The Department has a satisfactory and long standing existence of over 47 years serving the needs of the country and the society. The department has several luminous alumni occupying coveted positions in the Industry, Public and Private Sector Organizations besides many being successful entrepreneurs themselves. The department has an excellent campus placement track record with leading companies subscribing to the reputation and excellent quality education offered.

The Mechanical Engineering Department is one of the largest departments in the country with 180 admissions to BE degree every year. Besides BE degree the department offers two M.Tech. Programs in Manufacturing Science (MS) and Computer Aided Manufacturing (CIM). There are 26 PhD scholars perusing for their dissertation research work under VTU and two candidates are in M.Sc degree program.

The department has excellent infrastructural facilities in buildings, class rooms and laboratories. The labs are equipped with the state- of- the art analytical, experimental and workshop facilities. The Computer Drawing facility is the largest hall with as many as 200 students working at a time. The CAD lab is provided with many software tools like CAD, 3-D Modeling (Catia, Inventor, etc.), Analysis ( MD Nastram, MSC Mark, Ansys, etc.), Simulation (MSC Adam), Manufacturing (E spirit), Forging (Deform), CFD (Star CD) and many more.

The department has adequate number of experienced and qualified faculty. There are 46 teachers in the department with as many a 13 Professors. The faculty has diversified specialization in Thermal Engineering, Material Science, Design Engineering and Manufacturing & Management.

23rd June, 2009

JSWECE has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore for offering a one year full time Post Graduate Diploma in Power Plant Engineering for engineering graduates.