Department of Chemical Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Indore


Faculty Members

Dr. ABHILASHA MAHESHWARI
Assistant Professor
Email : abhilasham@iiti.ac.in
Phone : +91-731-2438 700 (Ext. 5189)
POD 1C 501
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Research Interests:
  • Process Systems Engineering
  • Water Distribution Networks
  • Smart Water Infrastructure
  • Water chemistry
  • Water-energy-food Nexus
  • Net-zero carbon pathways
  • Sustainability
  • AI and ML for Environmental and Chemical Systems
  • Digital twins for operational Excellence
  • Hybrid modeling
  • Large-scale optimization
Dr. GAURAV CHAUHAN
Assistant Professor
Email : gaurav@iiti.ac.in
Phone : +91-731-2438 700 (Ext. 5188)
POD 1C 501
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Research Interests:
  • Understanding the role of phase separation of associative polymers (proteins and RNA) on biochemical reactions, using theory and computer simulations. Computational enzyme design for biofuel production.
Dr. JACOB JOHN
Assistant Professor
Email : jacob@iiti.ac.in
Phone : +91-731-2438 700 (Ext. 5268)
LRC 512
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Research Interests:
  • Rheology and microstructure of complex fluids
  • Biofilm formation, mechanics, and antimicrobial resistance
  • Collective behaviors in bacterial populations
  • Colloids and interfaces
  • Active colloids in complex and heterogeneous environments
Dr. SRAVANA CHAITHANYA
Assistant Professor
Email : chaithanyakvs@iiti.ac.in
Phone : +91-731-2438 700 (Ext. 5270)
LRC 512
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Research Interests:
  • Microhydrodynamics
  • Complex fluids
  • Multiphase flows
  • Active nematics
  • Tissue mechanics
  • Vertex models
  • Lattice Boltzmann simulations
Dr. R. KAILASHAM
Assistant Professor
Email : rkailasham@iiti.ac.in
Phone : +91-731-2438 700 (Ext. 5226)
POD 1C 501
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Research Interests:
  • Computational Soft matter
  • Polymer physics
  • rheology
  • active matter
  • nonequilibrium statistical mechanics
  • Brownian dynamics simulations
  • stochastic thermodynamics
  • colloidal hydrodynamics
Dr. PREETIKA KARNAL
Assistant Professor
Email : karnal@iiti.ac.in
Phone : +91-731-2438 700 (Ext. 5249)
POD 1C 501
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Research Interests:
  • Soft materials
  • Interfacial mechanics
  • Adhesion
  • Instabilities
Dr. RAJAN SINGH
Assistant Professor
Email : rsingh@iiti.ac.in
Phone : +91-731-2438 700 (Ext. 5186)
POD1C 501
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Research Interests:
  • Heterogeneous catalyst
  • Reaction kinetics and reactor design
  • CO2 capture and conversion
  • Hydrogen production
  • thermochemical water splitting
Dr. RUPANJALI PRASAD
Assistant Professor
Email : rupanjali.prasad@iiti.ac.in
Phone : +91-731-2438 700 (Ext. -)
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Research Interests:
  • Crystallization
  • Particle Engineering
  • Drug Polymorphism
  • Online Process Monitoring
  • Process Analytical Technology
  • Molecular Modeling
Dr. Srashtasrita Das
Assistant Professor
Email : sdas.che@iiti.ac.in
Phone : +91-731-2438 700 (Ext. )
LRC 235
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Research Interests:
  • Catalyst characterization,
  • Hard X-ray imaging and spectroscopy,
  • Reactor development
  • Heterogeneous catalysis
  • Sustainability

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