Welcome to the department of Chemical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati. Started functioning in 2002. The department is a major academic host offering B. Tech., M. Tech., and Ph. D. in Chemical Engineering.
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Pankaj Boruah, Raghvendra Gupta, Vimal Katiyar " Fabrication of Cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) from waste paper for developing antifouling and high-performance membrane for water purification", Carbohydrate Polymer Technologies and Applications , [2023] Bhanupriya Das, Kha Lil Dinh, Adupa Vasistha, G.Nagendra Prasad, Surendra Singh Gaur, Anki Reddy Katha, Chin Tsan Wang, Vimal Katiyar " Role of crosslinker in Poly (vinyl alcohol) Membrane based Microbial Fuel Cell fed with hospital wastewater: A Classical Molecular Dynamics perspective. ", ACS ES&T , [2023] Bhanupriya Das, Kha Lil Dinh, Adupa Vasistha, G.Nagendra Prasad, Surendra Singh Gaur, Anki Reddy Katha, Chin Tsan Wang, Vimal Katiyar " Charge Transport Mechanism in Crosslinked Poly (vinyl alcohol) Membrane assembled Honey Comb MFC fed with hospital wastewater. ", ACS ES&T , [2023] Bhanupriya Das, Anshuman Sharma, Arnab Banerjee, Chin Tsan Wang, Vimal Katiyar " Fabrication of Carbon Soot-derived carbon nanoparticles (CNPs) decorated on Polyaniline (PANI) sponge electrode for Sewage Wastewater Fed Microbial Fuel Cells. ", International Journal of Hydrogen Energy , [2023] Neha Mulchandani, Kazunari Masutani, Shinichi Sakurai, Yoshiharu Kimura, Vimal Katiyar " Protic Acid Assisted Synthesis of New Materials from a Carbon Dioxide Derived Disubstituted Lactone Precursor", Results in Material , [2023] Mulchandani, Neha, Kazunari Masutani, Vimal Katiyar " Stereo-pentablock Copolymers based on Poly(lactic acid) and Poly(ε‑caprolactone) with Preferential Stereocomplexation for Biomedical Applications", Materials Today Communications , [2023] Madu Purnima, Tanushree Paul, Kannan Pakshirajan, and G. Pugazhenthi " Onshore oilfield produced water treatment by hybrid microfiltration-biological process using kaolin based ceramic membrane and oleaginous Rhodococcus opacus", Chemical Engineering Journal vol.453 (2), ,pp.139850 [2023] Satti Venu Gopala Kumari, Kannan Pakshirajan, and G. Pugazhenthi " Synthesis and characterization of MgO nanostructures: A comparative study on the effect of preparation route", Materials Chemistry and Physics vol.294, ,pp.127036 [2023] Vikas Kumar Sharma , Anugrah Singh , Pankaj Tiwari " An experimental study of pore-scale flow dynamics and heavy oil recovery using low saline water and chemical flooding", Fuel vol.334, no.126756 [2023] S. Gupta, N. Kishore, G. Ahmed, and K. Kumari " Catalytic Co-Pyrolysis of Leaves of Polyalthia Longifolia, Woods of Delonix Regia and Polypropylene Grocery Bags using Zeolite Y-Hydrogen Catalyst", Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery vol.https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-022-03731-3, [2023] S.V. Aravind, G. Ahmed and N. Kishore " Pyrolysis of Delonix Regia using Metal Oxide Catalysts and Solvent Effect on Fuel Fraction of Bio-oil", Results in Engineering vol.17, ,pp.100876 [2023] Shivani Gupta and Ashok Kumar Dasmahapatra " Destabilization of Ab fibrils by omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids: a molecular dynamics study", JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS vol.41, no.2 ,pp.581-598, [2023] Arbind Prasad, Siddharth Mohan Bhasney, Varatharajan Prasannavenkadesan, Mamilla Ravi Sankar, Vimal Katiyar " Polylactic acid reinforced with nano-hydroxyapatite bioabsorbable cortical screws for bone fracture treatment", Journal of Polymer Research , [2023] S. Acharya and N. Kishore " Solvothermal Co-liquefaction