Research & Development

Journal Publications

Year: 2024-25
Sr. No. Faculty Name Title of Paper Name of Journal Volume & Page no. ISSN No. Indexing
1 Prof. Albela Pundkar Performance Evaluation of LGWP-Series Refrigerants as a Substitute for HFC-134a Air Conditioning Systems: A Sustainable Approach Rocznik Ochrona ?rodowiska Vol. 27, 269-291 2720-7501 SCIE
2 Prof. Yogesh Dandekar Application of Response Surface Methodology for Optimization of Parameters in Metal Powder Reinforced Polyethylene Terephthalate Matrix Composite Nanotechnology Perceptions 10, 637-654 1660-6795 Scopus
3 Dr. Shailesh Khekale In-process Wastage Reduction in Belt Industry by DMAIC Methodology Industrial Engineering Journal 17; 25-29 0970-2555 UGC Care
4 Dr. Shailesh Khekale Design And Development of Manual Pea Depoding Machine Industrial Engineering Journal 17; 17-20 0970-2555 UGC Care
Year: 2023-24
Sr. No. Faculty Name Title of Paper Name of Journal Volume & Page no. ISSN No. Indexing
1 Prasanna Mahankar Experimental investigation of polyurethane seal failure used in Engineering Failure Analysis 150 Online ISSN: 1873-1961, Print ISSN: 1350-6307 SCI
Year: 2021-23
Sr. No. Faculty Name Title of Paper Name of Journal Volume & Page no. ISSN No. Indexing
1 Nikhil A. Bhave, Mahendra M. Gupta, Sandeep S. Joshi Combustion, performance, and emission characteristics of diesel engine using oxyhydrogen gas as a fuel additive Environ Sci Pollut Res Int Vol. 30, pages 24842-24855 0944-1344 SCI and Scopus
2 Sushil Lanjewar, Nikhil Bhave, Prasanna Mahankar, Yogesh Dandekar, Mahesh R. Shukla Design and Fabrication of Economical Industrial Air Filter SAMRIDDHI Vol. 14, Special Issue 1, 138-144 Print: 2229-7111, Online: 2454-5767 UGC care
3 Dr. M. R. Shukla Linkages Between Critical Success Factors and Performance Measures for Improvement in Service Quality-Life Insurance Perspective SAMRIDDHI Vol. 14, Special Issue 1, 145-155 Print: 2229-7111, Online: 2454-5767 UGC Care
4 Nikhil Bhave, Prasanna S Mahankar, Yogesh Dandekar, Mahesh Shukla Research Directions for Homogenous Charge Combustion Ignition Engine SAMRIDDHI: A Journal of Physical Sciences, Engineering and Technology Vol. 14, Special Issue 1, 123-128 Print: 2229-7111, Online: 2454-5767 UGC Care
5 Prasanna S Mahankar, Yogesh Dandekar, Mahesh Shukla, Abhijit Getme, Shruti Dhole Small Scaled Home Composting Machine and Use of Trichoderma As A Bio-Fertilizer Agent SAMRIDDHI: A Journal of Physical Sciences, Engineering and Technology Vol. 14, Special Issue 1, 255-260 Print: 2229-7111, Online: 2454-5767 UGC Care
6 Prasanna Mahankar Review of hydraulic seal failures due to effect of medium to high temperature Engineering Failure Analysis Vol. 127, 105552 Online ISSN: 1873-1961, Print ISSN: 1350-6307 SCI
7 Shailesh Khekale, Sushil Lanjewar, Nikhil Bhave, Prasanna Mahankar, Dr. Mahesh Shukla Analysis of the performance of Green Pea depoding Machine Treadle Mechanism SAMRIDDHI: A Journal of Physical Sciences, Engineering and Technology Vol. 13, Special Issue 2, 296-301 Print: 2229-7111, Online: 2454-5767 UGC Care
8 Abhijit Sudamrao Getme, Brijesh Patel Nanofillers Effect on Characteristics of Biodegradable PLA Reinforced Polymer Composites: Summary SAMRIDDHI: A Journal of Physical Sciences, Engineering and Technology Vol. 13, Special Issue 2, 214-225 Print: 2229-7111, Online: 2454-5767 UGC Care

