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BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus

Department of Chemical

Engineering BROCHURE – January 2018

BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

Faculty: Chemical Engg.

Faculty have extensive experience in both industry and academic

Dr. Rameshbabu

Adusumalli

Dr. D. Purnima Dr. Balaji

Krishnamurthy

Prof. I.

Sreedhar Prof. Srikanta

Dinda

Dr. Karthik

Chetan V.

Dr. Asma

Ahmed Dr. Vikranth K.

Surasani

Mrs. Lakshmi

Sirisha.

Dr. Angan

Sengupta Dr. Satyapaul A.

Singh


Looking into the rapid change in the global industry environment, Department of

Chemical Engineering at BITS Pilani, Hyderabad campus is determined to nurture

new talents and create leaders and entrepreneurs who can bring high level value

addition to the Chemical and Allied industries. Our mission is to drive excellence in

Chemical Engineering education and training thereby lead to the creation of a

common platform for connecting academia and industry in the exchange of

knowledge.

Chemical Engineering department comprises of qualified faculty who have received

PhDs/Postdocs from IIT’s or universities abroad. The Department offers programs in

three tiers of Chemical Engineering i.e Bachelors (B.E), Masters (M.E) and Ph.D. Our

B.E students are placed in reputed companies such as Shell, Unilever, Honeywell,

etc. Currently 13 Research scholar are working in our dept. Department has received

funding from various agencies such as DST, BIRAC (DBT), CSIR, ABSTC Mumbai,

DRDO and BITS Pilani.

We invite experts to deliver talks to our students. Our faculty are also involved in

teaching for Industry Professionals under Work Integrated Learning Program (WILP).

We have conducted couple of conferences & workshops during last five years.

About the Department


Welcome to the Department of Chemical Engineering, BITS

Pilani Hyderabad Campus. Though the department is only 9

years old, it is rapidly growing with state of the art laboratory

infrastructure with all experimental and computational

facilities. The department currently has eleven young faculty

members from diverse research areas like Reaction

Engineering, Biochemical Engineering, Petroleum

Engineering, Material Science, Batteries and Fuel Cells and

Polymer Science & Technology, etc. We are currently offering

B.E Chemical Engineering, M.E Chemical Engineering. We

are running Minor degree program in Materials Science and

Engineering. The department boasts around 80% placement

record for last three outgoing batches and more than 10 %

have opted for higher studies. Our students are unique in

two aspects. They undergo 7.5 months of industrial training

in 2 phases (Practice School 1 & 2) supervised by BITS

faculty.

Message from HoD

Prof. Srikanta Dinda Head, Dept. of Chemical Engg.

BITS Pilani, Deemed to be University under Section 3 of UGC Act, 1956

Technicians, Staff

P. Somi Reddy

Sr. Tech. Asst. N. Bhaskara Raju

Jr. Technician

P. Appala Reddy

Technician G. Surya Narayan

Office Assistant

MD.Mudassir khan

Jr. Technician


Research Scholars


Ongoing Sponsored

Projects

Sl.

No

Project Name Principal

Investigator

Funding

Agency

Amount (in

lakhs)

Start date &

Duration

1 Biofuels from lignocellulosic

biomass waste: Biosolubilization

and biomethanation of lignin

Dr. Asma

Ahmed

DST 27.2 July 2014

(ended in

January 2018)

2. Studies on CO2 Capture from

Flue Gases using Regenerable

Solid Adsorbents

Prof. Srikanta

Dinda

CSIR 23.8 Oct.2015

3 Composition of phenolic resin

from two sources for their

properties

Dr. Karthik C.

V

ASL 9.792 April 2018


Research Scholars Details

Sl.

NO.

Name Category Supervisor&

co-supervisor

Topic of Research

1

Mr. B.

Sreenivasulu

Full time Prof. I. Sreedhar Kinetics and Engineering of Carbon Capture

by Chemical Looping Combustion

2

Mr. U. Appala

Naidu

Full time Prof. Srikanta

Dinda

Polymerization and Kinetic studies of ketonic

resin synthesized by Environmentally

friendly method

3

Ms. Lakshmi

Sirisha . P

Full time Dr. Asma Ahmed Development of an environmental friendly

process for the production of biofuels and

value added products from Lignocellulosic

biomass residues.

