Department of Mechanical Engineering, Coimbatore Campus

The department of Mechanical Engineering was started in the year 1994. The department offers B.Tech program in Mechanical Engineering, M.Tech programs in Engineering Design, Manufacturing Engineering, Automotive Engineering and Automotive Systems and Ph.D program.At present the department intake capacity is 180 students per year in the B.Tech level and 25 students each in the M.Tech programs. The department has competent and committed faculty members drawn from industry, practicing professionals and academicians to enhance the delivery of academic programs. There are about 44 teaching faculty in the department. Most of them have at least 15 years of experience... Read More»

The Department of Mechanical Engineering offers the following programs:
UG
B. Tech. in Mechanical Engineering »
PG
M. Tech. in Engineering Design »
M. Tech. in Manufacturing Engineering »
M. Tech. in Automotive Engineering »

The Department of Mechanical Engineering has set up a few labs in order to carry out research in the identfied thrust areas. These labs have facilites to conduct research at all levels. Students from Undergraduate and Post Graduate programmes are actively involved in this lab to do research. Also research scholars and faculty members guide these students to do research in these labs. We aim at setting up a reseach hub that would eventually become a center of excellence. A diverse and talented pool of faculty with enviable credentials and sound knowledge in the academic discipline mentor the students in their projects and help them to realize their innovative ideas. Many research projects patroned by the national government and many other reputed national and global corporate... Read More»

The research at the department aims to take up projects meeting to the needs of the society . The department's research efforts are improved by collaborations with leading research universities and industries around the world. Students often come up with innovative research ideas and projects that under the able guidance and augmentation of learned faculties... Read More»

Every year the department conducts Faculty Development Programs, Workshops, co-ordinates Seminars and Student Paper Presentations to present the students and faculties with opportunities to exhibit their talents and improve their skills by having a healthy competition among their peers. Amrita brings about the best in each student by providing them ample opportunities to organize and co-ordinate many regional, national and international workshops, seminars, technical fests, participate in a lot of international programming contests. Students and faculty from Amrita have consistently been taking part in many contests and achievements at the global level and this persistent participation in such large numbers have acquired the praise of the co-ordinators. The likes of IEEE, ACM ICPC, IBM Great Mind Challenge Program Committee and so forth... Read More»

Inspired by Amma's vision to create a world-class research and teaching university in India, the past few years have seen a trend of many eminent academicians from around the world having joined Amrita full-time to pursue their careers here. These include not only people of Indian origin but also several people from the West. All three Schools have seen a phenomenon of "brain-gain" versus the more conventional "brain-drain" where-in highly qualified people from the West have moved back to India inspired by Amma's vision for building top centers for learning in India. The department has an excellent array of committed faculty who inculcate in-depth knowledge and values to students in a systematic manner. They are committed to the students' development in all aspects of their being: intellectual, emotional, spiritual, physical, creative and service and inspire them to benefit humanity through the research work... Read More»