Prof. Vishal V Shukla
Associate Professor & Head of Department
Subject Specialization : Machine Drawing and Solid Modeling, Material Science and Testing, Finite Element Analysis, Additive Manufacturing, Internet of Things & Industry 4.0, Design of Mechanical System, Biomechanics, Bioinspired Robotics
Achievements : 4. Member BoS at St. Vincet Palloti College of Engineering, Nagpur
5. Jury member for 37th NCQC- 2023 held between 4-7 Jan 2024 at RBU, Nagpur
6. Teaching excellence awards – Best feedback for 2 UG and 2 PG courses
Awards : 1. Best Researcher award (Silver accord) for 5 Utility patents granted in 2023-24 by RCOEM Nagpur on Founder’s Day Sept 2024
2. Member Committee for NEP curriculum for Mech. Engg. formed by DTE Govt of Maharashtra
3. Member, Plagiarism restriction policy framing committee, RTMNU, Nagpur, 2016-17. A report on plagiarism restriction policy is prepared and submitted to Pro-VC & COE of RTMNU, Nagpur
Qualification : : ME and Ph.D.
Email : shuklavv2@rknec.edu
Consultancy Activites : 1. Completed funded Project under TIFAC-MSME-RGSTC on Fall Arresting system for Wind Mill (2018-19) for Navratna Industries Pvt. Ltd. (Approx. 2.81 Lakh)
2. Completed a consultancy for Design, Development, fabrication and dissemination of product/Technologies like, Hand press machine, Molds design and 3-D printing parts for Govigyan Anusandhan Kendra (Approx. 0.78 lakh)
3. FDM 3-D printing of thin shell parts for local Industry.
Positions held at Conferences : 1. ICACER - Organizing secretary 2019
2. ICRDME- Convenor 2022
3. VORTECHX – 2016, 11-13 Feb 2016
4. Faculty Coordinator from RCOEM Nagpur for IPROMM 2016, held at VNIT Nagpur 22-23 Dec 2016
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Teaching Exp : 23.0yr
Industry Exp : 0.5yr
Patents Granted : 1
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Dr. Bhumeshwar Kunjilal Patle
Professor
Subject Specialization : Robotics
Industrial Automation
Mechatronics
Mobile robots
Engineering Mechanics
Engineering Drawing
Strength of Material
Research Methodology
Awards : 1. Received “Research and Innovation Excellence Award” for year 2023 by MIT ADT University, Pune.
2. Nominated in “2% Researcher of the world by Stanford University” for the year 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025.
Qualification : : M.E. and Ph.D.
Email : patlebk@rknec.edu
Fellowships : Received “Post Doc Fellowship from Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan” in 2019.
Administrative Roles : Head of the Department Mechanical Engineering
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Teaching Exp : 18.0yr
Industry Exp : 0.0yr
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Dr. Ashwin Sharadrao Chatpalliwar
Associate Professor
Subject Specialization : Not Available
Qualification : : M-Tech (Design) and Ph.D.
Email : chatpalliwaras@rknec.edu
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Teaching Exp : 25.0yr
Industry Exp : 1.0yr
Patents Granted : 0
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Dr. Rashmi Bhavesh Shahu
Associate Professor
Subject Specialization : Not Available
Awards : Outstanding Women Researcher Award By Aims International, Dr Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan Gold Medal Award
Qualification : : M Tech and Ph.D.
Email : shahurb@rknec.edu
Consultancy Activites : 50000
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Teaching Exp : 20.0yr
Industry Exp : 0.0yr
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Dr. Yeshwant M. Sonkhaskar
Assistant Professor
Subject Specialization : Kinematics of Machinery, Dynamics of Machinery, Stress Analysis, Engg.Graphics, Field and Service Robots, Design of Manipulators and End effector
Achievements : Utility Five patents is awarded by Govt of India.
Exhibited a patented work "CAVT for Bicycle" project during the 108th Indian Science Congress, organised by RTM Nagpur University in Nagpur from January 3 to 7, 2023.
Completed “Foundation Level” and “Advanced level” Innovation Ambassador (IA) Training conducted in online mode by MoE’s Innovation cell and AICTE during July 2022.
Awards : 1. The Hon. Chairman of RCOEM, Shri Satyanarayanji Nuwal, and the Hon. General Secretary of RCOEM, Shri Rajendraji Purohit, felicitated with the Best Teacher award for Consistent Good Teaching Feedback over the previous three years.
2. The Hon. Chairman of RCOEM, Shri Satyanarayanji Nuwal, and the Hon. General Secretary of RCOEM, Shri Rajendraji Purohit, in the presence of Hon. Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor felicitated me with the Silver Trophy for granted patents during session 2023-24.
