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Dept. of Mechanical Engg.


  • Guest Lectures
  • Workshops
  • Seminars / Conferences
  • Webinars

Sno Date Name of the Resource Person & Address Topic
1 18-05-2023 Dr. B.P. Gautham, Chief scientist, TCS Research, Pune, Maharashtra Digital Transformation – Design, Manufacturing and Operations
2 17-05-2023 Prof. K. Umamaheshwar Rao, Director, NIT Rourkela Attributes of Good Teaching in Engineering Education
3 24-04-2023 Prof. S.Suresh is a Faculty & Former Head of Department, Chemical Engineering, Maulana Azad-National Institute of Technology (MA-NIT) Bhopal, India Biocomposite and Innovative Materials: Synthesis and Applications
4 11-04-2023 Dr. V. Venkateswara Rao, Scientist, AI/ML & Digital Manufacturing Division, TCS Condition Monitoring & Predictive Maintenance
5 25-03-2023 Mr. Pothu Raju, Deputy Executive Engineer, NTTPS, Vijayawada Operations in Thermal Power Plant
6 18-03-2023 Mr. Aditya Raghunathan Senior Product Operations Manager Cruise Automation LLC San Francisco California, USA Autonomous Vehicles
7 17-03-2023 Mr. Aravind Ramachandran Senior Manager, Janatics India Pvt.Ltd Coimbatore, TN Industry Automation
8 11-03-2023 Mr. Bondanda Venkata Sainath, Senior Technical Lead in e-Drivetrain Plant Modelling team, ICE Department, MBRDI (Mercedes-Benz Research & Development India – Bengaluru). Introduction to Machine Learning
9 02-03-2023 Mr. T. Naveen Sr. Consultant-Cyber Security, Hyderabad Awareness on Cyber Security
10 11-02-2023 Dr. B, Vishnu Kumar, Scientist, German'Aerospace Center, Cologne "Hydrogen Energy-oportunities and Challenges"
11 11-02-2023 Mr. K.P. Chandran Sr. Product Designer, SFO, Technologies, Bangalore Product Development
12 04-02-2023 Dr. V. Rama Krishna Scientist-F, NSTL, DRDO, Ministry of Defense, Visakhapatnam.530002, Andhra Pradesh Prediction and Control of under Water Marine Propeller
13 28-01-2023 Mr. Md. Faiyaz Ahmed, Assistant Professor, VFSTR, Vadlamudi Inspection of power transmission lines with UAV
14 17-09-2022 Dr. N. Kishore Babu Associate Professor Dept. of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering NIT Warangal Guest Lecture on “Welding of Titanium alloys”
15 15-10-2022 Dr. Ravi Kumar Mandava Department of Mechanical Engineering MANIT Bhopal Guest Lecture on “Autonomous Robots”
16 07-09-2022 Prof. Ravipudi Venkata Rao Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT) Surat, Gujarat Guest Lecture on “Engineering Optimization using Advanced Optimization Algorithms”
17 15-12-2021 Dr. Pavan Adepalli, Lecturer in Degradation Assessment, Cranfield University, UK Guest Lecture on Digital Manufacturing
18 10-04-2021 Aravind Ramachandran, Senior Manager, Business Development Sales and Marketing, MTAB Guest Lecture on Industry 4.0/Smart Factory Automation with Digital Twin
19 18-04-2021 Dr. L. Siva Rama Krishna, Associate Professor, Osmania University Innovative Applications of 3D Printing
20 27-03-2021 Dr. N. Ramesh Babu, Associate Professor, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, NIT Trichy Nano Structured Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation Coatings for Bio medical applications
21 17-06-2019 Mr. Aditya Raghunathan, Lead Engineer- Manufacturing Engineering, Tesla 1. Building the "Machine that build the machine" - A unique manufacturing approach