of Wastes from Citrus limetta Fruits Processing", Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology vol.98, ,pp.1114-1124, [2023] V.K. Sharma, P. Tiwari and A. Singh " An experimental study of pore-scale flow dynamics and heavy oil recovery using low saline water and chemical flooding", Fuel vol.334, ,pp.126756 [2023] D. Rammohan, N. Kishore and RVS Uppaluri " Kinetics and Thermodynamics Investigation of Pyrolysis of Butyl Rubber Tube Waste", European Journal of Sustainable Development Research vol.7, ,pp.em0215 [2023] P. Rambabu and N.R. Peela* " In-situ CdS Nanowires on g-C3N4 Nanosheet Heterojunction Construction in 3D-Optofluidic Microreactor for the Photocatalytic Green Hydrogen Production", International Journal of Hydrogen Energy , [2023] B. Wang, Z. Yao, M. Reinmöller, N. Kishore, F. Tesfaye, R. Luque " Pyrolysis behavior, kinetics, and thermodynamics of waste pharmaceutical blisters under CO2 atmosphere", Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis vol.170, ,pp.105883 [2023] Rahevar, S., Kakati, A., Kumar, G., Sangwai, J.S., Myres, M., Al-Yaseri, " Controlled salinity water flooding and zeta potential: Insight into a novel enhanced oil recovery mechanism", Energy Reports vol.9, ,pp.2557-2565, [2023] D. Rammohan, N. Kishore and RVS. Uppaluri " Thermogravimetric analysis of pyrolysis of Delonix regia biomass in the presence of zeolite, mixed metal oxides and carbon supported noble metal catalysts", Results in Engineering vol.17, ,pp.100936 [2023] Patel, P., Pandey, L. and Uppaluri R. " Adsorptive removal of Zn, Fe, and Pb from Zn dominant simulated industrial wastewater solution using polyvinyl alcohol grafted chitosan variant resins", Chemical Engineering Journal vol.459, ,pp.141563 [2023] Rammohan D., Kishore N., Uppaluri R. " Kinetics and thermodynamics investigation of pyrolysis of butyl rubber tube waste", European Journal of Sustainable Development Research vol.7, no.2 ,pp.em0215 [2023] Doli Hazarika, Vimal Katiyar " Investigations on Zinc-Oligo Lactate as a Catalyst for Polymerization of Cyclic Esters and Depolymerisation of High Molecular Weight PLA for Recycling", Polymer Degradation and Stability , [2023] Doli Hazarika, Vimal Katiyar " Multifunctional and Crystallization Attributes of Nanohybrid on PLA as an Electrospun Woven Mimicked Nanofabric", International Journal of Biological Macromolecules , [2023] Arbind Prasad, Siddharth Mohan Bhasney, Varatharajan Prasannavenkadesan, Mamilla Ravi Sankar, Vimal Katiyar " Nano-hydroxyapatite reinforced polylactic acid bioabsorbable cancellous screws for bone fracture fixations", Journal of Applied Polymer Science , [2023] Devleena Bose, Varatharajan Prasannavenkadesan, Vimal Katiyar " Development of biocompatible PLA reinforced with nano-hydroxyapatitite and modified chitosan implants for orthopedic applications", International Journal of Biological Macromolecules , [2023] Devleena Bose, Varatharajan Prasannavenkadesan, Vimal Katiyar " Fabrication of drug impregnated PLA based biocomposite implants with antimicrobial properties for reconstruction surgical treatment", Biomaterials , [2023] Manoj Kumar Dhal, Varatharajan Prasannavenkadesan, Kshithij Madhu, Arnab Banerjee, Amit Kumar, Vimal Katiyar " Optimization of Melt-Processed PLA/PCL/Saw-Dust based biocomposites for enhanced degradation properties", Composites Part B: Engineering , [2023] Arnab Banerjee, Vimal Katiyar " A geoenvironmental perspective of landfill associated extremophilic metagenome harboring plastic degrading genes", ACS Environmental Science and Technology , [2023] Arnab Banerjee, Vimal Katiyar " Progress and Challenges of PLA Degradation: A Systematic Review", Science of the Total Environment , [2023] Arnab Banerjee, Vimal