The Cosmos

Vol-1 Issue-1
JUNE-2021

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Sri K V Vishnu Raju, Chairman,SVES
Sri Ravichandran Rajagopal, Vice Chairman,SVES
Sri K Aditya Vissam, Secretary,SVES
Dr.K. Lakshmi Prasad, Principal, BVRIT Narsapur
Dr.G B Radhika, Professor and HOD, Chemical Engg, BVRIT
Dr.G. Srinivas, Associate HOD, Chemical Engg, BVRIT
Faculty/Staff, Chemical Engineering, BVRIT
EDITORIAL BOARD
Editor-in-Chief
Associate Editor
Editor
Sub Editors
Graphic Designers
Mr. K.S.N.V. Prasad
Hrithika G
Vishal M
M Revanth, Arun L
G Suchitra, M Sanjana
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Editor’s Column
If all Engineering Branches are regarded as various metals, then, Chemical Engineering can be
regarded as Gold, based upon the factors like difficulty of the subjects, the career opportunities
especially in the developed nations as well as its contribution towards the society. Let us check top 10
Chemical Engineering Professionals and their contributions which support the above statement.
1. George E Davis:
He is often regarded as the
‘founding father’ of chemical
engineering. No list of
chemical engineers is
complete without him. He
shaped the world of chemical
engineering as it emerged in
the late 1800s
including coining the term
‘chemical engineering’. The
first chemical engineering course was delivered by
him at the University of Manchester in 1887 in the
form of 12 lectures covering various aspects of
industrial chemical practice.
2. Arthur D Little:
He is often thought of as the
‘American father’ of
chemical engineering. He
developed the concept of unit
operations (a basic step in a
process that involves a
physical change or chemical
transformation
like evaporation or filtration)
and used it to define the role
of chemical engineering and explain industrial
chemical processes. He was an advocate of the
benefits of science and its capacity to transform life
for the better – that chemical engineer really can
make a difference.
3. Carl Bosch
In 2011, the readers
of tce (The Chemical
Engineer) magazine voted
Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch the
most influential chemical
engineers of all time.
The Haber-Bosch process was
developed by industrial
chemist Fritz Haber and scaled
up by chemical engineer Carl
Bosch. It takes nitrogen from the air and converts it
to ammonia. This work made it possible to produce
synthetic fertilizers and thus produce enough food
for the Earth’s growing population. Without it, we
would only be
able to produce two-thirds the amount of food we
do today.
4. Margaret Hutchinson Rousseau:
Mass production of penicillin
was a key moment in history;
not only for the billions of
lives it saved (and still saves
today) but for the chemical
engineering involved.’ Apart
from Jasper Kane and John
McKeen’s contribution to the
industrial scale-up of
penicillin, there was another
important penicillin pioneer – Margaret Hutchinson
Rousseau. Margaret was not only the first women
to receive a chemical engineering doctorate from
MIT, but she also designed the first commercial
penicillin plant. Margaret developed the process of
deep-tank fermentation which enabled large-scale
production of penicillin.
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5. Dermot Manning
It is hard to imagine a world
without
plastic.
The discovery
of
polyethylene (or polythene)
was made twice, initially by
German chemist Hans von
Pechmann in 1898, and then
again by two research
chemists – Reginald Gibson
and Eric Fawcett in 1933. A
third chemist, Michael Perrin, made the crucial
breakthrough in understanding polythene and its
production that turned plastic into a possibility.
However, it took a chemical engineer, Dermot
Manning, to make the experiment possible by
building a high-pressure reactor. Dermot also
enabled polythene to move from pilot, to
demonstration, to full-scale production.
6. John H. Perry
He is the author of
handbook for chemical
engineers. its first
edition was published in
1934. John went on to edit
two more editions of
Perry’s, until his son, Robert
H. Perry, took over the
family tradition for the
fourth edition in 1963.
Until his death, John was a
physical chemist and chemical engineer and was
known for his development of improved catalysts
for sulfuric acid production. However, it is his book
that truly shaped the world and has been the key
source of knowledge chemical engineers for over
70 years.
7. George Rosenkranz
In 1951, George
Rosenkranz, a chemical
engineer at the Mexican
chemicals company
Syntex, with Luis
Miramontes and chemist
Carl Djerassi, led the
development of a
substance they called
norethindrone – or
progesterone – which they
used to make one of the first two combined oral
contraceptive pills. Their work was started by
Russell Marker who succeeded in revolutionising
the progesterone production process. However,
after Russell left Syntex, George and his team had
to recreate Russell’s process and re-start the largescale
production of progesterone. George was also
a pioneer of steroidal pharmaceuticals, and his
discoveries are still used today.
8. Homi Sethna
When it comes to discussing
famous Indian personalities
who were Chemical
Engineers, Dr. Homi
Sethna who was famously
nicknamed “The Smiling
Buddha” is one of the
famous heroes of
the Pokhran Atomic Test.
He was an Indian nuclear
scientist and a chemical
engineer, gained international fame as the
Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission of the
India.
9. Trevor Kletz
Trevor Kletz, known as the
father of inherent safety,
was a true pioneer of
process safety. He was a
thought leader who never
shied away from
confronting problems head
on – for example in 2011 he
said that the industry’s
‘macho culture’ was one of
the main causes of recent
accidents. Trevor wrote eleven books and well over
a hundred peer-reviewed papers on process safety
and loss prevention.
10. Robert Langer
He was awarded the Queen
Elizabeth Prize for
Engineering for his
pioneering work in chemical
engineering and drug
delivery. He is the most cited
engineer ever with 170,000
citations from his work.
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Renown Celebrity: Dr B V Raju
In memory of our Founder, Dr B.V Raju
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
John Quincy Adam
Dr. Bhupathi Vissam Raju was born on 15th
October 1920 to an agricultural family at
Kumudavalli, a small village in the West Godavari
District of Andhra Pradesh. From a very young age,
he believed in the importance of education, seeing
it as a path towards the progress of self and society.
His perseverance and determination made him
pursue a Bachelor of Engineering in Chemical
Technology at the prestigious Banaras Hindu
University, Varanasi. He later pursued management
program at the esteemed Harvard University,
Cambridge, Massachusetts.
