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BITS PilaniHyderabad Campus

Department of Chemical

Engineering

January 2020

BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

Department of Chemical Engineering at BITS Pilani, Hyderabad campus is

determined to develop new talents, leaders, researchers and entrepreneurs who can

bring high level value addition to the Chemical and Allied industries. Our mission is

to drive excellence in education and training for the creation of a common platform

for connecting academia and industry.

The Department offers programs in three tiers of Chemical Engineering i.e. Bachelors

(B.E), Masters (M.E) and Ph.D. Our B.E and M. E students are placed in reputed

companies such as Shell, Unilever, Honeywell, etc. We have 13 highly qualified

faculty members who are actively working in more than 20 diverse areas of research

such as Reaction Engineering, Catalysis, Environmental Pollution Control, Material

Science, Nanoscience, Polymers, Electrochemical Engineering, Biomaterials,

Petroleum Engineering, Modelling and Simulation and so on. Currently, 17 research

scholars and project fellows are working in our dept. The department has received

funding from various agencies such as DST, BIRAC (DBT), CSIR, ABSTC Mumbai,

DRDO and BITS Pilani. Our faculty members are also involved in teaching for

Industry Professionals under Work Integrated Learning Program (WILP). We regularly

conduct conferences, workshops and expert interactions for students.

About the Department


Chemical Engineers are the most versatile Engineers

amongst all disciplines. We are proud to be a rapidly growing

Department in this area with state of the art laboratory

infrastructure with excellent experimental and computational

facilities. The department currently has eleven young faculty

members from diverse research areas like Reaction

Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Material Science,

Nanotechnology, Batteries and Fuel Cells and Polymer

Science & Technology. We are currently offering B.E

Chemical Engineering, M.E Chemical Engineering. We are

running Minor degree program in Materials Science and

Engineering. The department boasts around 90% placement

record for last three outgoing batches and more than 8 %

have opted for higher studies. Our students are unique in

two aspects. They undergo 7.5 months of industrial training

in 2 phases and do project work supervised by BITS faculty.

Message from HoD

Prof. Srikanta Dinda Head, Dept. of Chemical Engg.


Faculty: Chemical Engg.

Our faculty have extensive experience in both industry and academic

Prof. Ramesh

B. Adusumalli

Dr. D. Purnima

Prof. B.

KrishnamurthyProf. I. Sreedhar Prof. Srikanta

Dinda Prof. Karthik

Chethan V.

Dr. Vikranth K.

SurasaniDr. Pankaj

Kumar

Dr. Angan

SenguptaDr. Satyapaul

A. Singh

Dr. NandiniBhandaru

Prof. V.P.

Mishra

Prof. J.

Chatterjee


Technicians & Staffs

Mr. P. Somi Reddy Mr. N. Bhaskara RajuMr. P. Appala Reddy Mr. MD.Mudassir Khan

Mrs. P. Himabindu


Dr. Jaideep ChatterjeeProfessor

B.E. Chemical Engg, BITS-Pilani

M.S. Chemical Engg, Illinois Inst.

of Tech., USA

Ph.D. Chemical Engg, Illinois Inst.

of Tech., USA

Contact:-

Tel: +91-40-66303738

Email: [email protected]

pilani.ac.in

Research Interests

• Colloids & Interfaces

• Water & Water Purification

• Membrane & Depth Filtration

• Process Control & Optimization

Latest Publications

S.S. Srinet, A. Basak, P Ghosh, J Chatterjee,

Separation of anionic surfactant in paste form

from its aqueous solutions using foam

fractionation, 2017, Journal of Environmental

Chemical Engineering, 5, 2, 1586-1598

J. Chatterjee, Shajahan A., S. K. Gupta,

Estimation of colloidal deposition from

heterogeneous populations, 2010, Water

Research, 44, 3365-3374.

J. Chatterjee, S. K. Gupta, An agglomeration

based model for colloid filtration, 2009,

Environmental Science & Technology, 43(10),

3694-3699.

Chatterjee J., Limiting conditions for applying

the spherical section assumption in contact

angle estimation, 2003, Journal of Colloid and

Interface Science, 259 (1), 139-147.

Chatterjee J. Critical Eotvos numbers for

buoyancy induced oil drop detachment based

on shape analysis, 2002, Advances in Colloid

and Interface Science, 98 (3), 265-283, 2002.


Dr. I. SreedharAssociate Professor

B.Tech. : NIT Warangal

M.Tech. : IIT Delhi

Ph.D. : BITS Pilani, Pilani

Campus, India

Contact:

Tel: +91-40-66303512

E-mail:

[email protected]

pilani.ac.in

Research Interests:

• Reaction Engineering

• Process Development

• Fluid Rheology

• Carbon Capture

Latest Publications

B. Vishali, B. Venu, V. Vijay Kumar, G. Naresh, I

Sreedhar, A. Venugopal, Unravel the surface

active sites on Cu/MgLaO solid base catalyst by

DRIFT spectroscopy and adsorption techniques for

the synthesis of triazoles by click reaction,

Journal of Molecular Catalysis, 2019, 476,

110523-110530.

