sri venkateshwara college of engineering

It gives an immense pleasure in bringing out this issue of our Departmental

Newsletter for the even semester 2017-18 under the able guidance of Hon. Principal

Dr. Suresha and the Head of Mechanical Engineering Department Dr. Shrishail Kak-

keri. The editorial board has made sincere attempt to fetch the information regarding

the department activities, results, placements, sports & cultural activities, faculty &

student publications for publishing in this newsletter. We express our sincere grati-

tude to the Management of SVCE for the support extended. The board is extremely

happy for the contribution extended by all the faculty members, technical staff and

students of the department.

It gives me an immense pleasure to introduce the

Volume 6, Issue 2 of the Newsletter of the year 2017-2018

by the Department of Mechanical Engineering. A Newsletter

carries the contributions reflecting ethos and aspirations of

the students, faculty and other team members of the depart-

ment. It brings to the light the names of the unsung heroes

and their mighty deeds.

I wish the maiden attempt all success. Let there be

more contribution in future. I am sure it can make a reader

travel down the lanes of memory, giving rise to a surge of

emotions of many hues and colours.

Principal’s Message

It gives an immense pleasure to release the newsletter

of Mechanical Engineering Department for the even semester

of 2018. The department is extremely performing well, an

effort is made by the editorial board to bring out the glimpses

of various curricular and co-curricular activities conducted

successfully by the department. I congratulate the editorial

board for their effort in bringing out the current issue of

newsletter with flying colours. I wish them all success.

SRI VENKATESHWARA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

Feb 2018 - Jul 2018 Volume 6, Issue 2

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International De-sign Competition.

W o r k s h o p o n AutoCAD

Workshop on IC En-gines

S e m i n a r o n Effective Career Planning for Engi-neers

Training on Assem-bly & disassembly of CI Engine and work-ing principle

Seminar on Engi-

Inside this issue:

Departmental Activities

2

Industry Institute Interaction

2

Technical Talk 3

MoU’s Signed 3

Student Achievement 3

Faculty Achievement 4

Seminars, Confer-ences and Workshops Attended

4

Research Publication 5

Sponsored Research Project

6

Consultancy Research Project

6

Result Analysis 8

Toppers List 9

Placement Details 10

Photo Gallery 14

Message From Editors

HOD’s Message

With best wishes

Dr. Suresha

Principal, SVCE

in Pursuit of Success


Departmental Activities

Workshop ConductedWorkshop Conducted

Three Day Workshop on “Recent Trends in Aerospace Technology” from 22 Feb 2018 to 24 Feb 2018 in

Association with Society for Failure Analysis.

Three Day Hands on Session on “CNC Programming and Operation: Turning, Milling and Master

CAM” from 26 Feb 2018 to 28 Feb 2018 in association with KGTTI, Bengaluru.

Faculty Development Programme ConductedFaculty Development Programme Conducted

One week Faculty Development Programme on “Quality Improvement Programme for Faculties” from 23

Jul 2018 to 28 Jul 2018 Sponsored by ICI and ISNDT.

Seminars Conducted Seminars Conducted

Two day All India Seminar on “Role and Scope of Alternative Fuel in Transport Sector” on 16 Feb 2018 & 17 Feb 2018 Sponsored by IEI, ICI, KSCST and KSBDB.

Two day National Seminar on “Failure Analysis of Engineering Structures” on 26 Mar 2018 & 27 Mar 2018 Sponsored by ICI and SFA.

Conference OrganizedConference Organized

Two day International Conference on “Smart City in India: Issues and Challenges” on 22 May 2018 & 23

May 2018 Sponsored by KUIDFC, ICI and IEI.

Nodal CentreNodal Centre

Organized “Student Innovator Award 2K18-Karnataka” on 21 Mar 2018 in association with ICT Acad-emy.

Organized “41st Series of SPP Midterm Evaluation of Bio fuel Projects” on 25 May 2018 in association with KSCST.

Industrial Visits OrganizedIndustrial Visits Organized

Visit to Bio Fuel R & D unit, GKVK, UAS, Bengaluru on 17 Feb 2018.

Visit to HAL Foundry Division, HAL Bengaluru on 24 Feb 2018.

Visit to Methods Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru on 14 Mar 2018.

Visit to Alpha Systems, Bengaluru on 27 Mar 2018.

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Industry Institute Interaction


Dr. Sameer Rahatekar delivered expert lecture on “Future of Advanced Materials in Manufacturing" on 09 Mar 2018.

