Department Activities

ET -2021 CHEMIXIR
REPORT-1

IEI Student Chapter “Chemical Engineering” conducted Engineering Today “CHEMIXIR” event Poster Presentation Competition on 30th Sept 2021 from 10AM to 1AM. Total 6 Poster Presentation were given by the participants. Students from different colleges participated in this competition. They get a good technical platform to present their technical skills. Mr. Sameer Sathe (Apptrain System, Vadodara, Consultant- Chemical Engineer and trainer) is the Guest of Honour and also Judge for this event. He gives the brief about the recruitment scenario in the Chemical Industries. Mr Pranav Pawar, and Mr. Vishwajeet Yadav IEI Student Chapter Coordinator, Introduced the speaker profile. Dr. P N Dange (Head of The Department Chemical Engineering) welcomes the Guest for the event. Prof. P M Warke requests Mr. Sameer Sathe to give the speech. Mr. Pranav Pawar and Mr. Vishwajeet Yadav conducted the event successfully.

Report 2
The AIChE Student Chapter, Department of Chemical Engineering AISSMS COE Pune, organized a Quiz competition on 1st October 2021 under 16th AISSMS Engineering Today 2021, “CHEMIXER”. The quiz was organized to challenge and broaden the mind of the participants. The Quiz was organized by Student Coordinators – Dhairya Patel and Suyog Choudhari under the guidance of Faculty Coordinators, Dr. S B Ghugare and Prof H L Kamble.
The quiz was conducted in 2 rounds. Quiz questions were based on Fluid Mechanics, Process Calculations, and general Science. The first round (elimination round) was based on Multiple choice questions. Among several participants, 12 participants were promoted to the second round based on merit. The second round of the competition was based on the comprehensive question and answers. Winners for the competition were decided based on marks obtained in the second round. Mr. Darshan Desadla and Ms. Dikshita Mehta were declared as the winner and runner-up of the quiz competition respectively.

Report 3
IIChE Student Chapter “Chemical Engineering ” in association with Indian Institute of chemical engineering successfully conducted “16TH ENGINEERING TODAY 2021 (Department of chemical engineering) CHEMIXIR Paper Presentation (CH-1) ” which was first event under the banner of “CHEMIXIR” scheduled on 29 September 2021 on MICROSOFT TEAMS PLATFORM in online mode.
Guest of Honor: Prof.(Dr) Vrashali S Kalyani PhD(chemistry) Assistant professor
Mr Abhishek Kumbharde ,GS of Chemical Department, introduced our HOD Dr . P. N Dange sir .Dr P.N. Dange , HOD, formally addressed all the participants and gave his best wishes to them. Mr. Krunal Raut and Mr. Abhishek Ingale Event coordinator Introduced the Judge Dr.Vrashali Kalyani Mam.They also introduced ET Head of department ,Dr.AS Jadhav Sir,
Faculty coordinator Dr. M S Deshpande Mam and Prof. K N Bawankar Mam. Mr .Krunal Raut briefly explained the event rules to all participants and then the event started .There were total 15 groups and 18 participants from colleges in Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu who participated in the event and presented their presentations in front of Dr. Kalyani Mam Judge and Guest of Honour for this event in the sequence allotted to them.

Webinar on “Energy Integration”

The IIChE Students’ Chapter, Department of Chemical Engineering, AISSMS College of Engineering, Pune-01 organized a webinar on the topic “Energy Integration” on May 01, 2022. Dr Parikshit Shahane, Senior Chemical Engineer at Ecolab, Pune was the invited speaker for the webinar. Dr Parikshit Shahane startedwith his presentation in which he gave an overview of the Energy and Energy consumption. He gave an introduction on energy requirement in industry and its integration with other systems and how it works in reuse and how to calculate minimum energy requirement. He further mentioned about roles and responsibilities of chemical engineers in process designing. He showed various slides on energy integration methods and calculations including day today life examples. He explained about the pinch analysis and the role of energy integration in chemical industry. Also discussed about the scope for Chemical Engineers in energy stream.