4

Ms.

K.Chandrakala

Full time Dr. Ramesh B.

Adusumalli & Dr.

Karthik Chetha.V

Mechanical Characterization of Human Hair

Fibers

5

Ms. Madhavi Full time Dr. Balaji & Dr.

Vikranth K.

Surasani

Modelling of Fuel Cells

6

Ms. S. Aparna Full time Dr. D.Purnima &

Dr. Ramesh B.

Adusumalli

Polymer blends and Composites


Research Scholars

SI.

NO.

Name Category Supervisor &

co-supervisor

Topic of Research

7 Ms. S N Manasa

Dhakshayani Full time

Dr. Karthik Chethan.

V & Dr. Vamsi

Krishna .V

Development and Characterization of

Electro spun Nanocomposites

8. Mr.Premanath

Full time Prof. Srikanta Dinda &

Dr. Sounak Roy

Studies on CO2 Capture from Flue

Gases using re-generable Solid

Adsorbents

9 Y.Varun Full time Dr.Satyapaul A.Singh Development of advanced

nanomaterials for waste to energy

applications

10 Nithin

Bharadwaj.K

Full time Dr. Angan Sengupta Thermo-chemical studies of CO2

capture from environmental point of

view

11 Mr. Pathi Suresh Part time Prof. I. Sreedhar & Dr.

Vikranth K. Surasani

Experimental and Modeling Studies of

Continuous Wet Granulation

12 Ms. P. Madhuri Part time Dr. Ramesh babu

Adusumalli & Dr.Asma

Ahmed

Study of Pulp Characteristics after

Cooking and Bleaching for

optimization of Process parameters

13 K. Sundaraiah Part time Prof.Srikanta Dinda Development of Endothermic fuel


Prof. Srikanta Dinda Associate Professor, Head of the Dept.

B.Sc. Chemistry : Vidyasagar

University, WB

B.Tech. : Calcutta University

M.Tech. : Calcutta University

Ph.D. : IIT Kharagpur

Contact:-

Tel: +91-40-66303586

Email: [email protected]

pilani.ac.in

Research Interests

• Reaction Engineering & catalysis

• Petroleum Refining

• CO2 capture

• Synthetic & bio polymer

Latest Publications

A. Bhaskar Soman, Swapna Challagulla,

Soumitra Payra, Srikanta Dinda, Sounak Roy, A

probe on surface morphology and active sites of

TiO2 towards photo assisted catalysis, Research

on Chemical Intermediates, 2017.

Appala Naidu U., Srikanta Dinda, Kinetics of

thermal decomposition of ketonic resins,

Materials today communications, 12, 2017, 88-

94.

Srikanta Dinda, Vijay Ravisankar, Palak Puri,

Development of Bio-epoxide from Nahor (Mesua

ferrea Linn) Oil, Journal of the Taiwan Institute

of Chemical engineers, 2016, 65, 399-404.

Srikanta Dinda, Nikhil S. Reddy V., Ramesh

babu A. Bio-epoxide and Bio-adhesive from Plant

oil, Korean journal of Chemical Engineering,

2016, 33, 2915-2922.

Appala Naidu U, Srikanta Dinda, Pravallika K,

Karthik C. V., Preparation and charecterization

of ketonoc polymer for coating applications,

Progress in Organic Coatings, 2016, 99, 251-

262.


Prof. I. Sreedhar Associate Professor

B.Tech. : NIT Warangal

M.Tech. : IIT Delhi

Ph.D. : BITS Pilani, Pilani

Campus, India

Contact:

Tel: +91-40-66303512

E-mail:

[email protected]

pilani.ac.in

Research Interests:

• Reaction Engineering

• Process Development

• Fluid Rheology

• Carbon Capture

Latest Publications

I. Sreedhar, Sneha Khaitan, Rajat Gupta, B. M.

Reddy, A. Venugopal, "A tryst with Process and

Engineering Trends in Forward Osmosis",

Environmental Science: Water Research and

Technology, 2017,.

