Conferences

1. Sudarshan Rao K and Ravindra H J, “Effect of graphite filler on three body abrasive wear behavior of carbon fabric reinforced epoxy composite” proceedings of 1st World Conference on Multidisciplinary Research and Practices (WCMRP-2025) organized by NEUST Philippines, SMVITM India and Confworld Educational Research and Development Association held at Kuala Lumpur Malaysia during 19 to 20 June 2025. 
2. Sudarshan Rao K, “Taguchi and Regression Analysis of Abrasive Wear Behavior of Carbon Epoxy Composite” proceedings of 18th International Conference on Tribology – SERBIATRIB ’23 organized by Serbian Tribology Society and the Faculty of Engineering, University of Kragujevac (Serbia) during 17 to 19 May 2023.
3. Sudarshan Rao K, Sheshagiri Pai, Chandan Nelli M K, Prathik Ambalpady, Prathviraj, Design and Development of Semi-Automatic Leaf Plate Molding Machine, Proceedings of 3rd International Conference on Advances in Materials, Mechanics, Mechatronics and Manufacturing organized by The Institution of Engineers Gwalior Local Chapter during 15-16 April 2023. 
4. Sandeep J Nayak, Sudarshan Rao K, Arun Upadya, H Udaya Prasaana, “Significance of Performance Indicators (PI) in the Design of Course file-Case Study for Effective Teaching Pedagogy” in the 24th ISTE Karnataka State Level Faculty Convention held at JSS Academy of Technical Education Bengaluru on 26 November 2022.
5. Sudarshan Rao K, “Dynamic mechanical behavior of unfilled and graphite filled carbon epoxy composites” Proceedings of 3rd International Conference on Trends in Material Science and Inventive Materials (ICTMIM 2021) organized by JCT College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, India from 12 to 13 March 2021.
6. Sudarshan M L, Vaibhav N Poojary, Sukesh Ananth Achari, Sudarshan Rao K, Effect of Fly ash Filler on Thermo-Mechanical Properties of Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites, Proceedings of International Conference on Emerging Trends in Science and Engineering (ICETSE-2020)  held at Shri Madhwa Vadiraja Institute of Technology and Management, Bantakal Udupi from 10 to 11 July 2020.
7. Pranav Mohan, Sachin Salian, Sharan, Sudarshan Rao K, Retractable Stabilizer wheel supported bicycle, Proceedings of International Conference on Emerging Trends in Science and Engineering (ICETSE-2020)  held at Shri Madhwa Vadiraja Institute of Technology and Management, Bantakal Udupi from 10 to 11 July 2020.
8. Sreenath R S, Nikhil SS, Chandan M D, Vijaykumar Doddamani and Sudarshan Rao K, Design and fabrication of water tank cleaner, Proceedings of the National Conference on Emerging Trends in Science and Engineering (NCETSE 2019) held at Shri Madhwa Vadiraja Institute of Technology and Management, Bantakal Udupi from 25 to 27 April 2019.
9. Sudarshan Rao K, Dynamic Mechanical behaviour of carbon fabric reinforced epoxy composites, 8th InternationalSymposium on Mechanics, held at Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom on 9-12 July 2018.
10. Abdul Nawaz, Leston Rihal D souza, Abhishek Kumar, Abdul Mohammaed Tabrez, Sudarshan Rao K, Design and Fabrication of Hybrid Multipurpose Solar Sprayer, Proceedings of International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering Science (ICAMES-17), 21 and 22 April 2017, PES College of Engineering Mandya. ISBN:978-81-932966-3-9.
11. Sudarshan Rao K, Y S Varadarajan and N Rajendra, Erosive wear behaviour of carbon fiber-reinforced epoxy composite, Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Materials Processing and Characterization, 14th and 15th March 2015, GRIET, Hyderabad, India.
12. Sudarshan Rao K, Y S Varadarajan, N Rajendra, Effect of Graphite Filler on Tribological Behavior of Carbon Epoxy Composite – A Taguchi Approach, Proceedings of the International conference on emerging trends in Engineering, May 15th and 16th 2012, NMAMIT, Nitte, India, pp 118-123.
13. Sudarshan Rao K, Y S Varadarajan, N Rajendra, Mechanical and Tribological Properties of Carbon Epoxy Composite, Proceedings of the International conference  on Advanced Materials and Processing, December 19-20, 2011, R M K Engineering College Chennai, India, pp 91-98.
14. Sudarshan Rao K, Y S Varadarajan, N Rajendra, Influence of Graphite Filler on the Mechanical Properties of Carbon Fabric Reinforced Epoxy composite, Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in  Engineering and Technology, 27th and 28th  May 2011, E.G.S. Pillay Engineering College, Nagapattianam, Tamilnadu, India.
15. Sudarshan Rao K, Y S Varadarajan and N Rajendra, Abrasive wear behavior of Glass / Epoxy composite filled with alumina filler, Proceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Materials, Manufacturing, Management and Thermal Sciences, November 18th & 19th, 2010, Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur.
16. Sudarshan Rao K, Y S Varadarajan and N Rajendra, Tribological Behavior of Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites, Proceedings of the International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, 22nd and 23rd October 2008, Anjuman Engineering College, Bhatkal, India.
17. Amith.V, Sushilendra Mutalikdesai , Sudrashan Rao K, R.Sridhar, H.N.NarshimaMurthy, A Study on Drilling Process Parameters of Nanoclay-Zinc Oxide- Epoxy-Glass Composite by Using L16 Orthogonal Array, Proceedings of  National Joint Conference on Innovations in Engineering & Technology (NJCIET),  29thApril 2015, Canara Engineering College, Mangalore.
18. V.Amith, Sudarshan Rao K, Akash A Shetty, Raymond Furtado, A. Prasanna and Sanjay Koppad, Experimental Investigation & Analysis of Mechanical Properties of Carbon Black-Alumina-Epoxy-Glass Composite, National Conference on Advances in Polymeric Materials (Polycon 2014), held at Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering, Mysore, on 25th and 26th April 2014.
19. Sudarshan Rao K, Y S Varadarajan and N Rajendra, Three body abrasive wear behavior of Carbon Fabric Reinforced Epoxy Composite, Proceedings of the 3rd National Conference on Emerging Trends in Materials for Advanced Technology, 20th and 21st March 2012, KVGCE, Sullia.
20. Sudarshan Rao K, Y S Varadarajan and N Rajendra, Friction and wear characteristics of Epoxy based composites filled with different fillers and reinforcements.:A Review , Proceedings of the National Conference on Mechanical Engineering Trends, 19th and 20th February 2010, Ballari Institute of Technology & Management, Ballari.
21. Sudarshan Rao K, Y S Varadarajan and N Rajendra, Tribological properties of epoxy based composites filled with different fillers and reinforcements: A Review, Proceedings of the National Conference on Recent trends in Advanced Materials, 18th December 2009, KVGCE, Sullia, pp 10-16.

