The Department came in to being in the year 1984 and initially was steered by late Prof.S.Kannappan. The un-tired efforts of the predecessors had brought in highly integrated and motivated staff strength and an excellent working atmosphere.The department today has comprises of sophisticated laboratory and workshop facilities ensuring on par with standards of global technical education.

The department is presently headed by Dr.D.Ravindran. The department, as on date has twenty two dedicated and experienced staff members with four doctoral degree holders and the remaining with their PG qualifications.

The staff members have more than 15 years of teaching and research experience. Currently, under graduate course in Mechanical Engineering and post graduations in M.E. (Manufacturing Engineering) and M.E. (Energy Engineering) are being conducted by the department. The department has well furnished class rooms and an air conditioned seminar hall.

The department has established a well planned CAD laboratory with the latest systems and advanced licensed software’s like Cosmos, MDT6.3, Nisa, Ansys 10, Catia V5 R10, Esprit, Solid Works, and Solid Cam which makes students to have a real time experience. The department has a well developed CNC laboratory with two turning centres, milling centre, five axes Robot with linear slide (FMS) and a microprocessor based drilling machine. The department has excellent other laboratory facilities as:

	Hydraulic laboratory with flow control and machine systems
	Hydraulic laboratory with flow control and machine systems

Torsion, Impact, Spring and all kinds of Hardness testing machines.

	I.C.Engine laboratory equipped with all types of engines, Dynamometers and a Computer interfaced I.C. Engine.
	Special Machine Shop with versatile machines tools, Gear Hobbing Machine,

Surface and Cylindrical grinders, Slotting, Shapers, Milling, Radial Drilling, Planner Machines and 18 turning centres.

	Exclusive metrology laboratory includes Surface Roughness Tester, Auto Collimator, Universal Gear Tester, Profile projector, Coordinate measuring machine, all types of Comparators, Go and No-Go Gages and all other types of gages like digital vernier, digital screw, digital height gage.
	Established Metallurgical and Instrumentation laboratory with basic features.
	Dynamics laboratory of the department comprises of equipments as per the latest academic requirement like Gyroscope, Whirling apparatus, CAM apparatus, Moment of Inertia of Connecting rod and Crank shaft, Turntable apparatus and Vibration analyzer.
	The workshop of the department is full-fledged one with sections like Carpentry, Smithy, Welding, Fitting, Sheet Metal and Molding.

The department staff members have to their credit an excellent number of publications in International/National Journals/Conferences. The current research areas of interest include

	Metal forming, Powder Metallurgy and Tribology
	Solar Desalination and Bio-mass Gasification
	Quality Control
	Welding Processes and Metaullrgy

The department organized the following events in the near past.

Other Salient Features of the Department

	Energy Park and Energy Club supported by MNES, Govt. of India.
	TePP coordinator for DSIR.
	Collaborative work with IGCAR on tribolgy.
	Approved research centre by ANNA University.
	Permanent affiliation from ANNA University.
	Approved referees for International Journals.
	Head Quarters – Society for Manufacturing Engineers (SME).
	Memorandum of Understanding with Different Industries.