3. Faculty Mentor – National Champions, TATA Elxsi Teleport Season 2 (2025): Mentored MechX Titans (Mr. Rakshit Ekare & Mr.Yash Petkar), final-year Mechanical Engineering students of Ramdeobaba University, Nagpur, who won 1st place among 6000+ teams nationwide, securing a Rupees 2,00,000 cash prize. Provided guidance and technical mentorship throughout all stages of the competition, from Top 50 and Top 6 rounds to the national championship, bringing national recognition to the university. They also got a PPO of Rs. 10 LPA.
Qualification : : M.Tech (Mech. Systems Design) and Ph.D.
Email : sonkhaskarym@rknec.edu
ORCID : 0000-0001-5725-0818
Scopus Author Id : 55995184700
Consultancy Activites : Training was given at Mahindra and Mahindra Nagpur, Hindalco Industries, Wathoda, Nagpur
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Teaching Exp : 27.0yr
Industry Exp : 0.9yr
Patents Granted : 10
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Dr. Gajanan Rupchandra Nikhade
Assistant Professor
Subject Specialization : Machine Design, Finite Element Method, Computer Aided Design, Robot Kinematics and Dynamics, Robot Path Planning, Strength of Material, Engineering Mechanics, Noise, Vibration and Haeshness
Qualification : : M.Tech and Ph.D.
Email : nikhadegr@rknec.edu
Consultancy Activites : 1. Design and development of packaging machine for Sensors and systems limited, Nagpur
2. Development of Mechatronics lab at Elkem South Asia Pvt ltd, Nagpur
3. CFD analysis of Sugar Juice Separator for Satyam Engineers Pune
Administrative Roles : Department Exam Coordinator
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Teaching Exp : 24.0yr
Industry Exp : 1.0yr
Patents Granted : 3
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Dr. Tarachand Anandrao Madankar
Assistant Professor
Subject Specialization : Not Available
Awards : 1.National Award for Project work – 1st Prize at Techfest 2K2, sangrur, Panjab.
2.Narsee- Monjee Award 2003, for best Project in Maharashtra – Goa State, Awarded at 6th National Convention, Hyderabad.
3.DipEx 2003 – 1st Prize – Maharashtra-Goa State Project Exhibition at Dhule.
4.DipEx 2002 – 1st Prize – Maharashtra-Goa State Project Exhibition at Nagpur.
Qualification : : M.Tech.( Mechanism & Machine Design) and Ph.D.
Email : madankarta@rknec.edu
Consultancy Activites : 1. Stability testing of balloon of model PIL 1000G and NiteLite of Prisum Lighting Services , LLC, 8131 Baymeadows Circle-W St-202, Jacksonville, FL 32256 USA (April 2008).
2. Designing of Centralized Air Cooling & Ducting system for Multi storied Building of CMPDI WCL Nagpur (July 2008).
3. Designing of Centralized Air Cooling System for Takshashila Developers and Contractors Nagpur (Nov 2011)
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Teaching Exp : 22.0yr
Industry Exp : 7.0yr
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Prof. Sachin Sharadrao Deshmukh
Assistant Professor
Subject Specialization : Not Available
Qualification : : M.Tech and Ph.D. Registered
Email : deshmukhss1@rknec.edu
Consultancy Activites : Multiskill development Program at Hindalco Mouda.
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Teaching Exp : 20.0yr
Industry Exp : 6.0yr
Patents Granted : 0
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Prof. Sujit Arun Patil
Assistant Professor
Subject Specialization : Not Available
Qualification : : ME
Email : patilsa@rknec.edu
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Teaching Exp : 14.0yr
Industry Exp : 0.0yr
Patents Granted : 0
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Dr. Priya M Khandekar
Assistant Professor
Subject Specialization : Work System Design, Productivity Improvement Techniques, Value Engineering, Human factors Engineering, Materials Management and Inventory Control, Work Measurement and Value Engineering
Qualification : : M-Tech. (Ind.) and Ph.D.
Email : khandekarpm@rknec.edu
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Teaching Exp : 17.0yr
Industry Exp : 0.0yr
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Dr. Yogesh Vasantrao Deshpande
Assistant Professor
Subject Specialization : UG:Principles of Mechanical Engineering, Sustainability and Green manufacturing, Instrumentation and Metrology, Manufacturing techniques, Advanced instrumentation and measurement techniques, Engineering graphics & Machine drawing
PG: Research methodology, Advanced computational techniques, etc
Awards : 1. Best paper award- Evolving Trends in Industrial and
Mechanical Engineering (ETIME 2020), in July 2020
2. Best paper award received in International conference on smart
strategies for self reliant economy-An industrial engineering perspective
(SSSIEP 2021) held in oct 2021
Qualification : : M.Tech in Production Engineering. and Ph.D.