2. Industrial robotics - New age capabilities and challenges

3. Manufacturing challenges that come with electric vehicles

4. Skills needed to thrive in industry 4.0 - A student, an engineer and a hiring manager's perspective
22 16-03-2019 Dr. M. Jagannatham, Research Manager, TVS Wheels India Limited, Madras Thiruvallur High Rd, TVS Industries, Padi, Chennai. Practical uses and basic concepts of Transmission Electron Microscopy and X-ray Diffraction Techniques in the Synthesis & Characterization of Carbon Nanomaterials based Hybrid Structures
23 16-03-2019 Dr. Arun Dayal Udai, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, BITS, Mesra, Ranchi Inverse Kinematic Analysis for Parallel Manipulators
24 25-02-2019 Dr. P Ramaiah Budarapu, Assistant Professor, School of Mechanical Sciences, IIT Bhubaneswar, Odisha. Influence of Cracks in Photo-voltaic solar on the performance characteristics
25 02-11-2018 Dr. Akshoy Ranjan Paul, Associate Professor, Department of Applied Mechanics, MNNIT, Allahabad. Active Flow Control: Development and Challenges
26 15-09-2018 1.Mr.Ravi Kumar Murthy Sr.Vice President, SGD Pharma Ltd., Hyderabad Saint Gobain Pharma, India.
2. Mr.Ricardo Gonzalez Ramos, Sr.SW-Manager (operations -India), ZF-India Pvt Ltd.,
For An Expert Talk on "LIFE IN INDUSTRY" & AIRSHOW
27 12-09-2018 Prof. Maiya, IIT Madras CO2 Refrigeration-Why, How, and Where
28 06-09-2018 Mr.Aditya Marathe, Nugenx Robotics, Kolhapur Advances in Robotics & Demonstration with Kinova robotic 6- Axis arm
29 31-08-2018 Dr.Ramjee Repaka, IIT Ropar Thermal Ablation Technique for Breast Cancer Therapy
30 22-06-2018 Mr. Anantachari Mannepalli Nuclear Power Corporation of India, Mumbai Recent Trends in Robotics
31 07-04-2018 Dr. P. Manivannan, IIT Madras Bio-inspired robots
32 18-08-2017 JithendraTiwari GATE career Guidance
33 24-08-2016 Dr. D B Karunakar, MechEngg Dept. IIT Roorkee New trends in research &Development.
34 18-03-2016 MrG.Kiranbabu,CEO of Megnify Entrepreneur Talk And Interaction program
35 17-02-2016 LV Rajesh,Guntur TIME,GRE Career Guidance
36 08-02-2016 Dr.AJagadesh from Nayudammacentre for Development Alternative, Nellore Sustainable Green Energy
37 13-10-2015 Dr.Sridhar Condoor,USA Summer Internship &Scop of Msprogramm In Saint louis University
38 22-08-2015 Mr .V.Naga Prasad,HYD Motivational and Inspirational speech
39 09-04-2015 Dr. B. Rammoorthy, IIT Madras Inspirational Speech for B.Tech. IIIrd yr and Faculty interaction
40 8-08-2014 Mr. Sushil, Academic Manager, Tata-Technologies Pune Setting up of centre of excellence
41 26-06-2014 Dr. D B Karunakar Mech Engg Dept. IIT Roorkee New trends in research & Developpment
42 04-11-2013 Prof. P. Seshu Professor, IIT, Mumbai A Guest Lecture on Evolving paradigms of science

