News & Events

	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
	Sohom Goswami, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, has received the Prem Jain Award for Excellence in Sustainability July 2025
	Prof. Avinash Kumar Agarwal has been selected as the recipient of the 2025 3rd IETI Ramesh Agarwal Lifetime Achievement Award for his outstanding contributions to the field of Mechanical Engineering and Energy Studies. January 2025
	Prof. Umesh Madanan has been invited to serve on the Early Career Editorial Board of Applied Thermal Engineering (Elsevier) January 2025
	Manu S. Varghese et al. have won the best paper award in Fluid Mechanics from the 11th International and 51st National Conference on Fluid Mechanics & Fluid Power (FMFP-2024) at Aligarh Muslim University, Uttar Pradesh, India December 2024
	Noorul Huda et al. have won the best paper award in Fluid Power from the 11th International and 51st National Conference on Fluid Mechanics & Fluid Power (FMFP-2024) at Aligarh Muslim University, Uttar Pradesh, India December 2024
	Ajay Pawar (PhD Student) won the PS3: Technology Advancement for Efficiency Enhancement in Coal Gasification competition organized by Central Mine Planning and Design Institute (CMPDI) October, 2024
	Prof. Basant Lal Sharma has been invited to join the editorial board of Scientific Reports October, 2024
	Dr. Digendranath Swain, an alumnus of Mechanical Engineering has been honored with the prestigious Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar - Vigyan Yuva (Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar) Award for 2024 in the field of Space Science and Technology August, 2024
	Prachi Awasthi has received the Best Oral Presentation Award in International Conference on Materials and Membranes for Water and Energy (ICMMWE-2024). July, 2024
	Prajwal K Subudhi has won the first prize in the mini-symposium on "Undergraduate Research Presentation" at the Indian Conference on Applied Mechanics held at NIT Warangal. July, 2024
	Prof. J. Ramkumar has been appointed as the Dean, Infrastructure and Planning for three years June, 2024
	Prof. Avinash Kumar Agarwal has been appointed as the Director of IIT Jodhpur April, 2024
	Prasenjit Sharma has won the best paper award from the International Conference on Advanced Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Management (ICAMEIM 2024) held at Kolkata March, 2024
	Ayaj Ansari has won the best paper award from the 9th International Conference on Advances in Energy Research (ICAER 2023) held at IIT Bombay January, 2024
	Dr. Akhilesh Mimani has been selected as one of the five joint winners for the presentation made in the Computational Acoustics session of the ACOUSTICS 2023 conference held in Sydney in December 2023 January, 2024
	Prof. Kamal K Kar has been awarded the VASVIK Industrial Research Award-2023 in the category of Materials Sciences and Technology January, 2024
	Dr. Tushar Sikroria joins the Department of Mechanical Engineering as an Assistant Professor January, 2024

	Prof. Santanu Bhattacharya has been appointed to the post of Director, CSIR- Central Scientific Instruments Organization (CSIR-CSIO), Chandigarh. December, 2023
	Prof. Anurag Gupta has been invited to join the editorial board of the Journal of Elasticity December, 2023
	Prof. Avinash K. Agarwal has been elected as a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) for the advancement of science in developing countries October, 2023
	Sushil Kumar, PhD student, has won an award for the best paper presentation in the 10th International Conference on Processing and Fabrication of Advanced Materials, IIT Tirupati, India, September 2023. September, 2023
	Dr. Umesh Madanan has been awarded with the Max Planck India Mobility Grant. May, 2023
	Prof. Gautam Biswas has been bestowed the 2023 ASME Heat Transfer Memorial Award. May, 2023
	Dr. Keval S. Ramani has received the Robert M. Caddell Memorial Award for Research from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, along with Chuan He and Prof. Chinedum Okwudire for their work on SmartScan. April, 2023
	Prof. Avinash K. Agarwal has been conferred upon the Outstanding Contribution to Nation Development (OCND)Award of IIT Delhi Alumni Association. April, 2023
	Work entitled “cobalt(II)-bridged triphenylamine and terpyridine-based donor-acceptor coordination polymer as an efficient trifunctional electrocatalyst", led by Prof Kamal K. Kar and Manas K Ghorai is featured as outer cover in Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK (IF-14.551). April, 2023
	Prof. Avinash Kumar Agarwal has been appointed as 'Associate Editor' to the "ASME Open Journal of Engineering" March, 2023
	Book by Dr. Kamal K. Kar on "Handbook of Nanocomposite Supercapacitor Materials: IV Next generation", has been published. March, 2023
	Research Scholar's Day 2023 18 March, 2023
	Prof. Avinash Kumar Agarwal has been appointed as 'Associate Editor' to the "ASME Open Journal of Engineering" March, 2023
	Prof. Mohit Law has been elected an Associate Member of the CIRP - The International Academy of Production Engineering. March, 2023
	Arjun Patel (19105263), a PhD candidate has received the best paper award for his paper on 'Damping chatter vibrations of a boring bar by an integrated impact damper' at the International Conference on Vibration Problems that took place in Doha, Qatar from 5-8 Feb. 2023. February, 2023