V. Krishna, V. Vijay Kumar, G. Naresh, S. Naveen,

A. Hari Padmasri, I. Sreedhar, A. Venugopal, "Zn

modified CuCr2O4 as stable and active catalyst for

the synthesis of 2.6 dimethylpyrazine:Valorization

of crude glycerol obtained from biodiesel plant",

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research,

56(41), 2017, 11664-11671.

P. Suresh, I. Sreedhar, R. Vaidhiswaran, A.

Venugopal, "A comprehensive review on process

and engineering aspects of pharmaceutical wet

granulation", Chemical Engineering Journal, 328,

2017, 785-815.

B. Sreenivasulu, I. Sreedhar, A, Venugopal, B. M.

Reddy, K. V. Raghavan, "Thermo-kinetic

investigations of high temperature carbon capture

using Coal-flyash doped sorbent", Energy & Fuels,

31(6), 6320-6328, 2017.


Dr. D. Purnima Assistant Professor

B. Tech : Osmania University,

Hyderabad

M. Tech: Osmania University,

Hyderabad

Ph. D. : IIT Delhi

Contact:-

Tel :+91-40-66303554

Email : [email protected]

pilani.ac.in

Research Interests:

• Polymer Blends and Composites

• Natural Fibers

• Characterization of Materials

• Polymer processing

Latest Publications

“Effect of Treatment of Fly Ash on Mechanical

Properties of Polypropylene”, D. Purnima and

Sourav Agrawal, Key Engineering Materials, 759,

20-23, 2018.

“Crystallization Kinetics of PP/Talc/Coir Hybrid

Composites”, D. Purnima and Somarowthu

Srikanth, Nano Hybrids and Composites 16, 3-8;

2017.

S. Aparna, D. Purnima, and R. B. Adusumalli, “A

Review on Various Compatibilizers and its Effect

on Mechanical Properties of Compatibilized Nylon

Blends”, Journal of Polymer-Plastic Technology

and Engineering, 56(6), 2017, 617-634.

“Natural Fibre Reinforced Polymer Composites for

Automotive Applications”. R.B. Adusumalli, Dr. D.

Purnima. Polymer Society 6(3), 32-34; 2013.

“Interfacial Adhesion through Maleic Anhydride

Grafting of EPDM in PP/EPDM Blend”, D.

Purnima, S. N. Maiti, A. K. Gupta, Journal of

Applied Polymer Science, 2006, 102, 5528-5532.


Dr. Balaji Krishnamurthy Assistant Professor

B.Tech. : CECRI, Karaikudi,

Tamilnadu

Ph.D. : Univ. of South Carolina,

USA

Contact:-

Ph: +91-40-66303552


pilani.ac.in

Research Interests

• Batteries & Fuel cells

• Energy systems

• Electrochemical Engineering

• Mathematical modeling of

Electrochemical systems

Latest Publications

Soham Jariwala, Saksham Phul, Rohit Nagpal,

Sanket Goel, Balaji Krishnamurthy, “Modeling

the performance of an enzymatic glucose fuel

cell”, Journal of Electroanalytical Society, 801,

2017, 354-359.

Screening Pencil leads coated with MWCNT and

PANI as enzymatic bio fuel cell (EBFC) cathode,

Madhavi Bandapati, Prabhat K. Dwivedi, Balaji

Krishnamurthy, Young Ho Kim, Gyu Man Kim,

Sanket Goel, International Journal of Hydrogen

Energy, 42 (2017) 27220-27229.

