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. Topic - Electric vehicle charging station location selection and infrastructure development
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Prof. A.K. Digalwar
Co. Supervisor -
Dr. Srikanta Routroy,
Ph.D. Topic - Composite material
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Faizan Mohammad Rashid,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Topic - Drop Surface interaction – Impact Thermo-Fluidics
Ph.D. Supervisor -
A R Harikrishnan,
Co. Supervisor -
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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Topic - Design and Development of MEMS Based Inertial Measurement Unit
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Venkatesh Kadbur Prabhakar Rao,
Co. Supervisor -
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. Topic - Digital Twin in Manufacturing
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Kuldip Singh Sangwan,
Co. Supervisor -
Dr. Dhiraj
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. Topic - Isogeometric analysis of composite sandwich structure
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Gaurav Watts,
Co. Supervisor -
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. 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. 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. Topic - Investigations on Microwave Energy based Binder Jetting Process of Metallic Materials
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Radha Raman Mishra,
Co. Supervisor -
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. 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. Topic - Development of a blockchain-enabled environmental impact assessment framework for manufacturing industries.
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Kuldip Singh Sangwan,
Co. Supervisor -
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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Topic - Investigations on electromechanical response of the brain
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Venkatesh Kadbur Prabhakar Rao,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Topic - Accelerated materials discovery
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Tribeni Roy,
Co. Supervisor -
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. 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. 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. 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. Topic - Machine learning enabled additive manufacturing
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Amit Rajnarayan Singh,
Co. Supervisor -
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. 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. 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. 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. Supervisor -
Dr. Srikanta Routroy,
Co. Supervisor -
Dr. Suvanjan Bhattacharyya,
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. 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. Topic - Numerical and Experimental Investigation of Accuracy Improvement Techniques for Non-Contact Measuring Instruments
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Kuldip Singh Sangwan,
Co. Supervisor -
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. 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. Topic - Assessment of Indoor Plants for Improving Indoor Environment Quality
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Aakash Chand Rai,
Co. Supervisor -
Dr. M.S. Dasgupta,
Ph.D. Topic - Towards Energy Efficient Machining Systems
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Prof. Tufan Chandra Bera,
Co. Supervisor -
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. Topic - Development of Net Zero Approach Framework for Indian Cement Sector
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Prof. Manoj Kumar Soni,
Co. Supervisor -
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. 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. Topic - Solar and Geothermal based cold storage for selected agricultural products
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. M.S. Dasgupta,
Co. Supervisor -
CATIA
QUEST
ARENA
MINITAB
DFMA
LINDO/LINGO
Multi-Attribute Decision Models
ANSYS
ABAQUS
MATLAB
FLUENT
COMSOL
COVENTOR
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)
Applications are invited from interested and motivated candidates for the Junior Research Fellows (JRF)/ Senior Research Fellows (JRF) to work on a research project funded by IMPACT program: BITS Pilani-Wipro Infrastructure Engineering under supervision of Dr. Venkatesh KP Rao, Department of Mechanical Engineering, BITS Pilani, Rajasthan.
Applications are invited from interested and motivated candidates for the posts of Junior Research Fellow (JRF)/Senior Research Fellow(SRF) to work on a research project funded by Wipro Infrastructure Engineering. under the Supervision of Prof. Mani Sankar Dasgupta, Co-PI: Prof. Suvanjan Bhattacharyya Department of Mechanical Engineering, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, Rajasthan.
Applications are invited from interested and motivated candidates for the position of PhD Scholar to work on a research project funded by BITS CDRF Scheme under supervision of Dr. Sachin U Belgamwar, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Dr. Murali Monohar Pandey, Department of Pharmacy, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, Rajasthan.
Applications are invited from interested and motivated candidates for the position of PhD Scholar to work on a research project funded by BITS CDRF Scheme under supervision of Prof. Gaurav Watts, Department of Mechanical Engineering, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, Rajasthan.
Applications are invited from interested and motivated candidates for the position of PhD Scholar to work on a research project funded by BITS CDRF Scheme under supervision of Prof. Sachin U Belgamwar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, Rajasthan.
Applications are invited from interested and motivated candidates for the (02) posts of Junior Research Fellow (JRF) to work on a research project funded by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) under the Supervision of Dr. Radha Raman Mishra (PI) and Dr. Gaurav Watts (Co-PI) Department of Mechanical Engineering, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, Rajasthan.
Applications are invited from interested and motivated candidates for the post of Junior Research Fellow (JRF) to work on a research project funded by SCIENCE & ENGINEERING RESEARCH BOARD (SERB) under the Supervision of Dr. Geeta Bhatt, Department of Mechanical Engineering, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, Rajasthan.
Applications are invited from interested and motivated candidates for the post of Junior Research Fellow (JRF) to work on a research project funded by SCIENCE & ENGINEERING RESEARCH BOARD (SERB) under the Supervision of Dr. Amit Kumar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, Rajasthan.
Applications are invited from interested and motivated candidates for the post of Project Research Scientist-I (Non-Medical) to work on a research project funded by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) under the Supervision of Dr. Radha Raman Mishra, Department of Mechanical Engineering (PI) Prof. Shibasish Chowdhury and Prof. Sudeshna Mukherjee, Department of Biological Sciences (Co-PIs), BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, Rajasthan.
Applications are invited from interested and motivated candidates for the post of Project Assistant to work on a research project funded by Drone Vionics Pvt. Ltd under the Supervision of Dr. Aneesh A M, Department of Mechanical Engineering, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, Rajasthan.
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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