ABOUT MECHATRONICS GROUP

The first interdisciplinary Master program in the department was started in Mechatronics
Engineering in the year of 2008 with annual intake of 27. The program emphasizes on fundamental
principles of Mechanical, Electrical and Electronics Engineering required in the field of
Mechatronics Engineering for various applications. Students are also encouraged to do their projects
in industries, wherever there are chances of exposure to various avenues in Mechatronics
Engineering. The program has traversed the path of knowledge dissemination and generation as
well as delivering the well qualified manufacturing engineering post graduates to the Nation.

PROGRAM EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES

Create ability in students to design, develop product and applications in the field of
automation and mechatronics and be able to use engineering tools that will enhance their
productivity.
Inculcate the knowledge of basic engineering sciences and fundamentals of mechanical,
electrical, and computer systems.
Prepare students to be effective engineers with good analytical and problem solving skill to
innovate, research and develop in multidisciplinary environment.
Aid students to acquire professional ethics and oral, written, graphical communication skills.
Create awareness of societal and the environmental implications and make them suitable for
engineering career in industrial environs as well as for pursuing higher academics.

PROGRAM OUTCOMES
a. Apply knowledge of math, science, and mechatronic engineering disciplines to solve real
life industrial problems.
b. Build prototype, test analyze and interpret the results.
c. Design mechatronic systems, process or product
d. Independently analyse complex problems with their course background and dissertation
work carried out during program.
e. Develop knowledge of computer based mechatronics engineering tools for modeling
simulation and optimization.
f. Have competency in applying mechatronic solutions to satisfy social, economic need at
global level.
g. Implement mechatronic system/process which is environment friendly with appropriate
consideration for public health and safety.
h. Understand professional and ethical responsibilities, towards society and the environment.
i. Work as member of multi-disciplinary team.
j. Communicate technical matters through visual, verbal and written modes.
 k. Recognize the importance of continued learning due to constantly evolving technology and
develop entrepreneurial skills.
l. Exhibit effective project management skills to conceive and develop project plan.

FACULTY MEMBERS (MECHATRONICS ENGG.)

K.K. Appukuttan, Ph.D. (IIT Madras) S.M. Kulkarni, Ph.D. (IISc Bangalore)
Professor Professor
Research Interests: Instrumentation Research Interests: Mechanisms and
and Control engineering, MEMS, Machine Design CAD, Composite
CAD/CAM, Robotics, Metrology, Materials, Product Development and
Mechatronics MEMS
Mobile:+919425609059 Mobile: +919449086656
Mail-id: pp_kuttan@yahoo.com Mail-id:smk@nitk.edu.in

K.V. Gangadharan, Ph.D. (IIT Madras) Vijay H. Desai, Ph.D. (NITK Surathkal)
Professor Professor
Research Interests: Vibration and Research Interests: Composite
Control Dynamics, FEM, Condition Materials, Functionally Graded
Monitoring, Experimental Methods in Materials, Machining, Sensors and
Vibration Actuators, Manufacturing Processes
Mobile: +919448478752 Mobile: +919449332960
Mail-id: kvganga@nitk.ac.in Mail-id: vijayhdesai64@gmail.com

Srikantha S. Rao, Ph.D. (NITK Mervin A. Herbert, Ph.D. (IIT

Surathkal) Kharagpur)
Associate Professor Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Artificial Research Interests: Friction Stir
Intelligence in Manufacturing Welding, Semi solid processing of
Mobile: +919448302579 composites, applications of Artificial
Mail-id: ssrcsr@gmail.com Neural Network
Mobile: +919481213227
Mail-id: merhertoma@gmail.com
 P. Navin Karanth, Ph.D. (NITK K.R. Guruprasad, Ph.D. (IISc
Surathkal) Bangalore)
Assistant Professor Assistant Professor
Research Interests: CAD, CAM, CAE, Research Interests: Robotics, Multi-
Mechatronics, Hydraulics and agent (robot) systems, Voronoi
Pneumatics partition, Physics of Musical
Mobile: + 919449085052 instruments
Mail-id: navin@nitk.ac.in, Mobile: +919449378018
navinkaranth@gmail.com Mail-id: krgprao@gmail.com

Hemantha Kumar, Ph.D. (IIT Madras) Somasekhara Rao Todeti, Ph.D. (IISc -
Assistant Professor Bangalore)
Research Interests: Dynamics and Assistant Professor
Vibrations, Vehicle Dynamics, Research Interests: Design
Condition monitoring, Finite Element Automation, Kinematics of
Method and Product Design Machinery, Creativity, Sustainability.
Mobile: +918970375442 Mobile:+919632330549,+919686089736
Mail-id: hemantha@nitk.ac.in, Mail-id: ssrao@nitk.edu.in
hemanta76@gmail.com

CURRENT RESEARCH AREA

Smart Materials, Piezoelectric and Magneto Rheological Device

MEMS, Nano Materials and Precision Engineering
Vehicle Dynamics, Condition Monitoring, Fracture Mechanics
Robotics
Design Automation

Completed R&D Projects

1. Magneto Rheological Fluid, Funding Agency: - MHRD, Investigators: K.V. Gangadharan,

Ravikiran Kadoli and Vijay H. Desai.