In 1972, he was appointed as the Chairman and
Managing Director of the Cement Corporation of
India, a public sector undertaking in India, who had
distinguished career that saw a meteoritic rise from
a low-grade employee in the cement industry to a
chairman. At the helm, he played a vital role in the
planning, construction, and commissioning of
various cement factories across the country in
places like Kadapa in Andhra Pradesh, Rajban in
Himachal Pradesh, Kurukunta in Karnataka,
Lukajam in Assam, Neemukhi, Akhiltan, and
Mandar in Madhya Pradesh and Tandur and
Adilabad in Telangana spearheading the
tremendous growth of the cement industry. By the
time he retired, the cement industry had become a
significant part of the Indian Economy, which had
directly and indirectly employed over a million
people and attracted huge investors. He has served
as an industrial advisor to the Governments of
Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, and
West Bengal. Jawaharlal Nehru Technological
University, Hyderabad honoured him with an
honorary doctorate.
The Government of India recognized his
contribution by awarding him the fourth-highest
Indian civilian award of Padma Shri in 1977.
Post his retirement, he became an Industrialist
setting up the Raasi Group of Industries in 1982
that included companies like Raasi Cements, Raasi
Ceramics, Raasi Software, Raasi Finance
Investment Limited. He served as the director of
Sagi Ramakrishnan Raju and Prasad Constructions
& Company Project Works Limited. The success of
these ventures propelled him to the pinnacle of his
career as an entrepreneur.
In 1983, he received an Award jointly by the
Economic Times and the Harvard Business School
for his work at Raasi Cement. In 1984 his
organization was awarded in multiple categories
such as Best Product, Best Industrial Relations by
the Andhra Pradesh Government.
The fundamental belief of Sri B V Raju that
education is the catalyst that would bring about the
change in the lives of the youth; led to the
foundation of Sri Vishnu Educational Society in
1997, that led to the establishment of two
engineering colleges, a dental college and a
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hospital, a college of pharmacy, a college for
computer education, a polytechnic and various
schools in the states of Andhra Pradesh and
Telangana. The motto of these institutions is to
inculcate a sense of value in students' minds and
enable them to serve society. The students are
imparted with quality education provided in these
colleges by qualified, experienced, and dedicated
staff. Today, the Colleges under Sri Vishnu
Educational Society are best colleges in Telugu
States.
In 2001, The Government of India felicitated Dr.
B.V. Raju yet again for his immeasurable service to
society, honouring him with the third-highest
Indian civilian award of Padma Bhushan. He
passed away on 08 th June 2002, but he lives forever
through his services rendered towards Cement
Industry and Education.
A PHOTOGRAPH OF OUR CHAIRMAN SRI K V VISHNU RAJU WITH OUR FOUNDER SRI B V RAJU
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Scientist/Author Celebrity : Warren L McCabe
“It is impossible to measure all that
Warren's career has meant to the field of
chemical engineering education and
chemical engineering."
Dr. Ronald Rousseau
Since childhood, he was drawn towards a career in
chemical engineering, evident by the fact that when
he had just passed out of high school, he became a
chemist's assistant in a wood distillation plant. It
was here that he was intrigued with the process of
distillation, a unit operation with which the
McCabe-Thiele method of distillation analysis
would later formulate by him.
He earned his B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering
at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 1922
and his M.S. degree in Chemical Engineering in
1923. After a brief teaching period in the East, he
returned to the University of Michigan for his
Ph.D. degree in Chemical Engineering in 1928.
During his tenure in Michigan, he and W L. Badger
wrote the textbook Elements of Chemical
Engineering. This book, published in 1930, has
been used by colleges and universities throughout
the world. In 1956, he and Professor J. C. Smith of
Cornell University wrote a successor text, Unit
Operations of Chemical Engineering. These
publications have been landmarks in influencing
the development of Chemical Engineering.
Warren L. McCabe
Warren Lee McCabe, recognized as one of the
founders of the chemical engineering profession
and a legend in engineering education for his
textbooks and innovative ideas, was born in Bay
City, Michigan, on August 7, 1899.
He went on to occupy several teaching positions at
various institutions Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (1923-1925); Worcester Polytechnic
Institute (1925); the University of Michigan (1925-
1936); Carnegie Institute of Technology (1936-
1947), where he served as Head of the Department
of Chemical Engineering from 1938 to 1947;
Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (1953-1964),
where he was Administration Dean; and North
Carolina State University (1964-1972). He also
served as a member of the Chemical Engineering
Advisory Council of Princeton University (1949-
1955).
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His professional and industrial experience included
consulting associations with several industries.
From 1947 to 1953, he was Director of Research
and Vice-President of the Flintkote Company,
Whippany, New Jersey. Among his war activities,
he served from 1944 to 1945 as Director of the
Central Engineering Laboratory, University of
Pennsylvania.
Professor McCabe was very active in the affairs of
the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and
he was elected a Fellow in 1971. He served the
institute in many capacities, chairing engineering
education committees, conducting special
assignments, and leading the institute as Director,
Vice-President, and President. He was a member of
the American Chemical Society, the American
Society of Engineering Education, the Association
of Engineering Colleges, and the American Society
of Mechanical Engineers.
In 1977 Warren McCabe was elected to the
National Academy of Engineering. He was cited
for his contribution as “an educator, researcher, and
industrial manager to the understanding and design
of chemical separation processes.”
Among his many awards are the William H.
Walker Award, Founders Award, Warren K. Lewis
Award, and Tyler Award from the American
Institute of Chemical Engineers; the U.S.
Presidential Certificate of Merit (1948); the
University of Michigan Distinguished Alumnus
Award (1953); the Sesquicentennial Award (1967);
and the Golden Key Award of the American
Society for Engineering Education.
Through his work and legacy, he lives forever as
one of the most distinguished chemical engineering
educators, researchers, and authors.
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Alumni Interview: Mr Rajashekar R (1997-2001 Batch)
Enlighten us all about your academics and your
hardships, all of which brought you here?
Looking back, I was an introvert, and my focus was
largely on academics. The driving force for that
motto was to become a civil service officer which I
developed a passion towards since my high school.
I was good at academics and wanted to become an
engineer as time progressed. I failed to secure a
seat the first time but that never stopped me in the
next attempt, I secured an admission in BVRIT-
Narsapur in the Chemical engineering department. I
still recall the days when I visited the campus for
the first time and took admission there. Mr. K
Radha Krishna, my chemistry faculty who was also
my counsellor helped me a lot from a personal level
to a professional development. Since I was from a
Telugu medium background I was poor in
vocabulary and grammar, Mr. Surendar Reddy who
taught me English in my first year of B.Tech
helped me in overcoming the fear of the language. I
did really well in my academics and secured third
rank in my first-year exams which made me feel
confident about my academics.
Dr.BV Raju, Mr. Vishnu Raju were a huge
influence on me and I thank them from the bottom
of my heart for helping me complete my B.Tech in
BVRIT-N with almost no tuition fees.
What is that one thing about the job that you do
that makes you stand out? Also tell us what your
current job role is?