I. Sreedhar, Yaddanapudi Varun, Satyapaul A.

Singh, A. Venugopal, Benjaram M.Reddy,

Developmental Trends in CO2 methanation using

various catalysts, Catalysis Science & Technology,

2019, 9, 4478-4504.

I. Sreedhar, Bhawana Agarwal, Priyanka Goyal,

Satyapaul A. Singh, Recent Advances in Material

and Performance Aspects of Solid Oxide Fuel

Cells, Journal of electroanalytical Chemistry,

2019, 848, 113315.

A. Sailaja, B. Srinivas, I Sreedhar, Electro-viscous

effect of power law fluids in slit microchannel with

asymmetric wall zeta potentials, Journal of

Mechanics, 2019, 35, 537-547.


Dr. Srikanta DindaAssociate Professor

B.Sc. Chemistry : Vidyasagar

University, West Bengal

B.Tech. : Calcutta University

M.Tech. : Calcutta University

Ph.D. : IIT Kharagpur

Contact:-

Tel: +91-40-66303586


pilani.ac.in

Research Interests

• Reaction Engineering & catalysis

• Petroleum Refining

• CO2 capture

• Synthetic & bio polymer

Latest Publications

Premanath Murge, Srikanta Dinda, Sounak Roy.

Zeolite-based Sorbent for CO2 Capture:

Preparation and Performance Evaluation,

Langmuir, 2019, 35, 14751-14760.

Srikanta Dinda, Premanath Murge, Bipin

Chakravarthy, A Study on Zeolite-Based

Adsorbents for CO2 Capture. Bulletin of Materials

Science, 2019, 42, 240.

Appala Naidu U., Srikanta Dinda. Studies on

Synthesis of Environment–Friendly Products for

Paint and Coating Applications. Indian Chemical

Engineer, 2019,

doi.org/10.1080/00194506.2019.1610082

Premanath Murgea, Srikanta Dinda, Sounak Roy,

Adsorbent from Rice Husk for CO2 Capture:

synthesis, characterization and optimization of

parameters. Energy & fuels, 2018, 32, 10786-

10795.

Appala Naidu U., Srikanta Dinda, Hydroxyl-

Functionalized Resin: Preparation,

Characterization, Parameter Optimization and

Property Prediction, Pigment & Resin Technology,

2018, 47, 236-245.


Dr. Balaji KrishnamurthyAssociate Professor

B.Tech. : CECRI, Karaikudi,

Tamilnadu

Ph.D. : Univ. of South Carolina,

USA

Contact:-

Ph: +91-40-66303552


pilani.ac.in

Research Interests

• Batteries & Fuel cells

• Energy systems

• Electrochemical Engineering

• Mathematical modeling of

Electrochemical systems

Latest Publications

D. Nath, P. Sai Kiran, P. Rewatkar, B.

Krishnamurthy, S. Ganesh and S. Goel, E-coli fed

paper based microfluidic microbial fuel cell with

MWCNT composed bucky paper bioelectrodes,

IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience, 18, 510-

515, 2019.

Amandeep Singh and B. Krishnamurthy,

Parametric modeling of microbial fuel cells,, J.

Electrochem. Sci. Eng. 2019, doi:10.5599/jese671.

M. Bandapati, S. Goel and B. Krishnamurthy, A

review of catalyst utilization in PEM and Direct

Methanol fuel cells, J.Electrochem.Sci.Eng, 2019,

doi; 10.5599/jese.665.

M.Bandapati, B. Krishnamurthy and S.Goel, Fully

assembled membraneless glucose bio fuel cells with

MWCNT modified Pencil graphite leads as novel bio

electrodes, IEEE transaction on Nanobioscience,

2019, DOI:10.1109/TNB.2019. 2896207.

Rizwan Kareemi and B. Krishnamurthy, Modeling

the concentration of gases in the anode of a Direct

Carbon fuel cells, Journal of Electroanalytical

Chemistry, 2019, 834, 167-172.

mailto:[email protected]


Dr. Ramesh B. AdusumalliAssociate Professor

B. Tech : CBIT College (Osmania

Univ.), Hyderabad

M.S : University of Applied

Sciences, Reutlingen, Germany

Ph.D. : University of Natural

Resources and Applied Life Sciences

(BOKU), Vienna, Austria

Contact :

Tel : +91-40-66303554

Email:

[email protected]

pilani.ac.in

Research Interests:

• Polymer Composites

• Wood, Pulp & Paper Technology

• Fibre Technology

Latest Publications

Chandrakala Kunchi, Karthik Chethan

Venkateshan, Ramesh B. Adusumalli,

Nanoindentation of Hair Cortex and Medulla

Regions. Fibers and Polymers 2019, 20, 1538-

1545.


Venkateshan, Ramesh B. Adusumalli, Tensile

testing of single fibres, Structural Integrity Procedia

2019, 14, 150-157.

