About Department

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING is the discipline that applies the principles of Mechanics and Materials Science for the analysis, design, manufacturing and maintenance of machines. It is one of the oldest and broadest of the engineering disciplines aptly known as mother of all branches. It is used to design and analyze manufacturing plants, industrial equipment and machinery, heating and cooling systems, transport systems, aircrafts, watercraft, robotics, weapons etc. Mechanical Department has been established in year 2014 with a number of qualified and experienced faculty members. Acknowledged for its rich infrastructure and advanced laboratories, the department is a feather in the crown of APSIT.

Our department also offers Project based learning curriculum. The primary focus of our curriculum is to impart technical know-how to students, promote their problem solving skills and innovation of new technologies. Department offers a number of optional courses for providing spectrum of options to the students to pursue their interest. Students are encouraged to undertake various projects. Our department has a distinguished record in both teaching and research. Faculty members have excellent academic credentials and are highly regarded. This website provides an overview of the academic programs, activities of our department, research facilities, profiles of faculty members, and details of student activities. The department grooms technical and academic skills of the students to extract the best out of them.

Vision:

"To be a nationally renowned Mechanical Engineering Department producing professionals, catering dynamic global industrial needs with sense of responsibility and social sensitivity for contributing towards national growth.”

 

Mission:

M1 - To provide an academic foundation in Mechanical Engineering while imbibing professional studies with advance skills to fulfil ever changing global industrial needs.

M2 -  To impart graduates with social values and ethics by providing opportunities to solve environmental and social problems.

 

M3 -  To establish an environment that encourages and builds an ambience of learning and practical application of underlying principles at various level.

Faculty Achievements :

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Prof. Swapnil Kondawar received a minor research grant from the University of Mumbai for a project on polyester resin and glass fibre composites. 
  • Prof. N. V. Khatekar published and presented a research article entitled, "Modelling of Surface Roughness using ANN and Correlation with Acoustic Emission Signals in turning of AISI 303 steel" during 5th ICDMAI (International Conference) from 15 - 17 Jan, 2021.
  • Prof. N. V. Khatekar published and presented a research article entitled, "Correlation of Acoustic Emission Parameters with Surface Roughness in End Milling of AISI 4140 Steel " during 3rd ICRITDME (International Conference) from 27 - 28 Aug, 2020.
  • Prof. S. M. Patankar successfully completed Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Training and Examination conducted by MSME-TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CENTRE, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ORGANIZATION and is a Certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and Black Belt Professional.
  • Minor research grant from University of Mumbai was awarded to Prof. S.M. Kondawar for the project titled “Analysis of  Polyester Resin and Glass Fiber Composite”.

Student Achievements :

SIEP E-Bike Challenge 2026: recognition for the MAC girls’ team

The Modified Auto Club girls’ team earned the Future Award at the SIEP E-Bike Challenge 2026, organised by ISIE INDIA at Galgotias University. Prasheeka Ghodke received the Best Women Participant Award. Dr. Amol Shinde mentored the team, with support from Tata Chemicals and Inertia Labs.

E-Cyclothon 2022: awards across APSIT teams

APSIT’s Swift Innovator team won the overall title and the Endurance award, receiving cash prizes of ₹25,000 and ₹5,000 respectively. Modified Auto Club received the Best Innovation award, while Flames received the Best Cost award.

Four Player Chessboard: student design achievement

Mandar Joshi, Jash Panchal and Shubham Salvi developed a Four Player Chessboard under the guidance of Prof. Samanwita Bagg and Published the design. 

  • Congratulations to BE Students Girish Dighe, Soham Yerandkar and Sainath Barbhai for receiving an Internship on July 05, 2021 with a Startup named Manastu Space as a Propulsion Simulation Engineer Intern in collaboration with IIT Bombay and DRDO.
  • Congratulations to BE Students Yash Paranjape,Yednesh Chavan, Rahul Pokharkar and Prasad Banait of APSIT for receiving funds of Rupees 20,000/- for their project “Zero Cost Cold Storage based on Evaporative Cooling” which has been selected by Dassault Systemes Foundation, India, for a Physical Prototype with Scaled Down model using 3D Printing. Date : 23/01/2020.This Physical prototype will be displayed in “La Fondation” Conferences.

  • Congratulations Mr Suyash Patil of Mechanical Department, APSIT for Securing 3rd Position in ROBOWAR Event Held in Technicia-2020 on 23rd & 24th January 2020 at Amity University, Mumbai.

    ISHRAE Student project Grant

    Congratulations to BE Students Yash Paranjape,Yednesh Chavan, Rahul Pokharkar and Prasad Banait of APSIT for Receiving a GRANT of Rupees 45,680/- for their project “Analysis, Simulation and Construction of Evaporative Cooling System for Cold Storage in Rural Areas.” has been selected by ISHRAE, India under ISPG (ISHRAE Student project Grant) –Under Graduate. Date: 16/10/2019

Highlights of Department

  • Licensed copies of ANSYS, 3D Experience, Solidworks, Creo Parametric.

  • BMW Skill Next Program.

  • Exploring Technologies with Modified Auto club (Solar Car Building), Drone Club, Robo club.

  • Professional Student Chapters of ISHRAE and SAE.

  • Departmental Level Students Association-MESA.

  • Expert talks, Value Addition Programs and Project based learning.

  • Printed Numerical Booklet given to all students covering the entire syllabus.

  • Industrial grade CNC and VMC Machines

Infrastructure available with Department

  • E-Learning Platform: Moodle

  • PC to student ratio – 1:1

  • Laboratories: Thermal Engineering, Strength of materials, Production engineering, Fluid mechanics, basic workshop and machine shop, software labs, etc.) with well equipped machines.

  • Air Conditioned Classrooms and Tutorial Rooms equipped with LCD Projectors and Smartboards.

  • Wi-fi and printing facility for student.

Innovative Techniques used for teaching-learning

 

To develop the aspirations of students, Student-centric teaching learning methodologies have been effectively adopted by the department as listed following.

  • You tube or self-made videos and animations related to some concepts in subject
  • Mind Mapping/ Flowchart
  • Showing real industry problem to understand the concepts
  • Preparation of model
  • Software application related to the subject
  • Topic-wise MCQ 
  • Interactive expert talk
  • Rapid Surprise Test
  • Taking polls in online lecture
  • Case Studies / Problem based learning
  • Cooperative group learning 
  • IIT Virtual Labs
  • Simulation 
  • Quiz's, play cards
  • ICT(Interactive Classroom Teaching)
  • CAL (Computer Aided Learning)
  • E-learning platform(Moodle)
  • Project Based Learning
  • E-Books
  • Library
  • Site visits / Industrial visits/Workshops
  • NPTEL/MOOCS courses
  • Mini Project Exhibitions