Katiyar " An insight into the molecular dynamics of the reaction mechanism of a PLA degraing enzyme isolated from Amycolaptosis sp.", ACS Catalysis , [2023] Madhu Kshitij, Varatharajan Prasannavenkadesan, Manoj Kumar Dhal, Arnab Banerjee, Amit Kumar, Vimal Katiyar " Enhancing mechanical and thermal properties of starch via temperature optimization: A melt processing approach", International Journal of Biological Macromolecules , [2023] Arnab Banerjee, Vimal Katiyar " Development of biofertilizer from bioplastic waste using biomined compost from landfill: Pretreatment Strategies and Process Optimization", Journal of Hazardous Materials , [2023] Rammohan D., Kishore N., Uppaluri R. " Thermogravimetric analysis of pyrolysis of Delonix regia biomass in the presence of zeolite, mixed metal oxides and carbon supported noble metal catalysts", Results in Engineering vol.17, ,pp.100936 [2023] Dhara S., Purkait M. K., and Uppaluri R. " High-purity alkaline lignin extraction from Saccharum ravannae and optimization of lignin recovery through response surface methodology", International Journal of Biological Macromolecules vol. 234, ,pp.123594 [2023] Pillajetti, P, Gupta, R, Goswami, S, Pant, HJ, Sen, N, Singh, KK, Shenoy, KT, Upadhyay, RK " Investigation of Velocity Field Inside a Single-Phase Pulsed Sieve Plate Column Using Radioactive Particle Tracking . ", Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research vol.61, ,pp.15423-15432, [2023] Nagargoje, M and Gupta, R " Experimental investigations on the bubble dynamics in a symmetric bifurcating channel", International Journal of Multiphase Flow vol.159, ,pp.104318 [2023] Goswami, S, Kshirsagar, VS, Aswini, V, Sharma, VK, Samantray, JS, Gupta, R, Pawar, PM, Pant, HJ " Evaluation of mixing performance and validation of CFD simulations in baffled anaerobic digesters using radiotracer technique", Applied Radiation and Isotopes vol.192, ,pp.110570 [2023] Baro, R.K., Kotecha, P., Anandalakshmi, R. " Multi-objective optimization of nanofluid based direct absorption solar collector for low-temperature applications", Journal of Building Engineering vol.Accepted, [2023] Kommadath, R., Maharana, D., Kotecha, P. " An effective strategy for solving single and multi-unit production planning models with unique process constraints using metaheuristic techniques", Expert Systems With Applications vol.Accepted, [2023] Kommadath, R., Maharana, D., Kotecha, P. " A metaheuristic-based efficient strategy for multi-unit production planning with unique process constraints", Applied Soft Computing vol.134, no.109871 [2023] Kommadath, R., Maharana, D., Anandalakshmi, R., Kotecha, P. " Multi-objective scheduling in the vegetable processing and packaging facility using metaheuristic based framework", Food and Bioproducts Processing vol.137, ,pp.1-19, [2023] Mandavi Goswami, Kona Mondal, Varatharajan Prasannavenkadesan, Vikrant Bodana, Vimal Katiyar " Development of essential oil incorporated biopolymer-based edible coating for prolonging the storage life of Khasi mandarin", International Journal of Biological Macromolecules , [2023] Chkraborty G., Bhattacharjee S., Katiyar, V., Pugazhenthi G. " Melt rheology analysis through experimental and constitutional mechanical models of exfoliated graphene based polylactic acid (PLA) nanocomposites", Melt rheology analysis through experimental and constitutional mechanical models of exfoliated graphene based polylactic acid (PLA) nanocomposites vol.30, ,pp.10 [2023] Wani Khalid M., Uppaluri R. " Efficacy of ionic gelation based encapsulation of bioactives from papaya leaf extract: characterization and storage stability", Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery , ,pp.1-18, [2023] Sarmistha Baruah, Akshai