Mechanical Engineering in PESIT

Mechanical Engineering:

Mechanical Engineering is considered as the widest of all branches, the scope with it also is endless. Campus recruitment can fetch you good companies for fresher’s and once you gain experience, getting into better options would be very easy for anyone. The perennial nature of job market makes this stream the most sought after engineering courses in India.

Major sectors which recruit mechanical engineers are Pharmaceuticals, automobile, aviation, space research, bio medical, air conditioning and refrigeration industry, paper, refineries, chemical, railway, power generation, oil and gas and turbine industry. After successful completion of the graduate program, students can go for the two-year masters program in mechanical engineering or ME/MTech. If a student is interested in pursuing a post-graduate program in mechanical engineering from any of the IITs, then he or she must appear for the Graduate Aptitude Test for Engineers (GATE). In case a student is interested in further studies, then he or she can go for a PhD or even opt for a management degree from a reputed business school.

Mechanical engineering is one of the oldest branches of engineering. It is also referred to as the ‘mother’ branch of engineering. As machines are an integral part of our lives today, mechanical Engineering applies the science of physics and material science to design, test, maintain and analyze various mechanical systems. It can be any device used in daily life such as cooling or heating systems, aircrafts, medical devices or transportation systems like motor vehicles etc.

Job Prospect:

Mechanical engineering is the broadest of all engineering fields, the job prospects on offer for skilled mechanical engineers are aplenty and unending. Mechanical engineers are required to design, test, manufacture, install, operate and maintain a wide array of machines and mechanical systems that are used in countless industries. These professionals can find employment both in the government and private sector undertakings.

Major industries that employ mechanical engineers include automobiles, space research, aeronautical, energy and utilities, air conditioning, bio-mechanical industry. Other major employers include giant manufacturing plants, air conditioning and refrigeration industry, turbine manufacturing plants, oil and gas exploration and refining industries and the agricultural sector.

In the government sector, mechanical engineers can provide their knowledge to various government run projects in the role of technical experts and consultants. They can also work in private engineering companies that provide technical consultancy to both government and corporate firms.

These engineers can also hold high managerial positions in government as well as private sector organizations according to their field of expertise and educational qualifications.

Department Profile:

Department of Mechanical Engineering at PESIT was founded in the year 1988. The department has an aggressive academic flexibility in the autonomous program with a high quality curriculum.

The Department of Mechanical Engineering offers Master’s degree in Automotive Engineering under Visvesvaraya Technological University. The department has highly qualified experts from both the academia and the industry with vast research and engineering experience. This helps offer high end courses, work on cutting edge technologies along with a curriculum that would help the students get ready for their professional career, be it the industry or academics.

The Department has total faculty strength of 30 inclusive of 10 Professors, 3 Associate Professors and 14 Assistant Professors and 3 Visiting Professors.

The Department is among the top three in terms of choice of students in CET every year and has faculty with an average teaching experience of 18.1 years. Some of the faculty members have teaching experience upto 50 years. Besides teaching the faculty of the department have an impeccable record in research and consultancy. In the past 3 years the faculty of the Department completed upto 2.33 crores worth of funded projects and presently projects worth 41.23 lakhs are still in progress.

The Faculty have a rich record of publishing articles in National and International Journals and have published more than 75 papers in reputed peer reviewed International Journals and more than 100 papers in National & International Conferences over the past five years.

The Department has unique student project initiatives such as Team HAYA (Formula Racing Team), Team AEOLUS (aero modeling team) and Team SAMKARAN (hybrid car team). The student teams have participated in National and International competitions as part of these teams and won numerous prizes.

The placements of the students of the department has been exemplary with core companies such as Caterpillar, Mico, Robert Bosch, Meritor, Wipro Fluid Power, L & T, Mercedes Benz, Honeywell, General Motors, Kennametal and many others coming forward to recruit.

The Department has organized many national and international conferences, seminars and symposia on varied subjects such as ‘Micro/Nano Scale Heat Transfer’, ‘Structural Vibrations – Linear and Non-Linear Approach’, ‘Composite Coating Technology’, ‘Geometric Dimensioning And Tolerancing – G D &T’, ‘Thermal Management Of Electronic Equipments’, ‘Composites – Mechanics, Processing and Characterization’, ‘Advances in Manufacturing Technology’ and others.

Vision:

To excel in imparting quality education, create ethically strong, creative, analytical, technically superior, knowledgeable, innovative and inquisitive minds.

Mission:

To become dynamic and vigorous knowledge hub with an exposure to state of art technologies and empower students to become skilled and ethical entrepreneurs while endorsing free and open source learning. To promote and adapt professional development in a perpetual demanding environment and nurture the best minds for the future.

Long-term & Short-term Objectives:

Keeping both vision and mission of the institution in mind, the department has formulated long term and short term objectives.

Placements:

The PES Institute of Technology, Bangalore has an exclusive Placement and Training Center to facilitate on-campus Placement opportunities to the students. The Center has a professor in-charge of the activities. The Centre provides pre-placement training in soft skills to all pre-final year students to enable them to acquaint to the current corporate requirements. The center facilitates students to face interviews & get jobs of their choice. More than 100 top and well established companies across the country/abroad from all sectors visit the campus for recruitment. Every year more than 80% of students from all the programs are being placed.

Top Recruiting Companies:

Oracle
IBM
Tyco Electronics
Societe Generale
ICICI Bank
Deutsche Bank
Beroe inc
Wipro E-Peripherals
TCS
Firepro
Toyota
KPMG
Ernst &Young
Northern Trust
Kotak Mahindra
Mahindra Finance
Reliance Retail
iGATE
Infosys
L & T

Exam Required-JEE Mains |COMEDK 2440 (rank)

Total Fees- INR 1120000

Affiliation -AICTE Approved, Affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University (Indian University)

Campus Placement

(Provided by college)-

Min. Salary: 6.50 Lacs

Max. Salary: 24.00 Lacs

College Details:

PES Institute of Technology was founded in the year 1988 as the first engineering college under the PES group of institutions.

Its vision has been to make its students professionally superior and ethically strong global manpower. Every activity at PES is focused in addressing student needs. It offers and facilitates academic excellence, leadership qualities, nurturing environment, and cutting edge infrastructure - everything students need to succeed.

The mission of PESIT is to provide students with a sense of history, an understanding of values and ethics, a commitment to law and morality, an appreciation of human creativity and an analytical inquiring mind.

A unique educational system at PES will ensure that students gain not just depth and breadth in their chosen area of specialization, but a holistic set of skills that will equip them to face the real world.

Opportunities abound for them to expand the boundaries of their performance and accomplishment.

The successful and exciting campus life accommodates diverse and enthusiastic student community.

A team of dedicated and experienced faculty with research bent of mind has been driving the institution towards excellence in R&D activities. The results have been consistently excellent, consistently obtaining university ranks.

PESIT alumni have occupied high positions in premier organizations in India and abroad. PESIT is about always trying to push the bar a little more, constantly innovating and never standing still. If one has the drive and determination, PESIT will help realize one's dream.

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