Department offers a four-year B.Tech. Program in Chemical Engineering with B.Tech. (Hons.) degree in Energy, Transfer processes, and Reaction Engineering and Catalysis streams.
M. Tech.
Department offers a two-year M.Tech. Program in Chemical Engineering.
Ph.D.
Department offers Ph. D. degree in Chemical Engineering.

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- Dr. Deepak Tandon, an alumnus of 1987, visited the department.
- Alums of the 1982 batch visited the department on 10th November 2022.
- A warm welcome to the new entrants of the department, the batch of 2022.
- Dr. Rohit Kumar joined the department as an assistant professor in September 2022
- Dr. Abir Ghosh and Dr. Sanjay Katheria received a Start-Up Research Grant from SERB, Govt. of India. Congratulations to Abir and Sanjay.
- Dr. Rajesh K Upadhyay has been promoted to Professor in the department. Congratulations Rajesh.
- A warm welcome to the new PG batch of the department.
- Dr. Manoj Kumar has been promoted with associateship. Congratulations Manoj.
- Dr. Ravendra G. joined the department as an assistant professor in June 2022
- Dr. Dinesh B. joined the department as an assistant professor in May 2022
- Dr. Sweta and Dr. Udita U. Ghosh receive the POWER grant from SERB, Govt. of India. Congratulations to Sweta and Udita.
- Dr. Rajesh K Upadhyay received Core Research Grant from SERB, Govt. of India.
- Dr. Nitai C. Maji joined the department as an assistant professor in March 2022
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Name of the visitor & Designation
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Date of Visit
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Purpose of Visit
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1.
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Dr. Surjo Ghosh
MD, Total Start |
March 29, 2017
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Workshop on Start-up
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2.
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Dr. Deepak Ghadia
Trustee, Muni Seva Aashram, Vadodara |
March 26, 2017
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Workshop on Renewable Energy (Solar)
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3.
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Mrs. Janak Palta McGiligan
MD, Jimy McGiligan, Centre for Sustainable Development |
March 26, 2017
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Workshop on Renewable Energy (Solar)
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4.
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Dr. Ajay Chandak
Certified Energy Auditor & Renewable Energy Consultant, |
March 26, 2017
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Workshop on Renewable Energy (Solar)
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5.
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Mr. Gaurav Kedia
Chairman, IBA |
March 26, 2017
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Workshop on Renewable Energy (Biogas)
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6.
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Dr. M.R. Nauni
MNRE, GOI |
March 26, 2017
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Workshop on Renewable Energy (Bio Energy)
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7.
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Dr. R.P. Verma
Former MD, IOC R&D Center, Faridabad |
March 26, 2017
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Workshop on Renewable Energy (Energy Initiatives of IOC)
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8.
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Dr. P.S. Ojha
Coordinator, Bio Energy Development Board, UP |
March 26, 2017
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Workshop on Renewable Energy (Biogas & Briquetting)
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9.
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Prof. G.D. Agrawal
Environmentalist |
March 10, 2017
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Interaction
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10.
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Mr. M.K. Pathak
Consultant, Bangkok (1975 Batch, Chemical Engineering, BHU) |
December 09, 2016
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Interaction with the students
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11.
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Mr. Ganesh Rangaswami
Entrepreneur, USA (1996 Batch Chemical Engineering BHU) |
December 09, 2016
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Interaction with the students
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12.
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Mr. Yogesh Kumar Upadhyay
Consultant USA (1975 Batch Chemical Engineering BHU) |
December 02, 2016
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Interaction with the students
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13.
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Mr. Siddharth Dubey
Entrepreneur, Delhi (Chemical Engineering 2003 batch) |
November 25, 2016
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Interaction with the students
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14.
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Dr. Manu Vora
Chairman and President, Business Excellence, Inc., Educator, Entrepreneur, Leader, Mentor, Philanthropist, Thinker, Naperville, Illinois, USA |
September 10, 2016
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Principal N.N. Godbole, Memorial Institute Lecture
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15.
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Mr. Anubhav Dwivedi
MD, Savient Consulting Company, Pune |
August 02, 2016
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Lecture & Interaction with the students
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16.
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Mr. Gaurav Kedia
Chairman, IBA |
August 02, 2016
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Lecture & Interaction with the students
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17.