Email : deshpandeyv@rknec.edu
Consultancy Activites : -
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Teaching Exp : 16.0yr
Industry Exp : 0.0yr
Patents Granted : 0
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Prof. Sachin Sheshrao Pund
Assistant Professor
Subject Specialization : Not Available
Awards : 1. Received Best Paper Award and secured first position for presenting a research paper titled “ Productivity Improvement by elimination of unproductive activities through MOST” during 58th National Convention and International Conference on Smart Strategies for Digital World-Industrial Engineering Perceptive held on 21st - 22nd October 2016 at Nagpur.
2. Received Best Paper Award and secured first position for presenting a research paper titled “ Plant layout optimization using analytical approach in small scale manufacturing firm” during 58th National Convention and International Conference on Smart Strategies for Digital World-Industrial Engineering Perceptive held on 21st - 22nd October 2016 at Nagpur.
3. Received Best Paper Award and secured Second position for presenting a research paper titled “ Plant Layout optimization in Tea Industry” in Techno-Vision 2K17, A NATIONAL LEVEL TECHNICAL PAPER PRESENTATION EVENT UNDER TEQUIP-II, Held on 20th and 21st January 2017 at Government College of Engineering, Jalgaon.
4. Received Gold Medal for Best case study 2016-2017 (Non Traditional Area) for the Paper published in Industrial Engineering Journal VOL. IX, Issue No.12,December 2016, entitled “Performance evaluation of public bus routes using AHP”, Gold Medal is Awarded during 59th National Convention of Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering and International Conference on Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering (ICMIE-2017)held on 14th – 15th September 2017 at MGM’s, Jawaharlal Nehru Engineering College, Aurangabad(MS).
Qualification : : M. Tech(Industrial Engineering)
Email : pundss@rknec.edu
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Teaching Exp : 9.0yr
Industry Exp : 0.0yr
Patents Granted : 0
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Dr. Pranjali Sarang Deole(Dongre)
Assistant Professor
Subject Specialization : Mechanical measurements,instrumenatation and controls,hydraulics,Robotic sensors,manufacturing engineering
Achievements : Research grant from Goverment,International conference at Australia,patents,papers
Awards : Received a grant of Rs.19.30 lacs from AICTE,Government of India for Ph.D.project in year 2013 (under Research Promotion Scheme)
Qualification : : ME and Ph.D.
Email : deoleps@rknec.edu
Consultancy Activites : 02 (Parts inspection automation for industry )
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Teaching Exp : 17.0yr
Industry Exp : 0.6yr
Patents Granted : 6
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Prof. Ashish Dinanathrao Urade
Assistant Professor
Subject Specialization : UG: Manufactuting Technoloty (V Sem),Micromachining (VII Sem), Automation in Manufacturing (VIII Sem),
PG: Industrial automation & FMS (II Sem)
Qualification : : M.Tech and Ph.D.
Email : uradead@rknec.edu
Consultancy Activites : Training at Mahindra and Mahindra, Hingna Nagpur, Multiskill development programmeTraining at Hindalco Industries Mauda.
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Teaching Exp : 15.0yr
Industry Exp : 0.0yr
Patents Granted : 0
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Prof. Mangesh Prashant Joshi
Assistant Professor
Subject Specialization : Not Available
Awards : 2nd State Topper Award in Diploma Mechanical Engineering Final Yr
Qualification : : Industrial Engineering and Ph.D. Registered
Email : joshimp@rknec.edu
Consultancy Activites : 1. Complete industrial engineering of central workshops of MSRTC, Nagpur Pune, and Aurangabad plants
2. Production planning and scheduling of CRCA line, Spacewood
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Teaching Exp : 10.0yr
Industry Exp : 0.0yr
Patents Granted : 0
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Dr. Ankit Kumar Gupta
Assistant Professor
Subject Specialization : Not Available
Awards : ? Won best paper presentation award in CIMS-2021 November 2021
? Volunteered in Jagrati (An Initiative of IIITians) June 2019
? Winner in Institute Presentation at “Manufacturing Today: Reinventing the Future”, Event organized by Aditya Birla in Indore
Qualification : : M.Tech and Ph.D.
Email : gupta_ak@rknec.edu
Fellowships : MHRD-Institute Fellowship for Doctoral Degree
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Teaching Exp : 0.0yr
Industry Exp : 2.0yr
Patents Granted : 2
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Dr. Shantanu R Kulkarni
Assistant Professor
Subject Specialization : Not Available
Qualification : : M.Tech and Ph.D.
