Chemical Engineering
There was a time when people used to hire a chemist and a mechanical engineer to get the work done, which later was taken care by a single person, the chemical engineer. Essentially, chemical engineers design and operate processes that convert chemicals, raw materials, living cells, microorganisms and energy into useful forms and products; products that are part of everyone's life. This was the department with which DDU started in 1968 (erstwhile known as DDIT).
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The Department - At a Glance
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The department boasts of five patents, and 55 national and international publications over the past five years
The Chemical Engineering department of the university is recognised as the Anchor Institute for the Chemicals and Petrochemicals sector by the Industries Commissionerate, Government of Gujarat
The departmental faculty members are on the university's Board of Studies, while being members of various other boards as well as state and national committees. They also go as B. Tech, M. Tech and PhD examiners at other universities in the state
Currently, it offers B. Tech. Chemical, M. Tech. Chemical (with two specialisations of General Chemical Engineering and Surface Science & Nanotechnology), Diploma in Chemical and PhD
There are 13 faculty members in Chemical degree programme, 4 in diploma programme, 4 in Chemistry, 3 in Centre for Surface Science & Nanotechnology and 1 in Anchor Institute, all part of the Chemical Engineering Department
The Gujarat Council for Science and Technology (GUJCOST) has declared the Department of Chemical Engineering as a Centre of Excellence and given a grant of INR 28.5 lac for research on 'Nanocatalysis - development and applications'
The department takes up training programmes for corporates, which may be short term, like a 3-month training programme for engineers of Gujarat Narmada Fertilizers Company (GNFC) etc.
The Industries Commissionerate, Government of Gujarat has given a grant of INR 10 crore to DDU and named it as Anchor Institute to provide manpower training programmes in the Chemical & Petrochemical Sector for the state of Gujarat
The Department of Science and Technology (DST), New Delhi, has chosen Dr. Manish Mishra, of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (and Shah-Schulman Centre for Surface Science & Nanotechnology) for the Young Scientist Fast-Track Scheme and will be funding his research proposal on acid catalysts
The GSFC Science Foundation will be funding the project on 'Nanotechnology to Clean Water in Developing Nations: Poor Man's Filter' submitted by Dr. Premal R. Shukla, Professor & Head, Department of Chemical Engineering (and Shah-Schulman Centre for Surface Science & Nanotechnology), DDU for a period of three years for INR 10.27 lac
The Department has got a grant of INR 48 lac from DST-FIST for environmental treatability set-up and multi-input-multi-output process set-ups, with 50 computers and ChemCad software, weighing balances, lab renovation etc.
It is the top-ranked department in Gujarat state with INR 16 crore of R&D funding and training programmes, and INR 50 lac consultancy projects
The Government of Gujarat gave a grant of INR 3.5 crore to establish the Shah-Schulman Centre for Surface Science and Nanotechnology at DDU. DDU contributed an equal amount of INR 3.5 crore and 10 industry founder members also funded INR 15 lac each to become members of the Centre
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Facilities
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The Chemical Engineering department is well-equipped with laboratories to help supplement the lectures, and test and experiment with
the theories they learn. The labs include:
Mechanical Operation Lab
Heat Transfer Lab
Fluid Flow Operations Lab
Mass Transfer Lab
Transport Phenomena Lab
Instrumentation and Process Control Lab
General Chemical Technology Lab
Chemical Reaction Engineering Lab
Advanced Instrumentation Lab
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Faculty Members
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The faculty members are experts in their respective fields of chemical engineering. The esteemed faculty includes:
Dr. M. S. Rao
Professor & Head
Ph. D.
Experience: 25 Years
AICTE Faculty ID: 1-4793352105
msrao@ddu.ac.in
Dr. P. A. Joshi
Professor
Ph. D.
Experience: 43 Years
AICTE Faculty ID: 1-4795243321
pajoshi@ddu.ac.in
Dr. A. P. Deshmukh
Professor
Ph. D.
Experience: 20 Years
AICTE Faculty ID: 1-4795610267
apdeshmukh.ch@ddu.ac.in
Dr. J. L. Purohit
Professor
Ph. D.
Experience: 24 Years
AICTE Faculty ID: 1-4796917637
jalesh.ch@ddu.ac.in
Dr. Vimal Gandhi
Associate Professor
Ph. D.
Experience: 21 Years
AICTE Faculty ID: 1-4794163765
vggandhi.ch@ddu.ac.in
Dr. A. P. Dhanwani
Associate Professor
Ph. D.
Experience: 25 Years
AICTE Faculty ID: 1-4794769092
apdhanwani.ch@ddu.ac.in
Prof. D. N. Shah
Associate Professor
M.E.
Experience: 21 Years
AICTE Faculty ID: 1-4765211749
dipali_912.ch@ddu.ac.in
Prof. Mihir P. Shah
Associate Professor
M.E.