1. Active Vibration Control of Flexible Structures using Magnetostrictive Materials, Funding

Agency: - MHRD, Investigators: K. V. Gangadharan, Ravikiran Kadoli and Vijay H.
Desai.

2. FIST program on setting up of Composites Laboratory, Funding Agency: DST,

Investigators: - S.M.Kulkarni and Vijay H. Desai
 3. Development of Dynamics Laboratory, Funding Agency: MHRD, Coordinator: K.K.
Appukuttan and K. V. Gangadharan.

4. Fabric bag filter, Funding Agency: - Thermax, Pune, Investigators: K.V. Gangadharan,
Ravikiran Kadoli and Vijay H. Desai.

Ongoing R&D Projects

Grant
Sl. (Principal Investigator/ Funding
Project Title (INR)
No. Coordinator Agency
Lakhs
1 K. V. Gangadharan, Panduranga Vittal, Virtual Laboratory 450 NMEICT,
Vidhya Shetty, Pruthviraj MHRD
2 K. V. Gangadharan, Ravikiran Kadoli, Remote triggered 100 NMEICT,
Pruthviraj Laboratory MHRD
3 K. V. Gangadharan Centre for System 500 NI and
Design MHRD/NITK
4. Navin Karanth, Vijay Desai Development of 250 FIST-DST
Automation
laboratory
5. Satyabodh Design Innovation 85.0 MHRD
Kulkarni Centre

Major Facilities Major Laboratories

FDM based Rapid Prototyping Machine Mechatronics laboratory
Microprocessor kits, PLC and Robotics kits Micro-systems laboratory
Software: AUTOCAD, ANSYS, ADAMS, Bosch Automotive electronics
DEFORM, EES, NIST-REFPROP, laboratory
SIMPACK, NI Data Acquisition systems Bosch Power tools laboratory
Kistler Cutting Tool Dynamometer (online
spectrum analysis)
Virtual Instrumentation

Consultancy Potential

Vibration Analysis of machineries and equipments

Condition monitoring and Diagnostics
Robotics
Virtual Instrumentation
MOUs Partners

1. National Instruments India (NI)

2. Volvo India, Bangalore (Academic Preferred Partner) NITK is the only partner in India
and 9th partner globally
3. Moog India Technology Centre Bangalore (MITC)
4. ProSIM R&D Ltd Bangalore
5. Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T Construction), India
6. AB Volvo Group Sweden
7. Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions Limited (RBEI), Bangalore
8. Mercedes-Benz Research and Development Indian Private Limited (MBRDI), Bangalore
9. Institut National DE LA Recherche Agronomique (INRA), France
10. Council of science and industrial research: Center for glass and ceramics research institute
(CSIR-CGCRI), Kolkata
11. Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC), Mumbai
12. National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL), Bangalore
13. Central Power Research Institute (CPRI), Bangalore
14. Central Manufacturing Technology Institute (CMTI), Bangalore
Selected Publications (2015-16)
Sl. Journal
No. Author(s) Title (Volume ,Year, Pages)
1. Shivaprasad C.G, Kiran Aithal, Effects of 4.5% Copper Applied Mechanics and
Narendranath S, Vijay Desai, addition and Melt Materials , 766-767, 2015,
P.G. Mukunda Treatment on 410-415
Microstructure and Wear
Properties of Al-7 Si Alloy
2. Madhusudana C. K., Budati S., Fault diagnosis studies of Journal of Low Frequency
Gangadhar N., Hemantha face milling cutter using Noise, Vibration and
Kumar, Narendranath S machine learning Active Control, 35, 2015,
approach 128-138
3. Madhusudana C. K., Use of Discrete Wavelet Structural Durability and
Gangadhar N., Hemantha Features and Support Health Monitoring.
Kumar and Narendranath S Vector Machine for Fault (Accepted) 2015
Diagnosis of Face Milling
Tool
4. N. Gangadhar, KiranVernekar, Fault Diagnosis of Single Journal of Vibration
Hemantha Kumar, S. Point Cutting Tool Engineering and
Narendranath through Discrete Wavelet Technologies, 5, 2017
Features of Vibration
Signals using Decision
Tree Technique and
Multilayer Perceptron
5. S. C. Kattimani and M. C. Ray Control of Geometrically International Journal of
nonlinear vibrations of Mechanical Sciences, 99,
functionally graded 2015, 154-167
magneto-electro-elastic
plates