Email : kulkarnisr@rknec.edu
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Teaching Exp : 28.0yr
Industry Exp : 1.0yr
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Prof. Nitin Pralhadrao Gudadhe
Assistant Professor
Subject Specialization : Advanced Manufacturing Techniques, Engineering Drawing, Tool Design, manufacturing Processes
Qualification : : M.Tech and Ph.D. Registered
Email : gudadhenp@rknec.edu
Consultancy Activites : Multiskill development programme at Hindalco Mouda
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Teaching Exp : 16.0yr
Industry Exp : 2.0yr
Patents Granted : 0
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Prof. Rakshal R Agrawal
Assistant Professor
Subject Specialization : Not Available
Awards : Gold Medal in Mtech
Qualification : : M.Tech Industrial Engg and Ph.D. Registered
Email : agrawalrr6@rknec.edu
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Teaching Exp : 13.6yr
Industry Exp : 0.0yr
Patents Granted : 0
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Dr. Alok Kumar Jha
Assistant Professor
Subject Specialization : Design of Machine Elements, Machine Drawing and Solid Modeling, Mechanical Engineering Software Lab, Engineering Graphics and Design, Composite Materials, Mobile Robotics, Robotic Drives and Actuators, Tribology, Artificial intelligence and Expert Systems
Qualification : : M.TECH. and Ph.D.
Email : jhaak1@rknec.edu
Positions held at Conferences : Served As Reviewer to Many International Journals and Conferences
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Teaching Exp : 10.0yr
Industry Exp : 0.0yr
Patents Granted : 0
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Dr. Arun Bapurao Kose
Assistant Professor
Qualification : :
Email : koseab@rknec.edu
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Dr. Yogesh G Joshi
Assistant Professor
Subject Specialization : Not Available
Qualification : :
Email : joshiyg@rknec.edu
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Teaching Exp : 10.0yr
Industry Exp : 0.0yr
Patents Granted : 4
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Dr. Vandita Thantharate
Assistant Professor
Qualification : :
Email : thantharatev@rknec.edu
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Dr. Himanshu Singh
Assistant Professor
Subject Specialization : Thermodynamics, Material Science and Testing, Advanced Manufacturing Technology
Qualification : : M.Tech and Ph.D.
Email : singhhr_1@rknec.edu
Fellowships : 1. Postdoctoral Research Associat at Metallurgical and Materials Engineeing Department at IIT Kharagpur, A research fellowship awarded by Department of Science and Technology India.
2. Postdoctoral Visiting Fellow at Rice University, Houston, USA a fellowship awarded by SPARC IIT Kharagpur and Airforce Research Laboratory USA.
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Teaching Exp : 1.5yr
Industry Exp : 0.0yr
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Dr. Abhijeet Arvind Raut
Assistant Professor
Subject Specialization : Design & Manufacturing of Implant and Prosthesis
Field and Service Robots
3D Printing
Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
Automation in Production
Achievements : *Guest Speaker at FDP & Guest Lecture delivered: 51+ (In Eminent Institutes Like –MNIT Bhopal, VNIT Nagpur; NIT Kurukshetra; Govt. Medical College, Nagpur; Govt. Dental College ,Nagpur; Govt. Forensic College, Nagpur; Govt. COE Jalgao; Ramdeobaba COE, Nagpur etc.)Mentored Projects
*Achievements: 18+ (1st Prize at Prestigious National Competition like - Anveshan25, Institute of Engineers (IE), Avishkar 2024 &2023, Smart India Hackathon winner,
Rural Transformer Award, winner at NIDACON organized by Indian Dental Association (IDA), ‘Hardware Edition, CII’s IndNX 4.0 2019-Smart industry Hackathon, Patent Fest organized by Chief Minister sir Vision next foundation)
Awards : ‘Gentleman Award’ from MSME Chamber of Commerce and Industry of India; Best Speaker Award at AICTE’s –FDP on 3D Printing; Appreciated by India HRD Minister for R&D Work on Ventilator use in Covid-19 National lockdown; Felicited & Awarded as Covid warrior for Covid innovation and help by Chairman & Director VNIT on occasion of Independence Day; Judge & Mentor at Smart India Hackathon(SIH23) Grand Finale Amravati nodal Center; Felicitated by Hon. Padamshri Dr. Vikas Mahatme & Maharashtra Bhushan Satypal Maharaj as ‘Gram Sitare’ for Rural innovations & skills contribution;
Qualification : : M.Tech and Ph.D.
Email : rautaa_4@rknec.edu
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Teaching Exp : 7.0yr
Industry Exp : 1.0yr
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