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

Ajit Salunke is an Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering department at Don Bosco College of Engineering. He previously served as Head of the Department for 10 years, starting in October 2012. Before joining Don Bosco College of Engineering, he worked as an Assistant Professor at Padre Conceicao College of Engineering, Verna, Goa, for 5.5 years, Lecturer in Sapthagiri College of Engineering, Bangalore for 4 months, Training Officer in SESA Goa Ltd., Vedanta Group Company for 5.5 years and Lecturer in R.N.S Polytechnic, Murdeshwar for 1 year & 10 months.

• Farming Automation
• Smart Manufacturing/Industry 4.0
• Robotics
• Machine vision

• ”Investigation of critical parameters of lubricating oil of Journal bearing in steam power plants using Lab VIEW”,
• “Industrial pipe cleaning robot”
• Miniload Automated Storage System
• Solar Powered Robotic Lawnmower
• SMS Based Tsunami Monitoring System
• Robotic Dust cleaning system
• Remote palpation in robot assisted surgery
• Cod copter for surveillance purposes
• Robotic arm for surgery
• Special purchase drilling machine to drill holes on hull of a ship
• Pipe cleaning robot
• Investigation of critical parameters of lubricating oil of Journal bearing in steam power plants using Lab VIEW
• Solar powered ploughing robot
• Glass cleaning robot for high rise buildings
• Quality Grading of nuts by Machine Vision & Physical Properties using Labview
• Disabled Friendly Wheelchair
• Automated Stone Polishing machine
• Development of a device for compressive testing of Aracanuts using Labview
• Automated Grading of Areca nut using image processing and lab view
• Development of arecanut grading equipment by optimizing of processing parameters using design of experiments
• Design and Fabrication of human hoist ergonomic chair

