HoD / F. Y. In charge Desk

“The ideal engineer is a composite … He is not a scientist, he is not a mathematician, he is not a sociologist or a writer; but he may use the knowledge and techniques of any or all of these disciplines in solving engineering problems.” —Nathan W. Dougherty, American civil engineer

 The First Year Engineering Department plays a vital role in building a strong foundation of fundamental requirements of engineering education. Along with teaching basic sciences, humanities and engineering science courses we endeavor to inculcate health consciousness, ethical values and sense of social responsibilities among the students.

The total intake of First Year is 600 and there is a provision of TFWS and Jammu and Kashmir quota for meritorious students. The admissions are from all the districts of the Maharashtra state and also from the states like Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat, Assam, Rajasthan, Jammu & Kashmir, Telangana and Karnataka which displays the trust of society towards our institute.

Students of all programs are nurtured with fundamental knowledge and hands-on experience of basic sciences such as Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, engineering science subjects like Basic Civil Engineering, Engineering Mechanics, Basic Electrical Engineering, Fluid Mechanics, etc. along with humanities to build a solid foundation. The department is facilitated with well equipped laboratories and infra structure. Our department fully supports and provides moral, ethical and technical support for the overall development of the students.

The faculty members impart Knowledge to bridge the gap between school education and professional education, 17 faculty members are awarded with Ph. D. and others with M.E. and M.Tech. Our technical staff members are also well qualified and experienced to ensure a smooth transition of fresh out-of-school students into professional under-graduate students. Our Departmental faculty are working in different research areas such as Energy Storage, Nanotechnology, Thin Film Deposition Techniques, Materials for Batteries, Supercapacitors, Metal Oxides, Conducting Polymers, Polymer & Analytical Chemistry, Water Analysis and Treatment, Hybrid Electric Vehicles, Fluid Mechanics, Employability skills and Personality Development. Our department publications are listed in scholarly articles such as SCOPUS and UGC care listed journals.  Dr. S.K.Sarsamkar is honored with the Seed Money Research grant of 0.95 lakh for research from PAH Solapur University for the 2021-22.

Beside the traditional classroom pedagogy method, novel learning practices like the Infosys Springboard, Moodle Platform, Guest Lecture series, Virtual Laboratory Practices, seminars, and quizzes are employed to facilitate effective learning.  700+ videos are created by our faculty and available on YouTube channel of the institute. So, students can learn anytime, anywhere. This enables us to go over the course objectives with stipulated program objectives for each and every student.

 The Department’s programs and activities are designed to produce engineers who can cater the needs of society. For multifaceted development of the students we inspire them to participate in various co-curricular & extra-curricular activities. The co-curricular activities such as Smart India  Hackathon, Toycathon, industrial visit, guest lecturers & technical competitions boost the technical knowledge of the students. Also the various extra-curricular activities such as Induction Program art exhibition, sport events, debate competition, cultural days and competitions, etc helps in personality development of the students. Our students have won prizes in various state and national level technical and sports competitions. The efforts are also taken to develop communication skills, employability skills and universal human values.

The mentoring scheme adds a dimension of personalization to the entire knowledge-acquisition process. Remedial and Makeup classes which are carried out after regular college hours help the slow learners to catch up with difficult topics and turn their weaknesses to strengths. We also conduct sessions for good performers to improve their grades further and give them a motivational boost. We are reaping the benefits of these efforts in the tradition of good academic results in the university examination.

Our motivated efforts are dedicated to empower students with knowledge, expertise and ethical values and shape them as future ready engineers who can cater the needs of society.

Dr. Gramopadhye N. S.

HoD / F. Y. Incharge