The Department of Mechanical Engineering came into existence right from the inception of the KITSW in the year 1980 and has been serving as a catering department to other disciplines. The Department is one of the largest in terms of faculty, and activities, continues to lead and expand its activities in various directions. The department currently runs an undergraduate programme, one post-graduate program in M. Tech Design Engineering, and offers a Ph. D program. Twenty-six research scholars have registered so far, of which five have been awarded with Ph. D degrees and the remaining are pursuing their Ph. D work in the areas of Thermal, Production, Composite Materials, and Design Engineering specialization. The NBA accredited the B. Tech. (Mechanical Engineering) programme six times: in 2001, 2006, 2011, 2017, 2019 & 2022 and M. Tech (Design Engineering) programme first time under Tier-I: in 2023.
The department has a total of 35 qualified, experienced, and committed faculty, and 17 of them have Ph.D. degrees. The remaining faculty members possess M. Tech. degrees and are pursuing their Ph.D. Seven skilled technical staff members are associated with different laboratories. The faculties have been engaged in research in upcoming areas like alternative fuels, solar energy, unconventional machining, composite materials, nano fluids, and powder metallurgy. The department has gotten grants under MODROBS from AICTE and Minor Research Projects from UGC. The department is very well equipped with resources both in terms of conventional equipment and the latest software. The Mechanical Engineering Department has more than 200 computing systems and workstations loaded with a wide range of engineering software products covering all areas of mechanical engineering like ANSYS, CFD, CREO, AUTOCAD, and MATLAB. The department has a central workshop facility well equipped with the basic infrastructure to impart technical training to students of all disciplines. The academic activities are supported by 12 laboratories and one centre of excellence (Indo-American Artificial Heart Project (IAAHP)).
The The department has strong industry-institute links and is extending services for industrial consultancies. Mechanical engineering students consistently achieve high rankings and scores in competitive examinations such as UPSC, GATE, GRE, CAT, GMAT, TOEFL, and IELTS. Alumni of the department are spread across the globe.