Glimpse of presentation during the session of invited speaker Dr. Parikshit Shahane

Webinar on “Corporate Ready”

The AIChE Students’ Chapter, Department of Chemical Engineering, AISSMS College of Engineering, Pune-01 organized a webinar on the topic “Corporate Ready” on March 24, 2022. Col. Uday Jagavakar, (Ex- Army Personal), Senior career Counselor, IDC, New Delhi was the invited speaker for the webinar. Col Uday delivered talk on readiness of Graduate Engineers to seek job in various Industries/ Organizations and how to do the progress in job career. Students of final year from all disciplines attended the session on ‘Corporate Ready’ as students would be going for placement. The speaker covered aspects of different topics related to employment of students such as technical interview preparation, interview techniques, effective communication skill, resume writing, etiquette and body language. The expert also highlighted Industrial Safety, Material Safety Data Sheet.

Glimpse of presentation during the session of invited speaker Col. Uday Jagavakar

Expert lecture Record: AY 2021-2022

Webinar on “Scope of Piping Engineering in Oil and Gas Sector”

The IIChE Students’ Chapter, Department of Chemical Engineering, AISSMS College of Engineering, Pune-01 organized a webinar on the topic “Scope of Piping Engineering in Oil and Gas Sector” on May 30,2021. Mr. Atul Singla, Principal Piping Engineer at PETROFAC Ltd, Gurgaon was the invited speaker for the webinar. Mr. Atul Singla started with his presentation in which he gave an overview of the Piping Engineering. He gave an introduction on Piping Engineering Department and how it works in collaboration with other Departments in an EPC. He further mentioned about roles and responsibilities of Piping Designers or Layout Engineers, Piping Material Engineers and Piping Stress Engineers. He showed various slides on working of oil and gas industrial pipelines and their management. He explained how the upstream, mid-stream and downstream work and the role of piping engineers there. Further he gave details about what is PipingEngineering and how it contributes to the Oil & Gas sector.

Glimpse of presentation during the session of invited speaker Mr. Atul Singla

Webinar on “Innovation Driven Entrepreneurship”

IIChE Students’ Chapter, Department of Chemical Engineering, AISSMS College of Engineering, Pune-01 organized a webinar on the topic “Innovation Driven Entrepreneurship” on January 30, 2021. Mr. Santosh Khawale, M-Tech IITM, MS-Italy, Strategic Engineer, Desicolab founder, Pune was the invited speaker for the webinar. Mr. Santosh started with basics of entrepreneurship and opportunities in Desicolab, Pune. More focused on innovation driven entrepreneurship (IDE) it is defined as the pursuit of opportunities focused on products or repeatable services beyond the local market. Then he covered majors topic i.e. Innovation and types of innovation with examples. After that execution topic was discussed. This informative session was accompanied by questions and answers session.

Glimpse of invited speaker Ms. Bhowate, talking on issues faced by students during an Interview

Guest/Expert Lecture and Other Events Organized

Orientation Program

The AIChE Student Chapter, AISSMS COE & the Department of Chemical Engineering organized a two-day Orientation Program on Motivational topics for SE, TE and BE Chemical Engineering students on 29^th& 30^th July 2020. The inauguration of the program was done on the first day. The inaugural ceremony was graced by Dr. P. N. Dange, Head, Chemical Engineering, Dr. K. R. Jethani, Faculty Coordinator of the Orientation Progaram, all faculty members, students and Ms. Sapna Dahiwal who was the expert speaker for the first session.

Inauguration of the Orientation Program by Dr. P. N. Dange, HOD Chemical Engineering and Dr. K. R. Jethani, Faculty Coordinator of the Orientation Program

Following sessions were organized during the program.

Session 1:

Ms. SapnaDahiwal, Certified Yoga Instructor and Reiki Master associated with Art of Living

Session on Yoga and Pranayam conducted by Ms. SapnaDahiwal, Certified Yoga Instructor and Reiki Master associated with Art of Living

Session 2:

Mrs. Archana Nene, Trained Psychotherapist from Canada who has dedicated over 25 years of her work life to areas of psychological health and emotional well being

Session on Stress Management conducted by Mrs. Archana Nene, trained psychotherapist from Canada with 25 years’ experience.