Madhuri Pydimalla, Nikhil Sainath Reddy, Ramesh

B. Adusumalli, Characterization of Subabul

heartwood and sapwood pulps after cooking and

bleaching. Cellulose Chemistry and Technology,

2019, 53, 479-492.

Madhuri Pydimalla, Bhuvan Rohith Muthyala,

Ramesh B. Adusumalli, Influence of Temperature

on Kraft pulping of Whole Bagasse and Depithed

Bagasse. Sugar Technology, 2019, 21, 1003-1015.


Venkateshan, NVN Deeksha Reddy, and Ramesh B.

Adusumalli, Correlation between Mechanical and

Thermal Properties of Human Hair, Int J

Trichology. 2018, 10(5), 204–210.


Dr. Karthik Chethan V.Associate Professor

B.E. : University Of Mysore,

Karnataka

M.S. : University Of Utah, USA

Ph.D. : McMaster University,

Canada

Contact:-

Tel: +91-40-66303613


pilani.ac.in

Research Interests

• Biomaterials

• Encapsulation and composite

applications

• Protein denaturation

• Liquid-liquid phase separation

latest Publications


Venkateshan, NVN Deeksha Reddy, and Ramesh

Babu Adusumalli, Correlation between Mechanical

and Thermal Properties of Human Hair, Int J

Trichology, 2018, 10(5), 204–210.


Venkateshan, and Ramesh Babu Adusumalli, Effect

of Scalp Position on Tensile Properties of Single

Hair Fibers, Int J Trichology, 2018, 10(5), 218–228.

Shubham Mishra, Chandrakala Kunchi, Karthik

Chethan Venkateshan, Ravi Chandra Gundakaram,

Ramesh Babu Adusumalli. Nanoindentaion and

Tensile testing of Human Hair Fibres. Journal of

Materials Science, 2016, 51(22) 10191-10204.

Appala Naidu U, Srikanta Dinda, Pravallika K,

Karthik Chethan Venkateshan, Preparation and

charecterization of ketonoc polymer for coating

applications, Progress in Organic Coatings, 2016,

99, 251-262.



Dr. D. PurnimaAssistant Professor

B. Tech : Osmania University,

Hyderabad

M. Tech : Osmania University,

Hyderabad

Ph. D. : IIT Delhi

Contact:-

Tel :+91-40-66303554

Email : [email protected]

pilani.ac.in

Research Interests:

• Polymer Blends and Composites

• Natural Fibers

• Characterization of Materials

• Polymer processing

Latest Publications

M. Agrawal, R. Naik, S. Shetgar and D. Purnima,

Surface treatment of jute fibre using eco-friendly

method and its use in PP composite, Materials

Today Proceedings, 18, 3268-3275, 2019.

S. Aparna, D. Purnima, R. B. Adusumalli, Effect of

Compatibilizer on the Properties of Polyamide 6

Blend Based Carbon Fiber Reinforced Composites,

Fibers and Polymers, 2018, 19, 1335-46.

D. Purnima and Sourav Agrawal, Effect of

Treatment of Fly Ash on Mechanical Properties of

Polypropylene, Key Engineering Materials, 2018,

759, 20-23.

D. Purnima and Somarowthu Srikanth,

Crystallization Kinetics of PP/Talc/Coir Hybrid

Composites, Nano Hybrids and Composites, 2017,

16, 3-8.

S. Aparna, D. Purnima, and R. B. Adusumalli, A

Review on Various Compatibilizers and its Effect

on Mechanical Properties of Compatibilized Nylon

Blends, Journal of Polymer-Plastic Technology and

Engineering, 2017, 56(6), 617-634.


Dr. Vikranth K. SurasaniAssistant Professor

B. Tech: RV College, Bangalore

M.E.: Otto von Guericke

University, Germany.

Ph.D.: Otto von Guericke

University, Germany.

Contact:-

Tel: +91-40-66303633


pilani.ac.in

Latest Publications

Gitin Tom, Debashis Panda, V. K. Surasani, Lattice

Boltzmann Simulations for Invasion Patterns

during Drying of Capillary Porous Media, Chemical

Engineering Science, 2019, 196, 310-323.

Suresh P., V. K. Surasani, Sreeshar I.,

Investigations at an Industrial Scale on granule

and tablet attributes in high shear rapid mixer

granulator”, Particulate Science and Technology,

2018, 36, 457-463.

Trishikhi Raychoudhary, V. K. Surasani,

Implication of Surface Modified NZVI Particle

Retention in the Porous Media with the Help of 1-D

Transport Model, Journal of Earth System Science,

2017, 126: 56.

Sashank Srinivasan, V. K. Surasani, CFD Analysis

of Effects of Surface Fouling on Wind Turbine

Airfoil Profiles, International Journal of Energy and

Power Engineering, 2015, 4, 1-11.

Research Interest: • Pore Network Modeling in Process

Engg

• Reactive transport in porous media

• Modeling of Biogeochemical

Interaction

• Numerical Simulation of Souring and

Desouring phenomena


Dr. Angan SenguptaAssistant Professor

B.Tech. :University of Technology.

West Bengal

M.Tech. :Indian Institute of

Technology, Roorkee.