• 1 day workshop on “Additive Manufacturing” at BITS Pilani Goa Campus on 24/9/24
• 1 day workshop on “Matlab” at Goa Engineering College
• 1 week “IUS South Asia Continental Conference & Workshop” at Citadel, Salesian Province House , Chennai from 28/11/22 to 2/12/22
• 1 week ISTE STTP on “Mechatronics & Automation” from 13th – 18th Nov 2014 IIT Chennai
• 2 days workshop on “Research Methodology” 4th & 5th April 2014 Sri Sri Inst. Of Management studies, Borda
• 1 week ISTE STTP on “Smart Systems” from 25th – 29th Nov. 2013 at IIT Chennai
• 2 days Workshop on “Applications of Machine Vision”, 15th to 16th March 2013, Vellore Institute of Technology
• 1 Week AICTE sponsored STTP on “Automation & computer Applications in Manufacturing”, at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras from 6th to 10th February 2012
• 1 week ISTE approved STTP on “Industrial Automation & process control”, at PCCE, Goa from 8th to 12th November 2011
• 1 week QIP Short Term Course on Classical Control Systems: Theory and Hands at Indian Institute of Technology , Bombay from 10th to 15th May 2010
• 1 week Faculty Development Programme on “MEMS” at MSRIT , Bangalore from 21th to 27th December 2009
• 1 Week ISTE-IUCEE STTP on “Graphical System Design with Lab View” at Infosys Global Education Centre, Mysore from 29th June to 3rd July 2009
• 1 week ISTE STTP on “ JAVA/J2EE” at PCCE, Goa from 10th to 14th November 2008
• 1 week ISTE STTP on “Robotics & Applications”at Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues College of Engineering, Mumbai from 26th to 30th May 2008
• 1 week ISTE STTP on “Sensor Interfacing & Automation of Mechanical Systems” at PSG Institute of Technology Coimbatore from 9th to 14th June 2008
• 1 day workshop on “Electrical engineering for Mechanical engineers” on 17th December 2011 at Goa engineering college
• 2 Days workshop on “Robotics & Applications” from 29th to 30th April 2011 at Goa engineering college
• 1 day workshop “Finite Element Method” at PCCE Goa on 12th January 2008
• 4 weeks course on “ANSYS CFX” at Active India, Ansys Certified Training Center Bangalore from 12th November to 10th December 2006
• 1 day workshop on “Flexible Manufacturing Systems“ at Gogte Institute Of Technology on 8th July 2015
• 1 Week AICTE sponsored STTP on “Industrial Automation & Mechatronics” at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras from 13th to 18th October 2014
• 1 Week AICTE sponsored STTP on “Automation & computer Applications in Manufacturing”, at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras from 6th to 10th February 2012
• 2 Weeks TEQIP II ISTE STTP on “System Simulation” at Goa Engineering College from 7th to 18th December 2015
• 1 Week ISTE TEQIP III STTP on “Advances in Fluid Mechanics” at DBCE
• 1 Week ISTE TEQIP II STTP on “Virtual Instrumentation ” at DBCE
• 1 Week ATAL FDP on “Design of Experiments” from 4/11/19 to 8/11/19 at SVNIT, Surat
• 2 days seminar on “Industrial Internet of Things” from 10/11/2017 to 11/11/17 at RV College of Engineering, Bangalore
• 1 week TEPIQ III AICTE –ISTE STTP on “AI & ML” from 2/7/2018 to 6/7/2018 at DBCE
• 1 week online FDP on “Advances in Automotive Mechatronics”, from 27/7/20 to 31/7/2020 organised by RV- Mercedes Benz centre for automotive electronics
• 1 week online ATAL FDP on “3 D Printing & design” organised by Satyabhama Institute of science & Technology from 24th to 28th August 2020
• 1 week online ATAL FDP on “AI & IOT based technology for precision farming & smart agriculture” organised KGiSL institute of technology from 7th to 11th June 2021
