Industry Interaction / Internship
As per curricula, in-plant summer training for a period of 6 weeks is mandatory for the final year students of the department for their B.Tech. degree in Chemical Engineering. Every year the 7th semester students are sent to various companies across India during May-June for such summer training. After the training, they have to submit a report duly authenticated by the respective companies and appear for a viva-voce examination before an external examiner.
Besides the compulsory in-plant summer training, eminent professionals are invited to the department for delivering lectures in various seminars. These seminars are generally organized by the Alumni Association of the department. Some professionals are involved in the teaching and examination processes of the department as guest teachers and external examiners. They regularly provide feedback in the revision of syllabi and curricula.
A few such professionals are:
Dr. A. R. Ghoshal
Director & Head, Chemical Engg Division, Development Consultants Pvt. Ltd, Kolkata
Dr. Shovan Ghosh
Former ED, R&D, Indian Oil Corporation and Managing Director, Managing Innovation, Faridabad
Dr. Tilak Guha
Former Executive Director, Shaw-Wallace & Co. Ltd
Prof. Subhashis Das
School of Water Resource Engineering, Jadavpur University
Mr. Timir Baran Ghosh
VP, Nicco Project Division, Kolkata
Mr. Tapan Datta
VP, Nicco Project Division, Kolkata
Depending upon the eagerness of the students, a few students from 2nd or 3rd semester are sent to undertake short-term research projects in the R&D of reputed organizations like HUL, Bengaluru; BARC, and research laboratories like NCL, Pune; IOCL, Faridabad.