Kumar and Nageswara Rao Peela " Activated Carbon Supported Ni-Co Layered Double Hydroxides Nanowires: An Effective and Low-Cost Electrocatalyst for Ethanol Electro-oxidation in Alkaline Media", Journal of The Electrochemical Society vol.170, ,pp.034509 [2023] Najrul Haque, Anugrah Singh, U. K. Saha " A New Method to Develop Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Porous Micromodels Applicable to Enhanced Oil Recovery and Flow Visualization Experiments", Journal of Energy Resources Technology vol.145, no.10 [2023] Nipu Kumar Das, Dhirendra Kumar Mishra, Papu Kumar Naik, Pyarimohan Dehury, Suryasarathi Bose,Tamal Banerjee " Dihydrolevoglycosenone as a novel bio-based nanofluid for thermal energy storage: Physiochemical and quantum chemical insights", Journal of Energy Storage vol.59, ,pp.106365 [2023] Nabendu Paul, G. Harish, Tamal Banerjee " Decontamination of enoxacin containing aqueous phase through hydrophobic deep eutectic solvents: Solvent regeneration and quantum chemical insights", Journal of Molecular Liquids vol.374, ,pp.121254 [2023] Anantharaj Ramalingam, Tamal Banerjee, Vivek Mariappan Santhi, Dhirendra Kumar Mishra, Danish John Paul Mark Reji, Shruthi Nagaraj " Investigation of molecular interaction, performance of green solvent in esterification of ethanol and acetic acid at 298.15 K and at 1 atm ", Asia Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering , ,pp.e2875 [2023] Nabendu Paul, G. Harish, Tamal Banerjee " Stability Mechanism of Menthol and Fatty Acid Based Hydrophobic Eutectic Solvents: Insights from Nonbonded Interactions ", ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. vol.11, no.8 ,pp.3539-3556, [2023] Lorenzo Guazzelli, Isabel Maria Marrucho, Tiancheng Mu, Tamal Banerjee " Ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents: Two contrasting options or opposite sides of the same coin? ", Frontiers in Chemistry vol.11, [2023] Pyarimohan Dehury, Upasana Mahanta, Ratanjot Singh, Tamal Banerjee " Potential of deep eutectic solvent based nanofluids as a new generation heat transfer media", Journal of Molecular Liquids vol.379, ,pp.121700 [2023] Sarmistha Baruah, Akshai Kumar and Nageswara Rao Peela " Role of ZSM-5/AC hybrid support on the catalytic activity of Pd-Ag electrocatalysts towards ethanol oxidation: An experimental and kinetic study", Electrochimica Acta vol.453, ,pp.142357 [2023] Shivani Gupta and Ashok Kumar Dasmahapatra " Enhanced stability of a disaggregated Aβ fibril on removal of ligand inhibits refibrillation: An all atom Molecular Dynamics simulation study", International Journal of Biological Macromolecules vol.240, ,pp.124481-1-124481-12, [2023] G. Ahmed and N. Kishore " Separation and Extensive Evaluation of Properties of Fuel and Non-Fuel Portions of Pyrolytic Bio-oil obtained from Erythrina Indica Biomass", Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy vol.15, ,pp.033101 [2023] Machale, J; Al-bayati, D; Almobarak, M; Ghasemi, M; Saeedi, A; Sen, T; Majumder, S. K.; Ghosh, P. " The Role of Adsorption of a Natural Surfactant at Oil–Water Interface in Enhanced Oil Recovery: Interfacial Rheology, and Structural, and Emulsifying Analyses", Chemical Engineering Communications vol.In press, ,pp.1-15, [2023] Indrajeet Kumar, Bineet Kumar Tripathi, Anugrah Singh " Attention-based LSTM network-assisted time series forecasting models for petroleum production", Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence vol.123, ,pp.106440 [2023]