Technical Talk

MoU’s Signed

Raghavendra A, Rahul & Vinay M G Obtained Second place in National Conference on “Role of Sci-ence and Technology in Rural Development” at Sri Gavisiddeshwara Arts, Science & Commerce Col-lege, Koppala for projectentitled “Production & Charecterisation of Hybrid Biodiesel” under the guid-ance of Mr. Sunil.S & Mr. Chandra Prasad B S on 23 Feb 2018 & 24 Feb 2018.

Vishal S, Shyam M & Sudarshan Reddy Obtained Third place in National Conference on “Role of Sci-ence and Technology in Rural Development” at Sri Gavisiddeshwara Arts, Science & Commerce Col-lege, Koppala for project entitled “Production & Charecterisation of Hybrid Biodiesel” under the guid-ance of Mr. Sunil.S & Mr. Chandra Prasad B S on 23 Feb 2018 & 24 Feb 2018.

Shiva Kumar H U Obtained Third place in National Conference on “Science and Technology for In-clusive Development” at Gulbarga University, Kalaburgi for project entitled “Experimental Investiga-tions on Production & Usage of Hybrid Biodiesel in CI Engines” under the guidance of Mr. Sunil.S & Mr. Chandra Prasad B S on 23 Feb 2018 & 24 Feb 2018.

Sl. No. Student Name USN Period INTERNSHIP COMPANY

1. Sushil Kumar Yadav 1VE14ME096 07 Jan18 to 07 Feb18 Hulas Steel Industries Ltd.

2. Raghavendra A 1VE14ME074 16 Jan18 to 08 Feb18 HAL ARDC Design Complex

3. Puneeth P 1VE14ME072 16 Jan18 to 08 Feb18 HAL ARDC Design Complex

4 Bharath Y 1VE15ME013 22 Feb18 to 07 Feb18 Bharath Electronics Ltd.

5 B Bhanu Prakash 1VE15ME011 08 Jan18 to 06 Feb18 DRDO

Student InternshipStudent Internship

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MOU with Toyota Kirloskar Motor Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru. MOU with M/s. MBHARATI, Bengaluru. MOU with Unique Heat Carbo Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru. MOU with Ashpra Skills Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi. MOU with Karnataka Hybrid Micro Devices Ltd, Bangalore. MOU with National Design & Research Forum, Bangalore. MOU with Domacls Engineering Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore. MOU with Virtual Academy of Ancient Knowledge Systems.

Student Achievements



Ananth Sagar R, Aadit V K, Amith Nag N & Nikhil Kumar H obtained Third Place in Student Innova-tor Award 2018 at ICT Academy State Section for project entitled “Design& Fabrication of a Reactor to Convert Municipal Solid Waste to Fuel” under the guidance of Mr. Sunil.S & Mr. Chandra Prasad B S.

Shiva Kumar H U .& Raviteja obtained Third Place in H QUEST 2018 at Hirasugar Institute of Technol-ogy for project entitled “Optimization of Production Parameters for Neem Biodiesel Production” under the guidance of Mr. Sunil. S & Mr. Chandra Prasad B S.

100% Result Achievement100% Result Achievement

The following faculties have achieved 100% result

Prof. Naveena H S and Prof. Kotresh M

Prof. Atmanand Anikivi

Prof. Ravichandra K M

Prof. Harish K R

Dr. B V Babukiran

Prof. Raghavendra P N

Prof. Sunil S

Prof. Venkatesh Bannigola & Prof. Manikanta

Prof. Giriswamy

Prof. Bhashar U attended workshop on “Model Curriculum for 1st Year B.E/B.Tech CBCS detailed syl-

labus as per OBE format including CO & Blooms Taxonomy” at BNMIT, Bengaluru on 09 May 2018.

Prof. Kotresh M & Manikanta D attended one week FDP on “Pedagogy Training in Technical Educa-

tion” at VTU HRDC, Muddenahalli, Chickballapur from 20 Feb 2018 to 24 Feb 2018.

Prof. Ramesh G attended one week workshop on “Research Methodology” at VTU HRDC, Muddena-

halli, Chickballapur from 02 Apr 2018 to 07 Apr 2018.

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Seminars, Conferences and Workshops Attended

Faculty Achievements

We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words

are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.

