ENGINEERING

Of CHEMICAL

DEPARTMENT

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE

Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee is the oldest technical institute in the country, being the successor
institution of the first engineering institute - the Roorkee College established in 1847 and its transformation
as the Thomason College of Engineering, and then the first technical university of independent India - the
University of Roorkee. Its rich tradition of excellence in training, research and extension and its
contribution to national development spurred the Govt. of India to induct it as an IIT on September 21,
2009, through an Act of the Parliament. Roorkee was the first institute to start Masters programme in
Engineering in 1955 and was made the nodal institute for updating and upgrading the quality of teachers of
various technological institutions through Masters and Ph.D. programmes. The institute has the most
modern infrastructure for practical academic and research training through its laboratories and multimedia facilities under the guidance of the high quality faculty in sciences, engineering, humanities, social
sciences and management. It has the best infrastructure for students - hostels, sports, indoor games, and
promotes cultural and creative activities through various societies and clubs. The modern amenities
created recently are the envy of any modern progressive institution.

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

The Department of Chemical Engineering was established in 1963. It is one of the most productive
departments in the country in terms of research output and industrial consultancy. With its three flagship
Masters programmes in Industrial Safety and Hazards Management, Industrial Pollution Abatement, and
Computer Aided Process Plant Design, the dual degree Chemical and Hydrocarbon Engineering with an
annual intake of 94 students, the department produces the largest number of M.Tech. students in Chemical
Engineering in the country. It has a flourishing B.Tech. Programme in the Chemical Engineering and an
innovative integrated dual degree (IDD) programme - B.Tech. (Chemical Engg.) and M.Tech. (Hydrocarbon
Engineering) attracting the students through internationally acclaimed joint entrance examination (JEE).
The projects being undertaken by the students of B.Tech. and M.tech. programmes imbibe in the students
the traditional skills of integrated design and analysis of process plants and various units with emphasis on
environment friendly technology and process safety. The Ph.D. dissertations cover the diverse areas of
Chemical Engineering and are the signatures of the high quality research and new knowledge exemplified
by the number of citations of the research papers published in the peer-reviewed high impact research
journals.

In the current academic year 2014-15, the number of passing-out students are as follows:
Programmes
B.Tech. (Chemical Engg.)
5 year Integrated Dual Degree: B.Tech.( Chem. Engg.) + M.Tech. (Hydrocarbon Engg.)
M.Tech.
Computer Aided Process Plant Design
Industrial Pollution Abatement
Industrial Safety and Hazards Management

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RESEARCH ACTIVITIES (2009-15)

RESEARCH
ACTIVITIES

Research Grant (DST, MHRD, CSIR, MoEF, MNRE): Rs. 3.7 Crore
Books & Book
Chapters

Short-Term Training
Programmes Organized

17

Publications in SCI
Journals

280

Publications in
Conferences

240

Average Impact
Factor

2.1

Research Papers per

Faculty

~3

RESEARCH AREAS
Transfer Processes and Reaction Engineering, Chemical and Bio-Processing,
Modeling and Simulation, Environmental Engineering and Management,
Catalyst Development and Catalytic Reaction Engineering, Biochemical
Engineering, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Process Integration and
Intensification, Energy Engineering, Industrial Safety and Hazardous
Management.

FACILITIES
CHNS Analyzer, HPLC, FTIR, Surface Area and Porosity Meter, Atomic
Absorption Spectrophotometer, Rheometer, Thermal Imaging System, Gas
Chromatographs, Refrigerated Centrifuge, Particle Size Analyzer,
Galvanostat Potentiostat, Supercritical Fluid Extraction Unit, Fermenters,
AOX Analyzer, COD/TOC Analysis System, RSP Analyzer, Stack Monitoring
Units, SOx Analyzer, NOx Analyzer, etc.

TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT
The Department and Engineers India Limited (EIL) jointly developed a novel
wet-air oxidation process for the treatment of spent-caustic streams from
refineries. The technology has been scaled up in a pilot plant by EIL and was
tested at IOCL, Panipat refinery. The technology is now being
commercialized in the Bhatinda refinery.
Development of technology packages and simulation model for prediction of
plants performance based on evaluation of the plants already established.
The Department has been made the nodal agency for monitoring of the
existing biogas plants in India by Ministry of New and Renewable Energy,
Govt. of India.

