ME FACULTY MEMBERS


  • Dr H N Shah
    Dr H N Shah
    Director
  • Prof. Nirav Joshi
    Prof. Nirav Joshi
    Assistant Professor & I/C HOD
  • Dr. Nimesh Gajjar
    Dr. Nimesh Gajjar
    Associate Professor
  • Dr. Dhaval Patel
    Dr. Dhaval Patel
    Assistant Professor
  • Prof. Harshal Oza
    Prof. Harshal Oza
    Assistant Professor
  • Prof. Hardik Gohel
    Prof. Hardik Gohel
    Assistant Professor
  • Prof. Chintan Barelwala
    Prof. Chintan Barelwala
    Assistant Professor
  • Prof. Jatin Patel
    Prof. Jatin Patel
    Assistant Professor
  • Prof. Amit Patel
    Prof. Amit Patel
    Assistant Professor
  • Prof. Chandrakant Bhatia
    Prof. Chandrakant Bhatia
    Assistant Professor
  • Prof. Shaival Parikh
    Prof. Shaival Parikh
    Assistant Professor
  • Prof. Mrugresh Khatri
    Prof. Mrugresh Khatri
    Assistant Professor
  • Dr. Ruchir Parikh
    Dr. Ruchir Parikh
    Assistant Professor
  • Prof. Someshwar Pandey
    Prof. Someshwar Pandey
    Assistant Professor
  • Prof. Manthan Upadhyay
    Prof. Manthan Upadhyay
    Assistant Professor
  • Prof. Dhaval Panchal
    Prof. Dhaval Panchal
    Assistant Professor
  • Dr. Sajan Chourasia
    Dr. Sajan Chourasia
    Assistant Professor
  • Prof. Ashish Majithiya
    Prof. Ashish Majithiya
    Assistant Professor
  • Prof. Vrajesh Makwana
    Prof. Vrajesh Makwana
    Assistant Professor
  • Prof. Vipal Panchal
    Prof. Vipal Panchal
    Assistant Professor
  • Prof. Himanshu Barot
    Prof. Himanshu Barot
    Assistant Professor
  • Prof. Jyotin Kateshia
    Prof. Jyotin Kateshia
    Assistant Professor
  • Prof. Naman Dave
    Prof. Naman Dave
    Assistant Professor
  • Prof. Paranjay Patel
    Prof. Paranjay Patel
    Assistant Professor
  • Prof. Maulik Sukhadiya
    Prof. Maulik Sukhadiya
    Assistant Professor
  • Prof. Darshan Shah
    Prof. Darshan Shah
    Assistant Professor
  • Prof. Kashyap Ramaiya
    Prof. Kashyap Ramaiya
    Assistant Professor
  • Prof. Dhruval Patel
    Prof. Dhruval Patel
    Assistant Professor
  • Prof. Nikita Gupta
    Prof. Nikita Gupta
    Assistant Professor
  • Prof. Jigar Paghadal
    Prof. Jigar Paghadal
    Assistant Professor
  • Prof. Tapan Patel
    Prof. Tapan Patel
    Assistant Professor
  • Prof. Samir Raval
    Prof. Samir Raval
    Assistant Professor
Dr H N Shah
Director

Ph.D. (IITR), M.E.(Mechanical), 
21 Years of Teaching, 3 Years of Industry

Dr H N Shah has expertise in areas Design and synthesis of Nanostructured hard coating and surface engineering using DC/RF sputtering, Self-lubricating protective coatings for high temperature tribological applications, Surface modification. Characterization and testing of the physical, chemical, mechanical, tribological properties of deposited hard coatings, Nanocomposite Nanomaterials, Mechanical Properties of Nanomaterial, Nanoindentation, and Advance Welding Technology.

He has published more than 24 research papers in international peer reviewed journals and 17 papers published in proceedings of international and national conferences which included 2 international presentation with DST support. He is also a life members of IE, IIPE, ISTE, and AMM and regular reviewer of more than 5 journals published by Elsevier. He has been guiding students for ME and PhD.

Prof. Nirav Joshi
Assistant Professor & I/C HOD

Ph.D. (Pursuing- Thermal Engineering), M.Tech. (Thermal Eng.)(Nirma Uni.), B.E. (Mechanical Eng.), Diploma (Mech. Engg.)
7.6 Years of Teaching

His expertise areas are IC Engines, Power Plant Engineering, Renewable Energy Engineering, Biofuels, Energy Management and Thermodynamics. He has published 05 national and international papers. He has guided students for BE and ME. He is Life Member of Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE).