Sno Date Topic Resource Persons
1 15-10-2022 Autonomous Robots Dr. Ravi Kumar Mandava, MANIT Bhopal
2 17-09-2022 Welding of Titanium Alloys Dr. N Kishore Babu, Assoc. Professor, NITW
3 30-10-2021 One Day Workshop on Mobile & Industrial Robots Mr. T.Ch. Anil Kumar, Asst. Professor, VFSTR, Mr. Surya Harshit K, Asst. System Engineer, TCS, Hyd.
4 22-07-2020 to 27-07-2020 One-week online faculty development program (e-FDP) on Advanced Research Traits in Materials & Design of Mechanical Systems 9 Resource persons from Academicians from premier institutions shared their technical knowledge to the participants
5 15-07-2020 to 20-07-2020 Industry-Institute interaction in modern Aerospace Engineering marching towards self-reliance ? a Short Term Course (STC) Padmashri Dr. Prahalada Rama Rao, EX-DG DRDL
Padmavibushan Dr.G. Madhavan Nair, EX chairman ISRO
6 17-12-2018 to 21-12-2018 A Five Day National Workshop on Basics in Robotics and Applications Dr. C. D Sridhara, Director from Anatha Technologies, Bangalore.
Dr. Rahul Kala, IIIT Allahabad.
Mr. SatishPadavala, Chief engineer of the RamsonTechlabs.
Dr. Vivek Sangwan, IIT Bombay.
Dr.V.S.Raghunathan, URB member, VFSTR.
Mr. Aditya Maraty, CEO Nugenix, Banglore.
Dr, Santhakumar Mohan, IIT Palakad.
7 26 -06-2018 To 30 -06-2018 A Five Day workshop on Composite Materials Dr. Gajbir Singh, Ex Group Director, ISRO, Hyderabad
Dr. Anil Chand Mathur, Ex Group Director, Space Applications Centre, ISRO, Ahmedabad
Prof. Gangadhraran Raju, Dept. of Mechanical Engg, IIT Hyderabad
Prof. A Kumar, Dept. of Mechanical Engg, NITW
Prof. G. V. Rao, (Retd. Scientist, DRDO), Dept. of Mechanical Engg, VITS Hyderabad.
8 02-02-2018 To 03-02-2018 A Two day workshop on 3D printing ARK Info Solutions, Chennai
9 02-02-2018 To 03-02-2018 A Two day workshop on Non Destructive Testing of materials (NDT) VIDAL NDT, Hyderabad
10 02-02-2018 To 03-02-2018 A Two day workshop on E-Bike Imagine 2 Innovate, Vijayawada
11 28-07-2017 To 29-07-2017 2 Days workshop on CAD/CAM Sri. K.Surender , Canter (CADD) technologies
12 14-10-2016 To 15-10-2016 Two dayswork shop on IC Engines/CATIA V.Amrutwar,E-Cell IIT Bombay &Robokart, Mumbai
13 14-10-2016 To 15-10-2016 Two daysWorkshop on Quadcopter V.Amrutwar,E-Cell IIT Bombay &Robokart, Mumbai
14 25-05-2016 ANSYS and CREO,Auto cad summer training work shop for students of II,III years ARK Info solutions,Hyd
15 07-01-16 to 10-01-16 Computation Fluid Dynamics(CFD),Three days workshop (3 days) Udvavisk Technologies Pvt.Ltd,Velachery,Chennai
16 05&06-09-2014 Two days Work shop on RoboticsRobosapiens Technology Dr. P.V. Rao, Robosapiens Technology ,IIT Delhi
17 11-09-2014 Two day Workshop on PSYBOTICS in collaboration with SHUKRA INFOTECH Mr. S. Krishna Chaitanya, Asst Professor and Mr. M. Praveen
18 09-04-2014 A One day Workshop on Advances in Automobile Engineering Dr.P.N.Chetty, Professor & Head, Automobile Engineering, Veltech University, Chennai
19 July 29 - 30, 2013 International Workshop on Advanced and Integrated Energy Systems and Energy Conservation Dr.B.V.Reddy, Professor, Ontario University of Institute of Technology, Canada, Dr.A.V.S.S.K.S.Gupta, JNTUH, Dr.Sreeramulu, MEC, Hyderabad
20 November 23-24,2012 A Two Day National Level Workshop on "Renewable Energy" Dr. K. Srinivasa Reddy, Professor, IIT-Madras, Chennai Dr. V. Mani, Scientist-E, C-MET, Hyderabad
21 26th to 29th of January 2012 A Three Day Workshop on CREO Sri M. Veera Samy IIT-Madras, Chennai
22 December 20-24,2011 Five day workshop on Finite Element Analysis Using ANSYS Prof. N. Siva Prasad IIT-Madras, Chennai
23 11-6-2011 To 15-6-2011 IUCEE Workshop on Nanotechnology its Concepts and Applications Prof. Ramesh K Agarwal, Washington University, USA
24 28th & 29th October, 2011 Two-day i Robotricks workshop in association with E-Cell, IIT Kharagpur & Robosapiens India Pvt. Ltd. Sri Pradeep Kumar Sharma Managing Director Robosapiens India Pvt. Ltd., Noida
25 June 28th- July to 2nd ,2010 Five day short term course on Finite Element methods Using ANSYS Prof. Lakshmi Narasaiah, Vasavi Engg. College, Hyderabad
26 18-6-2009 to 20-6-2009 Meta Heuristics and Their Applications in Design, Manufacturing and Materials Dr. Kulkarni, Marathwada University, Nanded Dr. T V Prasad, GVP College of Engg, Vizag

