One of the pioneer departments at IITK, ChE with 21 faculty members at present, has grown from strength to strength in the past five decades. It ushered in a new paradigm in undergraduate education that fosters the creative thinking process in a very open and vibrant academic environment. From an early emphasis on developing and perfecting the undergraduate curriculum to nurturing a fledgling post-graduate research program to contribute significantly to applied and fundamental ChE research.

Our highly motivated faculty members are earnestly involved in research in frontier areas of complex fluids, micro-reactors, nano –technology, adhesion, molecular simulation and biocomputation along with making wide forays into traditional areas of fluid dynamics, conventional/ new separation processes, catalysis, polymer engineering and process design and control.

ChE@IITK attracts some of the best student talent in the country so that our students are naturally highly sought after by industry (Private/ Government) and academia. The campus has a placement office for on-campus recruitment. Lucrative jobs in the core and finance sectors are the most sought after. Several students also go abroad in scholarship for higher studies. Our PhD students are highly sought after for post- doctoral research, industrial R & D and by academic institutes. A recent and welcome trend is some of our students opting for entrepreneurial ventures upon graduation.

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