An Empirical rate constant based model to

study capacity fading in lithium ion batteries,

Srivatsan Ramesh and BalajiKrishnamurthy,

International Journal of Electrochemistry,

Volume 2015, Article ID 439015

A Mathematical model to study the capacity

fading in lithium ion batteries-formation and

dissolution reactions, Srivatsan Ramesh and

Balaji Krishnamurthy, Journal of

Electrochemical Society, 162(4), A 545(2015)

mailto:[email protected]




Dr. Ramesh Adusumalli Assistant Professor

B. Tech : CBIT College (Osmania

Univ.), Hyderabad

M.S : University of Applied

Sciences, Reutlingen, Germany

Ph.D. : University of Natural

Resources and Applied Life

Sciences (BOKU), Vienna, Austria

Contact :

Tel : +91-40-66303554

Email:

[email protected]

pilani.ac.in

Research Interests:

• Polymer Composites

• Wood, Pulp & Paper Technology

• Fibre Technology

Latest Publications

Shubham Mishra, Chandrakala Kunchi, Karthik

Chethan Venkateshan, Ravi Chandra Gundakaram,

Ramesh Babu Adusumalli. Nanoindentaion and

Tensile testing of Human Hair Fibres. Journal of

Materials Science 51(22) 10191-10204; 2016.

S. Aparna, D. Purnima, and R. B. Adusumalli, “A

Review on Various Compatibilizers and its Effect on

Mechanical Properties of Compatibilized Nylon

Blends”, Journal of Polymer-Plastic Technology and

Engineering, 56(6), 2017, 617-634.

Jakob Schwiedrzik, Rejin Raghavan, Markus

Rüggeberg, Silla Hansen, Juri Wehrs, Ramesh B.

Adusumalli, Tanja Zimmermann & Johann Michler.

Identification of polymer matrix yield stress in the

wood cell wall based on micropillar compression

and micromechanical modelling. Philosophical

Magazine: Part A Materials Science; DOI:

10.1080/14786435.2016.1235292

Srikanta Dinda, Nikhil Sainath and R.B.

Adusumalli. Production of bio-epoxide and bio-

adhesive from non-edible oil. Korean Journal of

Chemical Engineering. 33(10), 2915-2922; 2016


Dr. Karthik Chethan Assistant Professor

B.E. : University Of Mysore,

Karnataka

M.S. : University Of Utah, USA

Ph.D. : McMaster University,

Canada

Contact:-

Tel: +91-40-66303613


pilani.ac.in

Research Interests

• Biomaterials

• Encapsulation and composite

applications

• Protein denaturation

• Liquid-liquid phase separation

latest Publications

Shubham Mishra, Chandrakala Kunchi, Karthik

Chethan Venkateshan, Ravi Chandra

Gundakaram, Ramesh Babu Adusumalli.

Nanoindentaion and Tensile testing of Human

Hair Fibres. Journal of Materials Science 51(22)

10191-10204; 2016.

Appala Naidu U, Srikanta Dinda, Pravallika K,

Karthik C. V., Preparation and charecterization of

ketonoc polymer for coating applications,

Progress in Organic Coatings, 2016, 99, 251-262.

Physicochemical Properties of Soy Protein: Effects

of Subunit Composition. Guangyan Qi, Karthik

Venkateshan, Xiaoqun Mo, Lu Zhang, and Xiuzhi

Susan Sun, J. Agric. Food Chem., 59, 18, 9958-

9964 (2011),

Functional, Physiochemical, and Rheological

Properties of Duckweed (Spirodela polyrhiza)

Protein. Yu, G., Liu, H., Venkateshan, K., Yan,

S., Cheng, J., Sun, X. S. and Wang, D.

Transactions of the ASABE. 54(2), 555-561

(2011).





Dr. Asma Ahmed Assistant Professor

B.Tech. : CBIT College (Osmania Univ.,

Hyderabad

Ph.D. : Oklahoma State University,

USA

Contact:-

Ph: +91-40-66303618


pilani.ac.in

Research Interests:

• Production of biofuels from biomass

• Bioreactor design for solid state

fermentation

• Cell Culture process optimization

• Biopharmaceutical production

Latest Publications

A.Ahmed, J. Nimmakayala, A. Ramesh,

“Improved Ammonium Removal from Industrial

Wastewater through systematic adaptation of

wild type Chlorella pyrenoidosa”, Water Science

and Technology 75 (1), 2017, 182-188.

