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IIche Student Updates :Student Chapters

Sl. No.	Name of the Regional Centre	Student Chapter formed at
1.	Ahmedabad	Dept. of Technical Education Gujarat State Govt. Engineering College 4th Floor, M.S.Building Sector-11, Gandhinagar-382 016, Gujarat
		Contact Person: Prof.M.G.Desai
2.	Ahmedabad	Dept of Chemical Engineering L D College of Engineering Ahmedabad – 380 015
		Contact Person: Dr S R Shah, Tel: 443618
3.	Ankleshwar	Dept of Chemical Engineering Shri S’ad Vidya Mandal Institute of Technology College Campus, Old National Highway No.8 Bharuch – 392 001, Gujarat
		Head of the Dept.: Prof B O Shah Contact Person: Shri S I Chaturvedi Tel: [O] (02642) 245864, 249601, [R] (02642) 29569 Fax: (02642) 249601
4.	Annamalai-Neyveli	Dept.of Technology Annamalai University Annamalai Nagar-608 002,T.N.
		Contact Person: Mr.R.Sridharan
5.	Annamalai-Neyveli	Dept of Chemical Engineering Edayathangudy G S Pillay Engineering College Nagapattinam – 611 002
		Contact Person: Prof M Chandrasekaran, Principal, E-mail: princi@egspcolleges.com Tel: (04365) 251114, 251112
6.	Bangalore	Dept.of Chemical Engineering Indian Institute of Science Bangalore-560 012,Karnataka
7.	Bangalore	Dept. of Chemical Engineering Dayananda Sagar College of Engg Shavige Malleswara Hills Kanakpura Road, Bangalore
		Coordinator: Prof S C Maidargi Phone : (080) 57700644, 26662226 (O) (080) 26722629 (R ) Mobile: 09886151280 Fax: (080) 26660789 E.Mail: sureshmaidargi@yahoo.co.in
8.	Bangalore	Dept of Chemical Engineering R V College of Engineering Bangalore – 560 059
		Coordinator
9.	Bangalore	Dept of Chemical Engineering M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore – 560 054
		Coordinator: Shri B Sridhar Reddy Phone: (080) 23609822 (O) Fax: (080) 23603124 E-mail: msrit@msrit.edu
10.	Bangalore	Dept of Chemical Engineering B M S College of Engineering Bull Temple Road, Basvangudi Bangalore – 560 019, Karnataka
		Coordinator: Mr C T Puttaswamy, E-mail: iiche_bmsce@rediffmail.com Tel: (080) 661-1586/6607-5191 Ext.3075 Fax: (080)6614357
11.	Baroda	Dept.of Chemical Engineering M.S.University of Baroda Kala Bhavan, Vadodara-390 001 Gujarat
		Phone: (0265) 2433824 (O) Fax: (0265) 2423898
12.	Baroda	Dept of Chemical Engineering VVP Engineering College Rajkot, G.P.O.Box No.95 Virda_Vajdi, Kalawad Road Rajkot – 360 005 Coordinator: Mr H H Choksi Phone: (0281) 2783394, 2783486 Mobile: 9825318015 Fax: (0281) 2783487 E-mail: hhchoksi@yahoo.com Web: www.vvpcolleges.com