-Dalai Lama



Research Publications

Sl. No Title Authors Journal Name Year ISBN/ISSN

1

Efficient information manage-ment in technical education sys-tem supply chain using data inte-gration system (DIS)

Ramesh G

IJMPERD

2018

2249–6890

2

Finite element Analysis of Mild Steel-rubber sandwich composite material

Swaroop V

IOP Conference: Material Science & Engineering

2018

0376–0120

3

Experimental Investigation on performance & Emission charac-teristics of Four-Stroke Combus-tion Engine using Pumpkin Seeds Biodiesel as an alternative fuel by varying the injection pres-sure

Chandra Prasad B S

Sunil S Suresha V

Dr. Shrishail Kak-keri

IJMET

2018

7384–2016

4

Production And Testing Of Bio-Lubricant From Pongamia And Simaroubha Seeds

Raghavendra P N Harish K R

Naveena H S

IJPAM

2018

1314–3395

5

Numerical Investigation Of Dif-ferent Geometries Of Venturi-meter

Amaresh Kumar D Shashikumar C B

Shridhar Deshpande

Dr. Shrishail Kak-keri

IJPAM

2018

1314–3395

6 A Summary On Document Im-age Retrieval

Ramesh G IJPAM 2018 1314–3395

7

Achieving Desired Stiffness Of Flex Beam Using Shainin Meth-odology

Shashikumar C B Amaresh Kumar D Dr. Shrishail Kak-

keri

IJPAM

2018

1314–3395

8

A Study On Effect Of Solution Treated-Age Hardened Al-6082 Alloy

Swaroop V Raghavendra P N

Harish K R

IJPAM

2018

1314–3395

9

Machining Parameter Optimiza-tion Of AISI D2 Tool Steel In Milling Machine By Taguchi Technique

Sarvesh Shivanand Rane

Venkatesh Ban-nigola

IJPAM

2018

1314–3395

10

Investigation of Mechanical Properties to use recycled PP/Talc Composite for car bumper application

Harish K R Naveena H S

Shashikumar C B

IJPAM

2018

1314–3395



Sponsored an amount of Rs. 9000/- by KSCST for a research work proposed by Mr. Raghavendra P Nilugal

titled “Fabrication of Water Carrying Drone With a Camera for Agriculture Purpose”

Sponsored an amount of Rs. 8000/- by KSCST for a research work proposed by Mr. Suresh R titled

“Rapid Prototyping Using 3D Printer for Industry and Medical Applications”

Sponsored an amount of Rs. 9000/- by KSCST for a research work proposed by Mr. Naveena H S titled

“Solar based Cutting Machine and Power Generation”

Sponsored an amount of Rs. 13000/- by KSCST for a research work proposed by Mr. Sunil and Mr.

Chandra Prasad B S titled “Study of Effect of Metal oxide Nano particle on Spent Coffee oil bio diesel

production and Performance test in a Diesel Engine”

Sponsored an amount of Rs. 5000/- by VTU for a research work proposed by Mr. Sunil and Mr. Chandra

Prasad B S titled “Design and Fabrication of a Reactor to Convert Municipal Solid Waste to Fuel”

Sponsored an amount of Rs. 5000/- by VTU for a research work proposed by Mr. Sunil and Mr. Chandra

Prasad B S titled “Production of Cardanol From Cashew Shell oil and Study of Effect of Cardanol as Fuel

Additive in Simarouba Biodiesel Fuelled Engine.”

Dr. Shrishail Kakkeri, Mr. Sunil S & Mr. Chandra Prasad B S doing the consultancy work on “Design

and Fabrication of Pyrolysis System” from Surya Prakash , Kuwait Oil Comapany, Kuwait for an amount

of 7,20,000/-

Mr. Shashikumar, Mr. Sridhar Deshpande, Mr. Amaresh Kumar & Mr. Atmanand Anikivi doing the

consultancy work on “Failure Analysis of Borewell Drill bit” from Unit Heat Carbo Pvt. Ltd. Peenya,

Bengaluru for an amount of 2,00,000/-

Mr. Sunil S & Mr. Chandra Prasad received an amount of Rs. 10,000/- by MS College Of Engineering for

a consultancy work on “Optimization of Reaction Parameters of Neem Seed Oil Biofuel Production and

Performance Test on a Diesel Engine”

Mr. Sunil S & Mr. Chandra Prasad received an amount of Rs. 10,000/- by HKBK College Of Engineering

for a consultancy work on “Evaluating Engine Characteristics of Hybrid Bio-Diesel Blends Fuel With Die-

sel Engine”

