ABOUT DEPARTMENT

An excellent academic result is tradition of WIT along with campus placement in renowned industries. In the era of globalization, to be the leader in the competition, the Institute and department has increased the interaction with industry since many years in the form of consultancy services, training to and from the industry, sponsored projects, joint research work and infrastructure sharing. AICTE and CII considered the efforts taken by the department worth to declare WIT Mechanical Engineering department as the “Best Industry Linked Institute for Mechanical Engineering Department” for the academic year 2014-15 and Finalist for the Year 2020-21.. Department offers NBA Re-accredited UG Programme with sanctioned intake of 60 and a PG Programme in Design Engineering. The department has a vision to become a centre of excellence in the field of Mechanical and Automation Engineering. Departmental strength of highly qualified, experienced, and dedicated faculty along with creative students are working hard to achieve this goal. The objective of the department is to bridge the gap between industry and institute by incorporating the knowledge to the students of industrial automation like Manufacturing Automation, 3D Printing, Industry 4.0, Machine learning, Artificial Intelligence, Digital twin etc..

Department has prepared academic calendar which has a detailed academic as well as other activities schedule. Students are encouraged to participate in an employability focused Test– Group discussion/Personal Interview series effectively conducted by MESA.

Department has improved the feedback system and suggestions are considered to improve teaching learning system. A mechanism is formed to collect the data of Alumni regarding their present job profile and to get suggestions to improve. An Alumni meet will be arranged in near future to strengthen the department by knowledge exchange. Department is also aware of NBA and CII accreditations and a continuous work is going on to maintain the standards expected by NBA and CII. Department is always encouraging the up gradation of faculty qualification and research. Mr.N.S. Katikar and Mr.S.S. Bansode received Ph.D. Degree from University of Solapur and Mr.P.V. Ekhande , Mr.N.R. Tambake, Mr.G.B. Agalave, Mr.S.S. Rathod and Mr.P.G. Chitte, Mr.V.P.Kulkarni, Mr.D.D. Masalekar, Mr.S.S Ajnalkar and Mr.S.S. Deshmukh are pursuing the Ph.D. Department has published research work in various Conferences/Journals.