Dr. Nimesh Gajjar
Associate Professor

Ph. D. (Refrigeration), M.Tech.(Thermal Engineering), B.E. (Mechanical Engineering)
10.5 Years of Teaching, 1 Year of Industrial  Experience

He has expertise in areas of Heat Transfer, Refrigeration and Air-conditioning, Power Plant Engineering, Renewable Energy, Heat Exchanger. He has published 07 national and 06 International paper. He has guided 7 ME students. He is a member of Indian Society of Technical Education (ISTE) & Indian Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Engineers (ISHRAE). He has attended various international seminars, conferences and STTPs and also organized workshop. He is PG coordinator for ME Thermal (Mechanical) Engineering.

Dr. Dhaval Patel
Assistant Professor

Ph.D. (Machine Design – Structural Analysis), M.E. (CAD/CAM), B.E. (Mechanical Engineering)
13 Years of Teaching, 4 Years of Industry

He has expertise in areas of Machine Design and Structural Analysis .He has published 28 international and 02 national papers. He has been guiding students for BE and ME. He is Life Member of ISTE.

Prof. Harshal Oza
Assistant Professor

M.Tech., (Thermal Engineering) B.E. (Mechanical Engineering)
10 Years of Teaching, 1 Year of Industry

He has expertise in areas of Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Power Plant Engineering and Energy Management. He has published 2 International papers. He has attended various International Seminars and Conference. He has been guiding students for ME and BE. He is member of various professional bodies.

Prof. Hardik Gohel
Assistant Professor

M.Tech.,(Thermal Engineering) B.E. (Automobile Engineering)
9 Years of Teaching

He has expertise in areas of Automobile & Thermal Engineering. His area of interest is Computational Fluid Dynamics and Vehicle Dynamics. He has published 1 International and 1 National paper. He is the faculty advisor of BAJA SAEINDIA.

Prof. Chintan Barelwala
Assistant Professor

Ph.D. (Pursuing- Manufacturing), M.E. (CAD/CAM), B.E. (Mechanical Engineering)
12.5 Years of Teaching, 0.6 Year of Industrial

He has expertise in areas of CAD/CAM, Design and Advanced Manufacturing Processes. He has published 4 International, 21 National Journal Papers and a Book. He has been guiding UG and PG students for Projects. He is Life Time Member of ISTE.

Prof. Jatin Patel
Assistant Professor

M.Tech. (CAD/CAM)(Nirma Uni.), B.E. (Mechanical Engineering)
5.2 Years of Teaching

He has Expertise in areas of Hydraulics and Pneumatics controls, Composites materials manufacturing, Engineering Graphics, Machine design and Industrial Drafting. He has published 2 paper in international conference (science direct). He has been guiding students of ME and BE. He is Life Time Member of ISTE.

Prof. Amit Patel
Assistant Professor

Ph.D. (Pursuing- Manufacturing), M.E. (Machine Design), B.E. (Mechanical Engineering)
10 Years of Teaching, 1 Year of Industry

He has expertise in area of Machine Design, Engg. Drawing and Design & Innovation, Artificial Intelligence in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing. He has published 5 National and 6 International Papers. He has been guiding students of ME and BE. He is a Member of Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE).

Prof. Chandrakant Bhatia
Assistant Professor

M.Tech. (Computer Integrated Manufacturing)(Nirma Uni.), B.E. (Mechanical), Diploma (Mech. Engg.)
8 Years of Teaching

Specialized in areas of Additive Manufacturing, FEA, CAE analysis in sheet metal forming, Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma optimization Technique. Published One International and two national research papers in areas of Additive manufacturing & Sheet metal operations, Subject undertaken are Manufacturing processes, Operation research, Design of Machine Elements, Advanced manufacturing processes

Prof. Shaival Parikh
Assistant Professor

PhD (Pursing- Thermal Engineering), M.E. (Cryogenic Engg.), B.E. (Mechanical Engineering)
11 Years of Teaching, 0.5 Years of Industry

He has expertise in Renewable Energy Engineering, Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechancis, Cryogenic and Engineering Graphics. His current research is in Solar Engineering. He has published 03 International papers, 03 National paper, 02 International conference and 01 state level papers. He has attended various STTP, Workshop and Seminar. He has been guiding students for BE & ME. He is Life Member of Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE).

