IIChE

Indian Institute Of Chemical Engineers is a confluence of streams of professionals from academia, research institutes and industry in India. It provides a wide range of opportunities for the development and advancement of Chemical Engineering sciences and their applications.

Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE) was established by Dr. Hira Lal Roy, on 18 May 1947 at Jadavpur University, Kolkata. He was a great visionary and pioneer of Chemical Engineering education in India. He, along with few other stalwarts had the wrath in them to transform their dream into reality, reckoning with little funding and nominal infrastructure. IIChE now has about 7500 active members associated with it.

The activities of the Institute are spread across the country through its 33 Regional Centres and 58 Student Chapters. Student members pursuing undergraduate degrees in Chemical Engineering form the Students' Chapters, under the auspices of the respective Regional Centres. The Student Chapters also arrange lectures, seminars, short courses, plant visits, etc., at regular intervals to better equip and empower the students, shaping them for handling industrial challenges. Student Chapters organize cultural events and sports activities for their members. IIChE is organizing SCHEMCON (Students' CHEMCON) annually, since 2005 to encourage the chemical engineers of the future to be disclosed with innovative and inventive ideas.