Specialisation:

Chemical Engineering

Major Professional Contributions:

-        Administration and Related

D    -Dean (Undergraduate Studies) from 08.08.2026-till date

-        - Dean (Faculty of Engineering and Architecture) from 05.08.2025-07.08.2026

-        - Head, Dept. of Chemical Engg, from 1.1.2017 to 31.12.2020

-        Key person in setting up inter-Institutional collaborative master’s program (Joint Executive MTech in Process Engineering) for industry executives, a first of its kind in India & program coordinator from IIT Kharagpur from 2018 to December 2020

-        Initiated and was Coordinator for joint certification courses under API Capability Development Program for Dr. Reddy’s Laboratory from June 2019 to December 2021 - Six modules designed and delivered

-        Member PAC, “Chemical and Environmental Engineering” of the Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB) of DST from 2018-2021

-        Chancellor’s Nominee, Faculty Recruitment, Chemical Engineering, Jadavpur University from 21.5.2018 to 20.05.2020 and Chemical Engineering and Centre for Food Engineering, BIT, Mesra in 2025 from 21.5.2018 to 20.05.2020

-        -        Member, Academic Council of Ghani Khan Choudhury Institute of Engineering and Technology, Malda from 1.11.2017 -31.10.2022.

-       -  Expert, Academic Council & Faculty Recruitment, NIT Tripura from 2006-2009.

-        - External Expert, Faculty Recruitment and Upgradation, Department of Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (ACCE), Noakhali Science & Technology University, Bangladesh, 01.04.2019 - 31.07.2024.

-        - Chairperson, Women’s student Council, IIT Kharagpur, 01.04.2020-27.06.2023

Teaching and Infrastructure Development

 (i)  New courses developed

·       Multiphase Flow as an elective course for undergraduate, post-graduate and research scholars

- Opted across Institute by post graduate and research scholars from Mechanical Engineering, Mathematics, Aerospace Engineering, Agricultural Engineering, etc.  apart from Chemical Engineering

·       Seven modules on - (i) Basics of Chemical Engineering Operations (16 hrs), (ii) Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (16 hours), (iii) Filtration (10 hours), (iv) Fluid Dynamics (12 hours), (v) Drying (16 hours), (vi) Crystallization (8 hours) and (vii) Distillation (32 hours) designed and developed for API Capability Development Program for Dr. Reddy’s Laboratory.

- Program coordinator from June 2019 to December 2021

- Course instructor for 4 courses (ii, v, vi, vii)

·       Course on Heat Exchangers offered as part of General Process Engineering in Refinery Operations for IOCL, Haldia in 2022.

·       Courses for the two year (six trimester) inter-Institutional collaborative M. Tech. program for industry executives under “Joint Executive M.Tech. Program in Process Engg.” in collaboration with ICT Mumbai, a first of its kind in India.

-Key person in setting up and program coordinator from 2019-2020

(ii) Infrastructure Developed

 -        Research cum post graduate laboratory on Multiphase Flow for doctoral and master’s dissertation and M. Tech. laboratory as part of M. Tech. Curriculum of Chemical Engineering.

 -        Revamped and upgraded unit operations laboratory for UG experiments on heat and mass transfer, this is conducted in two consecutive semesters for students of Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology and Energy Engineering

 -        Four storeyed Annexe Building (90,000 sq. ft approx.) at Chemical Engineering Dept, IIT Kharagpur initiated and overseen as HoD, to house the UG/PG laboratories, research laboratories, class rooms, departmental office and faculty rooms.  This is the first major infrastructure in IIT Kharagpur from HEFA loans.

 Educational Package

 -        Video course on Principles and Practices of Process Equipment and Plant Design under MOOCs (30 hours)

-        Video course on Phase equilibrium thermodynamics under MOOCs (20 hours)

-        Video course on Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics under MOOCs (30 hours)

-        Video course on Fundamentals of Multiphase Flow under NPTEL (40 hours), also included in Swayam Prabha Channel 11 broadcast

-        Video course on “Tutorial/Problem Solving in Multiphase Flow” broadcasted in DTH SWAYAM Prabha Channel 11 (6 hours) amidst COVID 19 lockdown in 2020

-        Web course on Fundamentals of Multiphase Flow under NPTEL

-        Video course on Adiabatic Two-Phase Flow and Heat Transfer under MOOCs (10 hours)

 Doctoral Thesis Supervision: 10 completed (8 as supervisor and 2 as co-supervisor), 4 ongoing, 2 PDFs currently working

Consultancy Areas:

Multiphase Flow

Process Intensification

Process Design

Sector Associated With:

Academia

Sectors Interested to Offer Service:

Professional Experience

Professional Experience

Keywords

Chemical Engineering

Multiphase Flow

Transport Phenomena