
The Department of Chemical Engineering at BITS-Pilani, Pilani Campus, established in 1964, is dedicated to educating undergraduate and graduate students and advancing knowledge through research. As one of the premier departments in the country, it provides a unique educational and research environment, with a significant emphasis on interdisciplinary and industrial collaborations. The department offers degree programs across three tiers of education: the Integrated First Degree (B.E.), the Higher Degree (M.E. in Chemical Engineering), and the Ph.D. degree (both on-campus and off-campus). Committed to excellence, the department evaluates the success and leadership of its programs using the highest standards of quality, innovation, and visibility.
To excel in teaching/learning, innovative research and industry engagement and to disseminate the same in order to become a world leader in chemical engineering and allied interdisciplinary areas.
The mission of the department is to impart quality education and training in chemical engineering and associated fields, enabling students to develop technical and analytical skills through a culture of logical and critical thinking. It aims to inculcate a sense of social and environmental responsibility among students, inspiring them to apply chemical engineering principles to solve industrial problems using sustainable and eco-friendly technologies for the betterment of the industry and the nation. The department is committed to establishing modern infrastructure and a conducive research environment for academic and sponsored research. Additionally, it fosters a spirit of excellence and professional leadership among students and faculty members by facilitating exposure to leading academic institutions, research organizations, and external experts. Furthermore, the department seeks to generate suitable opportunities for sustained interaction and collaboration with academia and industry.
The department is capable of undertaking contract research projects sponsored by a company, commercial organization or institution with a predefined work scope and schedule. We also can work closely with companies to define project goals and tailor the project to meet specific needs.

Ph.D. Supervisor -
Prof. Srinivas Appari,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Effect of blended composite hollow fibers in membrane bioreactor for treatment of pharmaceutical wastewater
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Somak Chatterjee,
Co. Supervisor -
Dr Banasri Roy,
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Electronic, Optical, and Morphological Properties of Ambipolar Materials Based on Naphthalene Diimide (NDI) for Organic Electronics
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr Mohit Garg,
Co. Supervisor -
Dr. Sarbani Ghosh,
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Fabrication of polymeric foam-based composites for electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Krishna C. Etika,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Conversion of Agricultural residues to value-added materials and chemicals.
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr Banasri Roy,
Co. Supervisor -
Dr. Somak Chatterjee,
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Remediation of contaminated soil using stabilized surfactant foam
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Pradipta Chattopadhyay,
Co. Supervisor -
Dr Banasri Roy,
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Investigation of Structural, Mechanical, and Transport Properties of Conducting Polymers and their Blends.
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr Mohit Garg,
Co. Supervisor -
Dr. Sarbani Ghosh,
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Investigating the influence of doping on metal-organic framework (MOF) based catalysts for electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER)
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Somak Chatterjee,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Development of Robust VOC sensors based on Covalent Organic Polymeric Systems from theory to device
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Sarbani Ghosh,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Investigating Membrane Degradation and Mitigation Strategies to Enhance the Performance
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Jay Pandey,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Development of Machine Learning and Molecular Simulations-Driven Smart Gas Sensors for Hydrogen And Selected Toxic Gases
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr Hare Krishna Mohanta,
Co. Supervisor -
Dr. Sarbani Ghosh,
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Development and Scaleup of Advanced Nanoparticles for Hydrogen Separation
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Suresh Gupta,
Co. Supervisor -
Dr Bhanu Vardhan Reddy Kuncharam,
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Biosynthesis of Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) from agro-industrial waste
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Amit Jain,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Investigating the Molecular Mechanism of Carbon Capture and Utilization in Bacterial Species
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Smita Raghuvanshi,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Biodegradable Composites for Food Packaging
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr Mohit Garg,
Co. Supervisor -
Dr. Sarbani Ghosh, Dr Banasri Roy,
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Advanced membranes for CO2 separation from flue gas and biogas
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr Bhanu Vardhan Reddy Kuncharam,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

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Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Amit Jain,
Co. Supervisor -
Dr Mohit Garg,
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