Books / Book Chapters

Year: 2024-25
Sr. No. Faculty Name Chapter Title Book Title Month & Year Publisher ISBN No.
1 Dr. Sanjay Aloni, Prof. Yogesh Dandekar, Dr. Prasanna Mahankar Modelling and Analysis of Essential Parameters in Green Sand Process to Minimize Shrinkage Porosity in Grey Iron Components Processing of Advanced Materials and Fabrication of Products-XXX3 Dec 2024, Pg No. 233-241 TANEJA SALES CORPORATION 978-81-957455-5-5
2 Dr. Sanjay Aloni, Prof. Yogesh Dandekar, Dr. Prasanna Mahankar Manufacturing of Hollow Parts with Light Weight for Automotive Industry: A Case Study Processing of Advanced Materials and Fabrication of Products-XXX3 Dec 2024, Pg No. 242-252 TANEJA SALES CORPORATION 978-81-957455-5-5
3 Prasanna Mahankar, Anshuman Sinha, Aman Singh, Ashwin Kumar Dhoble Simulation of U-cup Hydraulic Seal Used in a Hydraulic System Using Ansys Recent Advances in Science, Engineering and Technology (RASET-2023) August 2024 CRC Press 9781032864181 (PBK), 9781003527442 (EBK)
4 Mahesh Shukla, Bhavana Khapekar, Supriya Gupta Bani, Shilesh Khekale Supply Chain Management in Life Insurance Companies in India Recent Advances in Science, Engineering and Technology (RASET-2023) August 2024 CRC Press 9781032864181 (PBK), 9781003527442 (EBK)
5 Yogesh Dandekar, Prasanna Mahankar, Dr. Shailesh Khekale Design And Development of Manually Operated Lanzan Seed Decorticator for Livelihood of Tribal Community In Eastern Vidarbha Region In India Advances in Science, Engineering and Technology (RASET-2023) 2024 CRC Press 9781032864181 (PBK), 9781003527442 (EBK)
6 Shailesh Khekale, R. D. Askhedkar, Rajesh Parikh, Y Dandekar, S. Lanjewar, A. Kawadaskar, M. Shukla Analysis of Location of Emergency Department in Multi-speciality Hospital Recent Advances in Science, Engineering and Technology (RASET-2023) 2024 CRC Press 9781032864181 (PBK), 9781003527442 (EBK)
7 Shailesh Narayanrao Khekale, Sushil Lanjewar, Yogesh Dandekar, Aditya Kawadaskar, Vikram Dandekar, Manish Moroliya, Mahesh Shukla, Shailendra Daf Implementation of DMAIC Methodology in Belt Industry for Minimisation of Fabric Wastage Recent Advances in Science, Engineering and Technology (RASET-2023) 2024 CRC Press 9781032864181 (PBK), 9781003527442 (EBK)
8 Vikram Dandekar, Shailesh Narayanrao Khekale, Yogesh Dandekar, Sanjay Aloni Design And Analysis of Manually Operated Lifting Crane for Small Scale Industry Recent Advances in Science, Engineering and Technology (RASET-2023) 2024 CRC Press 9781032864181 (PBK), 9781003527442 (EBK)
9 Sushil Lanjewar, Sandip Khedkar, Shailesh Khekale, Aditya Kawadaskar, Mahesh Shukla Design & Simulation of Robotic Arm Joint for Sanitization Recent Advances in Science, Engineering and Technology (RASET-2023) 2024 CRC Press 9781032864181 (PBK), 9781003527442 (EBK)
Year: 2023-24
Sr. No. Faculty Name Chapter Title Book Title Month & Year Publisher ISBN No.
1 Prasanna S. Mahankar, Nikhil A. Bhave, Yogesh V. Dandekar Performance and Emission Characteristics of Higher Blends of Preheated Pongamia Methyl Ester Using Exhaust Gas Waste Heat Recovery in Compression Ignition Engine Advances in Mechanical Engineering, Volume 1 (ICMech-REC 2023) April 2024 Springer Nature ISBN 978-981-97-0917-5, ISBN 978-981-97-0918-2 (eBook)