13.	Calcutta	Dept.of Chemical Engineering Jadavpur University Calcutta-700 032
14.	Calcutta	Dept of Chemical Engineering University of Calcutta 92, A P C Road Calcutta – 700 009
		Contact Person: Dr Sudip K Das Phone: (033) 23508386 (O) (033) 25667650 (R) E-mail: drsudipkdas@vsnl.net sudipcu@hotmail.com
15.	Calcutta	Dept of Chemical Engineering Heritage Institute of Technology Chowbaga Road, Anandapur P.O. East Kolkata Township Kolkata-700 107 Coordinator:Swami (Dr) Vedajnananda, Head Phone: (033) 2443-0454/56/57 (O) (033) 2359-5225 (R ) Mobile No. 9331041255 Fax: (033) 2443-0455 E.Mail. admin@herigageit.edu Website: www.heritageit.edu
16.	Chandigarh	Dept.of Chemical Engineering Punjab University Chandigarh-160 014
		Contact Person : Tel. (0172) 2534919
17.	Chandigarh	Dept of Chemical Engineering Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology Post Box No.32 Patiala – 147 004
		Coordinator: Dr Shishir Sinha Phone:(O) (0175) 2393063, (R ) (0175) 2393015 Mobile: 9417384422 E.Mail: ssinha@tiet.ac.in Fax: (0175) 2364498
18.	Chandigarh	Dept of Chemical Engineering Seth Jai Parkash Mukand Lal Institute of Engineering & Technology (JMIT) Radaur 135 133 (Yamuna Nagar)
		Coordinator: Ms Deepali Chugh, Lecturer Tel: (01732)284195,284778,284799,283800(O) Website: www.jmit.ac.in E.Mail: info@.jmit.ac.in
19.	Chennai	Dept.of Chemical Engineering A.C.College of Technology Anna University Guindy, Chennai-600025
		Contact Person: Mr.N.Sathyamurthy
20.	Chennai	Dept.of Chemical Engineering Dr.Navalar Nedunchezhiyan College of Engg. Raja Nagar,Vaithiyanathapuram Toludur-606 303, South Arcot Vallar-Dist Tamil Nadu
		Coordinator: Mr G Baskar Phone: (04143) 257258, 257610, 257611 E.Mail: chembura_iiche@yahoo.com Website: www.nnce.ac.in
21.	Chennai	Dept.of Chemical Engineering St.Joseph’s College of Engineering Old Mamallapuram Road Jappiaar Nagar Chennai-600 096
		Coordinator:: Prof P Ravichandran , H.O.D. Tel: (044) 24501060, 24501449; Fax (044) 24500861 E-mail: jprjosep@giasmd01.vsnl.net.in Website: www.stjosephs.ac.in
21.	Chennai	Dept of Chemical Engineering Arunai Engineering College Velu Nagar, Tiruvannamalai Tamilnadu – 606 603
		Coordinator: Mr R J Byron Smith, Lecturer Tel: (04175) 237419, 236799; Fax: (04175) 237789 E-mail: arunai@md2.vsnl.net.in Website: www.arunai.com
23.	Chennai	Dept.of Chemical Engineering Sri Venkateshwara College of Engg Post Bag No.3 Pennalur, Sriperumbudur-602 105, T.N.
		Coordinator: Mr R Senthil Kumar, Senior Lecturer
24.	Chennai	Dept of Chemical Engineering Anjali Ammal Mahalingam Engineering College Kovilvenni-614 404, Thiruvarur (Dist)
		Contact Person: Dr M Raghavan Principal Tel: (04374) 232516, 232696 Fax: (04374) 232691 E.Mail: principal@aamiec.com
25.	Chennai	Dept of Chemical Engineering SSN College of Engineering Kalavakkam – 603 110
26.	Coimbatore	Dept of Chemical Engineering Erode Sengunthar Engineering College Thudupathi, Erode-638 057 Prof S K A Nachimuthu Assistant Professor Tel: ( 04294) 232701/02/03 (O) Fax: (04294) 232705 E.Mail: chemical@erode-sengunthar.ac.inWebsite: www.erode-sengunthar.ac.in
27.	Guwahati	Dept of Chemical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati North Guwahati Guwahati – 781 039, Assam Contact Person: Prof D S De, Head Phone : 91-361-2582251 (O) 2691171 (R) Facsimile: 91-361-2690762 E.Mail: dsde@iitg.ernet.in
28.	Guwahati	Dept of Chemical Engineering Assam Engineering College Jalukbari Guwahati – 781 013, Assam Contact Person: Mr Tapan Jyoti Sarma Phone No. (0361) 2571358 (R) (M) 9864066759 E.Mail: tapanjs@sify.com tapanjs@rediffmail.com

29.	Hyderabad	Chemical Engineering Dept. University College of Technology Osmania University Hyderabad-500 007,A.P.
		Coordinator: Mr Ch Sailu, (040) 27018901 Ext.246 (O), (040) 27206358 (R) Fax : (040) 27098472 E-Mail: csaailu@yahoo.com
30.	Hyderabad	Dept of Chemical Engineering Chaitanya Bharati Institute of Technology Gandipet, Hyderabad – 500 075
		Coordinator : Prof R Sridhar Rao, E-mail: rsrao59@yahoo.com
31.	Hyderabad	Dept. of Chemical Engineering National Institute of Technology Warangal-506 004 Andhar Pradesh Coordinator: Dr A Venu Vinod Tel : (870) 2462621 (O) (870) 2457731 (R) Fax: 91-870-2459547 E-mail: avv122@yahoo.com
32.	Hyderabad	Dept. of Chemical Engineering JNTU College of Technology Anantapur-515 002 Andhra Pradesh
		Coordinator: Prof S V Satyanarayana
33.	Hyderabad	Dept of Chemical Engineering Bhoj Reddy Engineering College for Women (Formerly known as ISS College of Information Technology & Engineering for Women) 17-1-209/B, Vinay Nagar Colony Hyderabad – 500 059
		Coordinator: Prof K Venkateshwarlu, HOD Tel: (040) 2453-7282/1725; Fax: (040) 2453-7281 E-mail: loosir@hotmail.com
34.	Hyderabad	Dept of Chemical Engineering Swami Ramananda Tirtha Institute of Science & Technology (SRTIST)

IIche Student Updates

IIChE Awards/Prizes for 2009

AWARDS

· Lala Shriram National Award for “Leadership in Chemical Industry”
Award money : Rs. 25,000/-


· NOCIL Award for “Excellence in Design or Development of Process Plant and Equipment”
Award money : Rs. 10,000/-


· IPCL Award for “Safety/Hazard Management in Petrochemical Industry”
Award money : Rs. 10,000/-