My first job really made me stand out from the rest,
which was in Bhabha Atomic research centre
(BARC). I got into the NFC heavy water board
where I started my career there in BARC where I
was awarded the Homi Bhaba prize in 2001. I led
the Greenfield project which became a huge
opportunity in my career because I had the
opportunity to work with executives and
participated in board meetings which was a huge
deal for me being a fresher. I learnt how people
worked in the corporate world. Coming to the
present role, I am the Vice President and the head
of operations at Zenfold Speciality chemicals Ltd
backed up by GV Prasad from DRL Family
Investment office. Here, I lead the technology
development of new products required for
pharmaceutical and Agro industries which involves
the scale up to a commercial level.
How do you view our very own branch,
chemical engineering? (PROS and CONS)
I take pride in being a chemical engineer. I never
understood chemical engineering till I was in third
year when our HOD brought in experts from the
industry who helped in making us understand the
industrial point of chemical engineering. In my
point of view, I see chemical engineering in 4
different segments as far as I can recall. Number 1
is refineries where chemical engineers play a huge
role in uplifting the process systems. Second is
where you test out the innovative brain where
scientists who develop the products in lab scale and
the engineers must scale up the processes which
adds value to the industry. Third is from the
commodity chemical where the efficiencies are
improved to bring more efficiency to the process.
In the managerial section, engineers who do their
MBA are tasked with managing the supply chain
and product development. And also there is a huge
demand for engineers because of the demand for
various materials like medicines, food products and
chemical engineers who are a vital part in
manufacturing of those products. I see a bright
future for future chemical engineers.
As you have already been through the
crossroads of ‘What next’ in 2001, what do you
think a student in the same scenario would do
now in 2021? Do you see any changes during the
past 20 years?
Lots of changes, especially the kind of students. In
2001 it's very very focused. There are less
distractions in terms of the Academics, college.
that was the era of only the mobile and computer
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entering into the market but not much distraction
but today the students have lot of distractions in
terms of the over information they have lot of
things to deal with, so that's where the student
focus comes into picture, ultimately it leads what
you require it should focus on one thing or two
things not more than it but not distracting by the
various types of information which we can get very
easily across the internet. they have to deal with the
over-information, that’s one challenge which I see
in today's world for the students.
What are the software courses that chemical
engineering students should learn?
In terms of the software, ASPEN Simulation.
Understanding ASPEN will be a hands-on
experience and will help it to be mentioned in the
resume also. Other than that I don't see any specific
courses that they should do, they should be aware
of the modelling and simulation tool. If people are
strong in developing algorithms, then they can
learn the software very easily.
What is your view on chemical engineers
making a career in software section not by
choice but due lack of opportunities in the
chemical field?
In terms of IT, many chemical engineers take their
career. Although they are chemical engineers, they
get into core IT, like coding which is not related to
chemical industry but there are opportunities for
chemical engineers in the chemical industry
working in the IT sector involving supply chain
management, data monitoring and statistical
analysis.
What are the subjects that a chemical
engineering student must focus to get a job?
1. Material and Energy Balance
Computations
2. Fluid Mechanics
3. Heat transfer
4. Mass transfer
5. Thermodynamics
If they learn these subjects, that is more than
enough to deal with the industry.
Apart from the subject knowledge, what are the
other things should a student develop to get a
job?
Communication skills, especially technical
communication, the way you are answering the
questions technically. These things matter a lot.
What are the flaws in our technical education
system? Is it a yes/no? What is your opinion?
I don't say it is a flaw, it should be always
improving. It is more industry oriented. I always
think that the classes should not be broken. For
example, if I start any topic, Let's say pumps and
after 1 hour there's a break, then the lecturer has to
start the topic the next day, and again it will be a
fresh start. This is the area where the students
cannot get a clear picture about the topic, I feel
that, take a topic, and complete it in 1 or 2 hours
and end the session there. This way the lectures
have to be conducted.
Everyone says that the quality of student and
lecturers are gradually decreasing. Is it a yes/no
and why?
Yes, students are getting distracted because a lot of
things have to be done, these all are becoming a
challenge to them. How do they focus? That's
going to play a key role in their success. Lecturers
are very hardworking, and the students should
understand that they are not experts and should
think that the lecturer is a need through which you
can learn a subject. A lecturer may not be able to
clear the doubts, but he should support the students
beyond what he knows, that's where we got very
good lecturers at that time (Vijay Mohan Sir, Ravi
Sir, Althaf Hussain Sir) When we ask questions, at
some times when they were unable to answer, they
arranged more lecturers to know about the subjects.
So ultimately, they should be more honest to
themselves as well as students. Despite having
distractions, the students should focus, and the
lecturer should be very honest.
As per our R20 syllabus, chemical process
calculations is taught in the first year itself, on
the basis of your recommendations. All the
engineering colleges throughout the world teach
the subject in the second year only, how do you
justify your recommendations?
The foundation of chemical engineering starts from
the mass and energy balance. It is only after that,
that we understand fluid mechanics, heat transfer
and mass transfer. It’s more mathematics oriented
and not complex at all. It deals with the +.-, unless
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you understand the mass and energy balance, you
cannot go further.
For example, we take the heat exchange between
the fluids, what fluids? How much they are entering
and leaving, these all come under the mass and
energy balance, so that’s the key foundation. If you
don’t understand the mass and energy balance, then
you will not understand the chemical engineering
subjects.
One straight to the point question sir, job, or
higher studies or start-up/business? Which
option should an average chemical engineering
student choose? And why?
It all depends on how he has performed in
academics. Let me start with basically, typically I
see the students of in different categories, the
people who are actually very good at academics
may not be good at communication skills so those
students can go to the higher studies to escape the
pain of dealing with people, so I prefer mostly
getting into job, to do a job of couple of years,
understand and get into higher studies because
that’s where the moment you see the industry and
dealing with the higher studies takes a different
path.
My suggestion to the student is after the BTech, get
a job and do it for a year or two, in industry as any
role and then try to understand the industry during
that time and learn the communication skills to get
into the highest it be after that you can decide.
If given a chance, what is that one thing about
chemical engineering that will you change?
I believe that branding is important in getting more
opportunities. More branding of the chemical
engineering forum has to work to bring up the
chemical engineering domain. Students who take
chemical engineering are usually mid performers so
that’s why the branch became a mid-performing
branch. With more awareness of the domain, if
good and intellectual students are brought in to
study the domain, chemical engineering would
have a good branding and more opportunities.
As I said before due to the low branding of the
domain, chemical engineers are regarded less in
this community. To cope up from that low branding
one must compete with other branches in sports.