Conference Publications

Year: 2024-25
Sr. No. Author [Faculty] Name Paper Title Name of Conference & Proceeding Volume / Issue / Date / Page No. ISSN / ISBN No. Indexing
1 Dr. Prasanna Mahankar Investigation of Polyurethane Seal Failure used in Hydraulic System Smart and Sustainable Innovations in Fluid Power 18-19 June 2025 Awaited
2 Dr. Sanjay Aloni, Prof Yogesh Dandekar, Dr. Prasanna Mahankar Modelling and Analysis of Essential Parameters in Green Sand Process to Minimize Shrinkage Porosity in Grey Iron Components 30th IC on Processing of Advanced Materials and Fabrication of Products Processing of Advanced Materials and Fabrication of Products-XXX3, Dec 2024, Pg No. 233-241 978-81-957455-5-5
3 Dr. Sanjay Aloni, Prof Yogesh Dandekar, Dr. Prasanna Mahankar Manufacturing of Hollow Parts with Light Weight of for Automotive Industry: A Case Study 30th IC on Processing of Advanced Materials and Fabrication of Products Processing of Advanced Materials and Fabrication of Products-XXX3, Dec 2024, Pg No. 242-252 978-81-957455-5-5
Year: 2023-24
Sr. No. Author [Faculty] Name Paper Title Name of Conference & Proceeding Volume / Issue / Date / Page No. ISSN / ISBN No. Indexing
1 Prasanna Mahankar, Anshuman Sinha, Aman Singh, Ashwin kumar Dhoble Simulation of U-cup Hydraulic Seal Used in a Hydraulic System Using Ansys International conference on Recent Advances in Science, Engineering and Technology 2023 29th and 30th September 2023 Volume 1, 2024, pp 448-455 9781032864181 (PBK) 9781003527442 (EBK)
2 Mahesh Shukla, Bhavana Khapekar, Supriya Gupta Bani, Shilesh Khekale Supply Chain Management in Life Insurance Companies in India International conference on Recent Advances in Science, Engineering and Technology 2023 29th and 30th September 2023 Volume 1, 02 2024, pp 456-470 9781032864181 (PBK) 9781003527442 (EBK)
3 Yogesh Dandekar Prasanna Mahankar and Dr. Shailesh Khekale Design And Development of Manually Operated Lanzan Seed Decorticator for Livelihood of Tribal Community In Eastern Vidarbha Region In India International conference on Recent Advances in Science, Engineering and Technology 2023 29th and 30th September 2023 Volume 1, 02 2024, pp 471-477 9781032864181 (PBK) 9781003527442 (EBK)

