Highlights: Accredited by NBA
Approved as a Centre of Excellence by VTU

Chemical engineering is a fascinating field to apply the basic principles of chemistry and physics to convert materials to value added products with engineering methods to deal in large scale. The   study develops the skills and expertise of chemical engineering in every student. It also instils the   basic human characteristics of interpersonal relationships, leadership qualities that are essential   for efficient running of industry and positive concern for this wonderful natural environment.
Approved Intake	30
What you study in   chemical engineering	Application of the engineering principles to the fundamental processes of   chemical sciences in order to value addition to the raw materials to make   more useful products to the mankind. A chemical engineer is unique in   that he is an engineer among engineers and chemist among chemists.
Application areas:There are unlimited areas of use of chemicals made for which, the skills of chemical engineers are very much used in one way or the other. Typical applications are	Petroleum products, fertilizers, agrochemicals, pesticides to aviation fuels   Tooth paste to newspaper   Paints, perfumes, cosmetics and soaps   Clothes to curtains   Ice cream and other food products   Laminates to oils and waxes   Plastics and polymers   Lime and cement and building materials   Pharmaceuticals and agro products   Ceramics and synthetic jewellery   Synthetic fibers and films   Rubber and leather   Dyes and inks   Pulp and paper   Bio chemical products, explosives   Unbounded applications
Areas of opportunities	Research and development, process development plant operation, plant maintenance, design and engineering, pollution control and environmental engineering, plant utilities, managerial positions in sales, marketing ,academics and project engineering
Growth potential (India) :	Current	Demand	Reference
Graduates	100	6500	www.iiche.org.in
Post graduates	4000	1000
Doctorates	300	300
New subjects	Process dynamics, biochemical, surface chemistry, nano technology, bulk drugs, bio pesticides
Current research program   Future plan	1. Eco friendly bio-pesticide from custard apple seeds being carried by Prof.D.C.Sikdar 2. Treatment of bio contaminated aviation fuel being carried by Prof.B.R.Veena 3. Biological process for the manufacture of detergent at KS & DL, under Prof S C Maidargi Net-based research Current research programs:
Department Strength	Academics	•Standardised TLP •Guidance through proctors and follow up •Update technology both in study material and experimentation •Contact and interaction with industry for latest in the field and live exposure •Encourage students to achieve the best both in technical competitions and extracurricular activities •To present papers in various conferences •IIChE membership •Assistance in placement
	Placement	80% placement in employment or by entrepreneurship 20% for higher studies
	Infrastructure	10 laboratories with state of the art equipment. Modernized classrooms. Computers with latest teaching aids. Such as OHP & LCD projector

Faculty on rolls	Name	Experience years	Specialization
	S C Maidargi K R Ranganathaiah D C Sikdar BR Veena M R Rajani K Keerthana M M Jhalegar	31 34 18 16 3 1 1	Equipment design Heat and mass transfer Thermodynamics, control Biotech, process eng Comp appl’ns, mom. Tr Pilot plants, petrochem Electro chem.tech, reaction engg

a.	No of staff registered for PH.D	2
b.	No.of Patents produced	1
c.	No.of sponsored research projects	03
d.	No.of papers published in International journals	02
e.	No.of papers published in National journals.	02
f	No.of papers presented in International conferences/ seminars	1
g	No.of papers presented in National conferences/ seminars	05
h	No.of International conferences conducted	01
i	No.of National conferences conducted	03
j	No.of training programmes / short-term courses conducted	02

INDUSTRY INSTITUTION INTERACTION:

Consultancy:
1. Chemical engineering laboratory equipment: Design, fabrication and testing of the laboratory      equipment. For
     (a)M/s Gurukrupa Industries Ltd Mangalore.
     (b)M/s Universal Instruments Ltd Bangalore.
     (c)M/s Shaku Chemotech Enterprises Bangalore and
     (d)M/s CC Engineers Pune.
2. Design of Di calcium Phosphate plant for a private company.
3. Design of non-edible oil plant at Ghataprabha.
4. Pharmaceutical process development for M/s Ace Aromatics Ltd. Bangalore.
5. Ultrasonic cleaning bath – chemical selection & testing for cleaning of surgical instruments.
6. Chemical engineering laboratory equipment – Design, guidance in Fabrication and testing.
7. Flow and force engineers-Design of Lab equipment.
8. Chemical consulting engineers, JP Nagar, Bangalore.

Project plans
1. Registration for MSc engineering PhD by research under Visweshvaraya Technological University.
2. Cardiovascular engineering.
3. Blood rheology.
4. Effluent treatment of industrial waste.
5. Static electricity in chemical processing.
6. Natural products processing and packaging.
7. Bio pesticides.