Dr. D.S. Bedi is one of the distinguished writers in India. He possesses a very excellent academic background. He had held various high positions viz. formerly Professor Emeritus at Department of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Engineering and Technology (Punjab); Professor & Head, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering,Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology (Punjab); Visiting Professor at Wayne State University, Detroit, MI (USA); Principal, Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Engineering College, (Punjab); Advisor-cum-Consultant at G.G.S. College of Modern Technology (Punjab); Director, Punjab College of Engineering; Technology, Punjab. Dr. M.P. Poonia is presently serving as Vice Chairman, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). Prior to this, he remained as Director, National Institute of Technical Teachers’ Training and Research (NITTTR), Chandigarh. Dr. Poonia is the recipient of Bharat Mata Award conferred by Indian Institute of Oriental Heritage (an International Institute of Oriental Studies and Research, Kolkata. Dr. M.P.Poonia is specialized in the field of Mechanical Engineering. He possesses a vast experience of 30 years. He has published 80 research papers in National and International Journals and published 8 books with M/s. Khanna Book Publishing Company.
<p>The subject 'Elements of Mechanical Engineering' embraces 3 different fields of Mechanical Engineering, namely Thermodynamics, Strength of Materials and Theory of Machines.</p><p>The book is written in simple and easy to understand language. The authors have ingeniously brought in situations encountered by common man in his day-to-day life, so as to generate interest in the reader for the subject which otherwise leaves him high and dry.</p><p>In addition to this, every topic is supplemented with large no. of solved examples (more than 300 examples) which deals with every possible situation. At the end of each chapter, review questions have been added so that the students are made conversant with the type of compulsory questions they have to face in university exam. These are also followed by large no. of model problems. </p>
