Chemical Engineering

With the onset of industrial revolution and growing demand for oil, a blended knowledge in Chemistry and Mechanical Engineering has become more significant and demanding. A pure Chemistry graduate lacks sufficient engineering skills to deal with process design, whereas a Mechanical Engineer might not be  equipped with the know how in Chemistry to optimize the design. At this juncture the birth of a new stream, Industrial Chemistry took place and was further refined to Chemical Engineering. 

Though the new engineering stream was primarily focused on oil and gas, it has soon become a pivot in designing and operating processes that concern man for his day-to-day life. From the manufacturing of tooth paste to the most modern microprocessor chips, the involvement of a Chemical Engineer is indispensable. They play major roles in industries in designing processes to convert raw materials to desired products, to measure and validate its properties and constantly improve the quality, and design new products based on demand. There is a large number of public sector and private companies who are involved in designing or commissioning of process plants such as Engineers India Ltd., ExxonMobil, ChemDist Process Solutions, Emperia Energy Private Ltd., etc. Once the plant is commissioned, the role of a Chemical Engineer is to run the process plant at desired process conditions specified in the design, this is facilitated by Process Engineers.

Chemical Engineering is one of the broadest branches of Engineering, training the professionals to design, operate, and control the processes of wide diversity such as petroleum and petrochemicals, fertilizers, paper, food, agro-chemicals, biochemicals, pharmaceuticals, polymers, nanomaterials, cement, textiles, leather, nuclear power, energy, power generation, environmental engineering, safety engineering, mineral processing, etc. From the wide area of applications it is very clear that a country demands qualified professional Chemical Engineers to propel the industrial growth. 

 Every chemical industry recruits Chemical Engineers and some of the most important Indian chemical companies are, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (HPCL), Reliance Petrochemicals, Hindustan Unilever, etc. Apart from running the plant a Chemical Engineer is constantly involved in the research and development of new products and processes for improving the quality and efficiency.