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Dr. Smita Raghuvanshi

Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus

Process Engineering / Intensification (emphasis on Carbon capture
Department of Chemical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, Pilani Campus.
Pin # 333031
Rajasthan. India.

Convener & Organizing team Member

  1. Convener - Workshop on Analytical Instruments for Chemical and Environmental Engineers (WAICEE - 2015) in the Department of Chemical Engineering from Feb 27-28, 2015.
  2. Convener – Workshop on Analytical Instruments for Chemical and Environmental Engineers (WAICEE - 2019) in the Department of Chemical Engineering from March 25 – 26, 2019.
  3. Organising Committee Member for the 3rd Indo-German Workshop on Sustainable Engineering (Theme: Sustainability; future factories; resource, and energy efficiencies) from November 3 - 4, 2015 Jointly Organized by Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, Pilani campus, India, The Technische Universitat (TU) Braunschweig, Germany, and Government Engineering College Bikaner, Rajasthan, India.
  4. One of the Organizing secretaries for Joint Indo-German Conference on Sustainable Engineering : Skilling India for Digital and Sustainable Future, from September 15-16, 2017, organized by Indo-German Center for Sustainable Manufacturing and the Department of Mechanical Engineering, at BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus.
  5. One of the Organizing secretaries for 3rd Indo-German Conference on Sustainability in Engineering: Enhancing Future Skills and Entrepreneurship, from September 16-17, 2019, organized by Indo-German Center for Sustainable Manufacturing BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus.
  6. Organizing Committee member for the International Conference on Life Science Research & its Interface with Engineering and Allied Sciences (LSRIEAS-2018), organized by Department of Biological Sciences, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus from November 1 – 2, 2018.
  7. Organizing Committee Member for the Workshop on Analytical Instruments for Chemical and Environmental Engineers (WAICEE - 2023) organized by the Department of Chemical Engineering from 28 - 29 March 2023 .
  8. Organizing Committee Member for the 6th National Workshop on Analytical Instruments & Computations For Engineers & Scientists (WAICES-2025) formerly WAICEE organized by the Department of Chemical Engineering during March 24-26, 2025.

Professional Competencies

  1. Visited the Lab of Prof. Marc Deshusses, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke University, Durham, USA, one of the pioneers in the field of Biofiltration and Design of Reactors for the development of Air, Water and Solid waste remediation Methods from June 06 – July 28, 2015 as part of the University Immersion Program of BITS – Pilani.
  2. Lead the Interdisciplinary team from the Department of Chemical Engineering of Colleagues from Biological Sciences ; Civil Engineering ; and Humanities & Social Sciences for the development of Course Content & mode of Class Room delivery of Environmental Studies – BITS F 225 – UGC Mandatory Course as part of BE 2nd year Curriculum in the Academic year – 2017 – 18 .
  3. Attended and participated in the two days ABG – BITS Pilani Collaborative Decarbonization and Energy Workshop on May 28 – 29 2024 at BITS Pilani – K K Birla Goa Campus .
  4. PhD Examiner for Mr. Olusegun Ayodeji Olagunju, entitled "Liquid Fuel Production From Catalytic Pyrolysis of Municipal  Plastic Waste Using Synthesized Zeolite From Kaolin ", at Department of Chemical Engineering,  Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa during March 2023.

  5. PhD Examiner for Mr. Manu Garg, entitled, "Quality - By - Design (QbD) Based Crystallization Process Development for Pharmaceutical API" at Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, IIT - Delhi. New Delhi during the year 2023.

  6. PhD Examiner for Mr. Edward Kwaku Armah, entitled, “Anaerobic co-digestion of agricultural biomass with industrial wastewater for biogas production ”, at Engineering in Chemical Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering and The Built Environment at the Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa during March, 2021.
  7. Served as the Honorary Secretary of The Institution of Engineers (IEI) - IEI Pilani Local Center , 2022 - 2023 .
  8. Invited as the External Examiner for the B.Tech (Chemical Engineering) Viva at Banasthali University for the year 2017 ; 2019 ; 2023 ; 2024 ; 2025 .
  9. Invited as the External Examiner for the B.Tech (Chemical Engineering) Viva at Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University during July 2020 & March 2021.
  10. Served as the Chairman of IIChE Pilani Regional Center (IIChE - PRC) for the period of two years from 2020 - 2022.

Awards & Recognitions

  1. Awarded with the “IAAM Scientist Medal” by the International Association of Advanced Materials and delivered a Lecture in the 61st Assembly of Advanced Materials Congress held from 24 – 26 September 2024 at Jodhpur, India.
  2. Won 1st Prize in the paper presentation on “Removal of Methyl Ethyl Ketone (MEK) using Biofiltration” in National Conference on Environmental Conservation (NCEC-2006), held at BITS-Pilani, September 1-3, 2006.