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Mr. Anjaneya Singh
IAS, Secretary, UP Government |
May 05, 2016
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Lecture on initiatives of UP Government in the field of ground water and renewable energy with especial emphasis on energy crop
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18.
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Mr. Raghav Kansal
Founder & CEO, ET Medialabs, New Delhi |
May 03, 2016
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Lecture
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19.
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Mr. Anubhav Gupta
MD, Modi Paper Mills Ltd., Ghaziabad |
May 02, 2016
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Collaboration
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20.
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Mr. Vasudev Singh
IOC, Alumnus (2004 Batch) |
April 23, 2016
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Interaction
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21.
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Mr. Manish Jain
IUCAA Science Center, Pune |
April 07-08, 2016
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Science workshop
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Foreign Faculty Visits in the Department/School/School (From 1st April 2016 to 31st March 2017)
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Name of Faculty Member
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Purpose of Visit
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Date and Venue
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1. |
Dr. Jagannadh Satyavolu, Theme Leader, Biomass and Biofuels, University of Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A
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Lecture and Collaboration
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May 26, 2017
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2. |
Porf. Kunal Karan, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, Canada
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Interaction and Lecture
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December 02, 2016
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3. |
Dr. Shweta Singh, Agricultural & Biological Engineering, Purdue University, USA
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Interaction and Lecture
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November 30, 2016
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Department of Industrial Chemistry was established in 1921 at Banaras Hindu University. Subsequently, it was renamed the Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology in 1956. The department has set several benchmarks for achievements in teaching and research. It modernizes its programs to impart education in upcoming areas of chemical engineering.
The department presently offers courses leading to B. Tech., M. Tech., and Ph.D. degrees in Chemical Engineering. The department consists of 19 faculty members having expertise in the full range of subjects in the chemical engineering discipline.
From Head's Desk
The department presently offers courses leading to B. Tech., M. Tech., and Ph.D. degrees in Chemical Engineering. The department consists of 19 faculty members having expertise in the full range of subjects in the chemical engineering discipline. Thus, the department offers several institute-wide courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The average number of students in the undergraduate program is more than 130 per year, and in the post-graduate, it is ~60 per year. Around ~100 Ph.D. candidates are conducting their research work with different faculty members. The department consists of 23 research laboratories, a workshop, seven lecture theaters-smart classes, an auditorium (250 seats), and a library along with undergraduate laboratories. The floor area of the department is 4,002 square Meters, which is one of the largest in the country. The department also enjoys the status of a DST – FIST Sponsored Department. Department has a state-of-the-art facility to conduct cutting-edge research, such as – XPS, XRD, SEM, FTIR, TGA, etc. The institute has an exceptional computational facility of 836 teraflops, ParamShivay Supercomputer. Our faculty members and students are conducting their research work in the computational chemical sciences using that facility.
The department enjoys an excellent rapport and professional interaction with various industrial organizations. Faculty members are engaged in high-level consultancy work in the industry, whereas some others have projects funded by the industry. Besides these, the department also provides know-how for process improvement/ development, raw materials, and product analysis, pollution monitoring facilities, etc. to the industries in and around Varanasi.
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Renewable and non conventional Energy resources
Department has an active group of researchers working towards the development of bio-fuels from various grades of bio-mass. We are also working on the development of solar cells, fuel cells, microbial fuel cells as well as various other problems related to non-conventional and renewable energy.
Waste minimization & utilization
Rapid increase in the industrialization and urbanization has led to increase in waste materials and pollution. Biomass waste is one of the most important waste streams, therefore its conversion to useful biofuels can significantly reduce the burden on environment. There are many groups in the department working on problems ranging from efficient conversion of biomass to effective treatment of industrial wastes to make it harmless.
New Materials & Devices
Many research groups in the department are actively participating to develop new materials and devices ranging from nanomaterials for sensing and catalysis to the fabrication of microfluidic theranostics devices. Ubiquitous arsenic presences in the earth crust and ground water has impending effect on global health, almost affecting 144 million population. Despite these issues, development of new optical materials that can facilitate simple, easy, reliable, sensitive and selective detection are few. Dr. Manoj Kumar’s research group has been able to successfully develop new optically active materials that can detect arsenite (As 3+) at 12.5 parts per trillion levels with high accuracy (99% spike recovery).