Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Don Bosco College Of Engineering,
Fatorda, Margao,Goa- 403 602.
Tel No : (0832) 2741045/2743944
Fax : (0832)2742648
E-mail: pravin.verekar@dbcegoa.ac.in

He is currently working in Mechanical Engineering Department of Don Bosco College of Engineering for the past 9 years and 3 months. He was Ph.D. scholar at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore for 6 and ½ years. Prior to this, he worked as Head of Department (Training) for 8 and ½ years and as Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering for 10 and ½ years at Institute of Shipbuilding Technology (ISBT), Vasco. He worked at Sesa Goa Ltd as Junior Engineer for about 3 years.

• Unsteady flows
• Boundary layer separation

• Construction of Well’s turbine working model – (2014-2015)– Mrudul Sherlekar, Manjit Shetye, Ajinkya  Arsekar, Neeraj Pandey, Prajish Kumar.
• Computerized journal bearing test rig – (2014-2015) – Antonio Figuerado, Deepak Rane, Gauraj  Kelkar, Pratamesh Tupare, Suyog Naik.
• Radio frequency controlled fire extinguishing vehicle – (2015-2016) – Vipul Zambaulikar, Jamiroddin Sheikh, Suraj Naik, Frazier Rogtao, Baburao Gaonkar.
• Study of propulsion of a biomimetic fish – (2015-2016) – Avinash Bhat, Benroy Cardoso, Rajeeb Khatri, Samir Jilani, Mayur Shetti.
• Investigation of aerodynamic forces acting on bluff and streamlined bodies – (2016-2017) – Gopal Kudchadkar, Atish Tari, Rohit Yellurkar, Kiran Gaonkar, Siddesh Gawas.
• Design and fabrication of pneumatic paper stamping machine – (2016-2017) – Jolton D’Costa, Chrislee Dias, Linford Dias, Aditya D’Souza, Nashlon D’Souza.
• Experimental Study of Propeller Thrust and Wake – (2017-2018) – Kalidas Shetkar, Rajat Sawant, Gian George, Akash Sharma, Savio Furtado.
• Characterisation of underwater acoustics generated by propeller – (2018-2019) – Denver Dias, Conrad Barreto, Rolan Pereira, Lance Braganca, Kingsley Costa.
• Effect of aspect ratio and flexibility on dynamics of flapping foils – (2018-2019) – Joel Colaco, Casnoy Fernandes, Stefan Da Silva, Movil Carvalho, Nigel Lima.
• Experimental investigation of vibrations in hydraulic machinery – (2019-2020) – Maxwell Fernandes, Shridhar Parab, Anish Temudo, Rajat Chipkar, Gandhar Naik.
• Experimental study of coupled mode flutter in airfoil – (2020-2021) – Nathan Miranda, Joel Pacheco, Joel Colaco, Joel Pereira, Bensan Fernandes.
• Design and Fabrication of Pressure Distributing Wheelchair Seat – (2021-2022) – Roosevelt Silveira, Zackery Barreto, Shannon Fernandes, Clayton Pereira, Ronan Norohna.
• Construction of Drone inspired by Insect Flight – (2021-2022) – Rajay Naik, Sharath Kumar, Rudraksh Sardesai, Pranay Tari, Maria Mendes.

• Training programme in Entrepreneurship by Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, Ahmedabad at EDC, Panaji during December 4-17, 1990.
• Core Module IV on Village Industries at TTTI, Bhopal during September 14-25, 1992.
• Summer school on Entrepreneurship Development at Cusrow Wadia Institute of Technology, Pune from July 4-16, 1994.
• Short course on Devising a Continuing Education Programme for Industries at TTTI, Bhopal during June 19-23, 1995.
• Short course on Organising Industrial Training of Students by TTTI, Bhopal at Government Polytechnic, Panaji during January 5-9, 1998.
• Training course on The Assessment of Quality Management Systems by Nigel Bauer & Associates at Goa during May 4-8, 1998.
• Seminar on Total Quality Management: Implications for Technical Education System by CRISP at DTE, Goa during June 23-24, 1998.
• Training course on Achieving Excellence Through Positive Attitudes by CRISP at DTE, Goa during December 27-31, 1999.
• Training course on Conference on IT (Internet) by CRISP at Agnel Polytechnic, Verna during December 11-15, 2000.
• Programme (under Colombo Plan) on Acquiring ISO 9001:2000 Certification for a Technical Institute at TTTI, Bhopal during June 03-14, 2002.
• Programme on Marketing of Educational Programmes and Services at TTTI Extn. Centre, Goa during February 24-28, 2003
• Staff Development Programme on Development of Basic Managerial Skills at TTTI Extn. Centre, Goa during May 26-30, 2003.
• Staff Development Programme on Managing an Institution/ Department as an Enterprise at TTTI Extn. Centre, Goa during December 1-5, 2003.
• Internal Auditor Training Course for ISO 9001 – 2000 Standard by IRS Inspection Services, Goa during January 22-23, 2004.
• Training programme on Developing Employable Personality at NITTTR, Bhopal during July 5-9, 2004.
• Workshop on Turbulence at Department of Mathematics, IISc, Bangalore during January 07-31, 2008.
• Lecture Course on Advanced Flow Diagnostic Techniques at National Aerospace Laboratories (CSIR), Bangalore during September 17-19, 2008.
• Fluids Days 2013 Conference at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore held during July 18-20, 2013.
• Seventh National and Fourth International Conference in Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power at IIT, Madras held during December 16-18, 2010.
• TEQIP II – ISTE approved STTP on Computer Aided Engineering Analysis at DBCE during January 4-8, 2016.

• One Week TEQIP-III AICTE-ISTE Short Term Training Programme (STTP) on “Advances in Fluid Mechanics: Experimental and Computational” at DBCE during January 8-12, 2018.
• Two-day National Level Online Workshop on Vibration and Noise Control: Recent Trends and Innovations at DBCE during February 25-26, 2022.

• Verekar, P. K. & Arakeri, J. H. 2010 Sphere rolling down an incline submerged in a liquid. In Proc. 37th National and 4th International Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, IIT Madras (ed. B. V. S. S. S. S. Prasad). Chennai: Valar docs.
• Verekar, P. K. & Arakeri, J. H. 2010 Visual study of unsteady flow past an unconstrained sphere resting on a horizontal plane. In Proc. 37th National and 4th International Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, IIT Madras (ed. B. V. S. S. S. S. Prasad). Chennai: Valardocs.

• Verekar, P. K. & Arakeri, J. H. 2019 Three-dimensional flow separations on a rolling sphere. Sadhana, Volume 44, Issue 2.

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• Fluid Mechanics