MESH
The “Mechanical Engineering Students Hub of DBCE, Fatorda” was formed to delve students in to the field of mechanical engineering. The student’s association organizes a plethora of activities like technical workshops, educational field visits, expert talks, competitions etc. MESH provides a platform for development and facilitates industry institute interaction. Students of second year, third year and final year of mechanical engineering are members of the council.
MESH Report: Installation of 11th MESH Council (2022-23)

The Inaugural ceremony of the Mechanical Engineering Students Hub (MESH), Don Bosco College of Engineering for the year 2022-2023 was held on September 10, 2022 . The Chief Guest for the function was Mr. Jayaprakash P V , Head of Engineering, Head of Center of Excellence – Iron Ore Goa, Vedanta Ltd, Guest of Honour Mr. Viraj Naik, Finance Manager, IFB Ltd. Also present were Neena Panandikar (Principal), Fr. Kinley D’cruz (Director), and Ajit Salunke (HOD Mechanical Engineering).
Mr. Jayaprakash P V (Chief guest)- spoke about the changing trends and evolution of the Green Steel and the future scope of mechanical engineers in the area of reduction of carbon emission standards. Mr. Viraj Naik- Guest of Honour, emphasised the role of finance in life and motivated students to start investing at a very young age. Dr. Neena Panandikar lauded the achievements of the students of previous MESH Council and encouraged students to learn about the new emerging technologies in the area of Machine Learning, AI etc . Fr. Kinley D’cruz shared his great thoughts and motivated to conduct several such events to build the organising and leadership qualities.

Prof Ajit Salunke appreciated the efforts put by the students of the MESH council and gave an overview of the events held by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, the Industrial visits and the workshops held in the year. Prof. Sanjeel Naik, Student-Coordinator MESH briefed about the MESH Chapter and the events carried out by MESH in the last year.
The new MESH council consisting of Chairman- Mr. Kaushik Varma Secretary- Mr. Bosco Medeira, Treasurer- Mr Aden Gomes, Editor- Mr Ayres Pereira, Student Executive Members- Mr. Xavier Furtado & Mr. Prathamesh Chandgadkar
Mr. Kaushik Verma, MESH chairman offered a vote of thanks..
The program was coordinated by the MESH Coordinators Prof Sanjeel Naik & Prof Suraj Marathe
Below is a listing of activities:
Academic Year 2016-17
Sr. No | Event/workshop/seminar/field visit | Participants | No of participants | Date |
1. | One week workshop on “Introduction to Hypermesh” | BE MECH | 15 | 02/01/2017-06/01/2017 |
2. | An Expert talk on “Work Culture in Industries” | TE & BE MECH | 110 | 03/03/2017 |
Academic Year 2017-18
Sr. No | Event/workshop/seminar/field visit | Participants | No of participants | Date |
1. | One week Training Program course on “Industrial Automation” | TE MECH | 81 | 03/07/2017 – 07/07/2017 |
2. | One week Training Program course on “CAD & Modelling” | TE MECH | 81 | 10/07/2017 – 15/07/2017 |
3. | One day workshop on “Positive Displacement pumps” by Netzsch | TE & BE MECH | 85 | 12/08/2017 |
4. | Field Visit to Godrej and Hindustan Solid Waste Treatment Plant | TE MECH | 81 | 09/09/2017 |
5. | Field Visit to Turbocam and Techforce | BE MECH | 72 | 13/09/2017 & 20/09/2017 |
6. | Industrial Visit to Cuncolim and Nessai Industrial Estate | SE MECH | 74 | 23/09/2017 |
Sr.No | Event/Workshop/Seminar/Field visit | Participants | No of participants | Date |
Academic Year 2018-2019 | ||||
1 | Half day workshop on Introduction to Robotics at Shri ShantaDurga High School, Bicholim for 10th standard students under the Banner of JCI Vasco | 10th standard students | 6/10/2018 | |
2 | One day workshop on “ Introduction to Robotics and Empowering Youth | TE | 9 | 02/2/2019 |
3 | IGNITRON- 2019 | SE, TE & BE Mech Students | 80 | 8 and 9 Feb 2019 |
4 | Workshop on Automobile Engineering | SE & TE | 48 | 8/2/2019 |
5 | Robotics workshop. | TE | 30 | 10/8/2019 |
Academic Year 2019-2020 | ||||
6 | Robotics workshop for the school students of Dr. K.B Hedgewar Vidyalaya, Ponda. | School Students | 21/9/2019 | |
7 | Robotics workshop.in association with GSIC | School Students | 1/10/2019 | |
8 | IGNITRON 2020 | SE, TE, BE | 150 | 13/3/2020 |
9 | Laser cutting workshop | TE | 30 | 13/3/2020 |
10 | Seminar on Robotics | BE | 60 | 13/3/2020 |
Academic Year 2020-2021 | ||||
11 | Virtual Installation of MESH council 2020-21 | SE, TE, BE | 80 | 3/10/2020 |
12 | Virtual Talk on Star ratings in Cars | SE, TE, BE | 60 | 3/10/2020 |
Academic Year 2021-2022 | ||||
13 | Virtual Inaugural Function of MESH Council 2021 | SE, TE, BE | 100 | 9/10/2021 |
14 | Webinar on Industry 4.0 by Dr. Shymanta M. Hazarika, Professor, IIT Guawahati | SE, TE, BE | 100 | 9/10/2021 |
15 | Webinar on ‘Financial freedom’ by Mr Gilbert Mendes, faculty of DBCE Panjim, Marketing consultant and business educator | SE & TE | 100 | 17/7/2021 |
16 | IGNITRON 2022 | SE, TE, BE | 80 | 20/4/2022 |
Academic Year 2022-2023 | ||||
17 | Installation of Chapter Working Committee of MESH for the year 2022-23 | SE, TE, BE | 60 | 10/9/2022 |
18 | IGNITRON 2023 | SE, TE, BE | 80 | 20/4/2023 |
Academic Year 2023-2024 | ||||
19 | Installation of MESH council for the AY 2023-24 and felicitation of Mr. Savio Carvalho, Special Invitee. | SE, TE, BE | 60 | 15/09/2023 |
20 | IGNITRON 2024 | SE, TE, BE | 80 | 21 and 22 March 2024 |
21 | Virtual Reality (Drishti)” by Mr. Akhilesh Bhise, Founder of Innovent 3D, based in FiiiE, DBCE. | TE | 50 | 21/3/2024 |
Academic Year 2024-2025 | ||||
22 | Installation of MESH council for the AY 2024-25. | SE, TE, BE | 60 | 30/8/2024 |
23 | A Pathway to Success in Supply Chain Management: Insights by Benecia Colaco | TE, BE | 50 | 13/9/2024 |