Ph.D. : Indian Institute of Technology,

Bombay.

Contact:Tel: 040-66303709Email: [email protected]

pilani.ac.in

Research Interest: • Continuum modeling of flames to study

its dynamic properties

• Molecular simulation of nano-confined

fluids

• Optimal safe layout of fuel tank farms

during fire spread

Latest Publications

Angan Sengupta, Optimal Safe Layout of Fuel

Storage Tanks Exposed to Pool Fire: One

Dimensional Deterministic Modelling Approach,

Fire Technology, 2019, 55, 1771 – 1799.

Angan Sengupta, A. K. Gupta, I. M. Mishra and S.

Suresh, One Dimensional Modeling of Jet Diffusion

Flame, Journal of Applied Research and

Technology, 2018, 16, 320 – 333.

Angan Sengupta and Jhumpa Adhikari, “Fluid

phase equilibria of triangle-well fluids confined

inside slit pores: A transition matrix Monte Carlo

simulation study”, Journal of Molecular Liquids,

2016, 221, 1184 – 1196.

Angan Sengupta and Jhumpa Adhikari, Prediction

of fluid phase equilibria and interfacial tension of

triangle-well fluids using transition matrix Monte

Carlo, Chemical Physics, 2016, 469-470, 16 – 24.

Angan Sengupta and Jhumpa Adhikari, A grand

canonical Monte Carlo simulation study of argon

and krypton confined inside weakly attractive slit

pores, Molecular Simulation, 2015, 41, 402 – 413.


Dr. Satyapaul A. SinghAssistant Professor

B.Tech.: Bapatla Engineering

College, (Acharya Nagarjuna

University), Andhra Pradesh.

M.E. : Indian Institute of Science,

Bangalore

Ph.D. : Indian Institute of Science,

Bangalore.

Contact:Tel: +9140-66303566Email: [email protected]

pilani.ac.in

Research Interest:

. Heterogeneous Catalysis

. Reforming

. Photocatalysis

. Reaction Kinetics

. Network Modeling

Latest Publications

I. Sreedhar, B. Agarwal, P. Goyal, S.A. Singh, Recent

Advances in Material and Performance Aspects of

Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, J. Electroanal. Chem. 2019,

848, 113315.

I. Sreedhar, Y. Varun, S.A. Singh, B.M. Reddy,

Developmental Trends in CO2 Methanation using

various catalysts, Catal. Sci. Technol. 2019, 9,

4478-4504.

S. Challagulla, S. Payra, C. Chakraborty, S.A. Singh,

S. Roy, Understanding the role of catalytic active

sites for heterogeneous photocatalytic oxidation of

methanol and thermal reduction of NOx, Mol. Catal.

2019, 476, 110505.

N.K.R. Eswar, S.A. Singh, J. Heo, Atomic Layer

Deposited Photocatalysts: Comprehensive Review on

Viable Fabrication Routes and Reactor Design

Approaches for Photo–Mediated Redox Reactions, J.

Mater. Chem. A 2019, 7, 17703-17734.

S. A. Singh, S. Mukherjee, G. Madras, Role of CO2

methanation into the kinetics of preferential CO

oxidation on Cu/Co3O4, Mol. Catal. 2019, 466,

167-180.


Dr. Nandini BhandaruAssistant Professor

B.Tech. : GVP College of

Engineering, Visakhapatnam (JNTU

Kakinada)

M.Tech. : IIT Kharagpur

Ph.D. : IIT Kharagpur

Contact:-

Ph: +91-40-66303571


pilani.ac.in

Research Interests:

• Soft Lithography

• Polymer Thin Film Instability

and Dewetting

• Polymer Blends

• Superhydrophobcity

Latest Publications

S. M. Varughese and Nandini Bhandaru, Durability

of submerged hydrophobic surfaces, Soft Matter,

2020, DOI: 10.1039/C9SM01942A.

Sumita Sahoo, Nandini Bhandaru and Rabibrata

Mukherjee, Reversible morphological switching and

deformation hysteresis in electric field mediated

instability of thin elastic films, Soft Matter, 2019,

15, 3828–3834.

Poulomi Chakrabarty, Narendar Gogurla, Nandini

Bhandaru, Samit Kumar Ray, Rabibrata

Mukherjee, Enhanced performance of hybrid self-

biased heterojunction photodetector on Soft-

lithographically patterned organic

platform, Nanotechnology, 2018, 29, 505301.

Palash Dhara, Nandini Bhandaru, Anuja Das and

Rabibrata Mukherjee, Transition from Spin

Dewetting to continuous film in spin coating

of Liquid Crystal 5CB, Scientific Reports, 2018, 8,

7169.

Meneka Banik, Nandini Bhandaru and Rabibrata

Mukherjee, Transfer printing of colloidal crystals

based on UV mediated degradation of a polymer thin

film, Chem. Commun., 2018, 54, 3484–3487.



