Indian Institute of Technology Ropar (IIT Ropar) located in Rupnagar, Punjab is one of the top technological institute in the country which came into existence as one of the eight new IITs established by the Ministry of Education (MoE), formerly Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India in 2008 to enhance the quality of technical education in the country. It is an Institute of National Importance in the country imparting technical education of high standards with the motto of deploying our intellect in the right direction. The institute has a student strength of over 2500. The faculty strength is about 180 across 11 departments. The institute is spread over an area of 525 acres, on the bank of river Sutlej. The campus architecture is inspired by the rich history of Indus Valley Civilization. The institute offers B.Tech, M.Tech, MS, M.Sc. and Ph.D. programs in various departments. The institute is very well linked to other parts of the country through road, rail and air. The campus is nearly 5 km away from Ropar (Rupnagar) railway station and bus stand; and about 45 km to the ‘city beautiful’ Chandigarh (the nearest airport and the capital of Punjab).

The Department of Mechanical Engineering is one of the founding departments of the Institute. It is also one of the largest departments of the Institute, housing 25 faculty members with varied expertise and hundreds of undergraduate, postgraduate, and research scholars.

The department aims to be one of the top departments in the world. Currently, the department offers B. Tech. in Mechanical with minors in many fields. The department also offers Master’s Degrees in four disciplines, viz. Manufacturing Engineering (MF), Mechanics and Design (MD), Thermal & Fluids Engineering (TF), and Computational Mechanics.

The faculty members in the department can be categorized broadly into the following groups: Design, Manufacturing, and Thermal. The department is organized into these three generic groups for all administrative and academic purposes.

The main thrust areas of the department are Additive Manufacturing, Bio-Mechanical Engineering, Energy Efficiency and Sustainability, Intelligent Mechanical Systems, and Micro/Nano Engineered Systems