Faculty and staff members have received accolades in various National and International platforms:
Best Paper Presentation Award in RIACT 2023, A conference on Robotics and Automation
21 Oct 2023
International Travel Grant worth ₹2,22,461 under young scientist category from SERB- ITS
20 Jul 2023
WAAH Science Laureate Awards 2022
11 Jan 2023
We All Are Human (WAAH) Science Laureate Awards 2022 (Senior Laureate Category)
11 Jan 2023
Prof Shebaz A Memon and his team won 1st Runners up in WAAH Science Laureate Awards
11 Jan 2023
Best Paper Presentation Award in RIACT 2022, A conference on Robotics and Automation
25 Sep 2022
Best Paper Presentation Award in International Conference
25 Sep 2022
Prof Shebaz A Memon secured All India Rank 1 (First) in Energy Manager Exam by BEE (Bureau of Energy Efficiency), Government of India
11 Nov 2022
ISTE-GSFC National Award for guiding Best MTech Thesis in Mechanical Engineering 2021
27 Aug 2022
Emerald Literati Award for Outstanding Paper - 2022
31 Aug 2022
IEOM Lean Six Sigma Competition Award
18 Aug 2022
ISTE-GSFC National Award for guiding Best MTech Thesis in Mechanical Engineering 2020
28 Apr 2022
ISTE Charutar Vidya Mandal, Vallabh Vidyanagar Gujarat Award for Best Engineering College Teacher in Gujarat , 2021
27 Jul 2022
Received research fellowship under SERB International Research Experience scheme
12 May 2022
Invited for International Teaching Mobility Program under ERASMUS+ grant
13 Jun 2022
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
23 Feb 2022
ISTE Gujarat- M. C. Bhavsar Award for an innovative work in the areas of renewable energy
20 Feb 2022
Best Paper Award in International Conference on Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering and Nanomaterials 2021
17 Oct 2021
Best Paper Presentation Award in PRIME2021 held at NIT Patna
07 Aug 2021
Certificate for Merit for Second Place in ACTSE 2021 held at Amity University, Lucknow Campus, Uttar Pradesh
27 May 2021
The "Best Research Scientist" awarded by Nirma University for the year of 2019-20
21 Jan 2021
Received Certificate for Best Paper Presentation in ATFE March–2021 held at Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar
26 Mar 2021
Patent Certificate of Design Registration - APR 2021
08 Apr 2021
Best Paper presentation Award in FLAME 2020 held at Amity University, Noida
26 Aug 2020
Best Paper Presentation Award in ICFMET2020 held at Yashwantrao Patil Science College, Solankur
28 Nov 2020
Best Paper presentation Award in FLAME 2020 held at Amity University, Noida
26 Aug 2020
Received Summer Faculty Research Fellowship at Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IIT-Delhi)
02 Jun 2020
Patent published on “An Improved Anti-mine Vehicle with Vertical Blast Ventilation” – Investigators: Dr. Mihir Chauhan, Dr. Kunal Ghosh, Mr. Bhaumik Patel, Mr. Abhijitsingh Thakor.
07 Aug 2020
Indian Patent Published on Performance Enhanced Pump as Turbine
25 Jan 2019
ISTE-GSFC National Award for guiding Best MTech Thesis in Mechanical Engineering 2018
30 Jan 2019
Received "ASHRAE Student Branch Advisor of the Year" Award
12 Jan 2019
ISTE-GSFC National Award for guiding Best MTech Thesis in Mechanical Engineering 2018
05 Jun 2018
Best Research Scientist for Overall Contribution in Research Activities for the year 2017
06 Jan 2018
Received ASHRAE UG Lab Equipment Grant
16 Feb 2018
Received Certificate for Best Paper Presentation in ISEES Dec-2018 held at IIT Roorkee
21 Dec 2018
Received International Travel Grant from Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi
19 Sep 2018
Received International Travel Support award in Young Scientist category from Science and Engineering Research Board, DST-India
02 May 2017
Best Professor of the Institute for Overall Performance for the year 2016
03 Oct 2016
Early Career Academic Grant worth 1250 GBP for International Travel awarded by Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), London
25 May 2016
Received Best Paper award at the International Conference on Vibration Problems (ICOVP) 2015 organised by IIT Guwahati
28 Dec 2015
Awarded Gold Medal for First Rank in MTech Batch 2012
18 Oct 2014
International Travel Grant from Sir Ratan Tata Trust Mumbai to present paper at International Conference on Quality 2014 at Tokyo, Japan
18 Oct 2014
ISTE Calcutta Convention National Award for the Best Paper Presented by Teachers at the Annual Convention of ISTE (Polytechnic)
27 Nov 2014
Best Paper Presentation Award in International Conference ETEICE 2014 held at Bhilai Institute of Technology, Raipur
14 Mar 2014
Dronacharya Award
01 Feb 2013
US Patent - Desalination unit for the production of potable water from sub-soil brine (Granted)
16 May 2013
ISTE Charutar Vidya Mandal, Vallabh Vidya Nagar, Gujarat Award for the Best Polytechnic Teacher (Year 2012)