Ved Prakash MishraVisiting Professor

B.Tech. : REC, Trichy,

University of Madras

M.Chem.Eng.: UDCT, Mumbai

Ph.D. : UDCT, Mumbai

Contact:-

Tel: +91-40-66303728


pilani.ac.in

Research Interests

• Mixing & Fluid flow

• Reaction Engineering & Reactor

systems

• Process Modeling & Simulation

Latest Publications

Nilesh Gandhi, Ved Prakash Mishra ‘Reliability

Improvement in FCC Hot Gas Expander using CFD

Modeling’, Proceedings of International Symposium

on Transport Phenomena and Dynamics of

Rotating Machinery (ISROMAC 2016), Hawaii,

Honolulu April 10-15, 2016

B.N. Murthy and Ved Prakash Mishra, “CFD

modelling of Gas-liquid Dispersion in Industrial

Reactor” Proceedings of the 6th International and

43rd National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and

Fluid Power MNNIT, Allahabad, India, December

15-17, 2016, Paper number 329

Akshay Yadav, Nilesh Gandhi, Rakesh Kumar,

Supriya Apegaonkar, Ramesh Bhujade and

Vedprakash Mishra, “Numerical modelling

framework of continuous salt precipitation from

super-critical water”, Separation Science and

Technology, April 2017

Rahul C Patil, Pinakiranjan Patra, Ajay Gupta, Ved

Prakah Mishra and Asit Kumar Das, “Process flow

determines coker heater performance”, PTQ Q2

2018, 81-87, April 2018


Dr. Pankaj KumarAssistant Professor

B. Tech. : Nagpur University

M. Tech. : IIT Hyderabad

Ph.D. : IIT Hyderabad

Contact:-

Tel: +91-40-66303727


pilani.ac.in

Research Interests

• Biofuels

• Reaction Engineering & catalysis

• Kinetic modeling

• Pyrolysis of biomass

Latest Publications

Pankaj Kumar, Sudhakara Reddy Yenumala, Sunil

K. Maity, Debaprasad Shee, Kinetics of

hydrodeoxygenation of stearic acid using

supported nickel catalysts: Effects of supports.

Applied Catalysis A: General 2014, 471, 28-38.

Pankaj Kumar, Pramod Kumar, Peddy V C Rao,

Nettem V Choudary, Gandham Sriganesh, Saw

dust pyrolysis: Effect of temperature and catalysts.

Fuel 2017, 199, 339-345.

Pankaj Kumar, Sunil K. Maity, Debaprasad Shee,

Hydrodeoxygenation of stearic acid using Mo

modified Ni and Co/alumina catalysts: Effect of

calcination temperature. Chemical Engineering

Communications, 2019,

10.1016/j.cattod.2019.08.040.

Sudhakara Reddy Yenumala, Pankaj Kumar, Sunil

K. Maity, Debaprasad Shee, Hydrodeoxygenation of

karanja oil using ordered mesoporous nickel-

alumina composite catalysts. Catalysis Today

2019, DOI:10.1016/J.cattod.2019.08.040


Ongoing Sponsored Projects

Project Name PI &(Co-PI) Funding

Agency

Amount (in

lakhs), Approx.

Start date &

duration

Designing of Potential Adsorbents via

Molecular Modelling and

Simulations for the High

Temperature CO2 Capture

Dr. Angan

Sengupta

DST 22 Dec 2019

2 yrs

Modeling the capacity loss in lithium

ion batteries during cycling

Dr. Balaji K. &(Dr.

Vikranth

K.Surasani)

CSIR 23.4 Nov.2019

3 yrs

Waste Minimization and Carbon

Capture with Coal Flyash Doped

Sorbents- A Two Edged Sword

Dr. I. Sreedhar CSIR 19 Nov.2019

3 yrs

Development of superomniphobic

surfaces for self-cleaning and

antimicrobial applications

Dr. Nandini

Bhandaru

DST

INSPIRE

28(total 35 lakhs &

first year was

spent at IITK)

April 2017

5 yrs

Reactive transport modeling &

simulation of CO2 sequestration in

deccan volcanic province

Dr. Vikranth K.

Surasani & (Dr. B.

Krishnamurthy)

DST 21.7 April 2018,

3 yrs

Cracking of hydrocarbon fuel for a

possible heat sink application

Dr. Srikanta

Dinda

DRDO 20.6 lakhs + setup + raw

materials

Sept. 2018,

2 yrs


Ongoing Sponsored Projects

Project Name PI &(Co-PI) Funding

Agency

Amount (in

lakhs), Approx.

Start date &

duration

Underwater superoleophobic

surfaces for oil/water separation

Dr. Nandini

Bhandaru

BITS-

Pilani

9.5 Sept 2019

2 yrs

Synthesis of core-shell nanoparticles

for photocatalytic reforming

Dr. Satyapaul

Singh A.

