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Other Awards/Prizes

- Dr Mithilesh Jha and Dr Lily Jha Award for the Best Promising Chemical Engineering Teacher below the age of 50 years

- Professor Venkateswara Rao & Smt. Anjani Devi Malapati Endowment Lecture Award on “Green Energy & Environment for Sustainable Development”

- Prof. A Suryanarayana and Mrs Vanajakshi Award for the Best Author/(s) of Chemical Engineering Book and/or Book Chapter ( Instituted in the year 2022 - 23 )

- M P Chary Memorial Award

- IIChE NRC Award Best Paper in “Indian Chemical Engineer” 2018

- JUBILANT AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING WORK IN THE AREA OF GREEN TECHNOLOGY

- P K Nair Biennial Memorial Award for Excellence in Design or Development of Process Plant and Equipment

- Prof Shyamal Kanti Sanyal Memorial Award for the Best PhD Thesis in the Area of Membranes Research with Significant Commercial Potential

- The Mrs Chinnamaul Memorial Prize to the best paper presented at the proceeding Annual Session of the Institute

- The Kuloor Memorial Award to the best technical paper published in the journal of the Institute in the issues of the preceding year

- Sisir Kumar Mitra Memorial Award to the second best technical paper published in the journal of the Institute in the issues of the preceding year

- Chemical Weekly Award for the Best Paper Published in the Institute’s Journal (ICE)

- M H Shukla Prizes for the Best Technical Papers presented during the Technical Sessions, Chemcon (Two prizes)

- Professor P Sen Gupta Award for Best IIChE Employee of the Year

- IIChE Students Sports Festival

- Professor G D Yadav and Dr (Mrs) Vasanti G Yadav Award for the Most Versatile Chemical Engineering/Technology Students in India

- Lupin Industries Best Chemical Engineering Teacher of the Year Award

- Shah-Schulman Award ‘for the best Ph.D. thesis in the area of Colloid and Interface Science’
- Dr K Anji Reddy Innovator of the Year in Chemical Engineering and Technology in India, by publishing in the reputed international journal in chemical engineering & Biotechnology/Patents of merit.

- Prof.P.Sen Gupta Award for Best Employee of the Year

- VICAL Award for best Students Activities for the Best Paper Presentation during the previous SCHEMCON (3 Prizes)

- Heritage Institute of Technology Award for Innovative Research and Sustainable Process Development

- Mithilesh Jha and Dr. Lily Jha Award for the Best Promising Chemical Engineering Teacher

M P Chary Memorial Award
Instituted in the year: 2020
Sponsored by:	M P Chary
2025 -	1 st Best Prof Biswajit Sarkar, Prof Susmita Dutta and Prof Dr Sandip Kumar Lahiri - NIT Durgapur 2 nd Best Dr Mohammad Anzar Hussain and Dr Raghvendra Gupta – IIT Guwahati 3 rd Best Dr Nitu Singh Parihar, Dr Sushil Kumar Saraswat - MBM University, Jodhpur and Dr Ashish Yengantiwar - Fergusson College
2024 -	Dr Bablu Alawa, IISER Bhopal
2023 -	Dr. Baby Salini J R, IIT Madras
2022 -	Dr. Debiparna De, CCSIR-IICT Hyderabad
2021 -	Mr Anupam Mukherjee jointly with Mr Khantesh Mohanbhai Agrawal
2020 -	Ms Harsha Nagar, Chaitanya Bhrathi Institute of Technology, (CBIT), Hyderabad

IIChE NRC Award Best Paper in “Indian Chemical Engineer” 2018
Instituted in the year: 2018
Sponsored by:
2024 -	1st Best Dr Minimol M, Dr K Vidya Shetty & Dr M B Saidutta (NIT Karnataka) 2nd Best Elvi Restiawaty, Erly Marwani, Soen Steven, Gabriela Mega Rahayu, Fadhilah Hanif and Tirto Prakoso (ITB, Indonesia) 3rd Best Dr Pritesh S Patil (ICT Mumbai), Dr Nitin V Thombre (VAT Pune), Dr Yagna Prasad K (VAT Chennai) and Prof Anand V Patwardhan (ICT Mumbai)
2023 -	1st Best Dr Abha Sahu, Dr Nilesh Vijay Rane, Dr Badal G Lodaya & Prof Aniruddha B Pandit, ICT, Mumbai 2nd Best Dr Sourav Poddar, Dr J N Ullas Krishnan, & Dr J Sarat Chandra Babu, NIT Tiruchirapally 3rd Best Dr Friedrich Y Lee, Dr Michael Baldea, UTA, USA Dr Thomas F Edgar, Dr Jietae Lee, KNU, Korea
2022 -	1st Best Dr. G M Jagannadha Raju, Dr. G V S Sarma , Dr. K V Ramesh, Dr. C B Sarma - Andhra University 2nd Best Dr Monosij Maitra, Dr Swapnendu Chatterjee, Dr Punam Mukhopadhyay and Dr Rajat Chakraborty, JU 3rd Best Dr Meera T Sose & Dr Virendra K Rathod ICT Mumbai
2021 -	1st Best Dr Neeraj R Koshta, Dr Bharat A Bhanvase, Dr Shivani S Chawan and Dr Divya P Barai 2nd Best Dr Deepak Pal, Dr Ananth Sharma and Dr Abduljelil Iliyas 3rd Best Dr Appala Naidu Uttaravalli and Dr Srikanta Dinda
2020 -	1st Dr Ashwini Sood, Dr Tulika Gaur Harcourt Butler Technical University, Kanpur 2nd Dr Shaik Shadulla, Dr K Satish Raj, Dr S V NAidu AU College of Engineering, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam 3rd Dr Vivek Nigam, Dr S Narasimha Reddy, Dr P S T Sai Institute of Chemical Technology Madras, Chennai

