American society for mechanical engineers (ASME) organized the Innovation Weekend the first ever in INDIA at PES UNIVERSITY.

The event was inaugurated by Dr. S. Somanath, chairman of ISRO. The inaugural event witnessed the presence of a host of dignitaries including BOEING, Autodesk, ASME, the office at America, and the academia.

Addressing the gathering, Dr. S. Somanath, Chairman, ISRO said that India has plentiful engineering talent that the west can draw and reciprocally the leanings from the strong innovation ecosystem that the west has needs to be incorporated in the engineering education system to help India's complex engineering programs such as space to achieve greater self-reliance. Tech societies like ASME can play the role of carving dialogues on this platform to make it happen.

Prof. D. Jawahar, Pro-Chancellor of PES University in his speech shared that PES breeds Innovation in imparting engineering education. This is the Golden Jubilee year of PES University and having ASME celebrate it by organizing the Innovation Weekend embellishing the motto of Perseverance, Excellence, and Service of PES University.

Tom Costabile, CEO & Executive Director, ASME, Encouraged students to engage with ASME for scholarship opportunities as ASME is giving to raise $50 million to support education and workforce development initiatives.

Ahmed Elsherbini, Managing Director, Boeing India Emphasized the need for such events that encourages young engineers to showcase their talent and learn to be industry ready.

Krishnakumar K, Sr. Director, Autodesk India mentioned that 1 billion people need to be educated in next-generation skills such as automation, digitalization, machine learning / AI, robotics, on-demand economy, and remote working.

Over 700 students from academic Institutions across India will be participating in various competitions over the next two days.

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Department of Mechanical Engineering organized VINYASA – A 3D Modelling Hackathon Event on Jan 21, 2023 at PESU 52 Hackroom. The Hackathon spans over 10 hours, Mr. Kiran M and Mr. Sachhidananda M H, Assistant professors along with Student volunteers and Dr N Rajesh Mathivanan Chairperson Coordinated this event.

The event started at 9:00 am, A 2D industry drawing of fixture assembly challenge was laid on teams for 8 hours. It comprises critical parts like Bracket, Fixture plates, Drive shafts and Bearing housing along with 15 individual parts. Participating students had an influence of reading industry drawing, bill of materials, knowing about Geometric dimensioning and Tolerances, various heat treatment processes and modelling and assembling of individual parts. During event Faculties and student volunteers guided the participants

Write Angle took part in the Har Ghar Tiranga campaign to celebrate 75 years of India’s independence by conducting an essay writing contest. It was held on an online platform and was open to all the students of PES University across all 3 campuses. A google form was sent out on the 10th of August and students were allowed to send in their essays through the google form before August 13, 2022, Students were asked to write an essay on one of the two topics presented to them, Role of women in India’s independence and Illusions of the British Raj. What British rule really did to India. Topics were selected with the aim of allowing the participants to delve deeper into the history of Indian independence, and enhance their own understanding of the events surrounding the struggle for independence.

We had a total of 7 participants. Out of these, Nihaal Kuchangi, a second-year student in the Department of Computer Science bagged first place for his essay on Illusions of the British Raj. Abhishek Kallolikar, a fourth-year student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and Dhruva G, a third-year student in the Department of Computer Science came second and third respectively.

Winner details:

• First: Nihaal Kuchangi
• Second: Abhishek Kallolikar
• Third: Dhruva G

Organising Committee:

• Arjun V. Kowshik
• Ananya Jalan
• Umme Salma

At the outset, it gives us immense pleasure to announce the rank list of PESSAT-2022 entrance test conducted for admission to B.Tech programs of PES University for the academic year 2022-23. PES University successfully conducted PESSAT 2022 during June 20 – July 10, 2022. 

PESSAT-2022 witnessed a large turnout of candidates to take the test. Over 20,000 students from across the country applied for B.Tech Programs offered by the University, an unprecedented number till date. PESSAT-2022 was conducted in 44 centres across India.  

Dr. M R Doreswamy, Hon’ble Chancellor of PES University and President of PES felicitated the top rankers of PESSAT-2022 with appreciation certificates in the presence of their parents, the press and the media on 13th July 2022. 