Sno Date Topic Resource Persons
1 02-05-2023 Packaging Different Products Mr. K. Kishore Babu, Director, CEPD, VFSTR
2 30-10-2022 to 31-10-2022 A Two Day National Conference on “Advances in Modelling, Manufacturing and Materials Engineering” Dr. Harpreet Singh, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Ropar Dr. Tiju Thomas, Associate Professor, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, IIT Madras
3 15-10-2022 Autonomous Robots Dr. Ravi Kumar Mandava, MANIT Bhopal
4 17-09-2022 Welding of Titanium Alloys Dr. N Kishore Babu, Assoc. Professor, NITW
5 07-09-2022 Engineering Optimization using Advanced Optimization Algorithms Dr. R. Venkat Rao, Professor, SVNIT Surat
6 22-12-2021 Boiler Shop Production Activities Er. R. Selvaraj
7 10-09-2022 Importance of Quality and Reliability towards Design & Development of Failure Free Systems Mr. MustaqBasha, Additional Director, Scientist 'F', LRDE, DRDO
8 26–08-2022 to 27-08-2022 3rd National Conference on “Advances in Modeling, Manufacturing and Materials Engineering” Dr. P. Anil Kumar, Scientist ‘F’, Director – Management Services, DRDO, Hyderabad Dr. K. Kishore Babu, Head – CEPD, VFSTR
9 04-07-2022 Transforming Defence Services with Agnipath Cmde Dr. M.S. Raghunathan, Registrar, VFSTR
10 18-04-2022 to 25-04-2022 A National Level Training Program (1 Week) on Vibration Based Product Quality and Tool Condition Monitoring System in Advanced Manufacturing Sponsored by DST Under STUTI Collaboration with GITAM University Prof.BallaSrinivasa Prasad, STUTI Program Co-ordinator, GITAM
11 22-12-2021 Prospectus of Higher Education Sri LavuAnjaiahChowdary, TANA President
12 10-07-2021 Fuel Cell Thermodynamics and it’s Applications Dr. G. Naga Srinivasulu, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Warangal.
13 02-07-2021 3D Printing: Defense and Aerospace Applications Dr. Adepu Kumar, Professor and Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Warangal.
14 19-06-2021 Recent Advances in Aluminum Alloys Technology and Failure Analysis of Industrial Components Dr. M. Jagannatham, Manager, R&D, Wheels India, Chennai.
15 08-06-2021 Insights into Indian Commercial Flight Operations & Challenges Captain Prabhat Kumar, Retd Wing commander in Indian Airforce and current Senior Pilot in Indigo Airlines
16 05-06-2021 Modal Analysis and Experimental Validation of Aerospace Structures Dr. P. Anil Kumar, Scientist-‘F’ DRDO, Hyderabad.
17 30-10-2020 & 31-10-2020 2nd National Conference (Virtual Mode): "Advances in Modeling, Manufacturing and Materials Engineering" Dr. Harpreet Singh, Professor, IIT Ropar

Dr.Tiju Thomas, Professor, IIT Madras.