Experience: 21 Years
AICTE Faculty ID: 1-4794522982
mpshah@ddu.ac.in
Dr. Atindra D. Shukla
Associate Professor
Ph. D.
Experience: 20 Years
atindra.sscssn@ddu.ac.in
Prof. Nirav J. Bhavsar
Assistant Professor
M.E.
Experience: 16 Years
AICTE Faculty ID: 1-4793782944
njbhavsar.ch@ddu.ac.in
Dr. Anand Kumar Tiwari
Assistant Professor
Ph. D.
Experience: 18 Years
AICTE Faculty ID: 1-9437547038
anandtiwari.ch@ddu.ac.in
Prof. Siddharth C. Modi
Assistant Professor
M. Tech.
Experience: 12 Years
AICTE Faculty ID: 1-4796573057
siddharth.modi.ch@ddu.ac.in
Prof. Hitesh N. Panchal
Assistant Professor
M.Tech.
Experience: 10 Years
AICTE Faculty ID: 1-4796061158
hnpanchal.ch@ddu.ac.in
Prof. Ved Tripathi
Assistant Professor
M.Tech.
Experience: 3 Years
AICTE Faculty ID: -
vedtripathi.ch@ddu.ac.in
Prof. Dhrumil Gandhi
Assistant Professor
M.E.
Experience: 4 Years
AICTE Faculty ID: 1-4766388616
dhrumilgandhi.ch@ddu.ac.in
Dr. Hemant Kumar
Assistant Professor
Ph.D.
Experience: 13 Years
AICTE Faculty ID: 1-9437547045
hemantkumar.ch@ddu.ac.in
Dr. Bhupendra Suryawanshi
Assistant Professor
Ph.D.
Experience: 3 Years
AICTE Faculty ID: 1-7512798383
bsuryavanshi.ch@ddu.ac.in
Prof. Jaydeep Jivani
Assistant Professor
M.Tech.
Experience: 3 Years
AICTE Faculty ID: 1-7512798389
jaydeepjivani.ch@ddu.ac.in
Prof. Niraj Nair
Assistant Professor
M. E.
Experience: 4 Years
AICTE Faculty ID: 1-9433681567
nirajnair.ch@ddu.ac.in
Dr. Krishna Chauhan
Assistant Professor
Ph. D.
Experience: 2 Years
AICTE Faculty ID: 1-7512797791
krishnachauhan.ch@ddu.ac.in
Prof. Rignesh B. Patel
Assistant Professor
M. Sc.
Experience: 13 Years
AICTE Faculty ID: 1-4798754648
rigneshpatel.ch@ddu.ac.in
Dr. Chirag R. Patel
Assistant Professor
Ph. D.
Experience: 10 Years
AICTE Faculty ID: 1-4797881623
drchiragpatel13.ch@ddu.ac.in
Dr. Kantilal Chouhan
Assistant Professor
Ph. D.
Experience: 4 Years
kchouhan.ch@ddu.ac.in
Dr. Yash Jaiswal
Assistant Professor
Ph. D.
Experience: -
yashjaiswal.ch@ddu.ac.in
Dr. Mittal Thakkar
Assistant Professor
Ph. D.
Experience: 3 Years
mittalthakkar.ch@ddu.ac.in
Prof. Deep Shah
Assistant Professor
M.Tech.
Experience: 1 Year 5 Month
deepshah.ch@ddu.ac.in
Prof. Pranay Patel
Assistant Professor
M.Tech.
Experience: 1 Year
pranaypatel.ch@ddu.ac.in
Prof. Bhavika Rabari
Assistant Professor
M.E.
Experience: 4 months
bhavikarabari.ch@ddu.ac.in
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Board of Studies
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The Chemical Engineering Department is governed by a board of studies which includes:
Dr. M. S. Rao (Chairman)
Professor and Head ,Dept. of Chemical Engg., DDU
Dr. P. A. Joshi
Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engg., DDU
Dr. Avinash P. Deshmukh
Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, DDU
Dr. Jalesh L. Purohit
Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, DDU
Dr. Vimal G. Gandhi
Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, DDU
Dr. Anand P. Dhanwani
Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, DDU
Prof. Nirav J. Bhavsar
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, DDU
Prof. Siddharth C. Modi
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, DDU
Dr. Nitin Bhate (External Expert)
Associate Professor, M.S. University, Baroda
Mr. S. I. Thakar (External Expert)
Ex. GM, GNFC Limited, Bharuch
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Programmes
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| Diploma in Chemical Engineering syllabus |
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| B.Tech. - Chemical Engineering Syllabus - (2017-2020) Syllabus - 2021 |
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| M.Tech. - Chemical Engineering Syllabus |
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| Doctoral Programme List of Guides |
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Projects
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