IITB

IIT Bombay, set up by an Act of Parliament, was established in 1958, at Powai, a northern suburb of Mumbai. Today the Institute is recognised as one of the centres of academic excellence in the country. Over the years, there has been dynamic progress at IIT Bombay in all academic and research activities, and a parallel improvement in facilities and infrastructure, to keep it on par with the best institutions in the world. Institutes in positions of excellence grow with time. The ideas and ideals on which such institutes are built evolve and change with national aspirations, national perspectives, and trends world - wide. IIT Bombay, too, is one such institution.

About the Department

The Mechanical Engineering Dept at IIT Bombay is one of the best and largest in terms of faculty, students, and activities, continues to lead and expand its activities in various directions. The Department is known for research and projects in robotics, fluid dynamics, heat pumps, cryogenics, nuclear engineering, fracture mechanics, I. C. Engines, Combustion, CFD, CAD-CAM and other areas. Experimental and computational facilities are being continuously upgraded. Industry interaction has been increased with several postgraduate courses being offered to industry participants, and many students working in industry-sponsored projects.

It is establishing the Suman Mashruwala MicroEngineering Lab for Microsystems with funding from alumnus, Raj Mashruwala. Recently, IITB-ONGC Joint Research Centre has been created primarily to study enhanced oil recovery with funding from ONGC.

Postgraduate Programmes

Students completing an graduate degree in mechanical engineering are well prepared for a rewarding and interesting career. By having worked closely with professors who are at the cutting edge of the new technologies, these students have gained the extra skills and deeper understanding that will lay the foundation for a more exciting career, one that has greater scope for advancement and personal fulfilment.

In addition, those students who proceed to a Ph.D. open up the possibility of a career as a university professor or as a leader in an industrial or government research laboratory.

The Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Bombay is particularly suited for offering the student the extra edge that a postgraduate degree can offer. The Department offers 4 Semester M.Tech. program with three specialisations and two inter-disciplinary programmes.

The three specialisations are:

  1. Thermal and Fluids Engineering
  2. Design Engineering
  3. Manufacturing Engineering

IIT Bombay leadership institute in US

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay is partnering Washington University in launching the McDonnell Academy aimed at fostering international cooperation in education and research to create a worldwide network of top-class scholars, and business and government leaders.

The academy would groom leaders who are able to deal with challenges of globalisation in a socially sensitive way. At least nine MNCs, including Boeing and several foundations and individuals are supporting the academy established with an endowment of $10 million committed by retired chairman of the board of McDonnell Douglas Corporation John F McDonnell.

Announcing the establishment of the academy, which will pay all expenses for scholars it selects in various disciplines, including arts, sciences, engineering, research and medicine, for study at the Washington University, Chancellor Mark S Wrighton said more Indian research varsities would be associated over period of time. The scope of training would be much wider than their discipline of study and the scholars would be sensitised to the prevailing social and political conditions.