About Us
Indian Institute of Technology Patna is one of the new IITs established by an Act of the Indian Parliament on August 06, 2008.
Patna which was known as Patliputra has been a center of knowledge since long has been attracting visitors and scholars from many parts of the world such as China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Sri Lanka, among others. This has been a land of visionaries. Some of the legends from this region include Lord Gautam Buddha, Lord Mahavir, Guru Gobind Singh, the famous astronomer Aryabhatta and the first President of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad.
IIT Patna has ten departments: These are Computer Science & Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics and Humanities & Social Science departments.
Area of Excellence
Process system engineering, Process design and optimization, Process Integration, Energy
management, Pinch Analysis, Renewable energy integration for process applications,
Scheduling and optimization of batch processes, Sustainable engineering of resources,
Modeling and simulation, Transport phenomena, Electrochemical energy storage, fuel cells
and batteries, solar cells, Modeling and simulation, Waste Water Treatment Technology,
Microwave Assisted Material/Biomaterial Processing, Renewable energy sources and their
applications, Catalysis, Nanocatalyst synthesis, characterization and application,
Gasification/ Pyrolysis, Chemical Reaction Engineering and Reactor Design, Heat
Transfer, Process intensification andpurification technology, etc.Molecular Modelling and
Simulation, Statistical Thermodynamics, Equilibrium, Dynamic and Interfacial Properties
of Complex fluids, Development of Novel Materials like super-hydrophobic, superoleophobic,
anti-fouling, anti-icing surfaces etc.; Self-Assembled Monolayer in application
of chemical sensor, Thermo-physical properties of actinides compounds in application of
nuclear fuel.Bioprocess and Biochemical Engineering, Fermentation Technology,
Bioenergy, Algal Technologies and Nanotechnology for biofuel/bioremediation, Value
Added Nutritional Products from fruit processing waste, supercritical fluid/CO2
extraction.Nano catalysis engineering for clean energy applications (particularly
forreactions such as NH3 production (use of Fixed bed reactor with online gas
chromatograph), photocatalytic CO2 reduction to fuel,pre-/post-combustion CO2capture),
Investigation of Gas-Solid reaction at micro/nanoscale withaid of in situ
spectroscopy,Catalysis for clean energyapplication (such as hydrogen storage), Solid-gas
based reactions at bulk and nanoscale, and any other important specialization in chemical
engineering.
Organic Chemistry, Carbohydrate Chemistry, Gas Phase Molecular
Spectroscopy, Computational Chemistry
Research Capability and Focus Area
Process system engineering, Process design and optimization, Process Integration, Energy
management, Pinch Analysis, Renewable energy integration for process applications,
Scheduling and optimization of batch processes, Sustainable engineering of resources,
Modeling and simulation, Transport phenomena, Electrochemical energy storage, fuel cells
and batteries, solar cells, Modeling and simulation, Waste Water Treatment Technology,
Microwave Assisted Material/Biomaterial Processing, Renewable energy sources and their
applications, Catalysis, Nanocatalyst synthesis, characterization and application,
Gasification/ Pyrolysis, Chemical Reaction Engineering and Reactor Design, Heat
Transfer, Process intensification andpurification technology, etc.Molecular Modelling and
Simulation, Statistical Thermodynamics, Equilibrium, Dynamic and Interfacial Properties
of Complex fluids, Development of Novel Materials like super-hydrophobic, superoleophobic,
anti-fouling, anti-icing surfaces etc.; Self-Assembled Monolayer in application
of chemical sensor, Thermo-physical properties of actinides compounds in application of
nuclear fuel.Bioprocess and Biochemical Engineering, Fermentation Technology,
Bioenergy, Algal Technologies and Nanotechnology for biofuel/bioremediation, Value
Added Nutritional Products from fruit processing waste, supercritical fluid/CO2
extraction.Nano catalysis engineering for clean energy applications (particularly
forreactions such as NH3 production (use of Fixed bed reactor with online gas
chromatograph), photocatalytic CO2 reduction to fuel,pre-/post-combustion CO2capture),
Investigation of Gas-Solid reaction at micro/nanoscale withaid of in situ
spectroscopy,Catalysis for clean energyapplication (such as hydrogen storage), Solid-gas
based reactions at bulk and nanoscale, and any other important specialization in chemical
engineering.
Organic Chemistry, Carbohydrate Chemistry, Gas Phase Molecular
Spectroscopy, Computational Chemistry
Academic Facilities
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