Session 3:

Mr. Sumedh Nene, Technical Communications professional with 20 years of global experience.

Session on “Writing a Winning Resume” conducted by Mr. Sumedh Nene, Technical Communications professional with 20 years of global experience.

Session 4:

Prof. Nitin Mavale, Assistant Professor at AISSMS COE with 19 years’ experience.

Session on “Students’ Chapter Activities” conducted by Prof. N. P. Mawale, Assitant Professor, AISSMS COE with 19 years experience.

Session 5:

Dr (Mrs.)Subbalakshmi Kumar, Educator who has worked for fifteen years in the area of sustainable development.

Session on “Befriending the Monkey Mind” conducted by Dr. (Mrs.) Subbalakshmi Kumar, Educator who has worked for fifteen years in the area of sustainable development.

Session 6:

Mr. Sumedh Nene, Technical Communications professional with 20 years of global experience.

Session on “Email Etiquette” conducted by Mr. Sumedh Nene, Technical Communications professional with 20 years of global experience.

Session 7:

Mr. Samir Sathe, Certified Trainer with more than 20 years of rich corporate experience.

Session on “Interview Skills” conducted by Mr. Sameer Sathe, Corporate trainer with vast experience

Guest Lecture

A guest lecture session was organized for TE and BE students on the subject “Business Opportunities for Chemical Engineers” by Mr. Nitish Dixit, Consultant, Private Label Perfumes, Pune. It was organized on 18/09/2020 at 9:00 a.m. in online mode on Microsoft teams online, Department of Chemical Engineering, AISSMS COE PUNE – 411001

Mr. Nitish talked on opportunities for young budding Chemical engineers. He also motivated them in COVID -19 pandemic situation.

Dr. M Y Naniwadekar, introduced the guest of session Mr. Nitish. The event was started at 9: 00 a.m.

Mr. Nitish encouraged students by his ladder-wise progressive work. Further he introduced students for his innovative and export grade perfumery products, and upcoming range of products. Mr. Nitish spoke on types of business and further types of Chemical Engineering business. Apart from this, he motivated students for choosing the right path in the context- service or business. He also emphasized that the challenges are everywhere and the competition is also to be faced in every sector- services as well as business. Therefore any businessman or the entrepreneur should start from self-motivation with innovation since the market want innovative products. His valuable message was- One should not collapse by ups- and- downs phases in business.

Almost of forty- five plus TE Chemical students and fifteen plus BE students benefitted for the event.

Sessional Glimpses Captured

Initial question motivation	Some of the motivational slogan

Lockdown Period Activities:

Activities Conducted During the COVID-19 Pandemic by the Department of Chemical Engineering

During the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown period starting from March 2020 the department conducted numerous online activities beneficial to the students and faculties in term of knowledge gain, experience sharing and interaction with the industry personals and alumnus, while working from home.

Academics:

• Online classes were regularly conducted for the students through the online Microsoft teams and Zoom platform.
• All the faculties shared important e-contents such as lecture notes, videos, question banks, MCQs of their respective subjects with the students through various online e-learning and teaching (ELT) platforms such as college ERP, Microsoft Teams, Google Classroom, Moodle, etc.
• Project and Seminar evaluation of the students were done through the online platform during the period of the pandemic.

Development of Sanitizer:

The Department of Chemical Engineering manufactured 1000 litres alcohol based strong hand sanitizer to fight against COVID- 19 for use in sanitizing the college premises.

Hand-sanitizer manufactured in-house

Webinars/On-line Seminars:

Following Webinars/On-line Seminars were conducted by the department under the aegis of the AIChE, IEI and IIChE students chapters.

