IPE department was founded in 1973, with specialized faculty in the area of Industrial and Production Engineering to run the M.E. Program (Industrial and Production Engineering) for sponsored engineers from Industry. The department of Industrial and Production Engineering, is today one of largest department of the institute.

Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech.) program of the department has been accredited by The National Board of Accreditation (vide File No. 27-13/2010-NBA dated 02-12-2023) for three years i.e academic years 2021-22, 2022-2023 and 2023-24 (till 30th June 2024). Further it is accredated for Academic Year 2024-25, 2025-26 and 2026-27,i.e.,upto 30/06/2027

The department is equipped with learned faculty and modern facilities. The department has a well-equipped central workshop that imparts basic training in various manufacturing processes. The department is also equipped with modern laboratories of CAD/CAE, FMS, Industrial Inspection, Industrial Engineering, Quantitative Techniques and Metal Cutting and Machine Tools. Faculty members have published more than 50 papers in the last three years, and have authored number of books, which are popular in many engineering curriculum across the country.

B.E. program in Industrial and Production Engineering commenced in the year 1983 and M.E. (now M. Tech) program in Industrial Engineering and Management also commenced in the same year i.e 1983.  M. E. program in Manufacturing Engineering commenced in the year 2019.