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Sponsored Research Projects

Consultancy Research Projects



Mr. Sunil S & Mr. Chandra Prasad received an amount of Rs. 10,000/- by Achutha Institution of Tech-

nology for a consultancy work on “Production And Characterization of Biodiesel From Pumpkin Seed

Oil and Performance Analysis on a CI Engine”

Mr. Sunil S & Mr. Chandra Prasad received an amount of Rs. 10,000/- by Sha-Shib College of Engineer-

ing for a consultancy work on “Experimental Investigations on Production and Usage of Hybrid Bio-

diesel In CI Engine”

Mr. Sunil S & Mr. Chandra Prasad received an amount of Rs. 10,000/- by Sha-Shib College of Engineer-

ing for a consultancy work on “Optimization Of Reaction Parameters Of Tamarind Seed Oil Biofuel

Production And Performance Test On A Diesel Engine”

Mr. Sunil S & Mr. Chandra Prasad received an amount of Rs. 5,000/- by HKBK College of Engineering

for a consultancy work on “Experimental Investigations on Production and Usage of Hybrid Biodiesel

in CI Engine”

Mr. Sunil S & Mr. Chandra Prasad received an amount of Rs. 15,000/- by SPCE, Bengaluru for a con-

sultancy work on “Production and Characterization of Biodiesel from Cardonal and Performance

Analysis on a CI Engine”

Mr. Sunil S & Mr. Chandra Prasad received an amount of Rs. 10,000/- by Atria Institute Of Technology

for a consultancy work on “Optimization Of Reaction Parameters Of Tamarind Seed Biofuel Produc-

tion And Performance Test On A Diesel Engine”

One of the Very important characteristics of a student is to question. Let the stu-

dents ask questions

-Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle.

The other is as though everything is a miracle

-Albert Einstein


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Result Analysis

Result Analysis of 4th SemResult Analysis of 4th Sem Result Analysis of 6th SemResult Analysis of 6th Sem

Result Analysis of 8th SemResult Analysis of 8th Sem



“Research is to see

what nobody else

has seen, and to

think what nobody

else has thought”

- Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

“From Screwing to

Manufacturing,

We do it all..! ”

- Anonymous

“When words are

both true and kind.

They can change

the world”

- Swami Vivekananda

4th Sem Toppers4th Sem Toppers



Topper’s List

ANUSHA R–77.38% HARISHITH C C–76.38% DARSHAN REDDY V– 76.25 %

AJAY H R–77.13% MALLIKA T A–76.75% K R NAVEEN 75.50 %

BHARGAV K–97.54% BHUVANA C–97.38% RAGHAVENDRA A 97.08 %



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Placement Details

The below Students has got Placed in The below Students has got Placed in “GOBUMPR”“GOBUMPR”

The below Student has got Placed in The below Student has got Placed in “RANDST INDIA PVT. LTD.”“RANDST INDIA PVT. LTD.”

SOMA SUNDAR

1VE14ME101

SMARAN V R

1VE14ME100

VISHAL S

1VE14ME108

ABHISHEK K N

1VE14ME004

PRANAV KULKARNI

1VE14ME071

SUNIL A M

1VE15ME419

LAKSHMI NARASHIM-HAN T V

1VE14ME048

VINAY M G

1VE14ME106

ATUL S NAIR

1VE14ME015

KUSHAL S N

1VE14ME047

RAVIRAJAT VERMA

1VE14ME081

PRANAV KULKARNI

1VE14ME071

SHIVKUMAR H U

1VE14ME084




The below Students has got Placed in The below Students has got Placed in “GOBUMPR”“GOBUMPR”

The below Students has got Placed in The below Students has got Placed in “HMT MACHINE TOOLS LIMITED”“HMT MACHINE TOOLS LIMITED”

RITESH KUMAR

1VE14ME082

ANATH SAGAR

1VE14ME010

PARINEETH S HIRE-MATH

1VE14ME065

ABHISHEK K N

1VE14ME004

MOHAMMED NASEEM AKTHAR

1VE14ME055

UJWAL S BADRI-NATH

1VE14ME099

SUMAN A

1VE14ME092

UJWAL S BADRI-NATH

1VE14ME099

SADDAM MANSURI

1VE12ME083

The below Students has got Placed in The below Students has got Placed in

“MAHINDRA”“MAHINDRA” The below Students has got Placed in The below Students has got Placed in

“GODREJ TYSON FOODS LIMITED”“GODREJ TYSON FOODS LIMITED”

MANOJ KUMAR N

1VE14ME051


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SUMAN A

1VE14ME092

SUHAS B

1VE14ME091


SRIKAR P RAO

1VE14ME089

The below Students has got Placed in The below Students has got Placed in “CHANDRASHEKHARA BHARATHI PVT. LTD.”“CHANDRASHEKHARA BHARATHI PVT. LTD.”