Around 40 research article have presented in the conference on various fields
18 09-12-2019 & 02-01-2020 A 25 Day Entrepreneurship Development Program (EDP) (Sponsored By National Science And Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board Under DST-NIMAT Project-2017-2018) Total 23 research resource persons from academia and industry gave enriched talk on the subject.
19 08-11-2019 & 09-11-2019 International Conference on Emerging Trends in Mechanical Engineering: ICETME-19 Dr Rizalman Mamat, Malaysia University, Pahang,
Dr Dorottya Guban, Scientist, Aerospace Research Centre, DLR
& Dr A Kumar, Professor, NITW
20 17-08-2018 & 18-08-2018 A Two day national conference on Advances In Modeling, Manufacturing And Materials Engineering Dr. L. Siva Rama Krishna, Osmania University, Hyderabad
Dr. S Karunanidhi, Scientist & Director, Control Systems Laboratory, Research Centre Imarat (RCI), DRDO, Hyderabad
21 16-09-2017 A One day seminar on being Industry fit Ramesh Rana Rtd. ESCORTS PVT LTD, Faridabad
21 18-02-2017 Seminar on Sulfonated Polymers - Cross linked Heterogeneties in Poly Vinyl Alcohol based Fuel Cell Membrane Materials Dr. Abhijit P. Deshpande, Professor, IIT-Madras
22 07-04-2016 Design And Modelling in Pro E E mug TechnoogiesPvtLtd,Hyd,
23 08-02-2016 3D Printing MKS TechnologiesPvtLtd,Guntur
24 06-10-2015 Lab india Nano Bio process Division R L Narayana,HYD
25 20-09-2015 Energy Conservation D.Rameshkumar,IIT Delhi
26 03-09-2015 FEA for Product Design & Engineering Analysis with CFD USING OPENSOURCE Mr. SatyakPadhy & Mr. SmrutimayaPattanaik ,Udvavisk Technologies Pvt ltd
27 17-2-2015 Manufacturing Technology, R & D and Project Praposal Dr. P.V. Rao, Mec h EnggDept, IIT Delhi
28 28-01-2015 Spin-caloritronics for on-chip cooling applications and Reentrant Magnetic Behavior of few Oxide Spinels Dr. SubhasThota, Dept of Physics, IIT Guwahati
29 28-12-2014 R&D and Department Development Dr. Prahalada,IIT Kanpur
30 08-09-2014 Nanotechnology-Hope, Hype, or Reality Dr. Chacko Jacob, Dept. of Mech. Engg, IIT Kharagpur
31 07-08-2014 Realibility Engineering- Concepts & Practice and safety precautions in Nuclear Industries Dr. DurgaRaoKaranki, Scientist at Risk and HRA group of Nuclear Energy and safety Research , Dept of Paul Scherrer Institute of Switzerland
32 14-03-2014 Applications in Mechanical Engineering Design Sri. K.Surender , Canter (CADD) technologies pvt.Ltd, Vijayawada
33 07-03-2014 Condition Monitoring of Manufacturing Process Dr.G.Divakar, Professor of P.V.P.Siddartha Institute of Technology, Kanur, Vijayawada

S.no Date Programme Resource Person No. of Participants attended
1 11-03-2023 Introduction to Machine Learning Mr. Bondanda Venkata Sainath, Senior Technical Lead in e-Drivetrain Plant Modelling team, ICE Department, MBRDI (Mercedes-Benz Research & Development India – Bengaluru). 73
2 15-10-2022 Autonomous Robots Dr. Ravi Kumar Mandava, MANIT Bhopal 75
3 18-04-2022 - 25-04-2022 A National Level Training Program (1 Week) on Vibration Based Product Quality and Tool Condition Monitoring System in Advanced Manufacturing Sponsored by DST Under STUTI Collaboration with GITAM University Dr. K Venkata Rao, STUTI Program Organizer, VFSTR 82
4 17-09-2022 Welding of Titanium Alloys Dr. N Kishore Babu, Assoc. Professor, NITW 110
5 10-09-2022 Importance of Quality and Reliability towards Design & Development of Failure Free Systems Mr. Mustaq Basha, Additional Director, Scientist 'F', LRDE, DRDO 90
6 07-09-2022 Engineering Optimization using Advanced Optimization Algorithms Dr. R. Venkat Rao, Professor, SVNIT Surat 71
7 22-12-2021 Boiler Shop Production Activities Er. R. Selvaraj 98
8 10-07-2021 Fuel Cell Thermodynamics and it’s Applications Dr. G. Naga Srinivasulu, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Warangal. 650
9 02-07-2021 3D Printing: Defense and Aerospace Applications Dr. Adepu Kumar, Professor and Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Warangal. 175
10 19-06-2021 Recent Advances in Aluminum Alloys Technology and Failure Analysis of Industrial Components Dr. M. Jagannatham, Manager, R&D, Wheels India, Chennai. 250
11 08-06-2021 Insights into Indian Commercial Flight Operations & Challenges Captain Prabhat Kumar, Retd Wing commander in Indian Airforce and current Senior Pilot in Indigo Airlines 110
12 05-06-2021 Modal Analysis and Experimental Validation of Aerospace Structures Dr. P. Anil Kumar, Scientist-‘F’ DRDO, Hyderabad. 350
13 28-05-2021 Abrasive fluid-based finishing of biomedical implants Dr. M Ravi Sankar, Associate Professor, IIT Tirupathi. 250+
14 12-08-2020 - 31-08-2020 Recent Innovation in Mechanical Engineering - 2020 Total 8 resource persons from industry and premier 250

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