By - Dr. SUDARSHAN RAO K

1. Aditya Kudva S, Gajanan Anne, Prakash Kumar, Soham Sarwate, Riddham Jain, Development of bio-degradable Mg-Gd based surface nano composites through Friction Stir Processing for implant applications, International Conference on Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Systems (ICMEES), 13 May 2025, ieeeforum, Chennai, India.
2. Aditya Kudva S, Gajanan Anne, Microstructure, mechanical properties and corrosion behaviour of Multidirectional Forged Mg-Zn-Sn alloy, International Conference on Materials for Modern Applications [ICMMA -2025], 11-13 March 2025, Srimad Andavan Arts And Science College (Autonomous), Trichy, Tamilnadu, India.
3. Gajanan Anne, Aditya Kudva S, Priyaranjan Sharma, Mahantayya M, Gurumurthy B M, Anand Hegde, Effect of Anodization on Mechanical and Corrosion Behaviour of Accumulative Roll Bonded Mg-Zn/Al-7075 Composites, International Conference on Recent Advances in Science and Engineering RAiSE-2023, 4-5 October 2023, MAHE, Dubai. (Won Best Paper Award).
4. Anirudh Rao, Aditya Kudva S, Ramesh S, Gajanan Anne, Multidirectional Forging of binary Mg-Zn alloy and its performance, International Conference on Emerging Trends in Science and Engineering (ICETSE-2020), 10-11 July 2020, Shri Madhwa Vadiraja Institute of Technology and Management, Bantakal, Udupi, Karnataka, India.
5. Kotian Rakshith Sadananda, Akashraj, Chirag Nayak, Bhaskar M, Aditya Kudva S, Gajanan Anne, Improving functional properties of Mg-4Zn-1Sr alloy using Cryo Ball Burnishing technique, International Conference on Emerging Trends in Science and Engineering (ICETSE-2020), 10-11 July 20 20, Shri Madhwa Vadiraja Institute of Technology and Management, Bantakal, Udupi,Karnataka, India.
6. Aditya Kudva S, B. Vittaldasa Prabhu, Green practices: A scenario in Indian manufacturing firms, 3i – Intelligence, Innovation and Inclusion – Best practices for Global Excellence, 11-12 March 2016, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, India.