BITS-

Pilani

10 Sept 2019

2 yrs


Completed Sponsored

Projects in last 5 years

Project Title PI & (Co-PI) Funding

Agency

Amount

(in lakhs)

Start date &

DurationBiofuels from lignocellulosic biomass

waste: Biosolubilization and

biomethanation of lignin

Dr. Asma Ahmed DST 27.2 July 2014,

3.5 yrs

Studies on CO2 Capture from Flue

Gases using Regenerable Solid

Adsorbents

Dr. Srikanta Dinda &

(Dr. Sounak Ray)

CSIR 22.8 Oct 2015,

3 yrs

3-D Printer Filaments that are

Biomaterial-Based and Eco-Friendly

Dr. Karthik Chethan

V.

BIRAC 34 June 2014,

1.5 yrs

Characterization of Fibre / Matrix

interface in Advanced Composites

Dr. Ramesh B.

Adusumalli, & (Dr.

Karthik Chethan V. &

Dr. Jalaiah N.)

ASL

(DRDO)

10 August 2015,

1 yr

Bioconversion of Coal Rejects to

Biogas and Humic Acid

Dr. Asma Ahmed

(Ardee Hi-tech Pvt Ltd,)

BIRAC 1.8 June 2015,

1 yr

Nano-scale Characterization of

Human Hair Fibres by using

Indentation Technique

Dr. Ramesh B.

Adusumalli

DST 29.9 August 2014,

3 yrs

Treatment of Nitrogenous Waste

using Microalgae & its Utilization for

Production of Biofuels

Dr. Asma Ahmed BITS-

Pilani

45 Feb. 2014,

3 yrs


Completed Sponsored

Projects in last 5 yearsProject Title PI & (Co-PI) Funding

Agency

Amount

(in lakhs)

Start date &

DurationComposition of phenolic resin from

two sources for their properties

Dr. Karthik

Chethan V. & ( Dr.

Ramesh B.

Adusumalli)

ASL 9.8 April 2018,

1 yr.


Current PhD Scholars & Project Fellows

Ms. D. Shruthi K. Ms. Madhavi Ms. S. Aparna Mr. Premanath Mr. Nithin B.KMr. Y.Varun

Mr. K. SundaraiahMr. Kalyan V. Mr. P. Pradeep R. Mr. Saikiran P.

Mr. Ravi Kiran

Mr. Suresh KMs. Sowmya

Mr. Aniruddha A. Mr. D. PrabhatMs. S.SadamantiMr. Varun Shah Mr. Vikalp Jha


PhD Scholars Graduated in last 3 years

Dr. P. Madhuri

Dr. L. Sirisha . P Dr. K.Chandrakala Dr. Pathi SureshDr. AppalaNaiduDr. Sreenivasulu


Research Scholars Details

Name Category Supervisor&

co-supervisor

Topic of Research

Mr. Suresh K. Full time Dr. S.Dinda & Dr.

Satyapaul A. S.

Conversion of CO2 to methanol

Mr. Ravi Kiran Full time Dr. Karthik Chetan

V.

Mr. SaiKiran Full time Dr. Nandini

Bhandaru

Morphology and phase separation in thin

polymer blends

Mr. Aniruddha A. Full time Dr. I. Sreedhar Waste Minimization and Carbon Capture with

Coal Flyash Doped Sorbents

Ms. Madhavi Full time Dr. Balaji K & Dr.

Vikranth K.

Surasani & Dr.

Sanket Goel

Modelling of Fuel Cells

Ms. S. Aparna Full time Dr. D. Purnima &

Dr. Ramesh B.

Adusumalli

Polymer blends and Composites

Mr. Premanath

Full time

Dr. Srikanta

Dinda & Dr.

Sounak Roy

Studies on CO2 Capture from Flue Gases

using re-generable Solid Adsorbents

Mr. Y. Varun Full time Dr. Satyapaul A.

Singh & Dr.I

Sreedhar

Development of advanced nanomaterials for

waste to energy applications


Name Category Supervisor &

co-supervisor

Topic of Research

Mr. Nithin

Bharadwaj K.

Full time Dr. Angan Sengupta &

Dr. Srikanta Dinda

Thermo-chemical studies of CO2 capture

from environmental point of view

Mr. Kalyan

Vuchuru

Full time Dr. Srikanta Dinda Investigation of the decomposition kinetics

of endothermic fuel

Mr. Punnam

Pradeep Reddy

Full time Dr. Vikranth K.

Surasani & Dr. Balaji

K

Reactive Transport Modeling and

Simulation of CO2 Sequestration in

Deccan Volcanic Province

Mrs. Sowmya Part time Dr. D. Purnima removal of Cr from industrial effluent

Mr. K.

Sundaraiah

Part time Dr. Srikanta Dinda Development of Endothermic fuel

Ms. D. Shruthi

Keerthi

Part time Dr. Balaji

Krishnamurthy

Modelling of batteries and fuel cells

Research Scholars Details


Patents published by Department in

last 5 years

Patents Granted /issued

• S. Goel, P. Rewatkar, M. Bandapati and B. Krishnamurthy, A system and method for electric power and

process thereof for manufacturing the system, 2018 Indian Patent application, 201711046160.

• S. Dinda, P. K. Chinthala, A. Gohel, A. Yadav, S. Mandal, G. Ravichandran and A. K. Das, Process and

composition of catalyst/additive for reducing fuel gas yield in fluid catalytic cracking (FCC)

process. 2017, Pat. No: US 9783743B2.