“MECOLAM ENGG PVT. LTD.”“MECOLAM ENGG PVT. LTD.”

SUHAIB ULLA SHAR-IFF

1VE14ME110

RAMEES P R

1VE14ME078


“JACOBI CARBONS INDIA PVT. LTD.”“JACOBI CARBONS INDIA PVT. LTD.”


“EXOZEN”“EXOZEN”

KISHORE

1VE14ME045

The below Students has got Placed in The below Students has got Placed in “ALLIES ORG.”“ALLIES ORG.”

Everybody is a Genius. But if you Judge a Fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will

live its whole life believing that it is a stupid.

-Albert Einstein



SADDAM MANSURI

1VE12ME083


“MAHINDRA”“MAHINDRA” The below Students has got Placed in The below Students has got Placed in

“GODREJ TYSON FOODS LIMITED”“GODREJ TYSON FOODS LIMITED”

MANOJ KUMAR N

1VE14ME051

The below Student has got Placed in The below Student has got Placed in

“NTTF”“NTTF” The below Student has got Placed in The below Student has got Placed in

“RANDSTAD INDIA PVT LTD”“RANDSTAD INDIA PVT LTD”

KIRAN KUMAR S

1VE14ME043

SHIVA KUMAR H U

1VE14ME084

The below Student has got Placed in The below Student has got Placed in

“TWENTY FOUR/SEVEN”“TWENTY FOUR/SEVEN” The below Student has got Placed in The below Student has got Placed in

“DIN ENGINEERING SERVICES”“DIN ENGINEERING SERVICES”

VINAY M G

1VE14ME106

ABDUL RAHMAN

1VE14ME002

It is a mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought with-

out accepting it.

-Aristotle

TWO DAY ALL INDIA SEMINAR ON TWO DAY ALL INDIA SEMINAR ON “ROLE AND SCOPE OF ALTERNATE FUELS IN TRANSPORT “ROLE AND SCOPE OF ALTERNATE FUELS IN TRANSPORT

SECTOR”SECTOR”

STUDENT INNOVATOR AWARD 2K18 STUDENT INNOVATOR AWARD 2K18 -- KARNATAKAKARNATAKA

THREE THREE DAY WORKSHOP PROGRAM ON DAY WORKSHOP PROGRAM ON “RECENT TRENDS IN AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY”“RECENT TRENDS IN AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY”

Photo Gallery

Bio fuel R & D Display at SVCE , Bengaluru Dignitaries visit to Bio fuel R & D unit

Inauguration Awards


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Speech By: M S Venkatesh

Director HAL Foundry & Forge Division HAL Foundry & Forge Division Industrial Visit

Release of Souvenir by Dignitaries View of Centre Dome

41st41st SERIES OF SPP SERIES OF SPP –– MID TERM EVALUATION OF BIOFUEL PROJECTS MID TERM EVALUATION OF BIOFUEL PROJECTS

TWO DAY INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TWO DAY INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON “SMART CITY IN INDIA “SMART CITY IN INDIA –– ISSUES & CHALLENGES”ISSUES & CHALLENGES”

Jury Members Dignitaries on Dias



Dignitaries on Dias Talk by : Sri Bhagwan Das,

IPSOS Research Pvt Ltd. KSBDB, Bengaluru



The Mechanical Engineering Department strives to be recognized globally for outstanding education

and research leading to quality Engineers embedded with discipline and honor.

M1: Imparting quality education to the students and enhancing their skills to make them globally com-

petitive Mechanical Engineers.

M2: Promoting excellence in teaching and research through collaborative activities.

M3: Maintaining vital, state-of-the-art research facilities to provide students and faculty with opportuni-

ties to create, interpret, apply and disseminate knowledge.

M4: To produce ethically strong and morally elevated Technical human sources to serve mankind.

Vision of the Department

Mission of the Department

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