20 Dec 2012
Silver Award for Case Study Presentation during 1st Annual Convention on ‘Business Excellence through Lean Six Sigma’
27 Oct 2012
ISTE-GSFC National Award for guiding Best MTech Thesis in Mechanical Engineering 2011
01 Dec 2011
ISTE Charutar Vidya Mandal, Vallabh Vidyanagar Gujarat Award for Best Engineering College Teacher in Gujarat , 2010
01 May 2010
ISTE Charutar Vidya Mandal, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat Award for Best Engineering College Teacher in Gujarat, 2006
28 Dec 2006
Awarded a Gold Medal for First Rank in MTech- CAD/CAM Batch 2003-05 by Nirma University
12 May 2005
Mr. Aryan Kalariya, a student of Sem-IV, B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering, presented a research paper titled “Thermal and Structural Analysis of Barium Hexaferrite Synthesized by Simple Heat Treatment Method” and was awarded as the best poster presentation at the conference – Recent Advancements in Materials Science and Nanotechnology, from 4 to 5 Feb 2022, organized by Electronics and Communication Engineering Department, Nirma University.
Mr. Aditya Kundal, student of BTech Mechanical Engineering, Semester-VI won 2nd prize in the national level MATLAB Hackathon hosted by the Electronics and Communication Department of Nirma University. He was team leader along with two more team members, Mr. Akshat Jain and Mr. Barun Debnath, students of BTech Electronics and Communication Engineering, Semester-VI. It was 48 hours long live Hackathon from 1st January to 3rd January 2022.
The ASEAN-India Hackathon was organized by the Ministry of Education in collaboration with the Ministry of External Affairs from 1-4 February 2021. For 36 hrs, 330 students and 110 mentors from the 10 ASEAN countries and India worked together online and competed as 55 teams to come up with innovative solutions to 11 problem statements. The Problem Statements covered two major themes ? Blue Economy and Education. The Prize Distribution Ceremony from the ASEAN side was attended on 04/02/2021 by Senior Ministers from Brunei, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Vietnam. Winners in all 11 problem statements were announced on the occasion.
Team Stallions (SAE Nirma Collegiate Club) representing the Institute of Technology Nirma University participated in Asia?s biggest solar vehicle championship ESVC 2021 (Electric Solar Vehicle Championship) organised by ISIE India in Chandigarh from 24th December to 28th December 2021 at the well-equipped campus of Chandigarh Group of Colleges, Jhanjeri. Honorable Chief Guests Sh. Navjot Singh Randhawa, IAS, CEO PEDA, Dr. Vikar Chawla, Dean Academics-PTU and Mr. Raj Kumar Verka, Cabinet Minister, enlightened the event with his presence. Team Stallions with their electric solar vehicle ?Mercury? won the ESVC championship 8.0 and brought immense glory to the University and the state as well. They earned a total cash prize of more than Rs 1.5 lakh.
Robocon is an International Robotic Contest organized by ABU(Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union) every year since 2002 and hosted by various countries of the Asia-Pacific region. The winner of the national competition represents the respective country at the international event. Team Nirma Robocon has been consistently participating in the event since its inception and won the national championship 9 times so far. The national competition of 2021 was organized by Doordarshan in association with IIT Delhi through online mode in three stages. Getting through all the stages, Team Nirma Robocon reached to Final competition, held online on 18 August 2021, and won the National Championship title 9th time. A total of 63 teams from various engineering institutes of India participated in the event and Team Nirma stood first amongst all. Nirma is the only team in India that completed the Theme and that too in just 54 seconds of time.
Mr. Vashishtha Nayak, Mr. Yash Bhutwala and Mr. Dhruv Borda third-year students in B.Tech Mechanical Engineering won the First Runner-up prize in Thermax STORM – 2021. STORM is an Online Case Challenge for second and third-year students; to provide a platform to bright young minds to solve real-world engineering problems & to use their ideas and concepts to come up with unique perspectives and creative solutions.
Mr Akshat Hetal Patel, a final year student of B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering was awarded NPTEL Discipline Star in online course certification by National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL), MHRD, New Delhi. He was also topper for the Course titled “Finite Element Method: Variational Methods to Computer Programming” and in 1% Topper for the course “Basics of Finite Element Method-I”.