• G. Ravichandran, P. K. Chinthala, T. Doshi, A. Gohel, A. Arusu, S. Mandal, A. K. Das, S. Dinda, A.

Parekh, Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) additive and catalyst preparation method, 2016, CN10381856B.


catalyst compositions / additive, for reducing the fluid catalytic cracking (FCC)process in the fuel gas

yield. 2016, CN103703105 B.

• G. Ravichandran, P. K. Chinthala, T. Doshi, A. Gohel, A. Arusu, S. Mandal, A. K. Das, S. Dinda, A.

Parekh, FCC catalyst additive and a method for its preparation, 2015, US9067196 B2.



process. 2015, Pat. No: EP 2729553 A4.



process. 2014, Pat. No: US 20140116923 A1.

• A Device And A Process For Purification Of Grey Water, Sep 30, 2014. EP 3055044 B1,

• A Device And A Process For Purification Of Grey Water, Sep 30, 2014. AU 2014/334011 B2,


Books/ Book Chapters published in last 5 years

1. D. Purnima, S. Aparna, Namrata Verma, Karan Khubdikar, Anurag Patil, Anusha Iyangar, Tissue

Engineering: Thermoplastics for Scaffold, Encyclopedia of Polymer Applications, Taylor and Francis, 2019

ISBN: 978-135-10-1941-5.

2. D. Purnima and Sagarika Talla, Thermal Properties of Polypropylene Hybrid Composites, Polymeric and

Nanostructured materials: Synthesis, properties and advanced applications, Polymeric and Nanostructured

Materials, Apple Academic Press, 2018, DOI: 10.1201/b22428-2.

3. S. Dinda, Nikhil S. Reddy V., Appala Naidu U., S. Girish, Materials, Energy and Environment

Engineering, Springer nature, 2017, ISBN: 978-981-10-2674-4.

4. Srikanta Dinda, Nikhil S. Reddy V., Appala Naidu U., S. Girish, Materials, Energy and Environment

Engineering, Springer nature, 2016, ISBN: 978-981-10-2674-4.

5. Ramesh Babu Adusumalli, Karthik Chethan V, Wolfgang Gindl-Altmutter. Micromechanics of Cellulose

Fibres and their Composites. Wood is Good: Current Trends and Future Prospects in Wood Utilization;

2016, ISBN 978-981-10-3115-1.

6. Srikanta Dinda, Nihit Bandaru, Radhev Paleti, Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering, ISBN-

9781771880770 CRC Press (Taylor & Francis Group), 2015.

7. I.Sreedhar, K.Radhakishan and K.V. Raghavan. “Industrial Catalysis and Separations: Innovations for

Process Intensification” CRC Press (2014). ISBN 9781926895963


Major Thrust Areas and Faculty Specialization

Specialization Number of Faculty Members

Separation Processes 3

Material Science and Nano Materials 4

Polymer Technology 3

Reaction Engineering and Catalysis 4

Modelling and Simulation 3

Biochemical Engineering 0

Energy and Environment Studies 2

Fuel Cells and Batteries 1

Paper and Pulp Technology 1

Petroleum Engineering 1


SI. No Name of the Labs

1. Selected Chemical Engineering Operations Lab

2. Transport Phenomena Lab

3. Process Control Lab

4. Chemical Reaction Engineering Lab

5. Petroleum Engineering Lab

6. Environmental Engineering Lab

7. Advanced Separations Lab

8. Polymer Science & Engineering Lab

9. Multiphase System Lab

10. Material & Interfacial engineering lab

11. Computing facility Lab

12. Instrumental Analysis Lab

Department Facilities


Laboratory Equipment's

Transport Phenomena Lab

Selected Chemical Engineering

Operations Lab

Process Control Lab

Petroleum Lab

Chemical Reaction Engineering. Lab

Environmental Engg. Lab

Advance Separation Lab

Multiphase Systems Lab

Materials Science & Engineering LAB

Multiphase System LAB


Sophisticated Instruments

Analyzer


Sophisticated Instruments


Conference/Invited talks/Organized during 2019

• Invited talk on ‘Technological Advances on Coal

and Pet Coke Gasification Crude Oil and

Natural Gas processing’ by Mr. Thomas

Mathew, President – CoE Gasification, Reliance

Industries Limited. (24th October, 2019)

• Invited talk on " Biological Hazards, its Prevention and Control in the

Military" by Captain Raghunath Reddy Army Medical Corps (AMC) (10

April, 2019)

• Invited talk on "A brief introduction to molecular simulations and its

application to gas hydrates" by Dr. Srikanth Ravipati, Imperial College

London, UK. (8 February, 2019)

• Invited talk on "Current Trends in Industrial Automation" by Mr. Srinivas

D Yanaboina, Andritz, Bangalore. (1 March, 2019)


Programm

e Type

Programme

Name

Total

number of

courses

Breakup

Common

courses*

Disciplinary

core courses

Disciplinary

electives

First

Degree

(UG)

B.E.