new Prof. S. K. Majumder and his student Dr. Somen Mondal, "have received Dr. A. V. Rama Rao Best Ph.D. thesis and Best Research Award 2022 from the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers.", [2023] Prof. Kaustubha Mohanty, Prof. Mihir K. Purkait, "A book entitled "Membrane Technologies and Applications",published by CRC Press (Taylor & Francis), ISBN 9781439805268", [2019] Prof. Mihir Kumar Purkait, Manish Kumar Sinha, Piyal Mondal and Randeep Singh, "A book entitled "Stimuli Responsive Polymeric Membranes",published by Elsevier, ISBN 9780128139615", [2018] Mondal, Sourav, Prof. Purkait, Mihir Kumar, De, Sirshendu, "A book entitled "Advances in Dye Removal Technologies", published by Springer, ISBN 978-981-10-6291-9", [2018] Prof. Mihir K. Purkait, Randeep Singh, "A book entitled "Membrane Technology in Separation Science", published by CRC Press (Taylor & Francis), ISBN 9781138626263 - CAT# K31834", [2018] C. Das and Kibrom Alebel Gebru,, "A book entitled "Fundamentals of Polymeric Membrane Synthesis, Modification and Applications: Electro-spun and Phase-inverted Membranes", published by CRC Press (Taylor & Francis), CAT# K377129", [2018] Dr. Vimal Katiyar, "A book entitled "Bio-based Plastics for Food Packaging Applications ",published by Smithers Rapra", [2018] Prof. Subrata Kumar Majumder, "A book entitled "Hydrodynamics and mass transfer in downflow slurry bubble columns",published by Apple Academic Press and CRC Press", [2018] Prof. Tamal Banerjee, Mr. Anand Bharti, Mr.Debashis Kundu and Dr. R. Rabari, "A book entitled "Phase Equilibria in Ionic Liquid Facilitated Liquid-Liquid Extractions", published by CRC Press", [2017] Dr. Chandan Das and Dr. Sujoy Bose, "A book entitled "Advanced Ceramic Membranes and Applications", published by CRC Press.", [2017] Prof. Subrata Kr. Majumder, "A book entitled "Hydrodynamics and Transport Processes of Inverse Bubbly Flow",published by Elsevier", [2016] S. De, C. Das and S. Das Gupta, "A book entitled "Treatment of Tannery Effluent by Membrane Separation Technology,published by Nova Science Publishers, Inc., USA, ISBN: 978-1-60741-836-8", [2009]
new Dr Mahesh Nagargoje, Ph.D., "Dr Mahesh Nagargoje, Ph.D. has been granted the prestigious Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship", [2023] new Dr. Dhirendra Kumar Misra, Ph.D., "Dr. Dhirendra Kumar Misra, Ph.D. has received a Post-doctoral Fellowship offered jointly by the most prestigious national laboratories in the United States of America, namely Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) and Sandia National Laboratories (SNL)", [2023] new Vishal Dhar, Pramod Madhukar Gawal, George Varghese P J and Dharanikota Naga Phani Sai, "Vishal Dhar, Pramod Madhukar Gawal, George Varghese P J and Dharanikota Naga Phani Sai are selected for PMRF (Dec 2021) under lateral entry", [2022] MR. PILLAJETTI PREM SAGAR, "selected for the best oral presentation award from CHEMCON", [2022] new Somen Mondal, "Somen Mondal, research scholar worked under the supervision of Prof. S. K. Majumder received the best PhD thesis award in Chemical Engineering in 23rd Convocation of IIT Guwahati held on 16th July, 2021", [2021] Jenasree Hazarika, "Jenasree Hazarika (Research Scholar working under the supervision of Dr. V. Prasanna) has been received the best paper award in IMME19 which was held at NIT Tiruchirappalli during 27th -28th December 2019.", [2019] Punampriya Borgohain, "Punampriya Borgohain (Research Scholar) has been received the best oral presentation award in Research Conclave 2019 which was held at IIT Guwahati during 14th March - 17th March 2019.", [2019] Dr. Prodyut Dhar, "Dr. Prodyut Dhar (Ph.D graduate under supervision of Prof. Vimal Katiyar), has been selected for 'Graduate Student Award' for his PhD research work on 'Cellulose Nanocrystals' by American Chemical Society (Cellulose Division). He has been invited by ACS to receive this award during ACS Spring Meeting 2019, in Orlando (USA).", [2019] Kushagra