Degradation of Lignin in Agricultural Residues

by locally isolated fungus Neurospora discreta.

Pamidipati, S. & Ahmed, A.(2016). Appl

Biochem Biotechnol doi:10.1007/s12010-016-

2302-6

Effects of Biomass-generated Producer Gas

Constituents on Cell-growth, Product

Distribution and Hydrogenase Activity of

Clostridium carboxidivorans P7T. Ahmed, A.,

Cateni,B. G., Huhnke, R.L., Lewis, R.S. (2006)

Biomass and Bioenergy 30(7): 665-672.

Fermentation of Biomass-generated Synthesis

Gas: Effects of Nitric Oxide. Ahmed, A. and

Lewis, R.S.(2007), Biotechnology and

Bioengineering 97(5): 1080-1086





Dr. Vikranth K. Surasani Assistant Professor

B. Tech: RV College, Bangalore

M.E.: Otto von Guericke

University, Germany.

Ph.D.: Otto von Guericke

University, Germany.

Contact:-

Tel: +91-40-66303633


pilani.ac.in

Latest Publications

Trishikhi Raychoudhary, Vikranth Kumar

Surasani, “Implication of Surface Modified NZVI

Particle Retention in the Porous Media with the

Help of 1-D Transport Model”. Journal of Earth

System Science, 2017,

V. K. Surasani, F. Kretschmer, P. Heidecke, M.

Peglow and E. Tsotsas, "Biomass combustion in a

fluidized-bed system: an integrated model for

dynamic plant simulations", Industrial &

Engineering Chemistry Research 50(17): 9936-

9943, 2011

V. K. Surasani, L. Li, J. B. Ajo-Franklin, C.

Hubbard, S. S. Hubbard, Y. Wu, “Selective

Bioclogging and Permeability Alteration by L.

mesenteroides: a Reactive Transport Modeling

Study at Reservoir Scale”, Energy and Fuels 2013,

27 (11), pp 6538–6551

Wu, V. K. Surasani, L. Li, S. S. Hubbard,

“Geophysical monitoring and reactive transport

modeling of bioclogging processes induced by

leuconostoc mesenteroides”, Geophysics 2014,

79(1), E61–E73

Research Interest: • Pore Network Modeling in Process

Engg

• Reactive transport in porous media

• Modeling of Biogeochemical

Interaction

• Numerical Simulation of Souring and

Desouring phenomena


Dr. Angan Sengupta Assistant Professor

B.Tech. :University of Technology.

West Bengal

M.Tech. :Indian Institute of

Technology, Roorkee.

Ph.D. : Indian Institute of Technology,

Bombay.

Contact: Tel: 040-66303709


pilani.ac.in

Research Interest: • Continuum modeling of flames to study

its dynamic properties

• Molecular simulation of nano-confined

fluids

• Optimal safe layout of fuel tank farms

during fire spread

Latest Publications

Angan Sengupta and Jhumpa Adhikari, “Fluid

phase equilibria of triangle-well fluids confined

inside slit pores: A transition matrix Monte Carlo

simulation study”, Journal of Molecular Liquids,

221, 1184 – 1196, (2016)

Angan Sengupta and Jhumpa Adhikari,

“Prediction of fluid phase equilibria and interfacial

tension of triangle-well fluids using transition

matrix Monte Carlo”, Chemical Physics, 469-470,

16 – 24, (2016)

Angan Sengupta and Jhumpa Adhikari, “A grand

canonical Monte Carlo simulation study of argon

and krypton confined inside weakly attractive slit

pores”, Molecular Simulation, 41, 402 – 413,

(2015)

Angan Sengupta, Pratik Behera and Jhumpa

Adhikari, “Molecular simulation study of triangle-

well fluids confined in slit pores”, Molecular

Physics, 112, 1969 – 1978, (2014)


Dr. Satyapaul Singh A. Assistant Professor

B.Tech.: Bapatla Engineering

College, (Acharya Nagarjuna

University), Andhra Pradesh.