The first rank was bagged by Mr. Nandan Manjunath Immadisetty, student of Naryana Junior College, Mehadipatnam, Telangana, the second rank was bagged by Mr. Atmakuri Venkata Madhava Sriram, student of Sri Chaitanya Techno School, Marathahalli, Bangalore, the third rank was bagged by Mr. Tanay Gad, student of National Public School, Rajajinagar, Bangalore, the fourth rank was bagged by Mr. Nitin Vetcha, student of Narayana E-Techno School, Vidyaranyapura, Bangalore, the fifth rank was bagged by Mr. MD Marufuddin Ahmed, student of Maria’s Public School, Guwahati, the eighth rank was bagged by Mr. Aditya Kishore, student of National Public School, HSR Layout, Bangalore, the ninth rank was bagged by Mr. C S Siddharth, student of Deeksha CFL PU College, Talagahattapura, Bangalore, the tenth rank was bagged by Mr. Jatin Vinod Kumar, student of RV PU College, Jayanagar, Bangalore. The first round of PESSAT counseling will be held on July 23rd and 24th at PES University. 

At the outset, it gives us immense pleasure to announce the rank list of PESSAT-2022 entrance test conducted for admission to B.Tech programs of PES University for the academic year 2022-23. PES University successfully conducted PESSAT 2022 during June 20 – July 10, 2022. 

PESSAT-2022 witnessed a large turnout of candidates to take the test. Over 20,000 students from across the country applied for B.Tech Programs offered by the University, an unprecedented number till date. PESSAT-2022 was conducted in 44 centres across India.  

Dr. M R Doreswamy, Hon’ble Chancellor of PES University and President of PES felicitated the top rankers of PESSAT-2022 with appreciation certificates in the presence of their parents, the press and the media on 13th July 2022. 

The first rank was bagged by Mr. Nandan Manjunath Immadisetty, student of Naryana Junior College, Mehadipatnam, Telangana, the second rank was bagged by Mr. Atmakuri Venkata Madhava Sriram, student of Sri Chaitanya Techno School, Marathahalli, Bangalore, the third rank was bagged by Mr. Tanay Gad, student of National Public School, Rajajinagar, Bangalore, the fourth rank was bagged by Mr. Nitin Vetcha, student of Narayana E-Techno School, Vidyaranyapura, Bangalore, the fifth rank was bagged by Mr. MD Marufuddin Ahmed, student of Maria’s Public School, Guwahati, the eighth rank was bagged by Mr. Aditya Kishore, student of National Public School, HSR Layout, Bangalore, the ninth rank was bagged by Mr. C S Siddharth, student of Deeksha CFL PU College, Talagahattapura, Bangalore, the tenth rank was bagged by Mr. Jatin Vinod Kumar, student of RV PU College, Jayanagar, Bangalore. The first round of PESSAT counseling will be held on July 23rd and 24th at PES University. 

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The inauguration of The First Biennial Conference on Hybrid Electric and Automotive Technologies (HEAT-2021) was held at the PES University – Ring Road Campus. This event will span over 2 days (Oct 29 th and 30 th 2021) with experts from the industry and Academia addressing the students. This Conference is being conducted on a virtual reality platform.

Dr. M.R. Doreswamy, Chancellor of PES University sent his best wishes for the conference and Dr. Kaushik Basu, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, IISc, Bangalore graced the occasion as Chief Guest in the esteemed presence of Mr P. Zachariah John, Senior Director, Breakthrough Initiatives, Garrett Motion Engineering Solutions Private Limited and Prof. D. Jawahar, Pro-Chancellor of PES University and CEO of PES Institutions as Guests of Honour.

Dr. Kaushik Basu mentioned that the topic of electrification of vehicles is very relevant to today’s scenario of pollution and complimented the organisers for arranging this Conference. Mr. P Zachariah John talked about the challenges of EV’s in Indian context. He deliberated the problems of battery driven vehicles in slow moving traffic and the rapid rate of discharge leading to low efficiency of the battery.

Keeping up with the spirit of the conference and as a part of the yearlong Golden Jubilee celebrations of PES institutions, Prof. D. Jawahar, laid out key ideas to ensure that all the 4 wheelers owned by PES University will be electric. He also motivated faculty members to switch over to electric vehicles & necessary help would be provided by giving subsidies to procure the EV’s by the Institution. The PESU RR campus has 1.2MW capacity of power generation using solar panels installed on roof top of 13 th floor B block which is used for lighting. It will be upgraded to 5 MW electricity generation by 2022-23 as an initiative towards sustainability.

The other dignitaries of the conference included Dr J Suryaprasad-Vice Chancellor PES University, K S Sridhar-Registrar, PES University, Dr T S B Sudarshan, Dean-Research, PES University, Dr V Krishna Dean-Student Affairs, PES University, General Chair-HEAT-21 and Dr N Rajesh Mathivanan Chairperson Department of Mechanical Engineering, PES University, Organising Chair HEAT-21.