Let me tell a story, in our first year we had this
cricket competition. People were thinking inferior
of us until we won the competition which made
people (other branches) think of us superior to
them. So yes, I believe that if one can compete and
win against the other branches, we can remove this
inferiority from the equation.
Why chemical engineering is not regarded in
India whereas it is respected in USA/Canada??
What are the prospects of chemical engineering
in India?
Let me talk about Foreign, especially, USA and
Europe, Chemical Engineers have a good forum,
like the AIChE, the research-oriented Universities,
take chemical engineers as experts into their teams,
everything starts from research, their chemical
engineering plays key role beyond chemistry and
they bring chemical industry to the industrial scale,
but in India unfortunately research is neglected
especially in all kinds of universities its more of
academics. Quality research and commercial and
more of business there is no quality research in
India. In our times its more about academics but
now people are doing research but from
commercial purpose, so the quality research is
neglected. We should focus on quality research and
industry should help in doing quality research.
Why do you think chemical engineering is
treated as an inferior branch?
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Student article: Contribution of CHE
Revanth M, II-year Chemical Engineering
Its been more than a year since the world
changed with the effect of COVID-19, and its been
a tough time for everyone. As scientists and doctors
are fighting against this pandemic on the frontline,
Chemical engineers are busy in assisting the
pharmaceutical researchers to restore normal life.
Chemical engineers are playing a critical role
during this crisis. The primary area where chemical
engineers are playing a role is in the scale-up of
therapeutics and vaccines. Scientists are discovering
vaccines — but we need engineering in it —as one
goes from making 100 doses to a billion doses in a
short time, which is a complex engineering challenge.
The same is valid for manufacturing therapeutics.
Chemical engineers are working on that right now.
"One good chemical engineer can save a
thousand lives by manufacturing the medicines
needed."
Technology used during this crisis
Automation is one of the best solutions for
managing inaccessible systems. Much research has
been done in the field of this. This research has
improved certain aspects of the industry, medicine,
military, etc. The benefits of automation are numerous
such as operating in hazardous environments,
telemedicine, etc. The essential characteristic of
automation is operating in real-time. Chemical
Engineering has substantially expanded its laboratory
capabilities by launching a cutting-edge remotecontrol
system that enables an individual to run
managers to remotely monitor experiments being
conducted on the system, making it a valuable
management-training tool. This remote-control
system helps to test blood samples of covid and
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other deadly disease patients via a remote-control
system without getting any human exposure to
them. This remote-control system also enables
scaling up the production of medicines and drugs
for medical treatments.
Highlighting the major chemical engineering
solutions to the COVID-19 pandemic
These will be in terms of manufacturing
and logistics of medical supply and
persistence of coronavirus in the
environment.
Manufacturing medical supplies (e.g., face
masks, shields, ventilator parts)
Modelling/computation on biosystems
related to COVID-19 response
Design of medical oxygenators for
hospitals (Oxygen Enriched Air)
Design of personal oxygenators for
individuals
Analysis, modelling, and design of
individual protection masks (aerosols)
Application of 3D printing technologies to
mask and individual oxygenators
production
Waste and wastewater treatment
Exhaust gases treatment
"Chemical Engineers are silent yet play a
vital role in the pandemic to ensure the health
of millions.”
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Student article: Improve your knowledge: MATLAB
Vishal M, III-year Chemical Engineering
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MATLAB, an abbreviation of "matrix laboratory,"
is a proprietary, multi-platform programming
language software spanning all platforms from
Windows, Linux, macOS to iOS and Android. One
can easily download the software from the App
Store/Play Store on their mobile and use their
accounts and start programming on their devices.
MATLAB also provides an online version where
one can code on the MATLAB console, providing a
stable internet connection.
.
MATLAB was first released commercially in
1984 at the Automatic Control Conference in Las
Vegas, NV. The programming language used in
MATLAB is not complex to read. With a basic
understanding of programming language and
concepts, one can identify and read the code written
easily. There are two updates issued by MathWorks
every year named R202_a or b, depending on the
time of release. The current stable version is
running in R2021a.
It's a highly interactive programming
environment meant for scientific programming
and experimentation of processes ranging from
electronics to chemical processes.
MATLAB is a highly used tool for a chemical
engineer where engineers come forward and test
their designs using the Simulink environment,
which is available as an extension to MATLAB in
the software. All the programs are written on the
script file, which is run on a command prompt
window on Windows and the Terminal on Linux
and macOS systems.
From the student perspective, MATLAB is a handy
tool to understand the functioning of the process,
helps in understanding the process's modelling
equation, and helps in visualizing the process
variables. For the industrial expert, MATLAB is a
helpful tool in terms of process simulation. The
engineer can simulate their design onto the
software, which saves the experiment's cost and
saves time for running the same experiment.
Scientists use MATLAB extensively to design
the experiments they are working on to predict the
experiment outcomes from bacterial growth of
species to product outcome in the process plant.
Few other MATLAB apps are used to control
Arduino devices, run machine learning algorithms
with a custom dataset provided by the user, run
CFD simulations of 3D objects, and design PID
controllers. With MATLAB, one can design
prototypes for their upcoming projects to
understand the code and explain the prototype
quickly to others.
MATLAB in chemical engineering is used
extensively in knowing the response time of many
heat transfer and mass transfer models, simulating
the response of PID controllers, and
understanding their response curves.
Other alternatives for MATLAB in open source
are GNU Octave and SCILAB, supported on the
Windows, Linux, and macOS. Though they aren't
as powerful as MATLAB, they get the job done.
SCILAB uses a Java Runtime Environment to run
the scripts written on SCILAB.
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Student article: Chemical Engg: Past, Present and Future
Vishal M, III-year Chemical Engineering
Chemical engineering, a vast field once
constricted to process engineering, focused on
developing chemicals and drugs, which is now a
dominant field in production and design
development. A chemical engineer is well versed
with vast knowledge on separations, processes,
process dynamics, and various other fields. In the
past, not so many years ago, the technology was
constricted or limited to conventional production.
We have engineers and scientists like Warren
L.McCabe who gave the famous "McCabe-Thiele
method" to determine the number of theoretical
plates in a distillation column for a binary mixture
and, Adolf Fick, who laid the foundation for the
famous subject "Mass Transfer Operations" by
giving the fundamental law of diffusion which
became a vast phenomenon influencing many of
the manufacturing processes in this current
scenario.
Many researchers came forward based on these
fundamental laws and principles and laid the base
for chemical production. The researchers in the
current trend have come up with many exciting
and intriguing concepts that can change the
perspective we see in the world.