• The Department of Chemical Engineering, AISSMS College of Engineering organized a five days online faculty development program and also a workshop for students on “DWSIM Process Simulation Training” in association with Spoken Tutorial, IIT Bombay 28/4/2020 to 2/5/2020.
• The AIChE Students chapter, Department of Chemical Engineering, AISSMS College of Engineering organized a online webinar on ”Technical Paper Writing” by Dr. Pankaj Patil, Lead Engineer, Suez water Technlogies & Solutions, Bangalore on 23/5/2020 for students and faculty members.
• The AIChE Students chapter, Department of Chemical Engineering, AISSMS College of Engineering organized a international online webinar on ”Piping Engineering in Oil and Gas Industry” by Mrs. Sonali Waghmare, Piping & Design Engineer, Solar Design & Engineering Specialist, Freelance Consultant, Malaysia on 14/6/2020 for students and faculty members.
• The AIChE Students chapter, Department of Chemical Engineering, AISSMS College of Engineering organized a international online webinar on ”Job opportunities in Japan” delivered by following speakers: 1. Mr. Chandrakant Chougule, Director, Wai Guo Language Institute, Pune, 2. Mr. Takutaro Kimura, Director, First Study Japanese Language School, Osaka, Japan, 3. Mr. Jatin Desai, Executive Officer, 4. Ms. Komal Dhobe, Student, First Study Japanese Language School, Osaka, Japan on 26/5/2020 for students.
• The IEI Students Chapter “Chemical Engineering”, Department of Chemical Engineering, AISSMS College of Engineering organized a leadership talk on “Entrepreneurship Development For Engineers” on 27/05/2020 through the Zoom online platform. The expert Mr. Satyajeet Bhonsle, Vice President, Reliance Industries Ltd. Pune (Polymer Division) delivered the expert content on the topic to the participants.

Glimpses of the Webinar

Information brochure of the webinar	Online webinar in progress

• On behalf of IEI Students Chapter’ “Chemical Engineering ” Department of Chemical Engineering, AISSMS COE Pune., Mr. Lokesh Varshney, Director Hind Aroma INC, New Jersey delivered descriptive talk about Eco friendly surface sanitizer in International Webinar on “Importance of Eco Friendly Surface Sanitizer (Chlorine Free) to tackle COVID 19 on 27/5/2020.

Glimpses of the Webinar

Information brochure of the webinar	Online webinar in progress

Online Quiz Competitions:

Following On-line quiz competitions were conducted by the department under the aegis of the AIChE students chapter and IIChE students chapters.

• The AIChE students chapter, Department of Chemical Engineering, AISSMSCOE, Pune-1 organized a online quiz on “Chemical Reaction Engineering-I (CRE-I)” between 30 May and 2 June
• The AIChE students chapter, Department of Chemical Engineering, AISSMSCOE, Pune-1 organized a online quiz on “Heat Transfer”  as  the  core  subject  of  Chemical Engineering from 3 – 5 june 2020 for SE,  TE  and  BE  students, outside participants and alumni.
• The AIChE students chapter, Department of Chemical Engineering, AISSMSCOE, Pune-1 organized a online quiz on “Chemical Process Technology” from 7 June to 9 June 2020 for the SE, TE and BE students, outside participants and alumni.
• The IIChE students chapter, Department  of  Chemical Engineering, AISSMSCOE, Pune-1 organized  a  inter-college online quiz on “Design of Pressure Vessels”  from 10 June  to 12 June  2020 for students.

Online Courses:

• The students and faculties continued with the online learning of courses involving recent subjects of interest such as nanotechnology, artificial intelligence, drug discovery, solar power, business intelligence, effective communication etc. through various courses offered by international academic bodies through the Coursera, NPTEL and Swayam platforms.

Industrial Visits:

AISSMS College of Engineering, Pune-411001
Department of Chemical Engineering
Industrial Visits (2019-2020)

Snapshots of Industrial Visits 2019-20:

Information brochure of the webinar	Online webinar in progress
The Department of Chemical Engineering organized an educational visit for BE Chemical students at Ross Boilers, Kondhawa Bk, Pune on Oct 5, 2019. Two faculty members, Prof. P M Warke & Dr. M Y Naniwadekar accompanied the students for the visit. Ross Boilers is a leading equipment manufacturing company producing boilers such as steam boilers, thermic fluid heaters, hot water generators, hot air generators and edible oil heater.  The students and faculty members observed the design and fabrication process of different types of Boilers, Thermic fluid heaters, storage vessels, food processing equipment, heating coils, jackets for reaction vessels and RO plant.	The Department of Chemical Engineering organized an educational visit for SE Chemical students at Xtreme Engineering Equipment Pvt.Ltd., Ashtavinayak Industrial Estate,  Narhe, Pune on September 27, 2019. Two faculty members, Prof. P M Warke & Dr. A V Mohod coordinated the industrial visit for study of materials of construction and fabrication methods for manufacturing of engineering education equipment Unit along with the students. Xtreme Engineering is a leading educational equipment apparatus and instruments manufacturing such as Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Instrumentation and Process Control.

