Alumni Meet In any educational institute, alumni or past students play a vital role in its development and advancement. On 26 th January 2017 Alumni Meet was conducted at DKTE’s Textile and Engineering Institute, Ichalkaranji. Principal Prof. Dr. P.V. Kadole, welcomed the alumni and briefed about the progress of institute in last year. He also discussed about role of alumni in development of students by supporting them for trainings, visits, expert lectures and through frequent interactions. The interaction session among faculty members and alumni was conducted at mechanical department. In the interaction Dr. V.R. Naik carried out progress review and briefed about achievements of department. Many alumni expressed their views and suggestions for student’s development and were impressed with the progress of department in past years. They also assured their whole hearted support for various student centered activities of the institutes. Response to this meet was overwhelming. Prof.S.A.Soundattikar coordinated and Prof. V.R.Balwan anchored the function. Faculty members and supporting staff members from department were present for the function. Alumni Meet 2017
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Alumni Meet In any educational institute, alumni or past students play a vital role in its
development and advancement. On 26th January 2017 Alumni Meet was conducted at DKTE’s Textile and Engineering Institute, Ichalkaranji. Principal Prof. Dr. P.V. Kadole, welcomed the
alumni and briefed about the progress of institute in last
year. He also discussed about role of alumni in
development of students by supporting them
for trainings, visits, expert lectures and
through frequent interactions.
The
interaction session among faculty members and alumni was conducted at mechanical department. In the interaction Dr. V.R. Naik carried out progress review and briefed about achievements of
department. Many alumni expressed their views and suggestions for student’s development and were impressed with the progress of department in past years. They also assured their whole hearted support for various student centered activities of the institutes. Response to
this meet was overwhelming. Prof.S.A.Soundattikar coordinated and Prof. V.R.Balwan anchored the function.
Faculty members and supporting staff members from department were present for the function.
Alumni Meet 2017
Expert Lecture on Innovations in Biomedical Engineering Expert Lecture was organized by Students Chapter of 'The Institution of Engineers',
Mechanical Engineering Department for Third year Mechanical Engg. students. Prof.
N.V.Deshpande of KIT and his team delivered a lecture on ‘Innovations in Biomedical
Engineering’ on 18th January 2017, The Focus was provided on Real Time Problems in
Medical with their Engineering Solutions. The workshop was co-ordinated by
Prof.V.P.Gaikwad and Prof. M.A.Bote
Expert Lecture on Innovations in Biomedical Engineering
DKTE Go Karting Teams
Teams were all set to race to victory at Indian Karting Championship held in NEXUS Training
Institute, Pune, Maharashtra. The students of Mechanical Engineering. created a Virtual
Vehicle named GO-KART. The Two teams namely ‘DKTE Drifters’, ‘DKTE Eagle ace’ were to
participate in the event. While Flagging-off Principal along with Mechanical HOD praised
students about their spirit and intense passion about the event.Eventually the teams
brought laurels to the institute.
Go-Karting Racing event Teams
1st Prize at TechnoVision 2K17
The students from BE Mechanical Engineering, Miss. Puja Patil, Miss. Varsha Kamble and
Miss. Snehal Shinde bagged First Prize in Project Presentation Competition held at Latthe
Education Society’s, Polytechnic, Sangli on 7th January 2017. At the event they presented
their project titled, “Design and Development of Electronic Cooling System using Phase
Change Material flowing through Microchannel”. The project was guided by Prof. V. P.
Gaikwad.
1st Prize at TechnoVision 2K17 Sangli
Industrial visit of TE Mech students at IMTEX 2017, Toyota Kirloskar
Motors, and Ace Micromatic, Bangalore
76 students of Third Year Mechanical Engineering along with 7 faculty members visited
IMTEX exhibition 2017 and Toyota Kirloskar Motors, Bangalore from 31stJanuary 2017 to
3rd February 2017. During this period, at IMTEX students got exposure to the latest
technology in manufacturing, CNC, quality control, and tool engineering. At Toyota Kirloskar
Motors, students came to know about the automation used in car assembly line. In Ace
Micromatic students saw Manufacturing of CNC machines and inspection at every stage of
CNC Machine manufacturing. This visit was coordinated by Prof. B.B. Kabnure, Prof. A.R.
Balwan, Dr. V.R. Naik (Head of Department) and Prof. G.S. Joshi (Training and Placement
officer-Engg.)
Industrial Visit at IMTEX 2017 and Kirloskar Toyato Motors, Banglore
Dr. V. D. Shinde of our institute was invited to deliver a lecture in a STTP organized recently by Sanjeevan Engineering and Technology Institute,
Panhala. He delivered a lecture on “Advanced Melting and Casting Techniques”.
Faculty members from various Engg. Institutes in and around attended the
short term training Program.
Expert Lecture on Advanced Melting and Casting Techniques by Dr.V.D.Shinde
Events In Tech-Symposium 2K17 on 17th Feb.2017,at Mechanical department .