• 3 days workshop on “Problem solving using DOE” from 20th to 22th July 2017 at ISI, Bangalore
• 2 days workshop on “Machine vision using Labview” on 18th & 19th February 2017 at PSG college of Technology , Coimbatore
• 2 days International workshop on “Advanced Composites” on 7th & 8th December 2016 at SDMCET, Dharwad
• 2 days online course on “Examination Reforms” from 29/4/20 to 2/5/20 , organised by AICTE
• 1 week ATAL FDP on “Design of experiments and Artificial neural network” from 16/08/2021 to 20/08/2021 at Faculty of Engineering & Technology, M.J.P Rohilkhand university
• 1 week online ATAL FDP on “3 D Printing & design” from 14/12/21 to 18/12/21 , organised by NIT Warrangal
• 1 day workshop on “Effective and Efficient Online teaching in the age of Corona” on 17/5/20 , organised by IIT Bombay
• 1 day workshop on “The BodhiTree and SAFE tools for effective online teaching” on 21/6/20 , organised by IIT Bombay

• Talk on “3D printing in healthcare” at the ISTE approved one-week FDP in “Advances in manufacturing & automation” , organised by AITD, Assagao from 25th to 29th July 2022
• Vidhnyan Dhara -2024, Conducted talks in 2 schools on 21st and 23rd February 2024 respectvely
• Vidhnyan Dhara -2025, Conducted talks in 3 schools on 13th, 14th, and 21st February 2024 respectvely
• 1 Week ISTE Short Term Training Programme on “Industrial Automation and Process”
• Week ISTE short term training Programme on “ Finite Element analysis with ANSYS”
• One Week ISTE STTP on “Computer Applications in Design & Manufacturing”
• HR Summitt 2015
• Ksitij
• Vedanta Taksasila
• 1 day workshop on “CNC machines”
• 2 Days Workshop on “Industrial Automation & Process Control”, (4 Batches)
• 1 Day Workshop on “CFX”
• 2 Days Workshop on “Finite element analysis with ANSYS”
• 3 Days Workshop on “CATIA”
• 3 Days Workshop on “Advanced ANSYS”
• 2 Days Workshop on “Graphical Programming with Labview”
• 2 Days Workshop on “Technical Computing with Matlab”
• 1 Week Course on “ANSYS”
• 1 Week “Basic Course in Finite element Method”
• 1 Day Training Programme on “Basic Machine tools”
• 1 day workshop on “Graphcal Programming with Labview” at GEC, Goa
• 1 day workshop on “Applications of Labview”at Gogte Institute Of Technology, Belgaum
• 1 day workshop on “Graphcal Programming with Labview” at GSIT, Karwar
• “Virtual Instrumentation in Automation” at SDMCET, Dharwad
• “Virtual Instrumentation in Automation” at Padre Conceicao College of Engineering, Goa uring the 2 weeks AICTE sponsored winter school on “Industrial Applications of Mechatronics”
• “Lab view- Programming & Applications” at Gogte Institute of Technology, Belgaum
• “Robotics & Virtual Instrumentation” at PCCE, Verna
• “Robotics in Agriculture” at DBCA, Goa
• “Mechatronics & Application” at Govt. Polytechnic, Bicholim
• “Data Acquisition For Research” at Girijabai Sail Institute Of Technology, Karwar
• “Automation In The Present Industrial Scenario” at Girijabai Sail Institute Of Technology, Karwar
• “Robotics & Automation” at New Educational Institute & C. T. Naik school at SCIFFI 19
• “3D printing in the pharma industry” & “DCS/SCADA” at Sanofi Synthelabo (India) Pvt. Ltd.
• “CAD Applications in 3d printing” at convocation ceremony of IMS CAD Centre
• “3D printing in the pharma industry” during 2 days online workshop on “Additive manufacturing.
• “Robotics & Automation” at ESG, Panjim during SCIFFI 18
• “3D printing in the pharma industry & Bio printing” at DBCE during 2 days national Level online workshop on “3 D Printing”
• “Acharya P. C. Ray” at Balram-A day care school for SCIFFI 2022 prefest activity

