)
IC Engines Laboratory (ICE)
Prime Movers & Fluid Machines Laboratory (PMFM)
Transport Phenomena Laboratory (TP)
Admission to the Ph.D. Program in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus for the session January 2025 is now open.
Admission to the Ph.D Programme (Full-time and Part-time) in Pilani, Goa and Hyderabad Campuses of BITS Pilani for Second Semester, Academic Year 2024-25 will open shortly.
Opening for PhD Drive with under BITS Pilani School of Interdisciplinary Research and Entrepreneurship (SIRE)
Opening for PhD Drive with under BITS Pilani School of Interdisciplinary Research and Entrepreneurship (SIRE)
Opening for PhD Drive with under BITS Pilani School of Interdisciplinary Research and Entrepreneurship (SIRE)
JOINT PH.D. SCHOLARSHIP – BITS PILANI AND LA TROBE UNIVERSITY, AUSTRALIA
JOINT PH.D. SCHOLARSHIP – BITS PILANI AND LA TROBE UNIVERSITY, AUSTRALIA
26 September, 2023INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GREENER TECHNOLOGIES IN
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING (ICGTME-2025)
10th International Conference on Product Lifecycle Modeling, Simulation and Synthesis (PLMSS)
The under graduate Mechanical Engineering program started way back in 1946 and the Masters (Higher Degree) program in Mechanical Engineering was introduced in 1965 and there after came MSc Tech. Engineering Studies in 1981, another first degree program. Two specializations in Higher Degree level, namely ME Design Engineering and ME Manufacturing Systems Engineering were introduced in 1998. The most recent addition to the department is BE Manufacturing Engineering, started in 2009.
Currently the department admits students on-campus for the following programs:
Normal duration of the BE (Hons) programs are 4 years and ME programs are 2 years. The "Honors" tag is there in the nomenclature of the BE programs because of several unique features of the degree program namely:
The Group also offers several Off campus programs under Continued Education program of WILPD for example BS Programs in Engineering Technology, Industrial Engineering & Technology, Manufacturing Engineering, Power Engineering and MS Programs in Mechanical System Design, Quality Management, Manufacturing Management etc.
Prof. Manoj Kumar Soni, PhD
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department
Birla Institute of Technology and Science
Pilani (Rajasthan) - 333 031 INDIA
Email: mssoni@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in
Phone: +91-1596-255634 (O)
Nucleus Members
Prof. H.D. Mathur, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Email: mathurhd@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in
Phone: +91 1596-255347
Prof. H.O. Bansal, PhD
Associate Professor, Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department,
Email: hbansal@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in
Phone: +91-1596-255332
Prof. Pratik N Sheth, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering
Email: pratik@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in
Phone: 01596-255636 (Direct); 01596-255215 (Office)
Dr. Rajneesh Kumar
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department
Email: rajneesh@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in
Phone: +91-1596-255624
Head of Department, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani - 333031 (Rajasthan) India
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