1. Poster Presentation
Under this contest two events were conducted,
a) Expert- In this, students of TE and BE can participated and presented their poster based on mini and Major project.
The winners of this event were as follows:
Winner: a) AshiwiniZujar b)SheetalShingare from DKTE Runner up: a) Pawan Patil b) NileshGaikwad from T.K.I.E.T Warananagar
b) Novice- In this, students of FE and SE participated and presented their poster based on any one of
the following topics Demonetization in India, Energy Resources, Latest technology in the past decade, Make in India, Global Warming.
The response to poster presentation was overwhelming. Total no. of participants enrolled were 100.
The winners of this event were as follows: Winner: Omkar Mali from DKTE
Runner up:PravinMarunar from KLE Belgaum
2. Jig Design
In this contest students from TE and BE can participated and created a model of Jig for a given component using either CATIA or SOLID WORKS.
Total no. of participant enrolled were 31. The winners of this event were as follows:
Winner : a) Sagar Patil b) GeetPandit from DKTE
Runner up: a) Amol Patil b) AwadhootPawarfrom P.V.P.I.T. Budhgaon
Tech-Symposium 2K17
TECHNOLOGY MEET, Belgaum Prof.Dr.Vasudev Shinde was invited to present the SMART Foundry Initiative in the
Technology Meet held at Belgaum on 23rd February 2017. The progress of Smart Foundry,
especially technology updates and process of implementing it in actual foundry was
presented. The participants from Belgaum foundry cluster, academicians and government
official were present in this meet. Mr Sanjay Chavre, Senior Development Officer, Dept of
Heavy Industries, Govt. of India, Chairman for Technology Meet appreciated the technology
transfer scheme.
Paper Presentation and Publication by Mechanical Engg. Students at
International Conference
A group of students from Mechanical engineering department presented 7 research papers at
International Conference on Recent Challenges in Engineering and Technology (ICRCET-
2017). These papers were based on their final year and third year projects and research work
done in various areas related to mechanical engineering. These papers are also published in
the International Journal of Engineering Research in Mechanical and Civil Engineering
(IJERMCE).
The conference was held at SIT Yadrav on 23rd and 24th February 2017. Some of the themes
in Mechanical Engineering included Human-Robot Interfaces, Manufacturing process and
automation, Robotics, Automation and control systems, Production Management, Finite
Element Analysis, etc. The quality of papers and the results obtained by the students was
appreciated at the conference by the session chairman, judging panel and delegates. The
students were guided by Prof. S. A. Soundattikar and Prof. G. C. Mekalke with a constant
support from Prof. Dr. V. R. Naik, HOD, Mechanical Engineering Department.
Discussion in Technology Meet Belgaum
Parents’ Meet (Mechanical Engineering Department) On 1stApril2017, Parents’ Meet was organized at Mechanical department. Prof.(Dr.) V.R. Naik
delivered welcome speech to the parents and explained the importance of the meet and
discussed about the progress of department and curricular and extra co-curricular activities
of mechanical department related to students.Prof. G.S. Joshi, Training and Placement
Officer, Engineering, explained current industrial situations and need for student’s
preparation related to various skills for campus placement. After it parents expressed their
expectations from institute and expressed satisfaction over the progress of their ward. Prof.
P.N. Gore proposed vote of thanks and anchored the function.
Paper presentation by Students at ICRCET-2017
Parent Meet 2017
PUC CHECK-UP CAMP AT DKTE To create the awareness among the people about increased pollution due to vehicles ,
Pollution Under Control (PUC) Check-up Camp was organized on 08th April 2017 by
Mechanical Department jointly with M/s Pankaj Fuels (An approved PUC centre by Motor
Vehicle Department and Diesel Fuel supply system calibration centre approved by MICO-
BOSCH), Kolhapur. During the camp, number of Petrol two & four wheeler vehicles along
with the Diesel vehicles were also tested for their exhaust emissions with the help of
advanced PUC testing machines and accordingly the test reports and PUC certificates were
issued to the vehicle owners. Mr. Patil from M/s Pankaj Fuels explained the different factors
on which the pollution depends and he also advised different vehicle owners regarding the
remedies in order to overcome the pollution problem. There was very a nice response from
DKTE faculty and staff, students along with the outside people. This activity was co-
ordinated by Prof. A.D.Patil from Mechanical Engineering Department. This event was
organized as an energy club initiative towards pollution Awareness.
Dr.V.R.Naik addressing parents at parents meet
PUC check up Camp at DKTE
Meeting of Board of Studies in Mechanical Engineering
The Meeting of Board of Studies in Mechanical Engineering under autonomous system was held on
Monday 12th May 2017 in the Institute. Prof. Dr. Sanjay M.G. (VJTI, Mumbai), Prof. Dr. Raju
Pawade, (BATU Lonere), Prof. Dr. N. K. Chougule ( COE Pune), Prof. Dr. Jayant Kittur (GIT, Belgaumi)
were present for this meeting along with Senior faculty from Mechanical Engineering Department of
institute.
