Kolhapur the hub of manufacturing industry has had consistent demand for Mechanical engineers. The present day scenario of Globalization and open market has lead to further increase in the demand for mechanical engineers. To cater for increasing the demand for Mechanical Engineers manufacturing industry, The KIT’s college of Engineering established the Mechanical Engineering Department in the year 2002.

The department has developed all the infrastructure, facilities within a short period of 4 years .With a team of qualified, experienced and dedicated faculty the department now stands at par with the best Departments in the stream of Mechanical engineering in the University.

The first batch of students has already graduated from the department and all the aspiring students were placed in some of the most reputed manufacturing and IT industries of the country.

The department plans to further strengthen its facilities and faculty position to satisfy the ever increasing demand of the students and the industry in the coming years.