In the past, scientists found it difficult to meet the
needs of growing population, and the demand for
the products was high. To meet the demand,
engineers started to upscale the processes from a
laboratory scale to an industrial level. The usual
products were food products, medicines, and other
necessities. This upscaling process solved the
insufficiency of products in the world. That gave
birth to what we know as industrial
manufacturing. For example, Pfizer started up
their production lines to manufacture their
products on a large scale, which massively
contributed to solve the shortage of products like
medicines and food products in their time.
In the present scenario of the COVID-19
pandemic, there has been a buzz in the
manufacturing and R&D sector in developing
drugs and vaccines to fight the COVID-19
pandemic, which has caused a significant boost in
demand for engineers in the production line and
R&D sector. Process automation with PLC
(Programmable Logic Controllers), industrial
automation has started to find its roots in the
production line. The automation of processes
eliminates the human error involved in
manufacturing.
The significant development in chemical
engineering is focussed on bioprocess
engineering. Multiple researchers have found the
therapeutics to cure many diseases with
medications, let it be paracetamol to L-
Asparaginase (used in chemotherapy). The actual
development that has come into effect in
bioprocess engineering is the cost reduction in
synthesizing the therapeutics and discovering
vaccines for various viruses and pathogens
causing diseases to the living.
In optimization of the production, there was the
development of many simulation softwares, both
open-sourced and licensed to test the design
parameters and estimate the cost of production in
the real world. For further optimization in the
real-time production, that is, process control;
smart systems are coming into effect which uses
artificial intelligence developed specifically for
chemical plants to detect the faults and decide the
best suitable operating conditions for the best
product volume to the engineer who does the
required to maintain the smooth flow of the
process.
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A new trend called "IoT," (Internet of Things),
has started a buzz among the production plants in
the production line. IoT is helpful in process
control where an engineer can control or run
safety checks from the comfort of his home in
front of his system, or with further help, the
engineer can control the same on his mobile
device.
There are many possible applications for
quantum computing where engineers can be
aided in the development of more sustainable
catalysts which have a lower impact on the
environment. From the past to the future,
chemical engineering will have a vast revamp
concerning how we see the manufacturing
process in the production line.
In the future, the chemical engineering discipline
is going to see a drastic change in the
technologies from smart production plants to the
next face of computing which is called "Quantum
Computing" where the computing power is huge
that it can handle many variables and datasets
which is helpful in quick and accurate process
optimization in chemical industry and
experimentations.
With all the developments like adsorption
technology, smart systems, faster optimization of
processes, chemical engineering will have a
considerable impact on the living and non-living.
We must strive to keep up with the changing
world to meet up the growing expectations of the
public.
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BVRIT IIChE ACTIVITIES
IIChE Core Members (2020-21)
Designation Name Year
President Rafiq Ahmed 4 th
Vice President Sachin Rathod 4 th
Secretary S.Sai Narender 3 rd
Treasurer K.Manvitha 3 rd
Digital Head E.Bindu 3 rd
Vice Secretary K.Amulya 2 nd
Vice Treasurer M.Kiran Sai 2 nd
Associate Digital Head K.Chandra Harsha 2 nd
Documentation Head L. Arun 2 nd
Logistics Head Gopi 2 nd
Executive Board Members (2020-21)
P.Adarsh Varma
Praneeth Reddy
3 rd
Sathya Priya
3 rd
D. Tejaswini Reddy 3 rd
K. Lakshmi Prasanna 3 rd
G. Likhitha 2 nd
M. Dhruva Rahul 2 nd
H. Manikanta 2 nd
M. Rithik Maurya 2 nd
B. Charitha 2 nd
BS Anjali
2 nd
M.Hemanth
3 rd
2 nd
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IIChE-BVRIT Student Chapter:
IIChE -BVRIT Student Chapter, a college-level
organization managed by the Chemical Department
of BVRIT, was formed as an associate of IICHE.
Since its formation, it has become a prominent part
of the department and in college.
IICHE-BVRIT aims at providing a platform for
all chemical engineering students to get valuable
knowledge in the chemical engineering field with
the help of workshops, Quizzes, Seminars,
Industrial tours, and other activities. The chapter
encourages students to take up initiatives in various
fields of academics and research. This wing has a
well-established team of faculty and students,
having wide contacts with many other chemical
engineering professionals in India and worldwide.
Regular exchange and organization of ideas and
events with other professionals and institutions
keep the students updated about recent progress and
developments in chemical engineering.
Even in the pandemic, IIChE-BVRIT Student
Chapter has never compromised in conducting
events and sharing knowledge.
As the situation is different now, all events and
programs were conducted in online mode. In 2021,
the chapter conducted two events covering a wide
range of chemical engineering topics. With the
utmost support from faculty and excellent
coordination with students, every event was a grand
success. These events grabbed so much attention
that students and professionals nationwide took part
in them.
CHEM-E – TECH
CHEM-E-TECH was a 3-day National Level
Online Technical Workshop conducted on ASPEN,
MATLAB, and MS-Excel. The event took place
under the guidance of IIChE-BVRIT Faculty
Coordinator Mr. KSNV PRASAD and the IIChE-
BVRIT Secretary, Mr. Sai Narender (III Year B.
Tech). It was a 3-day workshop in which
undergraduate students and professionals from all
over the world attended. All the participants were
awarded participation certificates.
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though practical sessions were tough, sir patiently
explained and cleared queries too.
Day 2: With the tremendous positive response
from participants, the day with a theory session on
MATLAB by guest lecturer Dr. THAMIDA
SUNIL KUMAR, Associate Professor, IIT
TIRUPATHI. This session is about the basics of
MATLAB and how it can be used to perform
calculations.
Day 1: Day 1 was the most prestigious one as it
involved faculty, HOD, Principal, and other
honourable persons. The event started grandly with
the prayer song followed by WELCOME
ADDRESS by our HOD, Dr. GB. RADHIKA was
further followed by Associate HOD Dr. G.
SRINIVAS explaining the gravity of the workshop.
Next, our Principal Sir, PROF. LAKSHMI
PRASAD gave the Inaugural Address, where he
shared some valuable and wise words. With these
auspicious sets of events, MR. KSNV PRASAD
gave the Vote of Thanks.
The actual session started with MS- EXCEL by Dr.
BVS PRAVEEN. It was a theory session on
"Applications of EXCEL in Chemical field."
A practical session followed, by
MRS. R. SRIVIDYA, where participants learned
how to code the system and basic code writing
skills.
To make learning more accessible, ma'am shared a
spreadsheet of work and discussed it during the
session, which the participants applauded. This day
was very informative, and it was a success too.