Design Patents and Copyrights

List of Design Patents
Sr. No. Investigator [Faculty] Name Patent Title AY Patent File No. / Application Number Filled Date Filed / Published / Granted Date
Copyright Registered
Sr. No. Faculty Title of the Copyright Registration No.
Funded Research Activities
Sr. No. Faculty Name PI & CO-PI Project Title Name of Agency Amount in Rs. Duration AY
1 Prof. Yogesh Dandekar PI Fabrication of Energy Efficient Cooling Chamber for Small Scale Farmers National Coordinating Institute UBA 2.0 (IIT Delhi) 1,00,000/- 1 year 2022-23
2 Prof. Prasanna Mahankar PI 6 Day Online ATAL FDP on "21st Century Materials: Advancements in Material Science and Technology" AICTE, Delhi 1,00,000/- 7 Days 2024-25
Industry Projects by Students
Batch No. Project Title Name of Students Name of Guide Name of Industry
1 Providing solution for drying a part in rainy season to increase heat transfer. 1.Sakshi Chakole
2.Utpreksha Halmare
3.Sanskruti Kukekar
4.Snehal Saurkar
Prof. Prasanna Mahankar AKAR Industries, Hingna MIDC, Nagpur
2 Optimize process for loading/unloading dies for low volume Production. 1.Achal Pote
2.Surabhi Nagar
3.Shrijya Lanjewar
Prof Sushil Lanjewar AKAR Industries,Hingna MIDC,Nagpur
3 Design of mechanism to segregate scrap and lifting of scrap for power press. 1.Saloni Kamble
2.Sneha Kumbhare
3.Manasi Satpute
4.Harshita Mankar
Prof Aditya Kawadskar AKAR Industries,Hingna MIDC,Nagpur
4 Finding solution in MIG welding process to remove spatters occurs on jobs during welding. 1.Gayatri Fulbandhe
2.Payal Yadav
3.Pallavi Nighot
4.Payal Mekratwar
Prof.Vikram Dandekar AKAR Industries,Hingna MIDC,Nagpur
5 Finding solutions in eliminating chip-off of die and punch in sheet metal forming process. 1.Damini Parise
2.Mayuri Nagalwade
3.Dnyanpipika Chikate
Dr. Sanjay Aloni AKAR Industries,Hingna MIDC,Nagpur
6 Design and fabricate the Solar Drier for drying flowers collected from temples / Dargah 1.Dhanshri Nirwan
2.Leena Walke
3.Pragati Mursskar
Dr. Shailesh Khekale Under Vigyan Bharti
7 Design and fabricate the Solar Grinder for making powder of dry flowers collected from temples / Dargah 1.Shruti Suryawanshi
2.Sakshi Chawhare
3.Rina Kshirsagar
Prof. P S Mahankar Under Vigyan Bharti
8 Energy Efficient Low-cost Cooling Chamber. 1.Swara Tupe
2.Mahima Dubey
3.Tanvi Mahankar
4.Riya Khaparde
Prof Yogesh Dandekar and Dr..Prasanna Mahankar Unnat Bharat Abhiyan
Glimpses of Project Models and Activities
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Energy Efficient Low-cost Cooling Chamber under Unnat Bharat Abhiyan

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Solar Grinder for Flowers

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Field Visit and Presentation by Students at Aakar Industry

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Field Visit and Presentation by Students at Aakar Industry