MAJOR CONSULTANCY PROJECTS HANDLED

EIA and EMP for Cement Corporation of India; EIA of Bogaigaon Refinery and
Petrochemical Ltd; Carrying Capacity of Doon Valley; EIA Study of U.P.
Cooperative Sugar Mill, Doiwala; Safety Audit Report for Pasupati Acrylon
Ltd, Moradabad; Energy Conservation for M/s Asahi India Glass Ltd;
Evaluation of DGFASLI Plan Scheme; BOPET Films Manufacturing Equipment
Design Study for M/s SRF Ltd, Kashipur; Design of VOC Control Plant of
Refinery; HAZOP; Design & Performance Evaluation of ETPs and Air Pollution
Equipments, Design of Sewer systems & Sewage Treatment Plants, etc.

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
Development of suitable Pedagogical Methods and Video Courses via National
Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology
programme.

B.TECH.

B.TECH. (Chemical Engg.)

The students intake to this programme is through Joint Entrance
Examination (JEE ).
The B.Tech. program in Chemical Engineering begins with a
foundation in mathematics, chemistry, and physics. These
fundamentals are used to develop the analytical tools of chemical
engineering - fluid mechanics, chemical thermodynamics, and
chemical kinetics and the units of chemical processes and engineering
- such as chemical reactors, bio-reactors, distillation columns, and
heat exchangers - are analyzed with the above tools. The students are
trained to design chemical processes by integrating process units
with regard to economics, safety, and environmental impact. This
program aims at preparing professionals for practice in traditional
areas of chemical engineering, chemicals, polymers, petroleum,
utilities, pharmaceuticals, computers and information technology as well as emerging areas of biotechnology and electronic materials.

Core and Elective Subjects: Thermodynamics, Environmental

Studies, Energy Resources and Conservation, Material and Energy
Balance, Fluid Dynamics, Transport Phenomena, Computer Aided
Graphics, Mechanical Operations, Transfer Processes, Reaction
Engineering, Equipment Design, Process Dynamics and Control,
Chemical Technology, Process Equipment Design, Industrial
Instrumentation, Process Modeling and Simulation, Process Economics
and Plant Design, Petroleum Refining, Biochemical Engg.,
Petrochemicals, Industrial Pollution Abatement, Clean Technology,
Process Utilities & Safety, Process Simulators, Advanced Numerical
Methods, Novel Separation Techniques .

INTEGRATED DUAL DEGREE PROGRAMME

B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering and M.Tech. in
Hydrocarbon Engineering

DUAL DEGREE

This branch has been started in consultation with Industries such as

ONGC,IOCL, BPCL, EIL, etc. and research institutes of excellence in
petroleum like IIP (Indian Institute of Petroleum), Dehradun taking in
the best minds through Joint Entrance Examination (JEE ).
The programme moulds country's best brains to satisfy the needs of
Petroleum & Petrochemical industries in particular and Chemical
Process industries in general. This programme is designed for both
upstream and downstream processing sectors of Hydrocarbon
industries.

Core and Elective Subjects: Apart from basic chemical

engineering courses like Process Intensification, Process Integration,
Advanced Numerical Methods, Advanced Control Strategies, etc.
students of this programme are taught specialization courses in
Hydrocarbon Engineering like Reservoir Engineering, Distillation
Processes, Hydrocarbon Engineering, Oil and Gas Transport, Natural
Gas Engineering, Petrochemicals, Environmental Engineering, etc.
The students use software packages like Aspen Plus, MATLAB, HTRI,
Fluent for their project and dissertation work.

M.TECH.

M.TECH. PROGRAMME (Chemical Engg.)