Day 3: Day 3 was all about ASPEN. The theory
and practical sessions were held by guest speakers
from NIT WARANGAL, Dr. A. Sharath Babu,
and Dr. V. Ram Sagar. Participants were satisfied
with the session. The participants learned how to
work with the user interface in Aspen and practiced
the same in the practical session.
The feedback was so good and requested us to
conduct these kinds of events more often.
And then a career-oriented lecture called
"Opportunities for Chemical engineers" was
conducted by Mr. Surya Prakash Rao, which
grabbed much attention. Participants were so
satisfied with the session and requested sir to do
collaborations with their institutions. Afterward,
the continuation, i.e., practical session on MS-
EXCEL, was also held by Dr. BVS Praveen. Even
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DEPARTMENT ACTIVITIES
B.V. RAJU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Chemical Engineering Department
(i) About the Department of Chemical Engineering, BVRIT:
The Department of Chemical Engineering is one of the well-established segments of the Institute
with strong and well-knit faculty and excellent facilities. Department of Chemical Engineering
was established in the year 1997 for imparting a state-of the- art and quality education, training
and research in the field of Chemical Engineering. The department offers a Bachelor's program
with an intake of 60 students per year and Master's program with an intake of 18 students.
B.Tech in Chemical Engineering started with 40 seats in 1997 & increased to 60 seats in 2009.
M.Tech in Chemical Engineering started with 18 Seats in 2004.
(ii) Prospects of chemical engineering:
Employment Opportunities:
The Chemical Engineering students have lot of opportunities to work with PSUs like HPCL,
IOCL, ONGC, GAIL, DRDO, NPCIL, HURL, BARC, SAIL, RCFL, EIL etc.
Campus Placements:
The institute has a strong student training and mentoring system which enhances the student
capabilities to grab good opportunities. The chemical engineering department has 100 percent
placement record with multiple offers for many students.
Further Studies:
M Tech in Chemical Engineering: (India)
The students can pursue their higher studies in IIT’s and NIT’s by qualifying the GATE exam.
The students can also pursue higher studies in Telangana State by qualifying TSPGECT in
Chemical Engineering.
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MS in Chemical Engineering: (Abroad)
Research facility available in the department facilitates the students to explore in the frontier
areas of Chemical Engineering incorporating the most demanding technologies such as AI, ML
and IoT. Subsequently, the gained research exposure is leading for admission in to reputed
universities with global recognition including Ivy League universities with adequate financial
assistance.
(iii)
Facilities available at BVRIT:
Centers of Excellence:
1. Particle Technology Lab
2. Process Intensification
3. Biochemical Engineering Research Lab
4. Process Modeling and Simulation
Simulation facilities:
• CHEMCAD
• MATLAB
• ANSYS
• COMSOL
• ASPEN PLUS
Faculty:
• Faculty with PhD from IITs and NITs
• Publications: >100 in International Journals
• Patents: 8 (Indian) – 2 Granted
• Books: 5 – International
• Book Chapters: 15
• Conferences: > 500 National and International
Sponsored Projects:
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1. DST – FIST – 50 lakhs
2. AICTE RPS, Dehydration of industrial solvents by pervaporation – 8.6 lakh
3. Chemical industry effluent treatment using visible photocatalytic Nanomaterials-2.95 lakhs
4. Nanomaterials for use as packed bed absorbed media: A case study of Arsenate /Fluoride/
Mercury removal by titanate nanofibers – 2.35 lakhs
5. Self cleaning and anti reflection coatings on glass surfaces – 2.55 lakhs
Consultancy:
The department will undertake all kinds of consultancy works related to designing, trouble
shooting, solvent recovery and production related problems in chemical, pharmaceutical and
process industries.
Training:
1. Dr Reddy’s Lab – SMT Training - 2015-2017
2. Dr Reddy’s Lab – SMT Training - 2020-2022
Research facilities available:
➢Packed bed bio reactor
➢Reverse osmosis system
➢Membrane unit
➢Laminar air flow chamber
➢Humidity chamber
➢Sonication bath
➢Different types of ovens
➢Muffle furnace
➢Spin coater
➢Digital colorimeter
➢Cyclo meter
➢Autoclave
➢Gas Chromatography
➢Bio Reactor
➢Reactive Distillation Unit
➢High Pressure Autoclave
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Head of the Department:
Dr G B Radhika, Professor & Head,
Department of Chemical Engineering,
B V Raju Institute of Technology,
Narsapur. Medak -502313,
Telangana State.
Email: hod.che@bvrit.ac.in
Mob: 9441959308
Web: https://bvrit.ac.in/chemical-overview
Journals Publications – 2021
S.No
1
2
3
4
5
Name of
faculty
Dr.M.
Mallaiah
Dr.T.
Srinivas
Dr.B.V.S.
Praveen
Dr.U.Appala
Naidu
Dr. M.
Mallaiah
Journal Name
International
Journal of
Chemical Reactor
Engineering
Chemical Papers
International
Journal of
Advances in
Engineering
Sciences and
Applied
Mathematics
Process Safety
and
Environmental
Protection
Evolving Systems
Year &
Month
of
Publicat
ion
2021,
January
2021,
January
2021,
January
2021,
January
2021,
March
Volume
No., Issue
No., and Pg.
nos.
19(1), 87-
95, 2021
75, pages24
07–2416
12, 233–241
Volume
145, 312-
320
12, 225-231
TITLE Other authors Indexing
Kinetic studies on esterification of
acetic acid with isopropyl alcohol
in presence of novel solid catalyst,
International Journal of Chemical
Reactor Engineering
Natural convection heat transfer
using water-based nanofluid in a
shell and helical coil heat
exchanger.
Pulsatile Oldroyd-B blood flow
dynamics in a stenosed artery
Studies on development of adhesive
material from post-consumer
(waste) expanded polystyrene: a
two-edged sword approach
A simulated annealing optimization
algorithm based nonlinear model
- SCI
Rama Rao
Karri, Jaya
Narayan Sahu,
Venkateswarlu
Chimmiri
Nanda Kumar
Srikanta Dinda,
Bhanu Radhika,
Gidla Kasturi,
Padma Kasala,
Gayathri Penta
K. Rama Rao,
Venkateswarlu
SCI
SCI
SCOPUS
SCI
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predictive control strategy with
application
Chimmiri
6
Dr. Anup
Ashok
Bio catalysis and
Agricultural
Biotechnology
2021,
July
Volume 34,
102041
Laboratory scale bioreactor studies
on the production of l-asparaginase
using Rhizopus microsporus IBBL-
2 and Trichosporon asahii IBBLA1
Devarai
Santhosh
Kumar
SCI
7
Dr. U.