Dr K Anji Reddy Innovator of the Year in Chemical Engineering and Technology in India, by publishing in the reputed international journal in chemical engineering & Biotechnology/Patents of merit.
Instituted in the year: 2002
Sponsored by: Padmashri Dr K Anji Reddy, Chairman, Dr Reddy’s Laboratory, 7-1-27 Ameerpet, Hyderabad 500 016
Awardees since 2004:
	2025 -	Prof. Anil Verma, IIT Delhi
	2024 -	Dr M Rajasimman, Annamalai University
	2023 -	Dr. Madhu Agarwal, MANIT, Jaipur
	2022 -	Dr Virendra Kisan Rathod, ICT Mumbai
	2021 -	Prof. Parag R Gogate , ICT, Mumbai
	2020 -	None Awarded
	2019 -	None Awarded
	2018 -	None Awarded
	2017 -	None Awarded
	2016 -	None Awarded
	2015 -	None Awarded
	2014 -	None Awarded
	2013 -	None Awarded
	2011 -	None Awarded
	2010 -	None Awarded
	2009 -	None Awarded
	2008 -	None Awarded
	2007 -	None Awarded
	2006 -	Prof G D Yadav, Past President, IIChE & Head, Chem Engg Dept, UICT, Mumbai
2005 -	Prof J B Joshi
2004 -	None Awarded
2003 -	None Awarded
2002 -	Prof Gautam R Desiraju

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The Mrs Chinnamaul Memorial Prize to the best paper presented at the proceeding Annual Session of the Institute
Instituted in the year: 1978
Sponsored by:	Mr P R Ramakrishnan, (Son of Late Mrs Chinnamaul), Managing Director, The Madras Aluminium Co. Ltd., Chennai
Awardees since 2001:

	2025 -	Dr Hari Shankar Yadav and Dr S K Kochar – BARC Mysore
	2024 -	Ms Mouli Ghosh, Ms Snigdha Khuntia and Mr Sridhar Dalai (Ahmedabad University)
	2023 -	Dr D.Venkata Padma, MVGRCE(A), Dr S V.A.R.Sastry, HBTU Kanpur and Dr S.Kishore Kumar, AUCE Visakhapatnam
	2022 -	Ms. Ritu Parashar, B. C. Nailwal, N. Goswami, Soumitra Kar, A K Adak, A K Singha, S C Parida and S Mukhopadhyay (all are from BARC)
	2021 -	Mr J C Zaveri, Dr S R Dhanushkodi, Mr H Vaibhav and Ms H Ashokan
	2020 -	None Awarded
	2019 -	None Awarded
	2018 -	Ms Samyuktha G, Mr N Rama Rao, Mr K V Mirji Mrs Sheela, NFC, Hyderabad
	2017 -	Dr. Debika Chaudhury, Dr. Rohan Bolisetty Dr. Supreet Saini & Dr. Kalyan Gayen, IIT Bombay,Mumbai
	2016 -	Dr. Avijit Nag and Dr Bidhan Chandra Bag DRDO, Nagpur
	2015 -	Dr. Manoj P Kamble & Prof. G D Yadav, ICT, Mumbai
	2014 -	None Awarded
	2013 -	None Awarded
	2012 -	Mr P Laxmi Prasad Rao and Mr D Kunzru
	2011 -	Mr T L Prasad Mr N K Prasad Mr P K Tewari and Mr D Sathiyamoorthy
	2010 -	None Awarded
	2009 -	G D Yadav and R V Sharma Topic: Liquid Phase dehydrogenation of D-xylose into furfural by using rare earth metal supported on hexagonal mesoporous silica as catalyst
	2008 -	Mr C Ramakrishna, Mr Raj Kumar, Mr P R Char, Mr R K Mishra, Mr R N Ramachandran and Mr H P S Anand of IPCL, Baroda
	2007 -	None Awarded
	2006 -
	2006 -	Subject:
	2005 -	Dr Simant R Upreti, Dr Farshid Sanjabi, Dr Ramdhane Dhib and Dr Maunel A Cuenca, Dept of Chem Engg., Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
	2005 -	Subject: Computer Simulation and Optimal Control of Continuous Infrared Dryers
	2004 -	Mr A Gupta, Mr S Singh, Mr S Banik and Mr P K Sea, R&D Divn., Engineers India Ltd., Sector-16, Gorgaon 122001, Haryana
	2004 -	Subject: Modelling, Simulation and Scale-up of FCC Riser Reactor
2003 -	Mr T Krishna Mohan, Mr A Sarath Babu, Chem Engg Dept., REC, Warrangal
2003 -	Subject: Comparism of Regular and Invested batch Distillation Column
2002 -	Mr G Sivalingam, Ms M Radhika, Mr D P Rao, Mr M S Rao, Chem Engg Dept, IIT-Kanpur
2002 -	Subject: Reaction Rates an rotating string of spheres: Model Trickle-bed reactor
2001 -	Dr Parimal Pal, Mr Siddharth Dutta and Mr Pinaki Bhattacharya, Dept of Chem Engg., REC, Durgapur
2001 -	Subject: A study on the Transient Behaviour of Enzyme emulsion liquid membrane Reactor as on Eco-friendly Route in Bio-chemical Engineering

