As you asking I am telling IIT Bombay Chemical Department allow phd program and is involved in a variety of frontier and traditional areas in chemical engineering research, under the broad areas of:

Biotechnology & Bio-Systems Engineering

Catalysis and Reaction Engineering

Energy & Environment

Materials Engineering

Process Systems Engineering

Transport, Colloids, and Interface Science


A separate list of research areas ordered by faculty is also available here.
Biotechnology & Bio-Systems Engineering
(Biotechnology, Systems Biology, Bio-informatics)
Biochemical Engineering
Ravindra D Gudi
Santosh Noronha
Supreet Saini
Hariharan S Shankar
A. K. Suresh
K. V. Venkatesh
Pramod P Wangikar
Biomolecular Engineering
Sameer Jadhav
Sarika Mehra
Santosh Noronha
Supreet Saini
K. V. Venkatesh
Ganesh A Viswanathan
Pramod P Wangikar
Computational Biology
Sarika Mehra
Santosh Noronha
Supreet Saini
Ganesh A Viswanathan
Pramod P Wangikar
Enzymology
Systems Biology
Sharad Bhartiya
Sarika Mehra
Santosh Noronha
Supreet Saini
K. V. Venkatesh
Ganesh A Viswanathan
Catalysis and Reaction Engineering
(Reactor Engineering and Catalysis)
Catalysis
Sanjay M Mahajani
Arindam Sarkar
A. K. Suresh
Multiphase Reaction
Vinay A. Juvekar
Sanjay M Mahajani
Anurag Mehra
A. K. Suresh
Reaction Engineering
Vinay A. Juvekar
Sanjay M Mahajani
Anurag Mehra
A. K. Suresh
Ganesh A Viswanathan
Reactor Modelling
Santosh K Gupta
Devang V Khakhar
Arun Sadashio Moharir
Ganesh A Viswanathan
Energy & Environment
(Energy, Environment, Climate)
Climate Change
Yogendra Shastri
Chandra Venkataraman
Coal Gasification
Sanjay M Mahajani
Energy Integration
Ranjan Kumar Malik
Green Engineering
Abhijit Chatterjee
Santosh Noronha
Yogendra Shastri
Pollution
Preeti Aghalayam
Arun Sadashio Moharir
Hariharan S Shankar
Yogendra Shastri
Chandra Venkataraman
Renewable Resources
Abhijit Chatterjee
Sanjay M Mahajani
Hemant Nanavati
Santosh Noronha
Sandip Roy
Yogendra Shastri
Chandra Venkataraman
Madhu Vinjamur
Materials Engineering
(Nano-Materials and Polymers)
Biomaterials
Jayesh Bellare
Sameer Jadhav
Abhijit Majumder
Drug Delivery
Jayesh Bellare
Venkat Gundabala
Sameer Jadhav
Devang V Khakhar
P Sunthar
Rochish Madhukar Thaokar
Mahesh S Tirumkudulu
Chandra Venkataraman
Food Engineering
Anurag Mehra
Vijay M Naik
K. V. Venkatesh
Madhu Vinjamur
Microscopy
Jayesh Bellare
Molecular Simulations
Jhumpa Adhikari
Rajdip Bandyopadhyaya
Abhijit Chatterjee
Ratul Dasgupta
Ateeque Malani
Anurag Mehra
Hemant Nanavati
Nano-composites
Rajdip Bandyopadhyaya
Venkat Gundabala
Devang V Khakhar
Ateeque Malani
Hemant Nanavati
Chandra Venkataraman
Nanoparticles
Rajdip Bandyopadhyaya
Jayesh Bellare
Ateeque Malani
Anurag Mehra
Vijay M Naik
Janaky Narayanan
Arindam Sarkar
A. K. Suresh
Rochish Madhukar Thaokar
Chandra Venkataraman
Polymer Physics
Vinay A. Juvekar
Ateeque Malani
Hemant Nanavati
P Sunthar
Polymer Processing
Venkat Gundabala
Devang V Khakhar
Vijay M Naik
Hemant Nanavati
Product Development
Statistical Themodynamics