Appala
Naidu
Materials Today:
Proceedings
2021
43, 1749-
1754
Self-polymerization reaction of
cyclohexanone: Kinetics and
thermodynamics
Srikanta Dinda,
SCOPUS
8
Dr G
Srinivas
World Review of
Science,
Technology and
Sustainable
Development
2021
Vol 7, 211-
219
Prediction of solids outlet moisture
content in a continuous wall heated
fluidized bed dryer for uniform and
binary solid mixtures
Y. Pydisetty SCOPUS
9
Dr.Bhaskar
Bethi
Chemical
Engineering and
Processing
2021 -
Textile industry Wastewater
Treatment by cavitation combined
with Fenton and Ceramic
Nanofiltration
Shirish H
Sonawane
SCI
Patents Published
S.No Name of faculty Title Name File number File Date Published date
1
2
3
4
5
G. Srinivas, B. Radhika, Dr.
B.V.S.Praveen, T.Srinivas
Bhaskar Bethi, G. B.
Radhika, U. Appala Naidu,
A.V. Raghavendra Rao
U. Appala Naidu, Bhaskar
Bethi, B. Radhika, A.V.
Raghavendra Rao
N.Mahender, G.Bhanu
Radhika, Dr B V S Praveen,
P Archana Rao,
V. Balachander, T. Revathi
Lakshmi Prasanna
Sonawane Shirish Hari,
Hakke Vikas Sadashiv,
Narsimha P, P Dilipkumar,
Bhaskar Bethi
Corrugated Plate Heat
Exchanger with
Microwave Heating for
Various Industrial
Applications
Inclined type fixed and
movable plate nutsche
pressure filter
Movable mechanical
breaker induced nutsche
filter to enhance the
filtration efficiency
A curved Rectangular
Stack Channel Heat
exchanger
Low-Cost Hybrid System
Based On Hydrodynamic
Cavitation And Hydrogel
Adsorption For Textile
202041055493 24-12-2020 01-01-2021 National
202041055496 24-12-2020 01-01-2021 National
202041055491 24-12-2020 01-01-2021 National
202141030765 08-07-2021 16-07-2021 National
202141007302 22-02-2021 26-02-2021 National
National/
International
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Dye Waste Water
Treatment
Book Chapters Published:
S.No.
Name of
faculty
Name of the
Chapter DOI Link
Page
No.
Handbook
Year and
month of
publication Indexing
1
Dr. B. Bhaskar
Chapter 1 -
Introduction to
nanomaterials for
wastewater
treatment
https://doi.or
g/10.1016/B
978-0-12-
821496-
1.00012-X
https://www.
sciencedirect.
com/science/
article/pii/B9
78012821496
100012X
Pages 3-
25
Handbook of
Nanomaterials
for
Wastewater
Treatment:
Fundamentals
and Scale Up
Issues May 2021 Elsevier
2
Dr. B. Bhaskar
Chapter 27 - Fenton
with zero-valent
iron nanoparticles
(nZVI) processes:
Role of
nanomaterials
https://doi.or
g/10.1016/B
978-0-12-
821496-
1.00004-0
https://www.
sciencedirect.
com/science/
article/pii/B9
78012821496
1000040
Pages
847-866
Handbook of
Nanomaterials
for
Wastewater
Treatment:
Fundamentals
and Scale Up
Issues May 2021 Elsevier
3
Dr.
B.V.S.Praveen
Drug delivery
system for marine
products
Pg. 57-
65
Handbook of
Marine
Microbes: The
therapeutic
prospective
and
applications May 2021
Immortal
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Book Published:
1. Bhanu Radhika G and Praveen B.V.S “Physical refining of membrane ultrafiltration degummed rice
bran oil rice bran oil processing by ultrafiltration” LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, ISBN-13:
978-620-3-20075-1.
Workshop Organized:
1. Mr. KSNV PRASAD organized CHEM-E-TECH, A national level online technical workshop for
engineering students on Aspen, MATLAB, and Excel from 7 th to 9 th June 2021.
Professional development activities:
1. Dr. T. Srinivas attended AICTE Sponsored One Week Online Short-Term Training Program On
"Design of Experiments in Engineering" from 8th to 13th February.
2. Dr. T. Srinivas completed online course certificate on “Ethics”.
3. KSNV Prasad, attended AICTE Sponsored One Week Online Short-Term Training Program On
"Design of Experiments in Engineering" from 8th to 13th February at BVRIT
4. KSNV PRASAD, attended AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy Online FDP on "Data
Science" from 2021-2-1 to 2021-2-5 at NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
AGARTALA.
5. KSNV Prasad, attended MATLAB Master Class (30 days) at Pantech Prolabs India Pvt Ltd (May 17,
2021, to Jun 17, 2021)
6. KSNV Prasad attended FDP on Nano materials-Technologies for Energy & Sensor Applications”, (7th
to 11th, June 2021) at GMRIT Rajam
7. KSNV Prasad, attended TEQIP III sponsored three-day online workshop on Future of Chemical
Engineering at IIT Dhanbad (19.03.2021-21.03.2021)
8. KSNV Prasad attended AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy Online FDP on Green
Technology and Sustainable Engineering at NIT Jaipur (04.01.2021 to 08.01.2021)
9. KSNV Prasad attended a webinar on Safety and its importance in Process Industries on 10.01.2021 at
BVRIT Narsapur.
10. KSNV Prasad, attended AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy Online FDP on "Waste
Valorization towards a sustainable environment" from 2021-6-14 to 2021-6-18 at NATIONAL
INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DURGAPUR.
11. Dr. G. Srinivas participated in international workshop on “Environment and Energy” during 01-03-
2021 to 03-03-2021 organized by JNTUH.
12. Dr. T. Srinivas attended FDP on “Thermal Power and Energy Engineering” organized by NITTTR
Chennai from 08.03.2021 to 12.03.2021.
13. Dr. T. Srinivas attended webinar on "Strategies for chemical process hazard identification" 15th
March 2021.
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14. Dr. G. Srinivas attended a three-day online workshop on "Future of Chemical Engineering" (FCE
2021) under the support of TEQIP-III from 19 March 2021 to 21 March 2021 organized by IIT (ISM)
Dhanbad.
15. Dr. T. Srinivas attended webinar on "Climate Variability – Understanding Your Changes in Risk for
2021" 29th April 2021.
16. Dr. T. Srinivas attended Webinar on "Insurance Ecosystems - From Buzzword to Reality". May
2021.
17. Dr. T. Srinivas attended Webinar on "Global Energy Storage". May 2021.
18. Dr. T. Srinivas attended Webinar on "Risk Analysis in Oil & Gas: Forecasting Production Curves"
May 2021.