• Salunke and S. Honnungar , “Development of a true density-based automated quality grading device for unboiled arecanut kernels,” African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development, vol. 24, no. 8, pp. 24298–24318, Aug. 2024.
• A. Salunke, S. Honnungar and A.Vadivel, “Determination of the volume of unboiled arecanut kernels using image processing,” Acta Technologica Agriculturae,” vol. 28, no. 1, 2025
• A. Salunke and S. Honnungar, “Estimation of physical properties of unboiled type arecanuts using load cell and ellipsoid approximation,” in Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Mechatronics, Control and Robotics (ICMCR 2025), Feb. 2025. (National University of Singapore)
• A. Salunke and S. Honnungar, “A review of unboiled arecanut drying process and its correlation with mechanical properties,” Materials Today: Proceedings, vol. 56, pp. 2888–2892, 2022. (3rd International Conference on Contemporary Advances in Mechanical Engineering (ICCAME 2021, Chandigarh Group of Colleges)
• Ajit Salunke, Sunil Honnungar, “ Development of a prototype for compressive testing of arecanuts using Labview”, National Conference on Progresses and Research in Mechanical Engineering ( PRIME – 20) , SDMCET, Dharwad
• A. Salunke and S. Honnungar, “Quality grading of areca nuts harvested and processed in Goa using image processing and lab view,” In AIP Conference Proceedings, 2020, vol. 2247, no. 1, p.020017. (International conference on design materials and Manufacture (ICDEM-2109), NITK Suratkal)
• Ajit Salunke, Swapnil Ramani et al,, “Glass cleaning Robot for High Rise Buildings”, International Conference on Innovative Sustainable Computational Technologies (CISCT-2019) , Graphic Era University , Dehradun, IEEE Xplore
• Ajit Salunke, Sunil Honnungar, “A review of Quality grading of Agricultural products in Present Context of Indian and Other Developing Countries”, National Conference on Progresses and Research in Mechanical Engineering ( PRIME – 18) , SDMCET, Dharwad
• Ajit Salunke, Swapnil Ramani et al, “Automated Tile Polishing robot” 3rd Biennial International Conference on Nascent Technology in Engg (ICNTE 2019) , Fr. C. RIT Vashi
• Ajit Salunke, Swapnil Ramani et al,“Pipe Cleaning Robot”, 3rd Biennial International Conference on Nascent Technology in Engg (ICNTE 2019) , Fr. C. RIT Vashi
• Sujay R. Shirodkar, Saidatt G. Kamat, Prof. Shreeshail Yalagatti, Ajit Salunke, “Dual Power Vapour Absorption Air Conditioning System in Trucks”, Volume-3, Issue-7, July 2015, International Journal of Engineering and Technical Research (IJETR) ISSN: 2321-0869 (O) 2454-4698 (P)
• Ajit Salunke et al, Solar Powered Ploughing Robot, International Journal of Engineering and Technical Research- IJETR, Vol-3, Issue-7, 2016
• Ajit Salunke et al, Special Purpose Drilling Machine for Ships Hulls, , International Journal of Research in Engineering & Technology, Vol 5, Issue 10, 2016
• Ajit Salunke et al, Real Time Monitoring Of Lubricating Oil Properties Using Labview, International Journal Of Engineering & Technical Research, Vol 3, Issue 7, 2015
• Ajit Salunke et al , Remote Palpation in Robot Assisted Surgery, Proceedings of the International Conference on Recent Advances in Engineering Sciences, ICRAES 2016, MSRIT, Bangalore,, 8-9 September 2016
• Kedar Acharya, Mandeep Chari, Saidatt Kamat, Suraj Betkikar, Vivek Patil, Ajit Salunke , “Real Time Monitoring Of Lubricating Oil Properties Using LabVIEW”, International Journal of Engineering and Technical Research (IJETR), Volume-3, Issue-7, July 2015 ISSN: 2321-0869 (O) 2454-4698 (P),
• Ajit Salunke, Swapnil Ramani and Mahesh Caisucar, International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering (ICWAME-2014), Thakur College of Engineering & Technology, Mumbai, March 2014
• Ajit Salunke, Mahesh Caisucar, “Robotic Dust control System”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Mechanical, Manufacturing and Building Sciences -ICAMB 2012), Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore,9-11 January 2012, pp.88-92
• Ajit Salunke, Mahesh Caisucar , Pnuematic Robot Arm, Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Mechanical and Building Sciences in the 3rd Millennium -ICAMB 2012), Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore,9-11 January 2012, pp.103-107
• Jovito D’Mello, Swapnil Ramani, Pushparaj Pingulkar, Ajit salunke and Mahesh Caisucar, Investigation of Critical Parameters Desired for Tactile Sensing of a Kidney stone in Remote Palpation using ANSYS, Proceedings of the International Conference on Design and Advances in Mechanical Engineering, SKP College of Engineering, Tiruvannamalai, 16-17 December 2011, pp.559-564
• Ajit Salunke, Mahesh Caisucar “Viscosity monitoring and control of Lubricating Oil of Journal Bearings using Labview”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Modern Trends in Instrumentation and control, PSG college of Technology , Coimbatore , India, 2-3 September 2011, pp 52-57
• Ajit Salunke, “PC based real time control of viscosity of furnace oil for boilers using Labview”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering (ICETE-11), NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte, 4-5 May 2011, pp.643-646
• Ajit Salunke, “Implementation of SMS based Device for Early Tsunami Warning”, Proceedings of the International Conference on “Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering”, National Institute of Technology, Suratkal, 20-22 May 2010
• Ajit Salunke, Mahesh Caisucar “Solar Powered Robotic Lawnmower” Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Mechanical and Building Sciences in the 3rd Millennium -ICAMB 2009), Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore,14-16 December 2009, pp.43
• Ajit Salunke, Mahesh Caisucar, Vinod Kotebhavi “Web Based ERP Model for Product Requirement Planning”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering( ICAME-2008) , Sardar Vallabhai National Institute of Technology, Surat, 15-17 December 2008, pp.1048-1053
• Ajit Salunke, Mahesh Caisucar “Web Based ERP Model for Flexible Manufacturing Module” , Proceedings of the International Conference on Emerging Researches and Advances in Mechanical Engineering (ERA 2009) , Velammal Engineering College , Chennai, 19-21 March 2009, pp.201
• Ajit Salunke, “Software Model for Competency Based Training Needs Identification” , Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on VISION 2020- Managerial Challenges and Strategies (IBSCION 09) , IBS Ahmedabad, 2-4 Jan 2009, pp. 215-216
• Ajit Salunke, Antao Ashburn, Rohan Vernekar, “Miniload Automated Storage & Retrieval System” Proceedings of the National Conference on Emerging Trends in Mechanical Engineering, (ETIME 08), BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore, 28-29 August 2008, pp.60.

9.00 am To 5.00 pm [on prior appointment]

• Mechatronics Lab CAD/CAM Lab