Jhumpa Adhikari
Madaboosi Santanam Ananth
Abhijit Chatterjee
Ratul Dasgupta
Ateeque Malani
Hemant Nanavati
Janaky Narayanan
Sandip Roy
Rochish Madhukar Thaokar
Supercritical Fluids
Jhumpa Adhikari
Rajdip Bandyopadhyaya
Anurag Mehra
Hemant Nanavati
Surface Science
Rajdip Bandyopadhyaya
Jayesh Bellare
Abhijit Chatterjee
Sameer Jadhav
Vinay A. Juvekar
Abhijit Majumder
Ateeque Malani
Vijay M Naik
Sandip Roy
Mahesh S Tirumkudulu
Chandra Venkataraman
Thin films
Rajdip Bandyopadhyaya
Abhijit Chatterjee
Ateeque Malani
Mahesh S Tirumkudulu
Process Systems Engineering
(Systems Engineering and Control)
Data Analysis
Identification
Sharad Bhartiya
Mani Bhushan
Abhijit Chatterjee
Ravindra D Gudi
Sachin C Patwardhan
Modelling
Sharad Bhartiya
Abhijit Chatterjee
Ranjan Kumar Malik
Arun Sadashio Moharir
Kannan M Moudgalya
Kannan M Moudgalya
Kannan M Moudgalya
Sachin C Patwardhan
Yogendra Shastri
Pramod P Wangikar
Optimisation
Sharad Bhartiya
Mani Bhushan
Abhijit Chatterjee
Ravindra D Gudi
Santosh K Gupta
Ranjan Kumar Malik
Arun Sadashio Moharir
Yogendra Shastri
Process Control
Sharad Bhartiya
Mani Bhushan
Dr. S Ganeshan
Ravindra D Gudi
Santosh K Gupta
Kannan M Moudgalya
Kannan M Moudgalya
Kannan M Moudgalya
Sachin C Patwardhan
Yogendra Shastri
Pramod P Wangikar
Process Safety Analysis
Mani Bhushan
Dr. S Ganeshan
Ravindra D Gudi
Sandip Roy
Transport, Colloids, and Interface Science
(Fluid Mechanics, Rheology, Soft-Matter)
Adsorption
Ateeque Malani
Aerosols
Rajdip Bandyopadhyaya
Chandra Venkataraman
Coatings
Venkat Gundabala
Mahesh S Tirumkudulu
Madhu Vinjamur
Colloids
Rajdip Bandyopadhyaya
Venkat Gundabala
Ateeque Malani
Vijay M Naik
Janaky Narayanan
Rochish Madhukar Thaokar
Mahesh S Tirumkudulu
Computational Flow Modelling (CFD)
Ratul Dasgupta
Sameer Jadhav
Sanjay M Mahajani
P Sunthar
Rochish Madhukar Thaokar
Mahesh S Tirumkudulu
Electrohydrodynamics
Venkat Gundabala
Vinay A. Juvekar
Vijay M Naik
Rochish Madhukar Thaokar
Fluid Mechanics and Stability
Ratul Dasgupta
Venkat Gundabala
P Sunthar
Rochish Madhukar Thaokar
Mahesh S Tirumkudulu
Granular Flow
Devang V Khakhar
P Sunthar
Heat and Mass Transfer
S Ganeshan
Dr. S Ganeshan
V G Rao
A. K. Suresh
Madhu Vinjamur
Ganesh A Viswanathan
Porous Media
Rajdip Bandyopadhyaya
Ateeque Malani
Madhu Vinjamur
Rheology
Ratul Dasgupta
Vinay A. Juvekar
Devang V Khakhar
Ateeque Malani
Vijay M Naik
Janaky Narayanan
V G Rao
Mahesh S Tirumkudulu
Separations
Jayesh Bellare
Vinay A. Juvekar
Sanjay M Mahajani
Ateeque Malani
Ranjan Kumar Malik
Arun Sadashio Moharir
Mamata Mukhopadhyay
Vijay M Naik
V G Rao
Sandip Roy
Surfactants
Venkat Gundabala
Vinay A. Juvekar
Devang V Khakhar
Ateeque Malani
Anurag Mehra
Vijay M Naik
Janaky Narayanan
Sandip Roy
P Sunthar
Rochish Madhukar Thaokar
Mahesh S Tirumkudulu

Address
Head of Department
Dept. of Chemical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Powai, Mumbai 400 076 (Maharashtra), India
Phone : +91-22-2576 7201 / 7202
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