M.E. : Indian Institute of Science,

Bangalore

Ph.D. : Indian Institute of Science,

Bangalore.

Contact: Tel: +9140-66303566


pilani.ac.in

Research Interest:

. Heterogeneous Catalysis

. Reforming

. Photo catalysis

. Reaction Kinetics

. Network Modeling

Latest Publications

N. Veldurthi, N.K.R. Eswar, S.A. Singh,

G. Madras, HeterojunctionZnWO4/ZnFe2O4 compo

sites with concerted effects and integrated

properties for enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen

evolution, Catal. Sci. Technol., 2018.

N.K.R. Eswar, S.A. Singh, G.

Madras, Photoelectrocatalysis using high

photoconductive copper oxide and validation by

cyclic network model: A one step solution for

synergistic degradation of antibiotic and bacteria,

Chem. Eng. J. 332 (2018) 757–774.

N. Veldurthi, N.K.R. Eswar, S.A. Singh,

G. Madras, Cocatalyst free Z-schematic enhanced

H2 evolution over LaVO4/BiVO4 composite

photocatalyst using Ag as an electron mediator,

Appl. Catal. B: Environ. 220 (2018) 512 – 523.

S. Gugulothu, S.A. Singh, G. Madras, Superior

adsorption capacity of strontium titanate and

titania composites for anionic dyes, J. Environ.

Chem. Eng. 5 (2017) 4663-4675


Ms Lakshmi Sirisha Lecturer

B. Tech: Chemical Engineering,

University of Mumbai, Mumbai.

M.E.: BioProcess Technology, UDCT,

Mumbai.

Ph.D.: Pursuing


pilani.ac.in

Selected Publications

Pamidipati, S. & Ahmed, A. (2016),

Degradation of Lignin in Agricultural Residues

by locally Isolated Fungus Neurospora

discreta. Appl Biochem Biotechnol

doi:10.1007/s12010-016-2302-6

Koli, A. C., Subhedar, P. B., Pamidipati, S.

and Gaikar, V. G. (2016), Mathematical model

for reactive recovery of invertase by chemical

permeabilization of baker's yeast. J. Chem.

Technol. Biotechnol., 91: 1266–1273.

doi:10.1002/jctb.4716 Research Interest:

Research area: "Biofuels and other

value added products

from lignocellulosic biomass“

.





Patents published by Department in

last 5 years

Patents Granted /issued 1. S. Dinda, P. K. Chinthala, A. Gohel, A. Yadav, S. Mandal, G. Ravichandran and A. K. Das, Process and

composition of catalyst/additive for reducing fuel gas yield in fluid catalytic cracking (FCC)

process. 2017, Pat. No: US 9783743B2.

2. G. Ravichandran, P. K. Chinthala, T. Doshi, A. Gohel, A. Arusu, S. Mandal, A. K. Das, S. Dinda, A.

Parekh, Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) additive and catalyst preparation method, 2016, CN10381856B.

3. S. Dinda, P. K. Chinthala, A. Gohel, A. Yadav, S. Mandal, G. Ravichandran and A. K. Das, Process and

catalyst compositions / additive, for reducing the fluid catalytic cracking (FCC)process in the fuel gas

yield. 2016, CN103703105 B.

4. G. Ravichandran, P. K. Chinthala, T. Doshi, A. Gohel, A. Arusu, S. Mandal, A. K. Das, S. Dinda, A.

Parekh, FCC catalyst additive and a method for its preparation, 2015, US9067196 B2.



process. 2015, Pat. No: EP 2729553 A4.



process. 2014, Pat. No: US 20140116923 A1.

8. Hasnat Abul, Bhaskar Krishna Arumugam, Pamidipati Sirisha. Reactive Distillation Process for the

Preparation of Acetaminophen, US 20120065423 A1.

9. Mo. X., Liu, J. and Greenberg, M. (Wrigley, Inc.), Sun, X. S., Qi, G., Venkateshan, K. and Zhang, L. Chewing

Gum Elastomers from Soy Protein Fractions. US Patent Filed, 2012 Application No. 13420751.


