The Chemical Engineering Department of Jadavpur University, the then Bengal Technical Institute, was established in 1921 with the encouragement of Acharya P. C. Roy, an eminent scholar of chemistry. Under the leadership of Prof. H. L. Roy, the founder of the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, this department was the first to offer Chemical Engineering Education in India. For decades, the department has been offering undergraduate (BE), postgraduate (ME) and PhD (Engineering) courses with great success. Since 2011, the department has also been offering a postgraduate course in Bioprocess Engineering (MBPE). Advanced Process Engineering, Process Intensification, Bioprocess and Bioenergy, Membrane Based Processes, Fuel cell, Nanomaterials, Catalysis and Reaction Engineering, Environmental pollution, Waste valorization, Microwave-Assisted Processes, Smart Materials, State-of the-art Extraction Technology, Wastewater Technology, Advanced Drying Technology, Fuel and Combustion, Biofuel, Fuel Additives and Engine Performance and Emission Assessment, Applied Process Modelling, are some of the research areas of this department. The department has a high-level research infrastructure developed through central funding, namely, UGC-SAP, DST-PURSE, MHRD and TEQIP. Besides, sufficient research funds are received by individual faculty members through national and international projects. This department has provided professional leadership in diverse areas like setting up of the Biotechnology Board of the Government of India, stewarding of the State Pollution Control Board and providing consultancy at large corporate sectors, like IOCL, HPCL and HPL and many major chemical and allied industries in India. The students of all levels trained in this department, are well recognized and consistently accepted by the industries, research institutes, public sectors (e.g. ONGC, HPL, BARC) and National and International academic institutions. The departmental faculty members are active in collaborative research with different National and International Institutions.

Centenary celebration of Chemical Engineering Department