Product Development Activities
Sr. No Title Faculty In-charge Product Description
1 Green Peas Depoding Machine Dr. Shailesh N. Khekale In the field of agriculture, green pea i.e. Matar is an important cool season crop. In India, usually rabbi season crop sowing begins from October to November. Manual removal of peas from pods is laborious and time-consuming job. The need to reduce stress and time associated with the manual method of Depoding peas gave rise to the conceptual design and construction of this machine. The machine is operated by treadle mechanism. It is a mechanism, operated with a pedal for converting reciprocating motion into rotating motion.
2 Flower Drier Using Solar Radiation, Force Convection and Buzzer Alert System Dr. Shailesh N. Khekale These flower wastes should be managed properly to avoid any bad effects on the environment. Due to improper management, these flower wastes from Temples, Dargah can contaminate the environment and even degrade both surface and underground water as they contain a lot of nitrates. To overcome these flower waste problems, economical Flower Drier Using Solar Radiation and Forced Convection is developed. Dried flowers can be easily crushed for making many products like soap, Agarbatti (Incense sticks) etc. This will help in flower waste management, and it will reduce pollution.
3 Briquette Making Machine Using Cylinder Die Dr. Shailesh N. Khekale To overcome these agricultural waste problems, economical briquette making machine using cylinder die is developed. Briquette is a compressed block of combustible biomass material such as sawdust, wood chips, coffee husk, dry leaves and other organic materials. This will help in waste management and reduce the use of fossil fuels which will reduce pollution. It is the high time to convert biomass wastes such as sawdust, coffee husk, rice husk etc., to useful biomass briquettes which will be the substitute for some of the fossil fuels.
4 Four-Wheeler Vehicle with on Spot Rotation Using Mechanical Linkage Mr. Vikram Dandekar The normal four-wheeler vehicles face lot of problems like parking, U turn and much more which consumes more time and space. Purpose of this designed vehicle is to provide flexibility to the driver during parking in small place by reducing the turning radius and turning space by rotating at same place without leaving its centre of gravity. In this four-wheeler designed system; the wheels have connected with rack which helps to rotate the wheel at 360 degrees.
5 Manual Garlic Decorticator Dr. Shailesh N. Khekale The purpose of this machine is to simplify and speed up the garlic decorticating process, making it more efficient and user-friendly. Purpose of this designed Manual Garlic Decorticator is to provide manual small machine having less cost and higher decorticating efficiency. This machine can be used in houses, small hotels etc. without use of electricity. This machine consists of garlic bulb breaker and garlic decorticating mechanism.
6 Hand Operated Lanzan Seed Decorticator Machine Prof. Yogesh Dandekar Lanzan, the tree species, is commercially very useful and found abundantly in the eastern Vidarbha region. Although the chironji nuts have been used extensively by decorticating the kernel, the lack of a simple, hand-operated machine forces the tribal community to decorticate these seeds manually, resulting in the migration of tribal people into other businesses. A manually operated seed decorticating machine has been developed to reduce manual efforts and improve the productivity of decorticating process as compared to the manual one. The results were encouraging, and it has been found that some more improvements in the designed decorticators will again increase the efficiency and help tribal people return to their traditional business for livelihood. This product has been awarded a Design Patent by the Government of India Patent Office, Kolkata with Design number 301100.
7 Lamon Shorting Machine Prof. Kedar Chimote A lemon sorting machine typically describes a system that utilizes automated vision technology to inspect individual lemons, identifying and classifying them based on size, colour, surface blemishes, and other quality factors, then directing them to separate collection points for different grades, all while efficiently moving the fruit through a conveyor belt system; often incorporating features like adjustable sorting parameters, defect detection capabilities, and potential integration with quality control data analysis.
8 3 Stage Evaporative Cooling Chamber specifically for Citrus fruits Abhijit Getme The product provides cost effective, energy efficient stowage chamber specially for Citrus fruits to increase their shelf life by delaying its rate of ripening. This would give the Agro-entrepreneur better price for its Agro product in the market. Citrus fruits like Oranges, Sweet lime and Lemons ripen very quickly in the hot and dry weather of Nagpur and Vidarbha. Hence, an innovative three stage cooling chamber is designed where the stored fruits maintain their PH value over a longer duration at controlled temperature and humidity.
9 Compression Set Prasanna Mahankar Compression set is a measure of a material's ability to recover its original shape and dimensions after being compressed for a specific period at a specific temperature. It is usually expressed as a percentage of the original thickness or volume that is not recovered. Compression set is an important property to consider when selecting materials for applications where they will be subjected to compressive loads over time, such as seals, gaskets, and vibration dampers. A material with a low compression set will be able to maintain its shape and function better than a material with a high compression set.
10 Concentric Tube Heat Exchanger Prasanna Mahankar A concentric tube heat exchanger, also known as a double pipe heat exchanger, is the simplest type of heat exchanger. It consists of two concentric tubes, one inside the other. One fluid flow through the inner tube, while the other fluid flows through the annular space between the two tubes. The heat transfer between the two fluids occurs through the wall of the inner tube. The fluids can flow in the same direction (co-current flow) or in opposite directions (counter-current flow). Counter-current flow is generally more efficient as it allows for a greater temperature difference between the fluids throughout the heat exchanger.
The Sample Picture of Product developed
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Green Peas Depoding Machine

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Compression Set

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Concentric Tube Heat Exchanger

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Hand operated Lanzan Seed Decorticator Machine

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Lamon Shorting Machine

Demonstrative Models Prepared by Students & Faculty
Sr. No. Name of chart Prepared by Guide
1 Gear Box Assembly (Automobile Engineering Project) Pragati Muraskar, Sakshi Chaware Prof. Yogesh Dandekar
2 Development of Automobile Braking System Swara Tupe, Tanvi Mahankar, Mahima Dubey, Shruti Suryawanshi, Riya Khaparde, Tannu Gaikwad Prof. Yogesh Dandekar
3 Dismantling of Single Cylinder 4-Strock Engine Rajia Biswas Prof. Yogesh Dandekar
4 Making Demonstrative Model of Front Suspension System Maruti 800 Dhanashri Nirwan, Priyanka Chaudhary, Leena Walke, Samruddhi Patil Prof. Yogesh Dandekar
5 Thermal Conductivity Kit -- Prof. Prasanna Mahankar
6 Conventional Representation of Material Model Pratiksha Kamdi Prof. Sushil Lanjewar
7 Hearth Furnace Radha Harde, Payal Skhirsagar Prof. Sushil Lanjewar
Sample pictures of Demonstrative Models Prepared by Students & Faculty
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Gear Box Assembly