Books/ Book Chapters published in last 5 years

1. S. Dinda, Nikhil S. Reddy V., Appala Naidu U., S. Girish, Materials, Energy and Environment

Engineering, Springer nature, 2017, ISBN: 978-981-10-2674-4.

2. Srikanta Dinda, Nikhil S. Reddy V., Appala Naidu U., S. Girish, Materials, Energy and Environment

Engineering, Springer nature, 2016, ISBN: 978-981-10-2674-4.

3. Ramesh Babu Adusumalli, Karthik Chethan V, Wolfgang Gindl-Altmutter. Micromechanics of Cellulose

Fibres and their Composites. Wood is Good: Current Trends and Future Prospects in Wood Utilization;

ISBN 978-981-10-3115-1.

4. Srikanta Dinda, Nihit Bandaru, Radhev Paleti, Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering, ISBN-

9781771880770 CRC Press (Taylor & Francis Group), 2015.

5. I.Sreedhar, K.Radhakishan and K.V. Raghavan. “Industrial Catalysis and Separations: Innovations for

Process Intensification” CRC Press (2014). ISBN 9781926895963

6. Srikanta Dinda. Epoxidation of Vegetable Oils. LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, ISBN:978-3-659-

31622-7 (2013)

7. Srikanta Dinda, Karthik Chethan V, Vikranth K. Surasani. Proceedings of National Conference on

"Innovations in Chemical Engineering (ICE 2013)", Nov 15-16, BITS, Pilani Hyderabad Campus, Hyderabad.

BS Publications. ISBN: 978-81-7800-3290.

BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus

Major Thrust Areas and Faculty Specialization

Specialization Number of Faculty Members

Separation Processes 3

Material Science and Nano Materials 3

Polymer Technology 3

Reaction Engineering and Catalysis 3

Modelling and Simulation 2

Biochemical Engineering 2

Energy and Environment Studies 2

Fuel Cells and Batteries 1

Paper and Pulp Technology 1

Petroleum Engineering 1


SI.

No

Name of the Labs Location

1. Selected Chemical Engineering Operations Workshop-2

2. Transport Phenomena Workshop-1

3. Process Control D-226

4. Chemical Reaction Engineering D-228

5. Petroleum Engineering D-227B

6. Environmental Engineering D-209

7. Advanced Separations D-210

8. Materials Science & Engineering D-227A

9. Multiphase System D-212

Department Facilities


Laboratory Equipment's

Transport Phenomena Lab

Selected Chemical Engineering

Operations Lab

Process Control Lab

Petroleum Lab

Chemical Reaction Engineering. Lab

Environmental Engg. Lab

Advance Separation Lab

Multiphase Systems Lab

Materials Science & Engineering LAB

Multiphase System LAB


Sophisticated Instruments

Analyzer


Programm

e Type

Programme

Name

Total

number of

courses

Breakup

Common

courses*

Disciplinary

core courses

Disciplinary

electives

First

Degree

(UG)

B.E.

Chemical

Engineering

43 courses

in seven

semesters

23 (including

3 humanities

and 5 open

electives)

15 courses

spread over

2nd and 3rd

year

5 courses

spread over

3rd year and

4th year

B.E. Programmed Structure

• Single degree students generally do practice school (PS) -1 and PS-2)

• Dual degree students generally do thesis (16 units) or thesis + electives (9+6

units) and PS-2 in 09th and 10th semesters.

• Out of 5 discipline electives 3 can be project type courses like Study oriented

project (SOP), Lab Oriented project (LOP), Design oriented Project (DOP).

• Discipline electives pool: Environmental Pollution Control, Transport

Phenomena, Process Plant safety, Modelling and Simulation in Chemical Engineering,

Chemical Process Technology, Biochemical Engineering, Corrosion Engineering, Petroleum

refining and petrochemicals, Polymer technology, Paper and Pulp technology, Alternate

energy resources, Electrochemical Engineering, Introduction to Nanoscience, etc.