By - Mr. ADITYA KUDVA S

1. Udayaprasanna H., Basavaraj M.V., Wear behaviour of oil-cooled and sub-zero conditioned AISI 310, AISI 253 ma and AISI 410 silicon steels’ Proceedings of COMET-2015, JNNEC, Shimoga -February 2015

By - Dr. H. UDAYA PRASANNA

1. Raja Yateesh Yadav, Dr. E S Prakash, J.Radhakrishna Murthy, “Prediction of Thermally induced residual stresses during heat treatment of forged railway wheel” Proceedings of National conference on “Trends and Advances in Manufacturing Engineering” (TAME-2011), pp 131-134, 29-30 Sept 2011, P.E.S Institute of Technology, Bengaluru.
2. Jimson John, Raja Yateesh Yadav, Ravindra Babu G, “Study of Emission Characteristics of Four Stroke Diesel Engine using Biodiesel Extracted from Cotton Seed Oil” Proceedings of National conference on “Emerging Trends in Environment and Energy Management” (NCEEM-2013), pp 12-15, 18-19 Oct 2013, Shri Madhwa Vadiraja Institute of Technology and Management, Bantakal, Udupi Dist.
3. Raja Yateesh Yadav, Chidanand Shankrayya Hiremath, “Development of Eco-friendly Silencer” Proceedings of 2^nd International conference on “Advances in Mechanical Engineering Sciences” (ICAMES-2020), pp 25, 28-29 February 2020, P.E.S. College of Engineering, Mandya. (ISBN:978-93-89107-80-7)
4. Raja Yateesh Yadav, Vinay Desai, “Development of Solar Operated Multipurpose Portable Cutting Machine” Proceedings of 1^st International conference on Renewable Energy and Green Technology (ICREGT-2020), pp 21, 09-10 October 2020, organized by Department of EEE, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Ghaziabad. (U.P) (ISBN: 978-81-946241-5-8)
5. Ganesh Kalagi, Abdulrajak Buradi, Abdul Razak Kaladgi, H.K. Madhusudhana, H.Udaya Prasanna, Raja Yateesh Yadav, Asif Afzal, C. Ahamed Saleel “Erosion wear behavior of glass fiber hybridized flax and sisal fabric hybrid composites with taguchi experimental design”, Proceedings of 1^st  International conference on “Technology Innovation in Mechanical Engineering” (TIME-2021), organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sagar Institute of Science & Technology, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh on 10-11 May 2021.
6. Raja Yateesh Yadav, Manjunatha S “A study on Emission and Performance characteristics of IDI diesel engine using Methanol and Ethanol biodiesel blends”, Proceedings of 3rd International Conference on “Recent Trends in Mechanical Engineering Sciences” (RTIMES-2024) organized by Srinivas Institute of Technology, Valachil, Mangaluru on 10-11 May 2024.

