Is chemical engineering the best at PDPU?

Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University (PDPU) is located in Gandhinagar, Gujrat. The university is a member of AIU and is NAAC accredited with an ‘A’ grade.

Department of Chemical Engineering:

It offers BTech, MTech, and Ph.D. courses.

• For BTech, students require a valid JEE Main score of around 3145. The course fee for BTech Chemical Engineering is 2.53 lakhs per annum.

• For MTech students require a valid GATE score. The course fee is around 1.54 lakhs/annum.

Faculty:

There are 9 faculty members at the Chemical Engineering department and all of them have their PhDs in their respective fields.

Laboratory facilities:

Currently, there are 8 laboratories to carry out the academic and research projects, i.e. Chemical Reaction Engineering Lab, Environmental Engineering Lab, Computer-Aided Process Design Lab, Fluid Flow Operation Lab, Mass Transfer Lab, Process Heat Transfer Lab, Solid Fluid Operations, Chemical Process Technology Lab.

Curriculum:

• The curriculum for Bachelor’s as well as Master’s courses consists of department-specific core subjects related to various aspects of chemical engineering, electives offered by the department to enhance their understanding in related fields.

• Humanities subjects are required to gauge an understanding of the world as well as other department’s electives which can be chosen by the student throughout their degree to understand other aspects of this course.

Institute-Industry Interaction:

The department takes various initiatives to keep the students updated with the latest industry trends. Many industry experts visit the campus from time to time for delivering talks. In recent years, some of the industries visited by the students are as follows.

• Gujarat Alkalies and Chemical Limited, Boroda

• Meghmani Dyes & Intermediates

• Reliance Industries

• Nirma Alindra Plant

Placements:

• PDPU is also famous for its placement with over 80% of students getting placed in top companies in the field.

• Some notable employers include Honeywell, UOP, L&T Technology Services, Torrent Power, Jubilant Life sciences, Byju’s, Torrent Gas, ExxonMobil, Welspun, etc.

• The average CTC offered at the institute is 6.75 LPA, whereas the highest CTC goes up to 16.6 LPA.

• It also provides placements in international petroleum companies in countries such as Abu Dhabi.

Chemical Engineering is definitely among the best courses offered by the institute. Thus, students need to decide for themselves if chemical engineering is their subject of interest. PDPU provides excellent learning opportunities as well as placements.