Agrawal, "Kushagra Agrawal, research scholar working under the supervision of Prof. Nanda Kishore has been selected for the best paper award (first position - research scholar category) at International Conference on Recent Advances in Fluid and Thermal Sciences (iCRAFT 2018) held from 5-7th Dec 2018 in Dubai.", [2018] Gourhari Chakraborty, "Gourhari Chakraborty (Research Scholar, Supervisor: Prof. Vimal Katiyar) has been received the best poster award for "Development of Biobased Thim Film Sensor for Biochemicals" in Kathmandu Symposia on Advanced Materials (KaSAM-18) held at Nepal.", [2018] Pankaj Boruah, "Pankaj Boruah (Research Scholar, Supervisor: Prof. Vimal Katiyar) has been received the best poster award for "Enhanced Degradation of Oil Droplets Using Biopolymer as Dispersant for Oil Spill Treatment" in Kathmandu Symposia on Advanced Materials (KaSAM-18) held at Nepal.", [2018] Mr. Babul Prasad, "Mr. Babul Prasad (Research Scholar) has been received the best oral presentation award in Research Conclave which was held at IIT Guwahati during 8th March - 11th March 2018.", [2018] Department of Chemical Engineering, "has won the "PhD Premier League (Cricket)"", [2018] Satyannarayana Edubilli, "Congratulation to Satyannarayana Edubilli for receiving "Best Poster Award" in an International Conference on "Emerging Trends in Nanomaterials Science & Technology ( ICETNMST - 2017 )" held at NIT Nagaland during 4-6th January 2017. The title of the paper is "Scale Up Synthesis And Experimental Investigation Of Porous Metal Organic Frameworks In Gas Adsorption".", [2017] Ms Shymali Sarma, "Congratulation to Ms Shymali Sarma for being selected for the Newton-Bhaba award for which she would be getting an opportunity to spend a part of her research tenure at the University of Nottingham.", [2017] Mr. Sushobhan Pradhan, Mr. Arup Jyoti Borah, Mr. Pritam Dikshit and Mr. Maneesh Poddar, "Congratulation to Prof. V.S. Moholkar and his research team comprising of Mr. Sushobhan Pradhan, Mr. Arup Jyoti Borah, Mr. Pritam Dikshit and Mr. Maneesh Poddar for being selected for the National Award for Technology Innovation in the field of Petrochemicals and Downstream Plastic Processing. The prize comprises of Rs 2 lakhs cash award along with a shield and citation.", [2017] Mr. Akhilesh Kumar Pal, "Congratulation to Mr. Akhilesh Kumar Pal and his PhD supervisor Dr. Vimal Katiyar for being selected for Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Awards for 2017 which will be conferred during function at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi on 05th March", [2017] Binota Thokchom, "Binota Thokchom, IPDF has been awarded the best Oral Presentation for the topic entitled “Development and the Synthesis of multifunctional magnetic nanocatalyst for Sonoelectrolytic water treatment process” in the Nano Catalysis session at APCAT-7, 2017 event in Mumbai, India", [2017] Mr. Abhishek Shukla, "Congratulation to Mr. Abhishek Shukla (Research Scholar) for being selected for the Best Oral Presentation Award along with cash prize for his paper in the Technical Session "Food and Bio-Process Engineering" at ETAE - 2016 organized by Agricultural and Food Engineering Dept., IIT Kharagpur", [2016]
The research program in Chemical Engineering at IITG aims at training researchers in Chemical Engineering and Science to develop a value based and sustainable society.
IIT Guwahati offers a variety of continuing programs (short term course, workshops, online certificate courses, and internship programs) to students, academic, scientific and technical staff, professionals...
The department has been establishing outreach programmes at various levels and some of these have been already making a mark in the society.