The Chemical Engineering Department is one of the premier and oldest department of Institute of Technology. The department was established in 1997 with a vision to establish itself as one of the best study centre of Chemical Engineering with a focus on cutting edge technology research and to produce career ready chemical engineers. The department offers B.Tech. and M.Tech. course in chemical engineering with intake capacity of 60 and 18 respectively. Only the GATE qualified candidates are eligible for admission in M.Tech. The course curriculum has been developed at the level of the premier technical institute like IIT/NIT by keeping in view the current trends in chemical industries.
The department is endowed with well qualified faculty members strongly committed to impart high quality teaching in chemical engineering. More than 80 papers have been published in Journals/ International / National Conferences / Seminars and 3 text books have been written by the faculty members. It has well equipped laboratories in core and specialised areas of chemical engineering. The department has received the total research grant of Rs. 41 Lakhs by funding agencies like AICTE and UGC.
The department has established student's society - Chemical Engineering Students Society (ChESS), in the year 2011. The objective of the society is to provide a platform to students to enhance their skills and overall personality. "ChESS" has recently started its own book club and is going to launch its e-magazine RaSAYAN, (an in-house publication of ChESS). Department encourages UG students to actively participate in research and present their work in scientific platforms.
More than 50% students of the last batch have been placed in various reputed companies through campus placement. The student of the department have actively participated and secured appreciable position in various extra and co-curricular activities at the university as well as national and international level.
Alumni list includes people from DuPont, Reliance, ESSAR Oil, GACL, SAHARA (UAE), Jindal, BALCO, HDFC and many reputed organizations.
The department heartily welcomes suggestions for further improvement.