Prof. Mrugresh Khatri
Assistant Professor

M.E. (Cryogenic Engg.), B.E. (Mechanical Engineering)
8.5 Years of Teaching, 2 Years of Industrial

He has expertise in the area of Refrigeration & Air Conditioning, Renewable Energy Engineering, Control Engineering, Oil Hydraulic and Pneumatic system and Engineering Graphics. He has published 1 national paper & presented 1 international Conference paper. He has participated in various seminars, workshop and FDPs. He has delivered lecture on Engineering Graphics at BISAG. He is Life Member of Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE). He is SSIP coordinator of GIT. He is working to develop startup ecosystem in GIT.

Dr. Ruchir Parikh
Assistant Professor

Ph.D. (Thermal Engineering), M.E. (Cryogenic Engineering), B.E. (Mechanical Engineering)
13 Years of Teaching

He has expertise in RAC, Heat Transfer, Thermodynamics and Cryogenic. He has published 2 international and 1 national paper in conference and 3 papers presented.

Prof. Someshwar Pandey
Assistant Professor

M.E. (CAD/CAM), B.E. (Mechanical Engineering)
9.9 Years of Teaching, 2.2 Years of Industry

He has Expertise in areas of Machine Design, Production, CAD, FEM and Dynamics of Machinery. He has guided 5 UG level projects. He has Published 2 Papers in International journal. He has presented papers in National and International conference.

Prof. Manthan Upadhyay
Assistant Professor

M.E. (CAD/CAM), B.E. (Mechanical Engineering)
9 Years of Teaching, 3 Years of Industrial

He has expertise in area of CAD/CAM, Design & Analysis of Machine Elements & Robotics. He has published 3 International & 1 National Papers.

Prof. Dhaval Panchal
Assistant Professor

Ph.D. (Pursuing), M.Tech. (Design Engineering), B.E. (Mechanical Engineering)
8 Years of Teaching, 1 Years of Industrial

He has expertise in areas of Machine Design, Robotics and Mechanical Design & Analysis of Pressure Vessel & Heat Exchanger as per ASME standard. His current research is in Robotics. Subjects undertaken are Kinematics & Dynamics of Machines, Machine Design, Industry 4.0, Operation Research, Design Engineering and Engineering Graphics. He has guided 11 UG level projects.

Dr. Sajan Chourasia
Assistant Professor

Ph.D. (Nirma Uni.), M.Tech. (Energy System)(Nirma Uni.) B.Tech. (Mechanical)
6 Years of Teaching, 6 Months of Industrial

He has expertise in areas of Alternative fuel, Energy Management, IC Engine and Thermodynamics. He has published 07 International papers (SCI/SCOPUS) & 06 (UGC-CARE),02 National paper, 05 International conference and 01 National conference. He has also work with Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews (Elsevier), SN Applied Sciences (Springer Nature), Corrosion Engineering Science and Technology (Taylor & Francis), IJMS, JSRR, JEMT, JJMIE, CFAA and AJEBA as journal referee . He has been guiding students for BE & ME projects. He has done GUJCOST funded project at Nirma University and 1 minor research project at Nirma University.

Prof. Ashish Majithiya
Assistant Professor

M.Tech. (CAD/CAM)(Nirma Uni.), B.E. (Mechanical Engineering)
3.5 Years of Teaching, 10 Months of Industry

He has expertise in areas of Machine Design, CAD and Robotics. He did his dissertation at SAC, ISRO. He received Pedagogical Innovation award from GTU in 2017.

Prof. Vrajesh Makwana
Assistant Professor

M.Tech. (CAD/CAM)(Nirma Uni.), B.Tech. (Mechanical Engineering)
2.5 Year of Teaching

He has expertise in areas of FEA, Kinematics, Synthesis of Mechanism, Machine Design and Automobile. He did his dissertation at KHS machinery in the domain of Optimization. He has presented 1 International Conference Paper.

Prof. Vipal Panchal
Assistant Professor

M.Tech. (Design Engineering)(Nirma Uni.), B.Tech. (Mechanical Engineering)
4 Years of Teaching

He has expertise in areas of Machine Design and Design analysis. He has been guiding students of BE for final year project. He had worked in Design of textile machinery. He has Published 2 Papers in International journal. He has attended various Seminars and Conferences.

