Mechanical Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Congratulations to Prof. Umesh Madanan for being invited to join as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering (Springer).
March 2026
Congratulations to Prof. Kamal K. Kar on publishing a book titled "Polymer Electrolyte Membranes for Fuel Cell Devices: Materials, Challenges, and Future Prospects" (CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group), a collaborative effort with Dr. Soma Banerjee (HBTI Kanpur) and Dr. Bablu Mordina (DMSRDE, Kanpur).
March 2026
Congratulations to Prof. Bishakh Bhattacharya on joining the Apex Committee of DRDO Young Scientists Laboratory for Smart Materials (DYSL-SM).
March 2026
Congratulations to Krishna Chaithan Marthi (PhD student) on being awarded the Best Poster Award at the SPARC Conclave 2026 held on 8 - 9th March 2026 in IIT Kharagpur Research Park, India
February 2026
Prof. Pankaj Wahi has joined the editorial board of “Mechanics Based Design of Structures and Machines”, a Taylor and Francis Journal.
February 2026
Prof. Bishakh Bhattacharya has joined the editorial board of "Smart Materials and Structures”, an IOP Science Journal.
February 2026
Prof. Bishakh Bhattacharya has been invited to join the editorial board of the Journal of Climbing and Walking Robots.
January 2026
Kapil Kumar, a FARE Fellow in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, has received the Best Poster Award at VETOMAC 2025.
January 2026
Prof. Virkeshwar Kumar has received associateship of the Indian Academy of Sciences – 2026. The Associates programme recognizes talented young scientists working in India, to involve them in the activities of IASc.
January 2026
Thangavel Sudeep, an M.Tech student in the department, has been awarded the best oral presentation award at the Ninth International Conference on Theoretical, Applied, Computational, and Experimental Mechanics (ICTACEM-2025)
December 2025
Prof. Ushasi Roy has been felicitated by Springer Nature India, in the "DEI Initiative - Her reseach our future" category
October 2025
Prof. Avinash Agarwal has received the Springer Nature Leadership and Book award from Springer Nature, India
October 2025
Prof. Kamal K. Kar has received the Springer Nature Leadership and Book award from Springer Nature, India
October 2025
Prof. Avinash K. Agarwal (ME) has received the J. C. Bose Grant (2025) from the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF).
September 2025