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Development of Automobile Braking System

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Dismantling of Single Cylinder 4-Strock Engine

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Dismantling of Single Cylinder 4-Strock Engine

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Thermal Conductivity Kit

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Hearth Furnace

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Conventional Representation of Material Model

Conference/ Faculty Development/Training Programs, Seminar and Workshops
Sr. No. Title of the Program Date Name of Expertise Number of Participants Organized by
1 One day Hands on training program on 'Working and Operation of CNC Lathe Trainer Machine' 18/03/25 Mr. Abhijeet Ghadge, Gurudatta CNC Pvt. Ltd., Pune 12 Department of Mechanical Engineering
2 One day Hands on training program on 'Study of Microstructure of Specimen (Metals) using Image Analyser' 18/04/25 Mr. Prashant Patil, SM Engineering Sales and Services Pvt. Ltd., Pune 10 Department of Mechanical Engineering
3 One day Hands on training program on 'Measurement of Hardness using Brinell Hardness Tester' 21/03/25 Mr. Niraj Yengul, SM Engineering Sales and Services Pvt. Ltd., Pune 7 Department of Mechanical Engineering
4 Seminar on 'TIFAN 2025 Competition' by John Deere India Pvt. Ltd. and SAE INDIA 29/03/25 Mr. Swaraj Karmbelar, John Deere India Pvt. Ltd. 10 Department of Mechanical Engineering
5 One Day Workshop on 'Physical Modelling of Mechanical Systems using MATLAB' 22/03/25 -- 5 Department of Mechanical Engineering
6 One day workshop on “Operations of Thermal Power Plant, Critical Boiler” 27/03/25 Mr. Abhijit Pundlik, Manager, Boiler Operations, Thermal Power Plant Koradi, Nagpur 8 Department of Mechanical Engineering
7 Seminar on 'Engine Manufacturing Facility' At TATA Cummins, Jamshedpur 01/08/24 Mr. Swarup Kumar Patra, TATA Cummins Jamshedpur 7 Department of Mechanical Engineering
8 One day workshop and Interactive Session on 'Intellectual Property Rights' 17/09/24 Dr. Bhalchandra Hardas, Asstt. Professor, Ramdeobaba University, Nagpur 35 Department of Mechanical Engineering
9 One week FDP on '21st Century Materials: Advancements in Material Science and Technology' 09/12/24 to 14/12/24 Sessions conducted by invited academicians/industry experts 167 Department of Mechanical Engineering in collaboration with ATAL FDP, AICTE
10 Technical Seminar on “Automotive Testing Solutions, Tensile Test on Metals, Plastics and Elastomers and Hardness Testing for Automotive Applications” 25/09/24 Experts from Zwick Roell Pvt. Ltd. 32 Department of Mechanical Engineering, ASM International Pune Chapter, Laghu Udyog Bharati Nagpur
11 International Conference 'Recent Advances in Science, Engineering & Technology', RASET2K23 29–30 Sept. 2023 Sessions conducted by invited academicians/industry experts 137 Department of Mechanical Engineering in association with ASM International, IEEE, IETE, ISTE, CSI and IE
12 One Week Online Faculty Development Program on 'Intellectual Property Rights' 07/03/22 to 12/03/22 -- 150 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Approved by ISTE (Self-Financed)
13 Online Faculty Development Program 'Renewable Energy Sources: A Way Ahead' 15/05/20 to 21/05/20 Sessions conducted by invited academicians/industry experts 1200+ Department of Mechanical Engineering

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