The Department of Mechanical Engineering came into its existence right from the inception of the KITSW in the year 1980 and has been serving as catering department to other disciplines. The Department is one of the largest in terms of faculty, students, and activities, continues to lead and expand its activities in various directions. The department currently runs undergraduate program, one post graduate program in M. Tech Design Engineering and offering a Ph. D program, 26 Research scholars have registered so far and out of which five candidates are awarded with Ph. D Degree and remaining are pursuing their Ph. D work in the areas of Thermal, Production, Materials and Design. The B. Tech (Mechanical Engineering) course was accredited five times by NBA.Department has a total of 42 qualified, experienced and committed senior faculty and 21 of them are with Ph. D. degrees. Rest of faculty members possess M. Tech. Degrees and are pursuing their Ph.D. programs and 10 skilled technical staff to associate with different laboratories, The faculty has been engaged in research in all the classical areas of Mechanical Engineering and upcoming areas like alternative fuels, solar energy, unconventional machining, composite materials, Nano Fluids and powder metallurgy. The department has got grants under MODROBS from AICTE, Minor Research Projects from UGC. The department is very well equipped with resources both in terms of conventional equipment and latest software's. The academic activities are supported by 13 laboratories and one Center of Excellence, IAAHP.The Department has strong industry-institute linkage and is extending services for industrial consultancies. The students are consistently securing good ranks/scores in all competitive examinations like UPSC/GATE /GRE/CAT/GMAT/TOEFL/IELTS examinations.