	Dr. Dipayan Mukherjee has joined the department. 07 November, 2022
	Prof.Sumit Basu has been conferred the Excellence-in-Teaching Award (ETA) of the institute for the year 2021-22. August, 2022
	Dr. Mohit S. Law has been conferred the Excellence-in-Teaching Award (ETA) of the institute for the year 2021-22. August, 2022
	Prof. Gautam Biswas has been conferred the Distinguished Teacher Award (DTA) of the institute for the year 2021-22 August, 2022
	Prof. Avinash Kumar Agrawal has received the WSSET (World Society for Sustainability Energy Technology, UK) Innovation Award-2022 in "Renewable Energy Systems" category August 28, 2022
	Dr. K. R. Guruprasad has joined the department July, 2022
	Dr. Keval S. Ramani has joined the department July, 2022
	Dr. Sarvesh Mishra has joined the department July, 2022
	Dr. Virkeshwar Kumar has joined the department July, 2022
	Dr. Shyam Sunder Gopalakrishnan has joined the Department June 08, 2022
	Prof. Avinash Agrawal has been elected as a Fellow of Combustion Institute (USA) March 08, 2022
	Dr. R. S. Pandey Distinguished Lecture 1 on the occation of ME Research Scholars day to be held on 6th March 2022 March 03, 2022
	Dr. R. S. Pandey Distinguished Lecture 2 on the occation of ME Research Scholars day to be held on 6th March 2022 March 03, 2022
	Prof. Avinash Kumar Agarwal has been selected to receive the first Distinguished Alumnus Award from his alma mater, i.e., MNIT, Jaipur. January 03, 2022

	Prof. P. S. Ghoshdastidar has been chosen for the Excellence-in-Teaching Award 2021 of the Institute from our Department August 27, 2021
	Prof. Anindya Chatterjee has been chosen for the Excellence-in-Teaching Award 2021 of the Institute from our Department August 27, 2021
	Prof. Akhilesh Mimani has published monograph entitled "Acoustic analysis and design of short elliptical end-chamber mufflers" by Springer Nature, Singapore Feb 22, 2021
	Professor Shantanu Bhattacharya has been conferred with a fellow grade membership of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), London. Jan 23, 2021

	Professor Avinash Kumar Agarwal has been selected as the Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in the Section on Engineering. Dec 10, 2019
	Professor Sameer Khandekar has been elected as a Fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), with effect from November 01, 2019 Nov 01, 2019
	Dr. Manjesh Kumar Singh has joined the Department on 16^th September 2019 Sep 16, 2019
	Dr. Anikesh Pal has joined the Department on 26^th July 2019 July 26, 2019
	Dr. Aditya Saurabh has joined the Department on 21^st January 2019 Jan 28, 2019
	Dr. Akhilesh Mimani has joined the Department on 11^th December 2018 Jan 10, 2019

	Dr. C. Chandraprakash has joined the Department on 9^th October 2017 Oct 9, 2017
	Mr. Manraj Bevli (B.Tech student) won the second prize for INAE Online National Essay Competition during the INAE Youth Conclave. Jul 02, 2017
	Two Progress in Energy and Combustion Science Review Articles from Engine Research Laboratory. May 23, 2017
	Dr. Bishakh Bhattacharya, Department of Mechanical Engineering has joined the "ISSS Journal of Micro and Smart Systems" as Associate Editor. Apr 24, 2017
	Mr. Sanjay Kumar (Ph.D ME) and Ms. Pulak Bhushan (Project Associate) working with Dr. Shantanu Bhattacharya have won the Gandhian Young Technological Innovator award-2017. Mar 20, 2017
	Dr. Mohit Law's group awarded First Prize at the i2-Academia Pavilion at the IMTEX2017 exhibition. Feb 15, 2017
	Dr. Avinash Kumar Agarwal has been selected by the Kurukshetra University for the award of Rajib Goyal Prize in Physical Science. Feb 13, 2017
	Prof. P. Venkitanarayanan has been invited to serve as the Associate Technical Editor of the Journal of Dynamic Behavior of Materials, USA (Springer). Jan 10, 2017
	Mr. Abdullah Yousuf Usmani, PhD student, Department of Mechanical Engineering has been given the Prof. M G Despande award. Jan 04, 2017

