New Faculty
Dr. Anirudh Udupa joined the department as an Assistant Professor. He received his PhD from Purdue University, Indiana, USA.
Welcome to the Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Madras. The Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Madras is as old as the Institute itself. The department has close to 65 faculty members working in various advanced areas of research and development. Currently, the department offers an undergraduate program in Mechanical Engineering and three Master's programs in Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Design and Thermal Engineering. The department is engaged in high-quality research in various inter-disciplinary areas through its Master of Science (Research) and Ph.D programs. The department boasts a highly successful line of Alumni making a huge impact in various spheres in the society.
The Mechanical Engineering Department at IIT Madras collaborates with a number of core engineering companies such as Hindustan Unilever, ITC Limited, Caterpillar India Private Ltd., Wipro Consumer Care and Lighting, Tata Steel, P&G, Bajaj Auto Limited, General Electric, Boeing International, and Tata Research Development and Design Centre, among others; thus providing abundant internships opportunities for students. The department also engages in cutting-edge research activities in collaboration with several national research labs and instutions.
Welcome to the Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Madras. Mechanical engineering is ubiquitous and every product or system that is used in the world has mechanical engineering behind it, in all its glory! Over and above this, each of these products needs a machine to make it. Mechanical engineering has not only powered the world with a range of power plant technologies that include traditional fossil fuels, renewables and hybrid power technologies, but have also played a pivotal role in mobility technologies that include automobiles, trains, aircrafts, helicopters and so on. Advances in space technologies would not have been possible without mechanical engineering
Congratulations to Prof. Arvind Pattamatta on the publication of his book âEssential Convective Heat Transfer â Theory & Applicationsâ, published by Ane Books.
Congratulations to Prof. Krishnan Balasubramanian for being chosen as one of the JC Bose Grantees by ANRF.
Congratulations to Prof. Sushanta Kumar Panigrahi on being awarded the prestigious Fellow (FASM) title by ASM International for the year 2026.
Congratulations to Prof. Sushanta Kumar Panigrahi on being invited to serve as an Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Materials Processing Technology (Elsevier publication).
Congratulations to Prof. Ashis Kumar Sen on being selected for the "Vasvik Award for Mechanical & Structural Science and Technology for the Year 2025" at the Vasvik Industrial Research Award function.
Congratulations to Prof. Sundararajan Natarajan, Department of Mechanical Engineering on being invited to serve on the Editorial Board of Scientific Reports.
Congratulations to Prof. Anand K, Department of Mechanical Engineering on being invited to serve on the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Engine Research.
Congratulations to Prof. Prabhu Rajagopal, who has been elected a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE).
Mr. Suraj Mishra (ME22D026), on being awarded the âBest Paper Awardâ titled âComputational Fluid Dynamics and Transport Phenomenaâ at 10th International Congress on Computational Mechanics Simulation (ICCMS 2025)
Congratulations to Mr Prithvirajan Sekar (ME23R001) on receiving the 2025 Outstanding Paper Award from the Journal of Magnesium Alloys for his paper on the corrosion and bio-corrosion behavior of magnesium composites.
Congratulations on winning the Best Poster Award for your work on ATOBOT, a rehabilitation robot for post-stroke foot training. This award was given at the joint conference of ITNRCON and IFNRCON 2026, held in Mumbai from April 9-12, 2026.
Congratulations to Ms. Vidya Tiwari (ME20D015) received 1st prize for poster presentation at ASME-IMECE India 2025. The title of her presentation was "An Innovative Solution to Address Casting Challenges in Magnesium Alloys."
Congratulations to Mr. Jeshurun A (ME21D600), PMRF Doctoral Scholar, on winning the Best Poster Award at the SPARC National Conclave 2026 (March 8â9, Kharagpur) for his work on âA cost-effective microchannel manufacturing approach.â
Dr. Anirudh Udupa joined the department as an Assistant Professor. He received his PhD from Purdue University, Indiana, USA.
Dr. Regulagadda Kartik joined the department as an Assistant Professor. He received his PhD from Indian Institute of Technology Madras.
Dr. Abhishek Saini joined the department as an Assistant Professor. He received his Ph.D. from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
Dr. Mohammad Hasan Dad Ansari joined the department as an Assistant Professor. He received his Ph.D. from Sant Anna School of Advanced Studies (Italy) and KU Leuven (Belgium).
Dr. Rahul Yadav joined the department as an Assistant Professor. He received his Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.
Dr. Siddhesh Sakhalkar joined the department as an Assistant Professor. He received his Ph.D. from University of California, Berkeley, USA.
Dr. Subhajit Biswas joined the department as an Assistant Professor. He received his Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Science(IISc), Bangalore.
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