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Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Madras

Teaching Interests

Transport Phenomena

Chemical Reaction Engineering

Fluid Mechanics

Rate Processes

Mathematical Methods in Chemical Engineering

Steady-state and dynamic behavior of non-linear systems

Multiphase flows

Courses at Undergraduate level

Chemical Technology

Fluid mechanics and rate processes

Chemical Reaction Engineering

Introduction to Chemical Engineering

Courses at Postgraduate level

Mathematical Methods in Chemical Engineering

Multiphase Flows: Analytical solutions and Stability Analysis (NPTEL) (YouTube)

Steady-state and dynamic behavior of physico chemical systems

Short-Term Courses

Overcoming the Math Phobia, May 2015, a one-week course on the importance of prudently integrating mathematical solution methodologies with physically meaningful approximations at U.P.E.S. Dehradun.
Mathematical Methods in Engineering, December 98, an intensive short term course under the Quality Improvement Programme of A.I.C.T.E in IIT Madras.
Advanced Control and Intelligent Monitoring in Industries, November,97, under the Continuing Education Programe ,in IIT Madras.
Fractals and Chaos, Feb. '97, for the engineers of Oil and Natural Gas Commission, in IIT Kanpur.
Computer Simulation and Process Control in Industry, Nov.'96, in IIT Kanpur.
Numerical methods of engineers, Dec.'93, Engineers India Limited, R&D Centre, Gurgaon.
An introduction to non-linear dynamics, bifurcation, and chaos, March, 93 at Indian Oil Corporation, R&D Centre, Faridabad.