Mr. Shah Tirth Bhavinkumar, student of M.Tech in Mechanical Engineering won third prize in technical quiz competition in the domain area of Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration (HVAC&R) organized by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), Western India Chapter held on 8th May-2021. He was qualified for ASHRAE Region at Large (RAL) international level quiz competition.
Prasad Doshi, a student of the department, topped Ahmedabad in CAT 2020 with 99.97 percentile. A mechanical engineer from Nirma University, Prasad is hoping to get through Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. This news has delighted everyone in the Department. Congratulations on his well-deserved success. Department wishes him every success in his life.
The best paper presentation was awarded in Future Learning Aspects of Mechanical Engineering (FLAME 2020), an international peer-reviewed academic conference at Amity University.
Mr. Ashish Majithiya, Ph.D. scholar of the Mechanical Engineering Department, is working as the additional member of the Governing Council of The Robotics Society (TRS). TRS is a national-level society, formed by robotic researchers from various IITs, for promoting research and training in the field of robotics. Currently, the society has 1300+ active members and is being governed by IIT Madras. (www.rs-india.org/office-bearers).
QUIZO-2020 – a technical quiz competition among student teams from premier engineering institutes like IIT RAM, MS University, ITNU, PDPU, CEPT, SOCET, ASOIT was organized by ASHRAE Western India Chapter (The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers – Western India Chapter) on 07/03/2020.
Nirma University Team – Darshan Makwana (19MMET03) and Nikunj Sharma (16BME107) won a second prize (Rs. 15000/-) in this competition.
Congratulations
Congratulations to our Alumni, Mr. Bhargav Patel (17MMED04) for receiving FIRST PRIZE – ISTE-GSFC National Award 2020 for Best M.Tech. Thesis in Mechanical Engineering titled ?Design and Development of a Manually Operated Vegetable Transplanter?.
The Thesis was guided by Dr. S.J. Joshi, Professor, Mechanical Engineering.
The National Award consists of cash prize, a medallion and a citation. The presentation of ISTE Awards will be made during the 22nd Annual Student Convention of ISTE on 27th March, 2020 at Goa (Maharashtra).
E-Poster Competition has been organized for celebrating Engineer’s Day on 15th September 2020 by ASHRAE WIC. In this competition, many entries have been received from different colleges. On the basis of the evaluation of jury members of ASHRAE WIC, all the three prizes won by Nirma University Students. Jamin Modi (19MMET05) and Parth Patel (19MMET07) of M.Tech Thermal Engineering – IIIrd Sem. won 1st and 3rd prize respectively and Shreesh Shah (17BME097) of B.Tech – VIIth Sem. won 2nd prize in the E-Poster Competition.
Mr Krunal Panchal (16MMET11), MTech(Thermal) received the ISTE-GSFC National Award (FIRST PRIZE) for Best M Tech Thesis in Mechanical Engineering instituted by Gujarat State Fertilizers Co. Ltd., Baroda for his work titled ?Effect of Steam and Catalyst with Lignite Feedstock on the Performance of Downdraft Gasifier? in 2019
Team Stallions won the BAJA SAE INDIA Durability E-Baja (1st Prize), Acceleration(1st Prize), Marketing presentation(1st Prize), Skill Baja(1st Prize), CAE (1st Prize) and Overall 1st E-BAJA at the ATV Competition organised by SAEINDIA in 2019. The earlier awards include National level ATV Championship such as Go-Green Award, First in Endurance Race, Sledge-pull Award, Maneuverability Award, Raftar Award.
Mr Kathit Shah (18MMET11), Mr Shreejit Nair (15BME075) and Ms Dhruvi Patel (18MMET06), secured First rank and Cash Prize in the QUIZO 2019 Competition (State Level Technical Quiz) organised by ASHRAE Western India Chapter during March 2019.
Mr Shail Patel of BTech Sem VIII secured admission to the MBA Program in Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta.
Mr Aakin Desai of BTech Sem VIII (2018-19) secured admission to the MS Program in Mechanical Engineering at Northwestern University, USA.
DWEEP SABAPARA – B.Tech Mechanical, June 2017 passout student stood Gujarat State topper in the Mechanical Engineering stream at IES (Indian Engineering Services) UPSC Examination 2019. His All India Rank is 9.
Many Congratulations..
GITANJ SHETH – B.Tech Mechanical, June 2017 passout student scored 99.97 percentile in CAT 2018 and got 72nd rank in India and 1st rank in Gujarat.