Industrial visit at Katraj Dairy, Pune	Industrial visit at Shri Sant Tukaram Co-operative Sugar Factory Ltd
TE Chemical Students from department of Chemical Engineering AISSMS COE visited Katraj Diary Ltd on 20 July 2019. Prof A S Jadhav , Dr M Y Naniwadekar ,Prof R S Raut were present. Students visited boiler unit, Refrigerant unit and Pasteurization unit. Katraj Dairy was incorporated in 1960 with an intension of providing an organized facility of milk collection for the village level farmers situated in Pune district. Katraj Dairy started with milk collection of about 0.30 lakh (30.000) litres per day in the first year of operation and today, has steadily grown to over 2.00 lakh (0.20 million) litres per day and has a financial turnover of over Rs.250 crores.	The students of SE Chemical accompanied by two faculty members visited the Shri Sant Tukaram Co-operative Sugar Factory Ltd on 09/02/2019. The company manufactures sugar from sugar cane and produces byproduct as bagasse in following steps: Crushing of sugarcane, Purification of juice with clarification and evaporation, crystallization, centrifugation and drying and packing.

AISSMS College of Engineering, Pune-411001
Department of Chemical Engineering
Industrial Visits (2018-2019)

Snapshots of Industrial Visits 2018-19:

Industrial visit at DMCC	Industrial visit at BILT Graphic Paper Product Ltd
An Industrial visit to “The Dharamsi Morarji Chemical Company Limited (DMCC)”, 105, MIDC Industrial Area, ROHA, Maharashtra – 402 116 was organized on Friday, 19 January 2018. Third year Chemical Engineering students, three faculty members and one supporting staff have visited DMCC. DMCC was established in 1919 and first producer of sulphuric acid and phosphate fertilizers in India. Over the years, the brand of the Company came to be recognized as the quality standard for single superphosphate (SSP). As a strategy, DMCC structured itself to speciality chemicals. With focused Research and Development efforts, processes for downstream sulphur-based chemicals were commercialized. Mr. Dnyaneshwar Karwar (Alumni of Our College) addressed the students and introduced about the DMCC. He explained about the functioning of the plant. Safety officer explained the different steps employed for the safety of the unit.	The students of BE Chemical accompanied by two faculty members visited the Ballarpur Graphic Paper Products Ltd., Bhigwan, Tal. Indapur, Dist. Pune on 15/03/2019. The company manufactures various grades of paper and pulp products. The plant consisted of different sections such as Bark-skimming, Chipping unit, Screening, Starch treatment, Pulping & Digestion, Bleaching, Drying and Pressing and Packing. Students observed all these operations during the visit.

Expert/Guest Lectures:

AISSMS College of Engineering, Pune-411001
Department of Chemical Engineering
Expert/Guest Lectures (2019-2020)

Glimpses of the Guest/Expert Lectures

Expert Ms Pooja Malpani, Synergy Process Systems, Principal Lead Engineer-Projects delivering lecture to the students	Expert Mr. Sachin Jagtap, Design Engineer, Worley Parsons Ltd., Mumbai delivering lecture to the students
Department of Chemical Engineering organized an expert lecture invited by Ms Pooja Malpani, Principal Lead Engineer-Projects, Synergy Process Systems for the students of BE Chemical on 3/10/2019. The lecture was based on Process Design of Distillation Column and basic of Instrumentation and Control of the Column which are topics of the subject: Chemical Engineering Design II. The Expert focused on role / job of a Chemical Engineer as a Process Design Engineer & Project Engineer in Chemical, Petroleum Refining and Allied areas. Later on her talks centered about design of plate type distillation column and control with P&ID in the form of power point presentation. She outlined about the basic of process design of the column and control of variables of the operation carried out in the distillation column.	The guest on the topic “Equipment Design in Process Industries” in the subject, Principles of Design was organized for the students of SE and TE Chemical. The expert Mr. Sachin Jagtap discussed about the current trends in design industries and consultancies in term of technological advancements and the related design aspects. He shared his design knowledge and experiences with the students. The students gained knowledge about the aspects of mechanical design of process equipments.