By - Dr. RAJA YATEESH YADAV

1. Performance and Emissions characteristics of Biodiesels in IDI Diesel engines – A review, NCAMES-2016,  ISSN: 2231-5381, p 179 – 183.
2. Numerical and Experimental Simulation studies of Combustion in IDI Diesel Engine – A Review, International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research Volume 9, Issue 4, April-2018, p267 – 271, ISSN 2229-5518

By - Dr. MANJUNATHA S

1. Bhat, B., Adhikari, R. and Acharya, K. (2017) Numerical Investigation on Human Knee Joint for Verifying Intactness of Anterior Cruciate Ligament, 1st International and the 18th National ISME Conference on Mechanical Engineering: Enabling Sustainable Development, February 2017.
2. Bhat, B., Adhikari, R. and Acharya, K. (2017) Finite Element Study of Human Knee Joint, SICOT World Congress, November 2017

By - Dr. BHARATH K. BHAT

1. “A comparative study of activated carbon from agricultural waste and alternative lignocellulosic material”, Mallya Ananth Mohan, NCEEM 2013, SMVITM, Bantakal
2. “Intelligent Braking System and Alcohol detection – based vehicle controlling – a review”, Tharun K, Sheikh Abdul Wahid, Srinath Samaga B, Sandesh Kumar D, Ananth Mohan Mallya, NCETSE 2018, SMVITM, Bantakal
3. “Design and fabrication of techno-economical incinerator using solar energy”, S Manoj, Rakshith Shetty R, Rajesh K S, Shreyas, Mallya Ananth Mohan, ICETSE 2020, SMVITM, Bantakal
4. “Development of seat actuated parking brake using rack and pinion”, Prajath P Sherigar, Sushan P Poojary, Sanath Kumar B, Preran P Shetty, Mallya Ananth Mohan,  ICETSE 2020, SMVITM, Bantakal
5. “Experimental investigation in determining optimum working temperature for a 4 stroke air-cooled motorcycle engine”, Mallya Ananth Mohan, Dr Narasimha K Bailkeri,  ICETSE 2020, SMVITM, Bantakal
6. “DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF SOLAR INCINERATOR FOR INCINERATING USED SANITARY NAPKINS AND COVID MASKS”, MALLYA ANANTH MOHAN, S MANOJ, RAKSHITH SHETTY R, RAJESH K S, SHREYAS, Virtual International Conference on Advanced Technologies and Research in Mechanical Engineering during 26th to 28th October 2020 organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, MEA Engineering College, Malappuram, Kerala , India.
7. “Improving General Mechanical Attributes of Polymer Composites through Sustainable Approach: A Short Review”, Ananth Mohan Mallya, Suhas Yeshwant Nayak, Satish Shenoy B, Binu K G, International Conference on Computational Methods in Engineering and Health Sciences ICCMEH-2024, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal, Dec 16 and 17, 2024.

By - Mr. MALLYA ANANTH MOHAN

1. Participated in the International Conference on “Emerging Trends in Science and Engineering (ICETSE – 2020)” held at Shri Madhwa Vadiraja Institute of Technology and Management, Bantakal, Udupi, on 10^th & 11^th July 2020.
2. Participated in the National Conference on “Emerging Trends in Science and Engineering (NCETSE – 2019)” held at Shri Madhwa Vadiraja Institute of Technology and Management, Bantakal, Udupi, on 26^th & 27^th April 2019.
3. Participated in the National Conference on “Emerging Trends in Science and Engineering (NCETSE – 2018)” held at Shri Madhwa Vadiraja Institute of Technology and Management, Bantakal, Udupi, on 27^th & 28^th April 2018.
4. Participated in 3rd National Conference (Mechmastic – 2k17)/South India Project Exhibition – 2k17 held on 18^th / 19^th  May 2017, at KIT, Tiptur.
5. Participated in the National Conference on “Emerging Trends in Science and Engineering (NCETSE– 2017)” held at Shri Madhwa Vadiraja Institute of Technology and Management, Bantakal, Udupi, on 23^rd & 24^th February 2017.
6. Participated in the National conference on “Geospatial Information & Technology Advancement (GITA-2K15)”, held at Shri Madhwa Vadiraja Institute of Technology & Management, Bantakal, Udupi, on 16^th and 17^th  October.

By - Lt. KARTHIK V