This programme is offered to students taken through GATE (Graduate
Aptitude Test in Engineering). It comprises a full time 2-year
postgraduate (Master of Technology) programme in Chemical
Engineering with three different specializations.
M.Tech. Specializations:
Computer Aided Process Plant Design (CAPPD)
Industrial Pollution Abatement (IPA)
Industrial Safety and Hazards Management (ISHM)
The programme aims to nurture the intellect of students in high level
theoretical knowledge, thus enabling them to tackle practical
complex problems of design and development in industrial as well as
pursue further academic achievements through research.

COMPUTER AIDED PROCESS PLANT DESIGN

This specialization was started to provide the students proficiency in
chemical process and plant design, modeling, simulation and
optimization with excellent blend of practice and theory.
Core and Elective Subjects: Modeling and Simulation of Chemical
Equipments, Advanced Transport Phenomena, Chemical Reactor
Analysis, Advanced Process Dynamics and Control,
Numerical
Analysis, Process Simulators, Process Intensification, CAD of Chemical
Engineering Equipments, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Optimization
of Chemical Processes, Novel Separation Techniques, Reliability
Engineering, Design of Industrial Piping.

INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION ABATEMENT

IIT Roorkee is pioneer in launching this course first time in the country
giving wide coverage of industrial pollution abatement. This
specialization encompasses all the important information on pollution
sources, control methods and designing of pollution control
equipments.
Core and Elective Subjects: Air and Water Pollution Control
Engineering, Modeling and Simulation of Chemical Equipments,
Environmental Impact Assessment, Biochemical Engineering, Solid and
Hazardous Waste Management, Clean Technologies, Regulatory
Practices for Environment Protection, Design of Pollution Control
Systems, Industrial Safety and Hazard Management, Computation
Fluid Dynamics, Process Dynamics and Control, Process Simulators.

INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND HAZARDS MANAGEMENT

This specialization was first time started in the country which gives
due importance to safety management, risk analysis, safety
equipment design, fire sciences and hazard management along-with
basic input of chemical engineering.
Core and Elective Subjects: Reliability Engineering, Industrial Safety
and Hazard Management, Design of Safety Systems, Fire Science and
Engineering, Safety in Design of Process Equipments, Hazardous Waste
Management, Regulatory Practices for Industrial Safety, Computation
Fluid Dynamics, Process Dynamics and Control, Process Simulators,
Optimization of Chemical Processes, Process Integration.

FACULTY

OUR VISION

To be the fountain head of new ideas and innovations in science

and technology and continue to be a source of pride for all Indians.

Dr. V.K. Agarwal, Professor & Head

Email: vijayfch@iitr.ac.in
Research: Process Modelling & Simulation, CAD, Process
Control & Heat Transfer.

Dr. Bikash Mohanty, Professor

Email: bmohanty@iitr.ernet.in
Research: Heat Transfer, Process Integration, Modeling &
Simulation, CFD, Process Instrumentation & Control.

Dr. Shri Chand, Professor

Email: schanfch@iitr.ac.in
Research: Catalysis, Pollution Abatement, Mass Transfer,
Environmental Engineering.

Dr. B. Prasad, Professor

Email: bashefch@iitr.ac.in
Research: Energy Engineering, Pollution Abatement,
Biochemical Engineering.

Dr. C.B. Majumder, Professor

Email: chandfch@iitr.ac.in
Research: Environmental Engineering, Bio-Chemical
Engg., Simulation & Modeling.

Dr. Shishir Sinha, Professor

Email: shishir@iitr.ac.in
Research: Polymer Surface Modification, Bio Fuels.

Dr. (Mrs.) Shashi, Associate Professor

Email: sashifch@iitr.ac.in
Research: Process Modelling & Simulation, Separation
Pocesses, CAD, CFD.

Dr. Ravindra Bhargava, Associate Professor

Email: ravibfch@iitr.ac.in
Research: Process Modeling & Simulation, Optimization,
CFD.

Dr. P. Mondal, Associate Professor

Email: pmondfch@iitr.ac.in
Research: Energy Engineering, Environmental
Engineering, Biochemical Engineering.

Dr. V. C. Srivastava, Associate Professor

Officer In-chrage, Training & Placement
Email: vimalfch@iitr.ac.in
Research: Separation Processes, Environmental Engg.

