Workshop
on
Chemical Engineering and Academics
28th May - 1st June 2012
Welcome to IIT Gandhinagar
Introduction List of Selected Candidates for Workshop Course Material
A Chemical Engineer as a faculty member of an academic institution has multiple tasks to perform. It includes teaching undergraduate and post graduate classes, developing and conducting laboratory courses and carrying out independent research. While teaching is stressed in various colleges in India, other facets are largely ignored. This 5-day workshop at IIT Gandhinagar is an attempt to highlight the importance of each of the above mentioned aspects of an academician's job. The workshop will focus on techniques of problem solving (by Prof. K. S. Gandhi), design of experimental set-ups and analysis of the experiments (by Prof Divekar) and applications of computational techniques in Chemical Engineering using SCILAB/MATLAB (by Dr. Nitin Padhiyar). Every theory session will be complemented by laboratory/tutorial sessions too. On the last day, faculty members from Chemical Engineering department at IIT Gandhinagar will present their research activities to highlight modern trends in Chemical Engineering Research.
Speakers: Prof. K. S. Gandhi, Prof. M. H. Divekar, Dr. Nitin Padhiyar,
ChE Faculty at IITGN
Prof. K S Gandhi
Emeritus Professor at IISc, Banagalore,
obtained his B.Tech in Chemical Engineering from Andhra
University (1962), M S from Ohio State (1965) and Ph.D. from
University of California, Berkely (1971). He published more
than 70 articles in National and International journals. He is a
Fellow of Indian Academy of Sciences, Indian National
Academy of Engineering. He is also the Associate Editor of
'Current Science'
Prof Mukund H Divekar
- Adjunct Professor obtained
B.Chem Engineering from University of Bombay (1970), M Tech from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (1972) and Ph D from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (1977). He joined faculty of Chemical Engineering at M S University of Baroda in 1977 and retired as Professor in 2009. He successfully designed and introduced a number of cost effective, selfcontained, self-sustained and result oriented experiments in UG laboratories.
Dr. Nitin Padhiyar
completed his B.E. Chemical Engg. from
L. D. College of Engg., Gujarat University (2000), M. Tech.
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (2002) and Ph.D.,
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (2008). His major areas
of research are Process Optimization and Control of lumped
and distributed parameter systems. He has 6 research
publications in International Journals and 9 national and
international conference publications.