Prof. Himanshu Barot
Assistant Professor

M.Tech. (CAD/CAM), B.E. (Mechanical Engineering)
7 Years of Teaching, 3 Years of Industry

He has expertise in area of CAD/CAM, Design & Analysis of Machine Elements & Robotics. He has published 1 National Paper.

Prof. Jyotin Kateshia
Assistant Professor

Ph.D. (Pursuing Numerical investigation on Pool Boiling, Nirma Uni.), M.Tech. (Thermal Engineering)(Nirma Uni.), B.E. (Mechanical)
7 Years of Teaching

He has expertise in areas of Thermal Subjects. He has published 1 international & 1 national Paper. Recently he is working on Heat Transfer Enhancement Technique in Pool Boiling.

Prof. Naman Dave
Assistant Professor

M.Tech. (Advanced Manufacturing Techniques), B.E. (Mechanical Engineering)
3 Years of Teaching, 1 Year of Industrial

He has expertise in areas of Metallurgy, Mechanical Measurements & Metrology, Production Technology and Manufacturing Processes. He has been guiding UG students for projects.

Prof. Paranjay Patel
Assistant Professor

M.Tech. (Design Engineering)(Nirma Uni.), B.E. (Mechanical Engineering)
3.5 Years of Teaching

He has expertise in area of Machine Design, FEA(Finite element analysis), Dynamics of machine. He has done his dissertstion at Aeron Composite Pvt. Ltd. in domain of Composite material. He has published 1 international Papers.

Prof. Maulik Sukhadiya
Assistant Professor

M.E. (Thermal Engineering), B.E. (Mechanical Engineering)
7 Years of Teaching, 1 Years of Industrial

He has expertise in area of Renewable Energy Engineering, Internal Combustion Engine, Automobile Engineering, Power Plant Engineering, Basic of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Graphics. He has published 8 International & 1 National Papers.

Prof. Darshan Shah
Assistant Professor

M.E. (Cryogenic), B.E. (Mechanical Engineering)
7.5 Years of Teaching, 1.3 Years of Industry

He has expertise in the areas of Refrigeration, Air conditioning, Fluid Mechanics, Fluid Power Engg & various Thermal subjects. He has guided 6 UG project. He has published 1 International & 1 National Paper.

Prof. Kashyap Ramaiya
Assistant Professor

M.Tech. (Computer Integrated Manufacturing)(Nirma Uni.), B.E. (Mech. Engg.)
1.5 Years of Teaching, 1 Year of Industrial

He has expertise in Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Automation, Robotics & Mechatronics systems. They have developed “Robotic System for Magnetic Field Measurement of Plasma Vessel” for Plasma Research Institute.

Prof. Dhruval Patel
Assistant Professor

M.E. (Thermal Engineering), B.E. (Mechanical Engineering)
1.5 Years of Teaching

He has expertise in areas of Thermodynamics, Power Plant, Alternative fuel, Fluid Power, IC Engine, Heat Transfer and Engineering Graphics. He has published 3 international Papers. He has been guiding students for BE projects.

Prof. Nikita Gupta
Assistant Professor

M.Tech. (Thermal Engineering)(Nirma Uni.), B.E. (Mechanical Engineering)
2 Years of Teaching
nikita.gupta@git.org.in

Her areas of interest are Heat Transfer, Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics and Computational Fluid Dynamics. She has presented 01 paper in National Conference and 01 paper in National Journal.

Prof. Jigar Paghadal
Assistant Professor

M.Tech. (Advanced Manufacturing Technique), B.E. (Mechanical Engineering)
2.5 Years of Teaching

He has Expertise in areas of manufacturing and material science. He has published 2 paper in international conference.

Prof. Tapan Patel
Assistant Professor

M.E. (Machine Design), B.E. (Mechanical)
7.5 Years of Teaching, 2 Years of Industrial

He has expertise in area of Machine Design and Manufacturing. He had worked in Manufacturing Industry. He has attended various seminars.

Prof. Samir Raval
Assistant Professor

M.E. (CAD/CAM), B.E. (Mechanical Engineering)
1.5 Years of Teaching

His areas of interest are Continuum Robotics, Compliant Mechanisms and FEM. He has conducted classes for subjects like Kinematics and Dynamics of Machines, CE, MDID and EG. He has presented 01 Paper in National Conference.