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question answer session for teachers. The annual science day on 28 February 2018 and a college level
technical event of our college ‘WINGS-17’ enhanced event in the first week of March.
the technical skills of students embedding an The thought that crosses my mind is that a better
innovative approach. Civil engineering department bond of openness between teacher and students will
contributed by arranging ‘ Deckstro’ , ‘ Plan it’ , create a strong bridge for future activities. More
‘Deflexion’ and ‘ Routage intelligent’ , which received industrial and field visits are expected to enhance
overwhelming response from participants. Guest practical knowledge and application based learning.
lectures by ‘Dr. Janhavi Inamdar’ on ‘fellowship for Signing off with our motto, To build a strong nation
foreign education’ and ‘Mr.Abhijeet Aute’ ( IES -2017 through dedication.
) was a great intellectual experience. After the success - Avinash Kevte
of CESA week ( January -2018) , our next agenda is GS CIVIL

Mechanical Engineering

Herbert Hoover used to tell of meeting a woman on a Undergraduate students are encouraged to
ship while travelling. After several conversations over a undertake various research projects.
week or so, the woman asked what his occupation Department organizes seminar / workshop /
was. Hoover told her he was an engineer, a mining technical talk by industry experts and scientist
engineer. And the woman replied, “An engineer? I and to fill the skill gap between the industry and
thought you were a gentleman.” It seems the lady, like institute
many people of her time, assumed engineering was 3) Role of Mechanical Engineering for the society:
not a gentlemanly career. But, time proved it wrong. current role of engineers,
1) Mechanical Engineering Branch overview: Eliminate excessive usage of resources by optimizing
Mechanical engineering is a broad discipline that and improving efficiency. (i.e.) we are currently using
applies the principles of engineering to the design and fossil fuels and will continue using it for another five or
construction of machines and their parts. six decades until it gets exhausted, in mean time we
The modern world comes with a lot of moving parts. might not even think of renewable sources because
From the way that the clock on your wall ticks away they are hard to rely on and are expensive.
the hours to the spinning of your car’s wheels on their Innovation and seeping through new realms: as i have
axle. mentioned “infuse new technologies”, infusion is
2) Departmental Reforms: constantly done through research and development
Primary focus of our curriculum is to impart which is wide scope in engineering field. In this context
technical know-how to students, promote their mechanical engineer has a responsibility to contribute
problem solving skills and innovation of new to society by new technology.
technologies. Management and maintenance.
Department offers large number of elective From CEO to supply chain system, MECH engineers
courses for providing wide spectrum of options to are distributed in every firm. Because of there
the students to pursue their area of interest. aptitude in production system and operations
The dept of Mechanical Engg is also equipped with capabilities.
high end CAD/CAM software and CNC machines in Teaching and research oriented fields
its lab, which in addition to the academics also caters This should have been the first one in the importance.
to the research and analysis. this is where the difference is made to whole society
The faculties are encouraged to update their and to whole country.
knowledge by attending workshops, seminars & 4) Expectation from students:
conferences. Students come into their courses with varying
The department has been continuously recording best expectations of classroom instruction.
results in all the semesters.

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