Minor in Materials Science and Engineering

Courses: 5 courses (min) Units: 15 (min)

Core Courses:

CHE F243 / ME F213/MF F213

Materials Science and Engineering 3 0 3 (2 0 2)

MST F331: Materials Characterization 3 1 4

(3rd year first semester)

MST F332: Materials Processing 3 0 3

(3rd year second semester)

Electives: Two from a pool of 15 electives

(4th year first semester or second semester)


M.E Chemical Engineering

Course Curriculum

To accomplish M. E. in Chemical

Engineering, student have to complete

minimum 64 credits.

Core Courses

• CHE G622 Adv. Chem. Engg.

Thermodynamics

• CHE G523 Math. Methods in Chem.

Engg.

• CHE G641 Reaction Engineering

• CHE G552 Advanced Transport

Phenomena

• BITS G661 Research Methodology 1

Year Semester I Semester II

I 4-5 courses

(16 credits)

4-5 Courses

(16 credits)

II Dissertation (32 credits)

Elective Courses (any three)

CHE C421 Biochemical Engineering

CHE C473 Advanced Process Control

CHE G512 Petroleum Refining and Petrochemicals

CHE G513 Environmental Management Systems

CHE G522 Polymer Technology

CHE G524 Introduction to Multiphase flow

CHE G525 Chem. Process and Equipment Design

CHE G526 Nuclear Engineering

CHE G527 Energy Conservation and Management

CHE G528 Introduction to Nano Science & Technology

CHE G529 Paper and Pulp Technology

CHE G532 Alternate Energy Resources

CHE G533 Petroleum Product Characterizatio

CHE G551 Advanced Separation Technology

CHE G617 Petroleum Refinery Engineering

CHE G618 Petroleum Downstream Processing

CHE G619 Process Intensification

CHE G620 Energy Intergration Analysis

BITS F429 Nanotechnology for Renewable Energy and

Environment

BITS F418 Introduction to Biomedical Engineering

CHE G553 Statistical Thermodynamics

CHE G554 Computational Fluid Dynamics

CHE G556 Electrochemical Engineering

CHE G557 Energy Systems Engineering

CHE G558 Chemical Process Optimization


The student has to

write a Qualifying

exam in any two of

these Research Areas:

• Transport Phenomena & Separation Processes

• Chemical Reaction Engineering &

Thermodynamics

• Material Science and Engineering

• Environmental Engineering

• Energy and Process System Engineering

• Petroleum and Petrochemical Engineering

• Biochemical Engineering

Ph.D. qualifying

exam

Research

Proposal

Thesis

Presentation

Ph.D. at Our Department


Aspirant scheme; Full semester fee; MoU between company and BITS; no stipend.

Full time; Institute fellow or Project fellow

Part time; employee should be working close to the campus.

Ph.D. for

6-10

Semesters


Semester-wise Registration

Year First Semester Units Second Semester Units

I BITS C797T Ph. D Seminar 1 BITS C797T Ph. D Seminar 1

BITS C791T Teaching Practice I

1

BITS E661 Research Methodology-I BITS C799T Ph. D Thesis

1 10

(For part time students) BITS C797T Ph. D Seminar BITS E793T Practice Lecture Series I

1 1

(For part time students)

BITS C797T Ph. D Seminar BITS E661 Research Methodology-I

1 1

BITS C799T Ph. D Thesis 10

II BITS C797T Ph. D Seminar 1 BITS C797T Ph. D Seminar 1

BITS C799T Ph. D Thesis 10 BITS C799T Ph. D Thesis 10

III BITS C797T Ph. D Seminar 1 BITS C797T Ph. D Seminar 1

BITS C799T Ph. D Thesis 10 BITS C799T Ph. D Thesis 10


Placements

POLMON


CONTACT

Prof. Srikanta Dinda HoD, Department of Chemical Engineering

Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani

Hyderabad Campus, Jawahar Nagar

Shamirpet Mandal, Medchal-Malkajgiri District

Secunderabad, Telangana State - 500078

E-mail:- [email protected]

Tel.No.:- +91-40-66303586 (Office)

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