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ENGINEERING GRAPHICS The Multicolor Seventeenth edition of this textbook meets the latest syllabus of Engineering Graphics, offered in the First Year of BE/BTech. of all the branches of Engineering Colleges affiliated to Anna University.

The book is prescribed by ITs, NITs, Deemed Universities and Autonomous Institutions. Salient Features • This textbook is written in simple and easy-to-understand language • It is Student-friendly with Step-by-Step procedures and Side-by-Side drawings • It is examination oriented having 700 solved University Problems, compiled from various leading universities • It includes Chart-Paper Models of plane surfaces and solids It deals with computer aided solid modeling and drafting Prof K Venugopal, BE, MSc. (Engg.), FISE, MISTE, was Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Government College of Technology, Combatore. He was serving the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in the Department of Technical Education, Tamil Nadu over a period of 35 years.

He is a recipient of ‘The Best Citizen of India’ award from the International Publishing House, New Delhi. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Standards Engineers of the BIS and Life Member ofISTE. He has authored Engineering Drawing & Graphics and also co-authored Engineering Drawing + AutoCAD, Engineering Drawing and Engineering Graphics. Dr V Prabhu Raja, ME, PhD, FIE, MISTE, is Professor of Mechanical Engineering, PSGCT, Coimbatore. He has to his credit 108 technical papers published in National and International Journals and contributed in Conferences. He has conducted 30 Continuing Education Programs and executed 42 Industrial Consultancy Projects in the area of Finite Element Analysis. As Principal Investigator, he has successfully completed eight Research Projects, sponsored by DST, C-MAT, IGCAR, BRNS and DRDO. One major research project is in the area of Machine Tool Engineering undertaken in collaboration with two industry partners. Another major project is related to the structural integrity assessment of roof slab of nuclear reactor, which was sponsored by BRNS, Mumbai and executed in collaboration with IGCAR. He was also the Co-investigator of four research projects sponsored by DST, AR & DB and AICTE. He has guided thirteen Doctoral Research Scholars. He was the Organizing Secretary of the prestigious AIMTDR-2021 conference. Earlier. he served as a Senior Engineer in the Engineering Research Centre, Tata Motors, Pune.

He has co-authored Engineering Drawing + AutoCAD, Engineering Drawing and Engineering Graphics. He is a recipient of the ‘PSG Teacher of the Year Award 2015’ for his academic contribution towards the development of the institution. He was awarded for best industry-institution interaction in 2020 by PSGCT. Readership: Undergraduate/postgraduate students and faculties of all branches in Engineering • University and college libraries • Researchers, professionals and practising engineers