Dr. Amit Kumar Dhiman, Associate Professor

Email: amitdfch@iitr.ac.in
Research: CFD of Non-Newtonian Fluids, Bluff Body
Flow, Heat Transfer.

Dr. Ram Prakash Bharti, Assistant Professor

Email: ram79fch@iitr.ac.in
Research: Microfluids, CFD, Non-Newtonian Fluid, Flow
& Heat Transfer, Bluff Bodies and Electro-kinetic Flow.

Dr. Prakash Biswas, Assistant Professor

Email: prakashbiswas@gmail.com
Research: Heterogeneous Catalysis, Chemical Reaction
Engg., Kinetic Modelling.

Dr. Vimal Kumar

Email: vksinfch@iitr.ac.in
Research: Heat Transfer, Single and Multiphase Flow,
CFD, Bio-oil from Renewable Feedstocks.

Dr. Shabina Khanam, Assistant Professor

Email: shabifch@iitr.ac.in
Research: Process integration, Energy conservation,
Modeling and Simulation

Dr. V.C. Nathan, Assistant Professor

Email: cvm16fch@iitr.ac.in
Research: Multi-Phase Flow, CFD, Finite Element
Method, Transport Phenomenon.

Dr. Gaurav, Assistant Professor

Email: goravfch@iitr.ac.in
Research: Fluid Mechanics, Hydrodynamic Instability,
Interfacial Flows, Microfluidics.

Dr. Sumana Ghosh, Assistant Professor

Email: ghoshfch@iitr.ac.in
Research: Two-phase flow, Hydrodynamic Cavitation,
Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell, Vortex Tube.

Dr. P. K. Jha, Assistant Professor

Email: pkjchfch@iitr.ac.in
Research: Molecular Simulations, Polymer Physics, Drug
Delivery, Charged Systems.

Dr. Taraknath Das, Assistant Professor

Email: tarak3581@gmail.com
Research: Heterogeneous Catalysis, Chemical Reaction
Engg., Kinetic Modelling.

Dr. N. Siva Mohan Reddy, Assistant Professor

Research: Extraction, Separation Processes, Oxidation,
Modelling & Simulation.

Dr. Surendra Kumar, Professor

Email: skumar@iitr.ac.in
Research: Mathematical Modeling, Simulation & Control,
Separation Process, Reaction Engineering.,

Dr. I.D. Mall, Professor

Email: invigfch@iitr.ac.in
Research: Environmental Engineering, Hydrocarbon
Engineering, Pulp & Paper, Chemical Technology.

Dr. I.M. Mishra, Professor

Email: imishfch@iitr.ac.in
Research: Transport Phenomena, Environmental
Engineering, Biotechnology, Energy Engineering.

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CONTACTS

Head of Department:
Dr. V. K. Agarwal
Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
Roorkee - 247667, Uttarakhand, India.
Ph. No: 01332-285217
Email: chemi@iitr.ac.in, vijayfch@iitr.ac.in

Officer In-Charge, Training and Placement

Dr. Vimal Chandra Srivastava
Associate Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
Roorkee - 247667, Uttarakhand India.
Tel: +91-1332-285889 (O) / 286889 (R)
Mobile: +91-9410372170
Email: tpchediitr@yahoo.com,
vimalfch@iitr.ac.in

Placement Team

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Email: neelam.tondwal@gmail.com
Mobile no: +91-8439415724

Sanjay Gautam (M.Tech) IPA

Email: gautamiitr@outlook.com
Mobile no: +91-8535012340

Abhishek Malik (M.Tech) ISHM

Email:chem7pch@iitr.ac.in
Mobile no: +91-8791230435

Sunny Mithani (IDD)

Email: sunnymithani@gmail.com
Mobile no: +91-7669613772

Surya Pratap Solanki (B.Tech)

Email: sps94uch@iitr.ac.in
Mobile no: +91-9690798948

Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

placement@iitr.ac.in or
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Website: http://www.iitr.ac.in/departments/CH/pages/