Syllabus of TANCET (Industrial and Production Engineering) includes Basic Mechanisms and Elements of Design, Tool Engineering, Machine tool operation, Metrology and Inspection, Computer Aided Manufacturing and Processing, Operations Management, Operations Research and Quality Control Reliability and Maintenance. Candidates can prepare for this exam by referring to books like Mechanical Engineering Design by J.F.Shigley, Metal Cutting Theory and Practice by Prof. A. Bhattacharya, CAD, CAM, CIM by P.Radhakrishnan and S.Subramanyan, Production and Operations Management by S.N. Chary, Operations Research by J.K.Sharma and Industrial Engineering Management by O.P. Khanna.

Books for Basic Mechanisms and Elements of Design

• A Textbook of Machine Design by Khurmi R S and Gupta J K
• Design of Machine Elements by Bhandari
• Mechanical Analysis and Design by A.H.Burr and J.B.Cheatha
• Design of Machine Elements by M.F.Spotts
• Design of Machine Elements by Sharma C S & Purohit Kamlesh
• Mechanical Engineering Design by J.F.Shigley

Books for Tool Engineering, Machine tool operation, Metrology and Inspection

• Fundamentals of Metal Cutting Machine Tools by G.Boothroyd
• Machine Tool by Acharkan
• Manufacturing Process by Maslov
• Manufacturing Science by A.Ghosh and A.K.Mallik
• Metal Cutting Theory and Practice by Prof. A. Bhattacharya
• Principles of Machine Tools by A. Bhattacharya and G. Sen
• Technology of Gear Cutting by Prof. A. Bhattacharya & Prof. S.R. Deb
• Tool Design by C. Donaldson, G. H. Lecain and V.C. Gould

Books for Computer Aided Manufacturing and Processing

• Computer Integrated Manufacturing by J. Harrington
• Robotics Technology and Flexible Automation by S.R. Deb
• Computer Integrated Manufacturing by K.Rathmill and P.Macconal
• CAD, CAM, CIM by P.Radhakrishnan and S.Subramanyan
• Computer Integrated Manufacturing by Paul G. Rankey

Books for Operations Management

• Modern Production / Operations Management by E.S. Buffa and R.K. Sarin
• Modern Production / Operations Management by Elwood S. Buffa, Rakesh K. Sarin
• Production and Operations Management by S.N. Chary
• Production Systems Planning Analysis and Control by James L. Riggs
• Productions and Operations Management by A.Muhlemann, J.Oakland and K.Lockyer

Books for Operations Research

• Operations Research – An Introduction by Taha
• Operations Research by J.K.Sharma
• Principles of Operations Research with Applications to Managerial Decision by Wagner

Books for Quality Control Reliability and Maintenance

• Industrial Engineering Management by O.P. Khanna
• Quality Control and Applications by Housen and Ghose
• Total Quality Management – An Introductory Text by Paul James

These reference books can help candidates to prepare for each subject specified in the TANCET syllabus. Candidates can purchase these books from concerned publishers, retail shops or even online book stores.