· ONGC Award for “Excellence in Design and Development of Oil/Gas related Process Plant
and/or Chemicals”
Award money : Rs. 10,000/-


· Hindustan Lever Award for “The Most Outstanding Chemical Engineer of the Year” under the
age of 45 Years as on 31st December 2008
Award money : Rs. 10,000/-


· Hindustan Dorr-Oliver Award for “Excellence in Use of Science and Technology in Rural
Development”
Award money : Rs. 10,000/-


· Herdillia Award for “Excellence in Basic Research in Chemical Engineering”
Award money : Rs. 11,000/-


· ICI India Limited Award for “Excellence in Process or Product Development”
Award money : Rs.10,000/-


· Amar Dye-Chem Award for “Excellence in Research and Development” – for Chemical
Engineer below the age of 35 years as on 31st December 2008
Award money : Rs. 3,500/-


· Dr A V Rama Rao Foundations Best Ph.D. Thesis and Research Award in Chemical
Engineering/Technology for the Year 2007
Award money : Rs. 25,000/- (Nominee Rs. 15,000/- and Guide Rs. 10,000/-)

UNDER GRADUATE PRIZE

· The Chemical Weekly Prize for “Best Research Paper Published in a High Impact Factor
International Journal by an Undergraduate Chemical Engineering Student”
(First Prize Rs. 6,000/- and Second Prize Rs. 4,000/-)


· Young Researcher’s Awards for Doing Post-Graduate Studies in India for the Year 2009 (10
awards of Rs. 10,000/- each)



· Shah-Schulman Award ‘for the best Ph.D. thesis in the area of Colloid and Interface Science’
Award money : Rs. 40,000/-

SPECIAL AWARDS

The Institute also invites nomination for:


Acharya P C Ray Award (First Prize Rs. 1,000/- and Second Prize Rs. 500/-) and Ambuja’s Best



Home Paper or Design Project Report Award (First Prize Rs. 10,000/-, Second Prize Rs. 8,000/-
and Third Prize Rs. 7,000/-)


Nomination Forms for these two awards have to be endorsed by the Head of the
Department of Chemical Engineering, of the concerned institution. Forms, duly filled,
should reach the IIChE Office on or before 31st July 2009.

jobs for chemical engineers in india

Chemical engineering jobs have a lot of demand in the entire world, let alone India because there is no scarcity of what we call as superior intellect and a perpetual desire to know the hows and whys of almost everything happening in and around the world. The fact is that the volume of creativity that we have, be it in science or technology actually lies in the psyche and the aptitude of a miniscule number of some extremely gifted people.

As someone has rightly said that India is a developing country, but as far as its cerebral network is concerned, she is a highly developed country. There is a live example available; General Motor’s largest research and development location is in Bangalore, India with over seven hundred young Indians as its employees. Thus it can be witnessed that a lot of foreign companies are transferring an extensive section of their research and development to India.

There are also quite a large number of Indian chemical engineers who have undergone training and work experience in foreign shores and are now returning back to their homeland to work in her research hubs. Thus the brain drain, which had been observed earlier, is gradually subsiding and more and more natives are finding both emotional as well as financial solace in chemical engineering jobs in India.

Now more and more of students are also opting in for the study of chemical engineering, mainly for two very vital reasons; there are modern, brand new technological openings available and there are also very attractive remunerations available. In fact these chemical engineering jobs are now the top moneymakers of the land.

How lucrative is this field of chemical engineering? The occupation often concentrates on the matter of fact application of dexterities and hypothesis. The existing development is to efficiently handle data collection as well as any kind of investigation. There is a fast emerging branch of chemical informatics who utilize their technical inclinations in chemistry and assist the scientists to find, examine and administer different kinds of data.

But the fastest approaching trend is towards chemical engineering jobs in India, where the engineer draws from an all-prevailing science of chemistry to crack a number of problems. There has been a remarkable contribution to our standards of living by these very chemical engineers.

A chemical engineer is of great importance for us because of the great role he plays in our lives. Even though the part is that of an indirect one, there can be no doubts about their significance in our lives. Right from the splitting of the atom to the isolation of isotopes, chemical engineers insights are required. They are even responsible for making wonder medicines for the people, synthetic fibers, petro chemicals etc. So, it can be very truly said that chemical engineering jobs in India are the highest paid job opportunities amongst engineering jobs in India. They can actually be categorized into upper management level jobs.

Lastly entry level chemical engineering jobs can do with some tips in order to find the right kind of job for themselves. They can search for employment opportunities in many process-engineering units. They can also seek jobs in higher managerial and technical levels of services, be it all India or in the state level. They can be as varied as financial organizations, banks etc. They can be consultants in an industry or they can also opt in for some different and adventurous kind of jobs like protection of the environment and conservation of natural resources. Teaching can also be a good option. Thus we can see that a wide spectrum of work opportunities are available for chemical engineers, thus making jobs in chemical engineering in India indeed an extremely rewarding career alternative.