Chemical Engineering at IIT Gandhinagar is a mix of traditional Chemical Engineering as well as the upcoming areas of Chemical Engineering such as nanotechnology, biomedical engineering, pharmaceutical processing, molecular dynamic simulations of polymeric systems, and biochemical & biomolecular engineering. The students undergo extensive course work and laboratory experience in all these conventional and recent areas of Chemical Engineering. The Department has several faculty members with considerable teaching and research experience, and several others who are fresh PhDs. This combination provides an ideal atmosphere for education and research in the Department. There is also a significant Industry interaction with the Department. Some of the ongoing projects of the Department are in collaboration with Reliance Industries.

Chemical Engineering students are also closely connected with industries through summer internships and regular plant visits at Reliance Dahej, UPL Bharuch, IFFCO Kallol, Reliance Vadodara, Anup Engineering Ahmadabad, NFL Vijaipur, HPCL Mumbai, Fluidyne Bangalore, Amul Ahmedabad etc. Similarly, many students undergo summer internships at various reputed academic institutes such as Washington University at St. Louis, Technische Univesitat Munchen and IIT Bombay.

The current strength of the department is 12 faculty members including visiting and adjunct faculty, 2 staff, 115 undergraduate students, 12 M.Tech students, and 14 PhD students.

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