IEAE-KARNATAKA REGION Best Principal Awardee Dr. Suresh D. Mane Principal & Director, Girijabai Sail Institute of Technology, Majali, Karwar, Karnataka
Suresh D. Mane did his early schooling from Kendriya
Vidayalays in Kolkata, Punjab and then in Madhya Pradesh as his dad was serving
Indian Air force. Prof Suresh D. Mane Graduated in Mechanical Engineering from
Karnataka University in 1990 and joined Indian Railways.
He Completed M.Tech in Energy Systems Engg from BVB College
of Engineering Hubli in Karnataka and secured third rank to the university. He
pursued Research work in Railway workshops and successfully defended his thesis
from UBDT college of engineering Davangere under Kuvempu University.
He has a Total of 24 years experience 20 years with Railways
and 5 years in academics. He has extensively traveled the nation and has
visited numerous Railway establishments in all parts of the country like Diesel
Loco Unit, Varanasi in UP, Workshops in West Bengal, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra,
Tamil Nadu etc
As an officer he has successfully managed maintenance of 145
diesel locomotives at Diesel Loco Shed K.R. Puram, Bangalore for two years as incharge
Mechanical maintenance. After taking VRS from Railways he joined Shaikh College
of Engineering Belagavi to venture into academics. He served Shaikh College for
3 years as Professor in department of Mechanical Engineering before joining
GSIT, Karwar as Principal. Briefly served as Professor at Hirasugar Institute
of Technology, Nidasoshi in Belagavi District of Karnataka.
As Principal GSIT Karwar
Results of the institution improved considerably and the
Ecosystem itself is student friendly, reduction in faculty attrition rates.
Ø Established final year laboratories. Reorganized the
departments and class rooms
Ø Improved the results by 50% due to implementation of
new and innovative measures in teaching learning process
Ø Applied for three sponsorship projects to VGST,
Govt. of Karnataka
Ø Successfully conducted Governing Council meeting, three semester VTU Lab examinations and theory
examinations as Principal GSIT Karwar since 1 Oct 2015
Ø Faculty recruitment, guest faculties to handle
subjects of final year and arranged for more than 11 faculty recruitments in
four departments at GSIT Karwar
Ø Successfully applied for SERB, DST sponsorship for National
Conference at GSIT Karwar NCACME 2017 being conducted on 10 & 11 Feb, 2017.
Ø Presented papers in 10 International & 7
National Conferences at IIT-Bombay Twice, IISc- Bangalore Twice, IGIDR- Mumbai,
NIT- Surat, BESU (IIEST)- Howrah, UBDT Co E, Davangere, RVCE –Blore
Ø Conducted FDP on “Engineering Pedagogy &
Engineering Research†on 6 Feb 2016.
Academic Credentials
Ø Published
papers in 10 International blind peer revived Journals , 1 book chapter in
Springer
Ø Published
Three Articles in Indian Railways Magazine on Bio-Diesel , Global warming and on Carriage Repair Workshop Hubli. Two
articles submitted are under consideraion
Ø Certified Energy Manager and Certified Energy
Auditor Certification by Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Ministry of Power, Govt.
of India in the year 2007 ( Reg. No EA 8061).
Ø Trained Internal Quality Auditor for ISO 9000
Quality Mgt. Systems by Aptech Bangalore.
Ø Life
Member ISTE (MISTE: 19341), Fellow Institution of Engineers (M-137992-5)
Ø Technical
University (VTU) Examinations Squad team member, Chief Superintendent, Dy.
Chief Superintendent, Paper Setter for UG and PG, Evaluator for Projects,
Practical & Theory exams
Ø Shivaji
University Kolhapur, Subject expert for faculty selection for UG and PG in dept
of Tech
Ø Basaveshwar
Engg. College Bagalkot, Reviewer for Autonomous Examinations, Paper
Evaluator
Ø Reviewer
for 12 International Journals such as Inderscience,
Elsevier, “IBMEâ€, IJRET, IJETAE, IJERMCE etc
Ø Arranged for Industrial visits of engineering
students to Railway Workshop -Hubli, Tata Power -Belagavi, Nuclear Power Corpn
of India - Kaiga Plant, Jina Steels – Belagavi , Nandini Dairy- Belagavi, Ashok
Iron Works , Parle G Hubli
Ø Eight
invited talks by experts from industry for engineering students
Ø Guided Engineering students for their projects at
Railway Workshop Hubli, and Diesel Loco Shed Bangalore and findings published
in journals. Guided 5 UG Projects at SCET, Belagavi
Ø KSCST Bangalore. 2 projects sponsored ( 2013 and
2016) and one project awarded Best Engineering Project at state level
competition at Vijayapura during August 2016.
S.W. Railways
Ø 12
Awards for Meritorious Service in Indian Railways which include 4 Chief
Workshop Manager Awards, One Chief Mechanical Engineer Award and one Railway
Board Award and Six awards for Hindi Competitions
Ø Guest Faculty at Supervisors Training Centre of
Indian Railways at Bangalore even post retirement and received appreciation for
the same