Inauguration and orientation of First Year Classes for B.Tech/B.Arch/B.Pharma programs 2021-22 was held at the PES University campus. Dr. Pradipkumar Thaker, Country Head and Vice President, Marvell Semiconductors inaugurated the program. Dr. Kumar while addressing the students stated that success for achieving in life is different for different people. The students should hear to their inner voice. He said that the world is in a challenging situation, with Covid19 pandemic having affected everybody at a different level. The positive side of the crisis is the transformation of the virtual platform and digital connection. In the coming days, there will be more of artificial intelligence and machine learning that will facilitate everything. Innovation can facilitate the execution of business realities and it is the key to success to entrepreneurship. A relentless mission is important to fulfill the vision. Students and professionals should have the integrity to succeed in their life.

Dr. Pradeep Kumar lauded the city of Bangalore for its salubrious climate and the people which it is attracting from all parts of the country. It is also called the Silicon city as it houses a vast number of industries. He said that among 200 nations in the world, India stands out for its culture. Even during COVID India was able to produce its own vaccine to protect the citizens which is a remarkable achievement.

In his presidential address, Dr. M.R. Doreswamy, Chancellor of PES University spoke on the need for industry professionals joining academics and involving teaching activity in the New education policy should attract talented people to teaching and a closer relationship between industry and academia is the need of the hour. PES built a tradition of recognizing merit. And has so far has given Rs. 35 Crores as scholarship since the inception of the University. remembering that PES stands number one in placements in Karnataka amongst 210 Engineering colleges. 1458 students are placed already from the eligible list of 1550 students with the highest compensation being Rs. 1.5 Crore/annum. Dr. Doreswamy added that the new students should have Sir M. Visvesvaraiah as their role model to achieve success in life. Every student should be an asset, not only to his family but also to the nation. He urged students not only to be job seekers but also job providers or entrepreneurs. PES through its PESU venture labs is funding Close 1.5 Crores for those passionate in becoming entrepreneurs and start their new venture.

PES University Vice-Chancellor Dr. J. Suryaprasad welcomed the dignitaries and audiences. The dignitaries distributed the CNR Rao merit scholarships to the awardees. Dr. K.S. Sridhar, Registrar of PES University rendered the vote of thanks. Prof. D. Jawahar, Pro-Chancellor of PES University, and Prof. Ajoy Kumar, COO of PES University were also present on the Occasion.

Dr S V Satish spoke at an interactive session of the international meet-up of robotics and automation enthusiasts. As an invited panel speaker, he shared his perspective on Robotics and Automation during COVID-19. The meet-up in virtual mode that was held on Sep 18, 2020 and organised by IEEE RAS International Chapter hosted experts from Japan, India and Indonesia.

With his continued efforts and ambition to make significant and sustainable contributions to the industry globally, Raj Arjun has now received an offer to pursue his Master of Applied Science at the University of Waterloo, Canada. His master’s research thesis is focused on human wrist biomechanics and has secured a full funding of $24,000 CAD per year. 

Raj Arjun is a 2019 graduate student of Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering. He had worked under the guidance of his supervisor, Dr. Chandrashekara C V, Professor, Lead: Design Domain, Department of Mechanical Engineering. He has carried out extensive both Mechanical and interdisciplinary research in the virtual ‘Computational Vibration and Control Engineering Laboratory’. His final year dissertation is a comprehensive study on the issues related to lower back and neck pain among helicopter pilots arising from the helicopter rotor vibrations, which later received the award for the best project in the department. Subsequently, his team findings were published in several proceedings in national and international journals. Raj Arjun has presented his published research at scientific conferences held in Zittau, Germany in 2018, and Leipzig, Germany in 2019. He has also presented at national conferences held at the National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar in 2018, and the Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi in 2019. Raj Arjun is set to travel to Canada.

Abhishek S and Rahul Krishna of 8th sem Mechanical Engineering, PES University, under the guidance of Dr. Jessy Nair, Associate Professor, Dept of MBA, presented a paper titled "Millennial State of Mind : Testing perceptual factors of aspirational luxury products among urban millennials in India" and won The best student research paper award at the International Conference On Marketing - MARKCON 2020 hosted by Indus Business Academy.

Students of mechanical engineering got an opportunity to participate in sessions on the latest developments and real case applications on various CAE disciplines and industries, of ANSA, EPILYSIS, META and SPDRM (Simulation Process Data and Resources Manager) and many more. Experts from Mercedes Benz R&D, Wipro Technologies and Beta CAE Systems delivered talks on the software features, their applications, career aspirations and trends. The ANSA Day, event was organised by the department of mechanical engineering in association with Beta CAE systems on Sep 6, 2019.

