It is the branch of engineering that deals with the application of physical science (e.g. chemistry and physics), with mathematics, to the process of converting raw materials or chemicals into more useful or valuable forms. As well as producing useful materials, chemical engineering is also concerned with pioneering valuable new materials and techniques, an important form of research and development. A person employed in this field is called a chemical engineer.

Chemical engineering largely involves the design and maintenance of chemical processes for large-scale manufacture. Chemical engineers in this branch are usually employed under the title of process engineer. The development of the large-scale processes characteristic of industrialized economies is a feat of chemical engineering, not chemistry. Indeed, chemical engineers are responsible for the availability of the modern high-quality materials that are essential for running an industrial economy.

The Department of Chemical Engineering undergraduate program in Chemical Engineering - The department has highly qualified staff. The department has high-tech facilities at their various laboratories viz.Chemical Reaction Engineering, Mass Transfer Operations, Heat Transfer, Instrumentation & Process Control, Environmental monitoring and testing lab, etc.

These laboratories provide excellent environment for experimentation, testing and consultancy. The department has the latest software like MATLAB, POLYMATH, and GAMS, Scilab, etc. in its computer laboratory. Moreover, in view of increasing demand of simulation softwares in the chemical industries, the department has purchased CHEMCAD software (Perpetual License-CHEMCAD Suite), which is proprietary software from Chemstations Inc. USA