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. 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.