	Professor Shantanu Bhattacharya has been conferred with the prestigious Abdul Kalam National Technology Innovation Fellowship Award of INAE, for the year 2020. Aug 29, 2020
	Dr. Umesh Madanan has joined the Department recently. Jun 18, 2020

	Dr. Supratik Mukhopadhyay has joined the Department on 19^th November 2018 Nov 19, 2018
	Prof. Anirban Guha's work showcased in American Institute of Physics (AIP) Scilight Dec 13, 2018
	Prof. Basant Lal Sharma's work in the news Jun 11, 2018

	Dr. J. Ramkumar has been elevated to the grade of senior member of the IEEE this year. Dec 31, 2016
	Prof. Anindya Chatterjee has been elected as the Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India, for the year 2016. Oct 06, 2016
	Prof. Avinash Kumar Agarwal has been awarded Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award 2016. Sept 26, 2016
	Prof. Anindya Chatterjee has been appointed as an Associate Editor of ASME Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics. Sept 21, 2016
	Prof. Gautam Biswas has been honored with the Distinguished Alumnus Award-2016 of IIT Kharagpur. Jul 26, 2016
	Dr. J. Ramkumar has been selected for the Young Alumni Achievement award of NIT Tiruchy. The award honors excellence in academics, research, and innovation. Jul 04, 2016
	Prof J. Ramkumar has been selected for the Mechanical Engineering Design Award (2015) of the Institution of Engineers (India). Feb 21, 2016

	Dr. Mohit Law has joined the Mechanical Engineering Department on November 16, 2015. Nov 16, 2015
	Prof. Amitabha Ghosh has been inducted as the Institute Fellow. Nov 02, 2015
	Prof. Vijay K. Stokes has been inducted as the Institute Fellow. Nov 02, 2015
	Mr. Sudhir Prasad (BT/ME/1979) has been conferred the Distinguished Alumnus Awards 2015. Nov 02, 2015
	Mr. Kuldip Narayan (BT/ME/2000) has been conferred the Satyendra K Dubey Memorial Award 2015. Nov 02, 2015
	Dr. Sachin Y. Shinde has joined the Mechanical Engineering Department on October 15, 2015. October 27, 2015
	Prof. Avinash K. Agarwal (ME) has been elected as Fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineering. September 3, 2015
	Prof. V. K. Jain has received eminent engineer award by the Chairman, Production Engineering Division, the Institute of Engineers(India). August 19, 2015
	Prof. B. Bhattacharya joins the editorial board of the Journal of the Institute of Smart Structures and Systems. August 14, 2015
	Dr. A. Chatterjee, Principal Research Engineer from ME department has received outstanding researcher award from Venus International Foundation (VIFFA 2015). Jul 30, 2015
	Prof. J Ramkumar has been chosen this year for the Gopal Das Bhandari Memorial Distinguished Teacher Award. Jun 9, 2015
	Prof. N. S. Vyas has been appointed as the Chairmen of Technology Mission for Indian Railways (TMIR) May 7, 2015
	The article by Dr. Nachiketa Tiwari on "education" in "India Today" Apr 15, 2015
	Dr. N. Tiwari is nominated as one of the members of the executive council of BHU March 30, 2015
	Prof. V. K. Jain receives Life Time Achievement Award by AIMTDR Feb 25, 2015
	Dr. Sameer Khandekar of Mechanical Engineering edited a book titled "Nanoscale and Microscale Phenomena" Jan 29, 2015
	Best paper award for K. M. Nair, S. Sarkar and Z. Labana at FMFP conference for their paper titled "Self-Sustained Oscillations for a Three-Dimensional Transonic Cavity Using LES" Jan 28, 2015
	IITK BAJA vehicle bags several awards at BAJA Student India 2015 competition SAE IIT Kanpur Jan 20, 2015
	A book titled "Novel Combustion Concepts for Sustainable Energy Development" edited by Professor Avinash K. Agarwal and others has been published Jan 2, 2015
	Book edited by Dr. Kamal K. Kar on Carbon Nanotube Based Polymer Nanocomposites Nanocomposites has been published. Jan 1, 2015

	Dr. Anirban Guha joins the department of Mechanical Engineering as an Assistant Professor Dec 22, 2014
	Dr. Shantanu Bhattacharya of Mechanical Engineering has been awarded the Mechanical Enginerring Design Award – 2014 Dec 16, 2014