Achievements
1. Prof. Harsha Vardhan received the prestigious Prof. Satish Dhawan State Award for Young Engineers, 2019 from the Hon'ble Chief Minister of Karnataka, Government of Karnataka in appreciation and recognition of outstanding contribution in the field of Engineering Sciences. The award comprised of Citation, Gold Medal and Cash Prize.
2.A Patent was granted on 11th May 2022 by the Indian Government to Mr. Harish Hanumanthappa, Prof. Harsha Vardhan, Prof. Govinda Raj Mandela, Mr. Bharat Kumar Shanmugham, Mr. Mudhunuru Varma Raju, and Dr. Harish Kumar N S for the development of “HYDRO-SQUEEZE PRESSURE FILTERING FOR THE EFFICIENT BENEFICIATION OF COAL MATERIAL “(Patent NO.396632) .
3. A Patent was granted on 14th July 2021 by the Australian Government to Dr. Harish Kumar N S, Dr. R P Choudhary, and Prof. Ch. S. N. Murthy for the development of a “METHOD FOR EVOLUTION OF PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION OF SHOVEL- DUMPER COMBINATION IN OPENCAST COAL MINE “(Patent NO.2021102416).
4. Prof. Harsha Vardhan and Prof. Govinda Raj M have received the best paper award for the technical paper entitled " Experimental and Prediction Analysis of the Screening Performance of Coal in Linear and Circular Vibratory screen" presented at the 35th Indian Engineering Congress held during 18-20 December 2020.
5. The Department successfully conducted 1st SME NITK Annual Convention on 06th-07th March 2020, 2nd SME NITK Annual Convention on 05th-06th March 2021, and 3rd SME NITK Annual Convention on 11th-12th March 2022.
6. Dr. K. Ram Chandar is awarded the “Engineering Gold Medal-2018’ from MGMI for outstanding contribution to earth science (awarded on 8th Nov. 2019)
7. Dr. M. Aruna and Prof. Ch. S. N. Murthy have received the Best Paper Award for the technical paper entitled “Experimental Investigation on the Influence of Humidity on PV Panel Performance”, at 2nd International Conference on Paradigms in Engineering & Technology (ICPET-2018) held at Hyderabad during 28-29 December 2018.
8. Dr. B. M. Kunar has received an Outstanding reviewer award from the Journal of Safety Science (Elsevier Publisher), 2019.
9. Dr. B. M. Kunar has received the Best reviewer award from the Journal of safety science (Elsevier Publisher), 2018
10. Prof. Ch. S. N. Murthy and Dr. R. P. Choudhary got the IRES Excellent Paper award for the paper entitled "Reliability Analysis of Dumpers in Limestone Mine based on Weibull Distribution". 2017.
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Apoorv Harsh has presented a Technical Paper in 7th International Engineering Symposium (IES2018)
held at Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan in the year 2018.
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B Nikhil has passed the Certificate ‘C’ examination of National Cadet
Corps in B grade under the authority of Ministry of Defence,
Government of India in the year 2021.
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Shambhavi S has passed the Certificate ‘B’ examination of National
Cadet Corps in A grade under the authority of Ministry of Defence,
Government of India in the year 2020.
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Mining Engineers Association of India (MEAI) – Bangalore Chapter has
conducted various events on the occasion of Indian Mining Day on 1 st
November, 2019. B. Tech Mining Engineering students of NITK
participated in the events and won the following prizes:
Essay writing: First prize – Mr. Suraj Singh
Quiz: Second Prize – Mr. Shiv Prasad and Mr Amandeep Kumar
Elocution: First prize – Mr. Shiv Prasad
Third Prize – Mr. Amandeep Kumar
Poster presentation: Third prize – Mr. Amandeep Kumar and Mr. Shivraj
Kumamoto, Japan in the year 2019.
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S Vasuki has presented a Technical Paper at Kumamoto university,
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Apoorv Harsh has received Certificate of Merit Scholarship from Indian
Air force Benevolent Association under the Subroto Memorial
Scholarship Scheme in the year 2018.
Corps in A grade under the authority of Ministry of Defence,
Government of India in the year 2019.
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Akash M has passed the Certificate ‘B’ examination of National Cadet
Corps under the authority of Ministry of Defence, Government of India
in the year 2019. Engineering Symposium (IES2018) held at Kumamoto
University, Kumamoto, Japan in the year 2018.
