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You all

Department of Mechanical
Engineering
SIDDAGANAGA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Tumkur -572 103 Karnataka, India

Presentation on
STRATEGIC PLAN
for the period 2015-2020
By:
Dr.G.S.Shiva Shankar
Department of Mechanical Engineering
S.I.T.Tumkur-572103

BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE DEPARTMENT

Year of Establishment :Started with 40 seats in 1963
Intake increased to 70 in 1976-77
Intake increased to 120 in 1993-94
Intake increased to 140 in 1995-96
Intake increased to 180 in 2012-13 to till
date
Courses Offered :
1. UG: B.E., (Mechanical Engineering)
2.PG: a)M.Tech in Thermal Power Engineering(Started in the year
Aug. 2003
with an intake of 18)
b) M.Tech in Manufacturing Science & Engineering(Started in
the year
Aug.2010 with an intake of 18)
Previous NBA accreditation details (UG):
F.NO.NBA/ACCR-284/2003
Year of Accreditation: 2003
Renewed in the year: 2007
Accredited for FIVE years in the Year 2014
Previous NBA accreditation details (PG):
Accredited in 2007 F.No.NBA/ACCR-284/2003

Faculty Qualification with specialization

Area
Name

Qualification Specialization

Dr. MALLIKARJUN

Ph.D.

Dr. G.S. SHIVASHANKAR

Ph.D.

Dr. UMASHANKAR
Dr. K.S. SHASHISHEKAR

Ph.D.
Ph.D.

Dr. K.V. SREENIVASA RAO Ph.D.

Sri N.MAHADEVA SWAMY
Sri VINAYAKA V. PAI
Sri M.S.
CHANDRASHEKAR
Dr. R. SURESH
Sri R.H. JAYA PRAKASH

Materials & metallurgy, Shape memory

alloys, smart materials
FRP Composites, Design of Composite
Structures, Nano composites.
Composite materials
Composite materials & Energy
Engineering
Materials & Metallurgy, Nano Materials

M.E.
M.E.
M.E.

Machine Design
Production
Production

Ph.D.
M.Tech.

Composite materials, Bio fuels

Production

Faculty Qualification with specialization

Area
Name
Dr. H.R. PURUSHOTHAMA
Sri T.C. NARENDRA BABU
Sri T.S. SURESH KUMAR
Dr. G.R.BHARATH SAI KUMAR
Dr. N.S. VENKATESH GUPTA
Sri M. SHIVASHANKAR
Sri K. CHANDRAPPA
Sri R.S. VIJAY KUMAR
Sri C. SHASHISHEKAR
Dr. B. VASUDEVA
Dr. H. S. SHIVASHANKAR
Sri B.C. SURESH
Dr. VIRUPAXI AURUDI

Qualification
Ph.D.
M.E
M.S.
Ph.D.
Ph.D.
M.E
M.Tech.
M.Tech.
M.Tech.
M.Tech.
Ph.D.
M.Tech
Ph.D.

Specialization
Thermal Engineering
Manufacturing
Production
Composite materials
Thermal Engineering
Metal casting
Production
Thermal Engineering
Production
Composite materials

Thermal Engineering
Thermal Engineering
Materials & Metallurgy

Faculty Qualification with specialization

Area
Name

Sri C.P. LOHITH

Sri NAGARAJU
Sri MANJUNATH .H
Smt N. SHANMUGA PRIYA
Sri PRASHANTHA S.
Sri THARAKESHWAR T.K.
SRIHARSHA KUMAR
Sri A.G
SHIVASIDDARAMAIAH
Sri MADHU H C
Sri GAUTHAM M G
Sri MANJUNATH C T

Qualification
M.E.
M.E.
M.Tech
M.Tech
M.Tech
M.Tech
M.Tech
M.Tech

Specialization
Product design
Manufacturing
Thermal Engineering
Thermal Engineering
Machine Design
Thermal Engineering
Thermal Engineering
Tool Engineering

M.Tech
M.Tech.
M.Tech.

Production
Thermal Engineering
Product Design

Faculty Qualification with specialization

Area
Name

Qualification

Specialization

Sri MADHU M C

M.Tech

Thermal Engineering

Smt. POORNIMA C

M.Tech

Manufacturing

Sri. ADARSH S H

M.Tech

Machine Design

Sri. ARUN S B

M.Tech

Thermal Engineering

Sri. VIJAYKUMAR HIREMATH

M.Tech

Machine Design

Sri GURUCHANNABASAVAIAH

M.Tech

Machine Design

Sri EKANTHAPPA

M.Tech

Machine Design

Sri OMKARESH

M.Tech

Thermal Engineering

Ongoing Teaching
Methodology
Sl No.

Content delivery Mechanism

1
2

Class room Teaching

Multimedia Presentation, NPTEL Materials

Seminars

Demonstration, Cut sections, Models

Conduction of Experiments and use of different measuring

instruments

Use of different softwares pertaining to mechanical

engineering science

Course Notes

Providing opportunity for discussion and work in group

Ongoing Research Programmes

Sl
Title of Project
No.
Corrosion Behavior of Turbine
1
Blade Materials
Synthesis and Characterization
of Cu-Al-Mn Shape Memory
2 Alloys
for
Damping
Characteristics in super elastic
Range
3
4

Sponsoring
Organization
GTRE, DRDO,
Ministry of Defence,
Visweswaraya
Technological
University,

Amount in
Rs.
9,35,000=00

12,00,000=00

Biodiesel Task force,

Development &Applications of
VGST,
20.00.000=00
Bio fuel
Govt. Of Karnataka
Karnataka
Fund
for
VGST, Government of
Improvement
of
Science
20.00.000=00
Karnataka
Technology, Infrastructure

Superconducting
Storage Technique

Energy Central Power

Research Institute,

Modernization and Removal of

AICTE, New delhi
Obsolescence Scheme s

9.50.000=00
8,00,000=00

FACULTY-Qualification & Specialization

area
Year of Establishment :Started with 40 seats in 1963
Intake increased to 70 in 1976-77
Intake increased to 120 in 1993-94
Intake increased to 140 in 1995-96
Intake increased to 180 in 2012-13 to
till date
Courses Offered :
1. UG: B.E., (Mechanical Engineering)
2.PG: a)M.Tech in Thermal Power Engineering(Started in the year
Aug. 2003
with an intake of 18)
b) M.Tech in Manufacturing Science & Engineering(Started
in the year
Aug.2010 with an intake of 18)
Previous NBA accreditation details (UG):
F.NO.NBA/ACCR-284/2003
Year of Accreditation: 2003
Renewed in the year: 2007
Accredited for FIVE years in the Year 2014

Choice Based Credit

System
Subject
Basic sciences
Professional subjects
(core)
Professional
electives
*Breadth
Project work

1st
year
36.5

2nd
year
7

3rd
year
0

37

23.5

4th Credi Percent

ts
age
year
0
43.5
21.8
20

84.5

42.2

0
0
9
9
18
9.0
8.5
6
14.5
7
36
18.0
0
0
3
15
18
9.0
49
50
50
51
200
100
*Breadth includes Basic Engineering Science, open electives and
Humanity and Social science subjects