AISSMS College of Engineering, Pune-411001
Department of Chemical Engineering
Expert/Guest Lectures (2018-2019)

Mr Rajesh Joshi, ChemDist Mass Transfer Solutions, Pune presenting the topic to students	Expert Dr. R. N. Khante, Director, Shubhjyot Consulting Engineers Pvt. Ltd. delivering lecture to the students
The lecture was organized on 05/02/2019 in Department of Chemical Engineering. The session was organized for BE students. The speakers Mr. Rajesh Joshi and Ms. Prapti Shah, ChemDist Mass Transfer Solutions, Pune have gave astounding speech on ‘Career Counseling and Opportunities in Petrochemical Engineering’. Mr Rajesh focused the issues especially on learning skills necessary for the students for securing jobs of their choice. He also emphasized on essential qualities necessary for the students which companies expect after passing out the curriculum. MsPrapti encouraged the students to come up with new ideas to have a joint venture.	The Department of Chemical Engineering organized an expert lecture by Dr. R. N. Khante, Director, Shubhjyot Consulting Engineers Pvt. Ltd. for the students of TE and BE Chemical on 27/3/2019. Students of TE and BE Chemical understood various aspects of plant scale-up in pharmaceutical industry, and the various practices for doing scale-up of plants. Through interactions he cleared queries of students about the importance of scale-up and the methods available for the same.

MoUs of the Department:

List of MoU with the Chemical Engineering Department

List of DAB (Department Advisory Board) Members from Industry

1. Dr. M Y Naniwadekar, Head, Department of Chemical Engineering, AISSMS COE Pune (Chairman)
2. Mr. S. P Singh, Vice President, Praj Industries, Pune (Member)
3. Dr. Makarand Pimplapure, Founder and Managing Director, Makspeed Technology, Pune (Member)
4. Dr. Shashank Gaikwad, Sr Scientist, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune (Member)
5. Mr. Vinay Desai, General Manager, Alkyl Amines Chemicals Pvt Ltd., Pune (Member)
6. Mr Vivek Gadre, Alumni Representative, Department of Chemical Engineering, AISSMS COE Pune (Member)
7. Mr N R Ghorpade, Parent Representative (Member)
8. Dr P N Dange, Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, AISSMS COE Pune (Member)
9. Mrs H L Kamble, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, AISSMS COE Pune (Member)

Value Added Course:

• A Value Added Course of 35 hours on ‘Chemical Process Design’ was conducted in the department from March- April 2019 by I3 coordinators, Mr. P M Warke, wherein following industry personnel delivered expert talks for the students:

1. Mr. Rajesh Joshi, Engineer- Application & Sales Engineer, WissenScientia Academy, Pune
2. Mr. Vyankat Jadhav, Process Consultant, Triadiagonal Solutions, Pune and
3. Mr. Samir Sathe, Director, App Train System, Vadodara (Gujarat)

The Course was conducted by- WissenScientia Academy of Mr. Rajesh Joshi (Industry Personnel & Alumni of AISSMS COE, Pune).

About the Course:

This course is designed for fresher & experienced engineers from Chemical Engineering background and wish to work as Chemical Process Engineers, Process Development Engineers, Project Engineers and Industry Personnel involved in EPC activities like purchase, design, fabrication, inspection, maintenance and repair of chemical plants.

The Detailed Process Design Module helps you to understand the basic concept and criteria for the design of process equipment. This course practically deals with design referring the relevant codes and standards wherever required. At the end of this module, students can understand design aspects of process equipment with an industrial point of view.

Conductance of the course	Students interaction during the course

• Industrial Scrap items like a valve, flange, packing of cooling tower were donated by Azeocryst Organics Pvt.Ltd., MIDC, Taloja, Navi Mumbai to the department for demonstration purpose.