19. V. Sravani Sameera attended Orientation session on "Design Thinking & IPR" organised by UoH-
Institutional Innovation Council on 26-05-2021.
20. V. Sravani Sameera attended Webinar on Learning fundamentals of publishing in quality journals on
26-05-2021.
21. B. Karuna attended FDP on advanced materials: challenges and opportunities in upcoming years
(17th-21st May 2021).
22. B. Karuna attended 3 days national workshop on: NAAC Assessment and Accreditation: A step by
step process" during 27th to 29th May 2021.
23. Dr. T. Srinivas completed online course certificate on “Open science”.
24. Dr. T. Srinivas completed online course certificate on “Publishing in the Chemical Sciences”.
25. Dr. U. Appala Naidu attended One-Week Online Faculty Development Program on “Nano materials-
Technologies for Energy & Sensor Applications”, (7th to 11th, June 2021) organized by Chemistry
Division, Department of Basic Sciences & Humanities, GMR Institute of Technology, Rajam, Andhra
Pradesh, India.
26. Dr. B.V.S. Praveen attended One-Week Online Faculty Development Program on “Nano materials-
Technologies for Energy & Sensor Applications”, (7th to 11th, June 2021),
27. Dr. B.V.S. Praveen attended Webinar on "“Recovery of value-added products from industrial wastes,
effluents, and Secondary resources employing hydrometallurgical techniques” conducted by Vignan
University, on 10th June.
Conferences:
1. Tejaswini Daida, Appala Naidu Uttaravalli, Srikanta Dinda, Bhanu Radhika Gidla. Potential
Applications of Carbon Black (Soot): A Sustainable Management Approach. International E-
Conference on Advances in Chemical Research 2021 (ACR-2021), 19-20 April 2021, GITAM Institute
of Science, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India.
2. Hrithika G., Meghana B., Praneeth Reddy M., Appala Naidu Uttaravalli, Srikanta Dinda, Bhanu
Radhika Gidla. An Overview on the Applications of Bioplastics in Medical and Pharmaceutical Fields.
International E-Conference on Advances in Chemical Research 2021 (ACR-2021), 19-20 April 2021,
GITAM Institute of Science, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India.
3. S.Sai Narender, V.Siddhartha Varma, J. Ruchitha, Ch. Sai Srikar, BVS Praveen. Synthesis,
Characterisation, Applications of Nickel Oxide Nanoparticles. International E-Conference on
Developments in Chemical, Biological and Environmental Sciences (DCBES-2021), 28-30 June 2021,
GITAM Institute of Science, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India.
3. P. Adarsh Varma, Ch. Sathya Priya, M. Prashanth, P. Mukesh, B.S. Sri Nandan, G. Srinivas, T.
Srinivas, ""Higher rates of heat transfer in heat exchangers by using nanofluids - a review""
International e-Conference entitled “International e- Conference on Developments in Chemical,
Biological and Environmental Sciences (DCBES-2021)” 28th to 30th June2021, GITAM Deemed to be
UNIVERSITY, Hyderabad, INDIA
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4. Tejaswini Daida, Appala Naidu Uttaravalli, Srikanta Dinda, Bhanu Radhika Gidla. Potential
Applications of Used Polymeric Flex Banner Materials: Sustainable Management Approach.
International E-Conference on Developments in Chemical, Biological and Environmental Sciences
(DCBES-2021), 28-30 June 2021, GITAM Institute of Science, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh,
India. (OP-ES-010). Page 110."
5. D Supriya, M Jaya Sai Sri, V Bhanu Prakash, Pavan Satya, J Mahesh, G. Srinivas, T. Srinivas, ""A
review on drying of paddy rice"" International e-Conference entitled “International e- Conference on
Developments in Chemical, Biological and Environmental Sciences (DCBES-2021)” 28th to 30th
June2021, GITAM Deemed to be UNIVERSITY, Hyderabad, INDIA
Guest Lectures Delivered:
1. Dr. T. Srinivas delivered guest lecture "Applications of CFD in Process Heat Transfer" on 28 th in
THREE DAYS Workshop On “COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS IN PROCESS
INDUSTRY & PLANT SAFETY” organized by HITS Chennai.
2. Dr. G. Srinivas delivered guest lecture " CFD Simulation of Multiphase flow" on 29 th in THREE
DAYS Workshop On “COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS IN PROCESS INDUSTRY &
PLANT SAFETY” organized by HITS Chennai.
Final year Students (MS Admission in USA)
1. Ms. J. Sai Keerthi got admission to Columbia University’s Fu Foundation School of engineering and
applied science as a candidate in the chemical engineering Master of Science program beginning Fall
2021.
2. Ms. V Laxmi Sai got admission to the Master of Science program at the Artie McFerrin Department
of Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M university for the Fall 2021.
3. Mr. Y.V. Shourie Chandra got admission to the Graduate School at North Carolina State University as
a candidate in the chemical engineering Master of Science program beginning Fall 2021.
Placement Details (2017-21 Batch)
S.No Company Name Total Offers
1 Neuland 11
2 Hanors lab 13
3 Thermax 2
4 TCS NQT Ninja 1
5 Cognizant 2
6 Flemings Lab 9
7 Deccan Fine Chem 3
8 Vasant Chemicals 8
9 Aurobindo 2
10 ZEN consultancy 1
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11 Bhagiratha 3
12 Coditas 1
13 AIZANT 1
14 Virupaksha 1
15 Renovis pharma labs LLP 1
16 Divi’s Laboratories Limited 6
17 Accenture 1
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CAN YOU ANSWER??
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2. A toxic colourless oily liquid alkaloid that
rapidly turns brown on exposure to air.
3. Sugar is ________ compound.
4. A CGS unit of viscosity
5. The formula of compound which has open
book structure.
7. The most expensive non-synthetic
element by both mass and volume.
8. The enzyme present in bromelain.
ACROSS
1. Which alloy used for making of pendulum
rods?
3. One of the elements which turns flame
into
green
6. The Person who invented Chemistry
9. One inch of rain is equal to ________
inches of snow.
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Guess the person!
Quizz!
1. What are the only two non-silvery metals?
2. The modern atomic mass unit is based on?
3. Which is more conductive among copper and silver?
4. Which substance is used in camera lenses?
5. How many elements are found in the human body?
Know the answers? Well, mail us your answers at iichebvrit@gmail.com by August 31,
2021, and get a chance to win a cash prize worth 116/- for each category. If we get more
than one correct answer, we’ll have a lucky draw and declare the winners. The names of
the lucky winners (with Photos) will be published in the next edition.
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