The inauguration saw enthusiastic students and parents on the campus. Addressing the students, Mr P.R. Devaraj, Global Head, IT Infra, Cognizant Technology Solutions said that they should be thankful to their parents and teachers for their sacrifice and support for preparing them for their academic future. He urged the students to make their parents proud with their achievements. He emphasised on the importance of values in life and upholding them. He pointed that the world is changing, technology is all pervasive as a part of every change and wanted students to accept the change. Mr Devaraj said that Bangalore is the fourth largest technology hub in the world and wanted students to be proud of their city. In his presidential address, Dr. M.R. Doreswamy, Chancellor, welcomed the aspirant engineers and their parents. Dr. Doreswamy said that the meaningful education can be provided by an institution through the support of management, teachers, students and the parents. He recalled that PES started with 60 students and 12 teachers in 1972 and has grown to become a large educational institution with over 24000 students and 2500 faculty members. Karnataka State Higher Education Council Survey ranked PES as the number one private university in Karnataka. Recently concluded Outlook survey placed PES as the 6th top ranked state university in India. He felt that PES is synonymous with quality education and values and an institution that expects the students to follow the Sir M Visvesvaraya as the role model. He observed that this motivates the students to aim beyond being job seekers and emerge as entrepreneurs. He wanted students to remember and be proud of their Mother, Mother Tongue and Mother Land to understand the essence of life. Prof. D Jawahar, Pro Chancellor, delivered the orientation lecture and outlined SPIRIT a unique process framework put into practice successfully by PES University that enables the students to realise their potential. Dr. K.N. B. Murthy, Vice Chancellor welcomed the guests and audience. Dr. V. Krishnamurthy, Registrar of PES University rendered the vote of thanks. Dr. Suryaprasad, Director, PES Electronic City Campus was present on the occasion. The inauguration of First year B.Tech (CSE), B.Arch and B.Des programs was held at the PES University campus on August 2, 2019.

The research paper titled Tribological Studies of High Surface Finish Ceramic Coatings for Low Friction and Adhesive Wear Resistant Applications was declared the best paper in the international conference on Materials and Manufacturing Methods 2019 held recently at NIT, Trichy. Zahid, Nabil and Avinash, students of final year B.Tech in Department of Mechanical Engineering carried out the research work under the guidance of Dr. Suneel Motru, Associate Professor, for their final semester project.

PES University organized a book release event of “Applications of Thermodynamics” published by Wiley India Pvt. Ltd. on 27th April 2019 at 11AM. The book was authored by Dr. V. KADAMBI (Former Professor, Mechanical Engg., IIT Kanpur & Former Visiting Professor, Mechanical Engg., IIT Gandhinagar), Dr. T. R. SEETHARAM (Chair Professor in Thermal Engineering, Mechanical Engg. Dept., PES University & Former Principal, NIE, Mysore) and Mr. K. B. SUBRAMANYA KUMAR (Former Associate Professor, Mechanical Engg. Dept., NIE, Mysore). Dr. PRADIP DUTTA (Professor & Chair, Department of Mechanical Engg., IISc, Bangalore) released the book on this occasion. The event was presided over by DR. M. R. DORESWAMY, Ex-MLC, GOK (Founder Chairman - PES Institutions, Chancellor - PES University). On the occasion, Dr. M. R. Doreswamy mentioned how teachers are the heart of any institution for the growth of students and society. He also suggested teachers to follow 3L’s - (Life Long Learning) and emphasized that until teachers learn they cannot inspire students. Destiny of the country will be shaped by the teachers. Dr. T. R. Seetharam explained why this book is required for the academic community and unique contents in the book. Dr. Pradip Dutta shared his experience of 25 years teaching thermodynamics and how this book will be helpful for students, teachers and industrial researchers. The function witnessed the large gathering of students and admirers of the authors as well as faculty members.

Department of Mechanical Engineering of PES University had organized an event to mark the Inauguration of Automotive Electronics laboratory set up jointly by PES University and Robert Bosch. Mr. R K SHENOY, Senior Vice President, Embedded Systems Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions Private Ltd. inaugurated the lab and emphasized the need for hands on skills to the students.He called upon students to work beyond college hours to quire skills. He mentioned that this setting up of lab was the first step of Bosch and keen on introduce many more such to facilitate hands on learning for students. Dr. K. N. Balasubramanya Murthy, Vice-Chancellor, PES University, stressed on the need for students to work for picking up skills across domains which is the need of the hour. Speaking on the occasion he also said that the days are not far off that universities would start offering a basket of courses from which students have the choice to choose from. Dr. K S SRIDHAR, Professor and Chairperson, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Dr. V KRISHNA, Professor and Chairperson, Department of Post Graduate Studies, Mechanical Engineering were presided over the function.