Chemical

Engineering

43 courses

in seven

semesters

23 (including

3 humanities

and 5 open

electives)

15 courses

spread over

2nd and 3rd

year

5 courses

spread over

3rd year and

4th year

B.E. Programmed Structure

• Single degree students generally do practice school (PS) -1 and PS-2)

• Dual degree students generally do thesis (16 units) or thesis + electives (9+6

units) and PS-2 in 09th and 10th semesters.

• Out of 5 discipline electives 3 can be project type courses like Study oriented

project (SOP), Lab Oriented project (LOP), Design oriented Project (DOP).

• Discipline electives pool: Environmental Pollution Control, Transport

Phenomena, Process Plant safety, Modelling and Simulation in Chemical Engineering,

Chemical Process Technology, Biochemical Engineering, Corrosion Engineering, Petroleum

refining and petrochemicals, Polymer technology, Paper and Pulp technology, Alternate

energy resources, Electrochemical Engineering, Introduction to Nanoscience, etc.


Minor in Materials Science and Engineering

Courses: 5 courses (min) Units: 15 (min)

Core Courses:

CHE F243 / ME F213/MF F213

Materials Science and Engineering 3 0 3 (2 0 2)

MST F331: Materials Characterization 3 1 4

(3rd year first semester)

MST F332: Materials Processing 3 0 3

(3rd year second semester)

Electives: Two from a pool of 15 electives

(4th year first semester or second semester)


M.E Chemical Engineering

Course Curriculum

To accomplish M. E. in Chemical

Engineering, student have to complete

minimum 64 credits.

Core Courses

• CHE G622 Adv. Chem. Engg.

Thermodynamics

• CHE G523 Math. Methods in Chem.

Engg.

• CHE G641 Reaction Engineering

• CHE G552 Advanced Transport

Phenomena

• BITS G661 Research Methodology 1

Year Semester I Semester II

I 4-5 courses

(16 credits)

4-5 Courses

(16 credits)

II Dissertation (32 credits)

Elective Courses (any three)

CHE C421 Biochemical Engineering

CHE C473 Advanced Process Control

CHE G512 Petroleum Refining and Petrochemicals

CHE G513 Environmental Management Systems

CHE G522 Polymer Technology

CHE G524 Introduction to Multiphase flow

CHE G525 Chem. Process and Equipment Design

CHE G526 Nuclear Engineering

CHE G527 Energy Conservation and Management

CHE G528 Introduction to Nano Science & Technology

CHE G529 Paper and Pulp Technology

CHE G532 Alternate Energy Resources

CHE G533 Petroleum Product Characterizatio

CHE G551 Advanced Separation Technology

CHE G617 Petroleum Refinery Engineering

CHE G618 Petroleum Downstream Processing

CHE G619 Process Intensification

CHE G620 Energy Intergration Analysis

BITS F429 Nanotechnology for Renewable Energy and

Environment

BITS F418 Introduction to Biomedical Engineering

CHE G553 Statistical Thermodynamics

CHE G554 Computational Fluid Dynamics

CHE G556 Electrochemical Engineering

CHE G557 Energy Systems Engineering

CHE G558 Chemical Process Optimization


The student has to

write a Qualifying

exam in any two of

these Research Areas:

• Transport Phenomena & Separation Processes

• Chemical Reaction Engineering &

Thermodynamics

• Material Science and Engineering

• Environmental Engineering

• Energy and Process System Engineering

• Petroleum and Petrochemical Engineering

• Biochemical Engineering

Ph.D. qualifying

exam

Research

Proposal

Thesis

Presentation

Ph.D. at Our Department

Aspirant scheme; Full semester fee; MoU between company and BITS; no stipend.

Full time; Institute fellow or Project fellow

Part time; employee should be working close to the campus.

Ph.D. for

6-10

Semesters


Semester-wise Registration

Year First Semester Units Second Semester Units

I BITS C797T Ph. D Seminar 1 BITS C797T Ph. D Seminar 1

BITS C791T Teaching Practice I

1

BITS E661 Research Methodology-I BITS C799T Ph. D Thesis

1 10

(For part time students) BITS C797T Ph. D Seminar BITS E793T Practice Lecture Series I

1 1

(For part time students)

BITS C797T Ph. D Seminar BITS E661 Research Methodology-I

1 1

BITS C799T Ph. D Thesis 10

II BITS C797T Ph. D Seminar 1 BITS C797T Ph. D Seminar 1

BITS C799T Ph. D Thesis 10 BITS C799T Ph. D Thesis 10

III BITS C797T Ph. D Seminar 1 BITS C797T Ph. D Seminar 1

BITS C799T Ph. D Thesis 10 BITS C799T Ph. D Thesis 10


Placements


CONTACT

Prof. Srikanta DindaHoD, Department of Chemical Engineering

Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani

Hyderabad Campus, Jawahar Nagar

Kapra Mandal, Medchal District

Telangana - 500078

E-mail:- [email protected]

Tel.No.:- +91-40-66303586 (Office)

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