A three day national conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, was held at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri Campus, Kollam, Kerala from 14^th to 16^th December, 2017. The National Society of Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (NSFMFP), IIT Bombay, Mumbai, in collaboration with Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri campus, had organized the “44th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP – 2017)”.

A three day national conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid energy titled “44th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid", was held at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri Campus from 14^th to 16^th December 2017. The conference was inaugurated by Swami Purnamritananda Puri, General Secretary, Mata Amritanandamayi Math. The chief guest of the programme was Dr. R. B. Grover, Director, Department of Atomic Energy, Homi Bhabha National Institute. The conference witnessed researchers, industrialists, and academicians around the globe who participated to explore the research advancements in the field of fluid mechanics and fluid power. Dr. Balakrishnan Shankar, Associate Dean, School of Engineering, Amritapuri; Dr. Jyotirmay Banerjee, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, S. V. National Institute of Technology; Surat, Dr. B.V.S.S.S. Prasad, IIT Madras; Prof. R. Ajith Kumar,Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri Campus; and Prof. J. S. Jayakumar, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri Campus, were present at the event.