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Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr Pratik N Sheth,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Optimizing the performance of conducting polymers and their blends for organic electronic devices
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Sarbani Ghosh,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Fault Detection and Diagnosis in Process Industries Using Adaptive Machine Learning Algorithms.
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Ajaya Kumar Pani,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

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Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr Banasri Roy,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - -
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr Bhanu Vardhan Reddy Kuncharam,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - -
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Jay Pandey,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - -
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Jay Pandey,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

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Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Krishna C. Etika,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

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Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr Priya C Sande,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Life Cycle Assessment of metal recovery from Lithium-Ion Battery waste
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Smita Raghuvanshi,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Pyrolysis of end-of-life solar panels for recycling and waste treatment
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr Pratik N Sheth,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Design, development, and testing of novel solid materials and systems for efficient carbon dioxide capture
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Sarbani Ghosh,
Co. Supervisor -
Dr Hare Krishna Mohanta, Dr. Ajaya Kumar Pani,
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - -
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr Hare Krishna Mohanta,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - -
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Suresh Gupta,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - -
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Pradipta Chattopadhyay,
Co. Supervisor -
Dr Banasri Roy, Dr Mohit Garg,
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - -
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Smita Raghuvanshi,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - -
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr Mohit Garg,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Experimental scalability and Life cycle assessment studies on the Anaerobic digestion of foodwaste
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Smita Raghuvanshi,
Co. Supervisor -
Prof. Sunil Prasad Lohani
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Catalyst development for the production of sustainable liquids from hydrogenation of carbon-based fuels
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Prof. Srinivas Appari,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Water Treatment
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Somak Chatterjee,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Application of bimetallic nanoparticle stabilized foam for petroleum-contaminated soil remediation.
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Pradipta Chattopadhyay,
Co. Supervisor -
Dr Banasri Roy,
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Design and Optimization of a Packed Bed Column for the Continuous Removal of Pollutants using Nanosized Sorbents Immobilized on Porous Support
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Suresh Gupta,
Co. Supervisor -
Jitendra Panwar,
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Electronic, Optical, Morphological and Transport property study of conducting polymers for Organic-electronics
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Sarbani Ghosh,
Co. Supervisor -
Dr Mohit Garg,
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Mixed Matrix Membranes for separation of CO2 for upgradation of Biogas to Bio-Compressed Natural Gas (BIO-CNG)
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr Bhanu Vardhan Reddy Kuncharam,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Completed

Ph.D. Topic - Production of Biochar from agricultural residue: production, characterisation and soil amendment
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr Pratik N Sheth,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Electronic and Morphological Properties of p-Type/n-Type Conducting Polymers for Organic Mixed Ionic-Electronic Conduction
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Sarbani Ghosh,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing


Ph.D. Topic - Functionalized nanoparticle based thin film nanocomposite (TFN) membranes for ionic dyes removal and desalination applications
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Somak Chatterjee,
Co. Supervisor -
Dr Banasri Roy,
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing


Ph.D. Topic - Synthesis and fabrication of novel electrode materials for lead detection in water
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Somak Chatterjee,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Biosurfactant production and optimization in a fed-batch fermenter using a non-pathogenic bacterium,it's recovery, and application in nanoparticle synthesis
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Amit Jain,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Process Monitoring of Non-linear Industrial System using Machine Learning
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Ajaya Kumar Pani,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Process design and integration of refuse derived fuel (RDF) gasification in cement manufacturing process
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr Pratik N Sheth,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Hydrogen production by low temperature steam reforming of ethanol using modified Ni-Sn/CeO2 catalysts
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr Banasri Roy,
Co. Supervisor -
Prof. Srinivas Appari,
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) investigation of the hydrodynamics of a bench-scale fluidized bed of Geldart A particles.
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr Priya C Sande,
Co. Supervisor -
Dr Hare Krishna Mohanta,
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (AAS), Shimadzu. AA-7000

Gas Chromatograph (GC), Shimadzu, GC-2014

Gas Chromatograph (GC), Nucon. NUCON 5765

Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrophotometer (FTIR), Perkin Elmer, Frontier

Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC), Perkin Elmer, DSC-4000

Thermo Gravimetric Analyzer (TGA), Perkin Elmer, TGA-4000

High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), Perkin Elmer, FLEXAR

BET Surface Area Analyzer, Smart Instrument Co. Pvt.Ltd., SMART SORB 92/93

Automatic Potentiometric Titrator, Spectra Lab Instrument Pvt.Ltd., AT-38C

UV/ VIS Spectrophotometer, Thermo Scientific, EVOLUTION 201

Rota Vapor, Buchi, R-210

Ion Meter, Hanna, HI 4522

Flue Gas Analyzer, Indus, FGA 53X

Digital Viscometer, S.N. Scientific Supplier, LT 730

Cooling Micro Centrifuge, Remi Elektrotechnik Ltd., CM-12 Plus

High Speed Centrifuge, Remi Elektrotechnik Ltd., CPR- 24

Foam Analyzer, Kruss, DFA 100

Volume Analyzer, Metrohm, VA-797

Aspen Plus

ANSYS 18.1

COMSOL Multiphysics 5.6

Gproms

Cosmo Therm

MATLAB

OriginPro

BOD Incubator Shaker, Macro Scientific, MSW -132

Temperature Control Shaker Bath, Julabo, SW- 22

Laminar Hood Chamber, Macro Scientific, MSW -161

Stack Sampler, Envirotech Instrument, APM -620

Orsat Apparatus,

Refractometer, Goko

Water Analysis Kit, Macro Scientific, MSW-551

Corbon Dioxide Analyser, Quantech Instrument, 906

Resipirable Dust Sampler, Envirotech Instrument, APM-460

High Volume Sampler, Envirotech Instrument, APM-430

Hot Air Oven, Macro Scientific, MSW-211

Ultrasonic Processor, Sonic Vibra Cell

Hot Plate Magenatic Stirrer, Macro Scientific, MSHP-550

Ultrasonic Cleaner, Labman Scientific, LMUC-25

Laminar Air Flow, Weiber, ACM-916

Autoclave Vertical, Macro Scientific, MSW-101

Ultrapure Water Purification System, Millipore

Syringe Pump, Unigenetics, NE-1600 / NE-300

Aniline Point Apparatus, Wadegati Lab. Equipment

Cloud and Pour Point Tester, Wadegati Lab. Equipment

Carbon Residue Conradson, Wadegati Lab. Equipment

Copper Strip Corrosion Bath, Wadegati Lab. Equipment

Single Distillation Apparatus, Wadegati Lab. Equipment

Cleveland Open Cup Flashpoint, Wadegati Lab. Equipment

Pensky Marten Flashpoint, Wadegati Lab. Equipment

Reid Vapour Pressure Apparatus, Wadegati Lab. Equipment

Saybolt Viscometer, Wadegati Lab. Equipment

Softening Point of Bitumen, Wadegati Lab. Equipment

Red wood Viscometer-1, Popular Science Pvt. Ltd.

Red wood Viscometer-2, Popular Science Pvt. Ltd.

Engler Viscometer Apparatus, Popular Science Pvt. Ltd.

Penetrometer Apparatus, Popular Science Pvt. Ltd.

Bomb Calorimeter Apparatus, Popular Science Pvt. Ltd.

Drop Point Apparatus, Popular Science Pvt. Ltd.

Melting Point Apparatus, Popular Science Pvt. Ltd.

Smoke Point Apparatus, Popular Science Pvt. Ltd.

Carbon & Sulphur Determination Apparatus, Popular Science Pvt. Ltd.

Oxidation Stability of Mineral Insulation Oil, Popular Science Pvt. Ltd.

Bath for Existent Gum 5 Tests, Popular Science Pvt. Ltd.

Continuous Adsorption Set-up

Biofilter Column Set-up

Biomass Gasifier

Pyrolysis Unit

Reactive Distillation Set-up

Air-Lift Bioreactor

CSTR Unit

Fluidized Bed Pyrolysis Unit

Fixed Bed Reactor
Head of Department, Department of Chemical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani - 333031 (Rajasthan) India
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