Major points in the agenda were: Discussion on Syllabus Structure, Detailed Syllabi of Second Year
B.Tech. Mechanical Engineering in Autonomous Structure and M.Tech. Mechanical (Product Design
& Development), Evaluation Schemes and New Methodology for Innovative Teaching.
BOS Members at Mechanical BOS meeting
SMART Foundry- Indian Institute of Foundrymen, Kolhapur Chapter Prof. Dr. V.D. Shinde, of Mechanical Engineering Department was invited for Unique workshop on
‘SMART Foundry’ on 24th May 2017 at Indian Institute of Foundrymen, Kolhapur Chapter. The workshop was attended by about 40 foundry professionals. The session was very interactive
followed by question answer session on current foundry practices.
Automotive Part Design Using CATIA Every Semester Mechanical Engg. Department of Institute conducts a Certificate Course in “Automotive Part
Design Using CATIA” in association with Hoyt Engineering Solutions, Pune. In this Semester it is being
conducted from 29th May 2017 to 24th June 2017. This is 11th batch since 2007. The resource persons for the
course are: Mr. Umesh Sawant, Dr. S. S. Patil and Mr. Girish from HOYT. Prof G.C.Mekalke from DKTE is
Coordinator for this activity. The course is guided by Prof.Dr.V.R.Naik.
Indian Institute of Foundrymen, Kolhapur Chapter
Student of Automotive Part Design Course
Industrial Automation Basic Workshop for Sound Castings Pvt. Ltd Kolhapur.
Mechanical Department conducted Certification Workshop on ‘Industrial Automation’ for the
Professionals from Maintenance and Production Departments of “Sound Castings Pvt. Ltd.”
from 29th June to 1st July 2017. 30 participants were enrolled for Basic Course on
Hydraulics and Pneumatics.
The workshop had lecture sessions which were conducted at Sound Castings Pvt. Ltd. and
effective hands-on sessions conducted by faculty members at BOSCH-DKTE Center of
competance.
Prof. S. A. Soundattikar, Prof. B. B. Kabnure, Prof. V. R. Balwan, Prof. U. S. Bongarde and
Prof. R. D. Patil delivered expert lectures during the workshop. Prof Dr. V. R. Naik, Head of
Mechanical Engineering Department interacted with the participants during valedictory
function and guided in overall conduct of the workshop. Prof. S. A. Soundattikar co-
ordinated the workshop.
Industrial Automation Workshop for Sound Casting Pvt. Ltd.
Send off of Final year B.E. Mechanical Students. On 6th April 2017, MESA organized send-off function of final year Mechanical students. Prof.
(Dr.)V.R.Naik, HOD -(Mech.Engg.), Prof.V.P.Gaikwad addressed the students and offered best wishes
for their future. Mr. Tushar Sultanpure Diector, Sultanpure Textiles alumni of the Mechanical Engg. Department also addressed students and spoke bout career and entrepreneurship development.
During the program, many students expressed their feelings and gratitude towards the Institute and
Mechanical Engineering Department. During the same program Best Projects of year 2016-17 were also awarded to Asagekar Omkar, Bandekar Vaibhav , Bhagat Rohit and Patil Vishal for their project
entitled “ Sugarcane planting Equipment “ guided by Prof.S.S.Sutar.
Prof.U.S.Khade anchored this function. Faculty and supporting staff members from department were
present for the function.
Patents filled by Faculty.
Patent filled on Component tying machine and flower garland
making machine.
Inventors Prof.U.S.Khade and Prof. (Dr.) V.R. Naik
Filling date 06/04/2017
Publication Date 09/06/2017
Send-off Function of Final Year Mechanical Students 2017
Best Project Award Function 2017
Reference Book Publications-
Sr. No.
Name of the Author
Title of Book Publication Details
1 Prof. G. C. Mekalke
Crash Analysis of Front Bumper of SUV Using Finite Element Analysis
Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany
ISBN No: 978-3-330-07262-6
2 Prof. B. B. Kabnure and
Prof. (Dr.) V.D. Shinde
Modeling, Simulation and Process Development of Impeller Casting
Published @ Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany
ISBN No: 978-3-330-03020-6
Research Papers Published/ Presented by Faculty members: Journals Publications- Sr.
No.
Name of the Author Topic Name of the Journal/
ISSN/ISBN/Vol/Issue
1 Rakesh Kolhapure,
Vasudev Shinde, Vijay Kamble
Geometrical optimization of strain
gauge force transducer using GRA method
Science Direct, Measurement,
Volume 101, 2017 ISSN 0263-2241 pp. 111-117.
2 P.S.Badkar D.M.Kalai
Design, Manufacturing and Analysis of Alloy Steel Brake Disc
Asian Review of Mechanical Engineering Vol. 6 No. 1, 2017
