Department of Chemical Engineering

About Us

The Department of Chemical Engineering was established in the year 1993 to offer undergraduate program, B.Tech. Chemical Engineering. Since then the department has gained recognition and prominence as the most sought option for admission into Undergraduate Program in Chemical Engineering. The department has well versed laboratories give learning a practical dimension and highly energetic and enthusiastic staff with academic and research pursuit. The department is accredited by National Board of Accreditation (NBA), New Delhi from the year 2004 onwards.

The graduated chemical engineers have many career options to choose – like placement in MNCs, industry, teaching, research or an admission into PG courses like M.Tech, M.S or MBA in India or countries like USA, U.K, Germany and Australia. In addition to traditional careers in the chemical, energy and oil industries, chemical engineers enjoy increasing opportunities in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, electronic device fabrication and environmental engineering. A few of our graduates turn as entrepreneurs. The department continues to upgrade chemical engineering syllabus structure, experiments and infrastructure to keep abreast with latest developments in chemical engineering and allied fields.

The department received grants from central institutions for modernizing the laboratories. Apart from regular class work, the students regularly update and develop through various co-curricular activities organized in the department like seminars, conferences, workshops, industrial visits, summer internship training and invited talks by eminent personality like successful alumni, scientists and industrialists. National level conference and workshops are organized in association with student chapters of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE), Institution of Engineers IE(I) and Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) every year to enrich the knowledge of students beyond curriculum.

The department has evolved significantly over the last three decades, reflecting changes in the Indian chemical industry and the chemical engineering profession worldwide.

Achievements

2022

Our student Ashwin bagged first place and won Cash award of 1 lakh for his project “Converting Municipal Plastic Waste to Construction Bricks and Alternative Fuel (Coal) For Thermal Power Plants in TamilNadu” from Entrepreneurship Development and Innovation Institute, Government of TamilNadu.

2021

Our student Gowrishankar bagged first place and won Cash award of 1 lakh for his invention MOISTREE from Entrepreneurship Development and Innovation Institute, Government of TamilNadu.

2020

Project grant received by Mr.Kabileeswaran, S. Muthupandi, T.Nandhakumar, R.Arun under Student Project Scheme from TamilNadu State Council for Science and Technology- DOTE, Chennai.

2019

Project grant received by students Antony Divine Raj, A Asvinth, V Dinesh, R Kavin Kishore under IIChE Project Grant from Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers –Bangalore Regional Centre.

THRUST AREA OF RESEARCH

• Process Equipment Design
• Biochemical Engineering
• Separation Processes
• Environmental & Energy Engineering
• Material Science & Engineering
• Modelling, Simulation & Optimization
• Petroleum & Petrochemicals
• Polymer Science & Engineering
• Process Control & Dynamics
• Computational Fluid Dynamics
• Fuel cell Technology
• Pharmaceutical Technology
• Industrial safety

INDUSTRIAL TIE-UPS

The department has alliance (MoUs) with leading industries/institution to enhance the knowledge of the students and the Faculties.

• Global calcium Private limited, Sipcot, Hosur for Internships /Projects and Placement
• Envirowisers solutions private limited, Bengaluru, for Internships /Projects and Placement
• Supreme water works, Bengaluru for Internships /Projects and Placement

STUDENTS EXCHANGE

The Department of Chemical Engineering has encouraged students to involve in internship/industrial training/ industrial visits to stimulate their perception in various chemical and allied fields.

• CLRI, Chennai
• Indira Gandhi Centre For Atomic Research
• TVS Sundaram Fasteners Limited
• SPIC
• DCW limited
• Global Calcium Pvt Limited
• Mysore Milk Union
• Karnataka Soaps and Detergents Limited
• The Ramco Cements Limited
• JSW Steel Limited
• Micro Labs Limited
• Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Paper Limited
• BPCL
• Gail(India),Karaikal
• The Vellore Co-Op Sugar Mills Limited
• Mettur Thermal Power Plant Station – I
• The Fertilizers And Chemicals Travancore Limited
• Carborundum Universal Limited
• The Travancore Cochin Chemicals Limited
• Chemin Enviro Systems Private Limited
• Thirumalai Chemicals Limited
• Unilink Pharma Pvt. Limited
• Kansai Nerolac Paints Limited

Department Information and Details

Approved Intake	23-24	22-23	21-22	20-21	19-20
	60	60	60	60	120
Fees charged ( per annum ) in Rs.	As per Tamil Nadu Government Norms
Pass Percentage during Last Five Years	22-23	21-22	20-21	19-20	18-19
	100	100	97	71	94
Teacher Student Ratio	1:15
No. of Faculty Members	Cadre			Number
	Professor			2
	Associate Professor			1
	Assistant Professor			13
Faculty Profile	Qualification			No. of Faculty
	Ph.D			4
	Ph.D Pursuing			1
	Post Graduate			11
	Undergraduate			Nil
Experience Faculty	Experience			No.of Faculty
	Less than 5 Years			8
	5 to 10 Years			4
	More than 10 Years			4
Budget Allocation for the Programme ( in Rs.)	Recurring			Non-Recurring
	68,74,936.00 /-			20,46,010.00/-
New Initiatives and Future Vision	To promote learning and innovation that integrates engineering and life sciences for the advancement of human health.

Industrial Consultancy, Research and Development (During the past 5 years)

No. of sponsored research projects in progress	Nil
No. of papers published in International Journals	17
No. of papers published in National Journals	--
No. of papers presented in International Conferences/Seminars	12
No. of papers presented in National Conferences/Seminars	20
No. of National Conferences Conducted	3
No. of training Programmes/Short Term Courses Conducted	8