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The Kuloor Memorial Award to the best technical paper published in the journal of the Institute in the issues of the preceding year
Instituted in the year: 1984
IIChE NRC Award Best Paper in “Indian Chemical Engineer” (2006)
Instituted in the year: 2007
Sponsored by:	Bangalore Regional Centre, IIChE
Sponsored by:	Northern Regional Centre, IIChE
Awardees since 2001:
	2025 -	Dr Kumkum Kedia, Dr Ammaar Ahmad Khan, Dr Subrata Mukherjee and Dr Abhyuday Mallick – Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata
	2024 -	Dr Shivani S Vedula and Prof. G D Yadav (ICT Mumbai)
	2023 -	Dr Achyut Pakhare, Dr Channamallikarjun Mathpati, Dr Vishwanath H Dalvi, and Dr Jyeshtharaj Joshi, ICT, Mumbai Dr Raosaheb Patil and Dr Ekambara Kalekudithi, TSIPL, Nashik
	2022 -	Dr. G M Jagannadha Raju, Dr. G V S Sarma, Dr. K V Ramesh, Dr. C B Sarma of Andhra University
	2021 -	Dr Neeraj R Koshta, Dr Bharat A Bhanvase, Dr Shivani S Chawan and Dr Divya P Barai
	2020 -	Dr Ashwini Sood & Dr Tulika Gaur, Harcourt Butler Technical University, Kanpur
	2019 -	Shyamal Roy, Chanchal Mondal & Aritra Das, Jadavpur University, Kolkata
	2018 -	Dr. M Chidambaram, NIT Telengana & Dr Chandra Shekar Besta, NIT Calicut
	2017 -	Dr. M Chidambaram & Dr N Thunga Mani, IIT Madras
	2016 -	Dr Pushkar Varshney and Dr Deepak Kunzru, IIT,Kanpur & Dr Santosh K Gupta, UPES, Dehradun
	2015 -	Mr Deepak Bisht, UOP, India Pvt Ltd, Gurgaon & Mr John Petri, UOP LLC, USA
	2014 -	Dr L Shreyas, Dr Lalita Kanwar and Dr K Kesava Rao IISc, Bangalore Dr Srinivas Palanki Univ of South Alabama, USA
	2013 -	Dr Tanmay Voora Dr Sangram Roy and Dr P S T Sai IIT, Madras, Chennai Dr Sebak Ranjan Roy, J.U., Kolkata Dr Pinaki Bhattacharya, HIT, Kolkata and Dr Amalesh Sirkar, HIT, Haldia
	2012 -	Mr Soumendra Banerjee Mr Laura Leonard Ms Krishna Mani and Mr Peter Kokayeff Mr Ashwani Mathur and Mr Subhash Chand
	2011 -	Mr K Vidyashankar and Mr Shankar Narasimhan Mr Imran Rahman, Mr V V Bokade, Mr Amarjeet Patnaik and Mr Anwesh K Das
	2010 -	Dr A S Mehta CSMCRI, Bhavnagar
	2009 -	V V Atkuri, J K Basu and S Sengupta Topic: Homogeneous Solubilisation Kinetics for the Synthesis of benzyl saliscylate under solid-liquid phase transfer catalysis
	2008 -	Mr Subhankar Manna, Scientific Officer-D, UMP, UED, S-Site, BARC Dr (Smt) S B Roy, Head, UED, UMP, UED, S-Site, BARC Mr Sujit Chowdhury, Scientific Officer – F, UMP, UED, S-Site, BARC Mr Santosh Kumar Satpati, Scientific Officer – F, UMP, UED, S-Site, BARC
	2007 -	Dr. Ch. Sailu /Dr. D. Jaya Prakash / Dr. S. Venkateswar/ Dr. M. Bhagvanth Rao University College of Technology, Osmania University , Hyderabad – 500 007
	2007 -	Subject: Selective Hydrogenation of Phenol to Cyclohexanone using Palladium on Silica-gel as Catalyst
	2006 -
	2006 -	Subject:
	2005 -	Mr Sumeet Jain and Prof Jayesh Bellare, Dept of Chem Engg., IIT-Bombay
	2005 -	Subject: A Review of TIPS and DIPS Techniques for Membrane Manufacture
	2004 -	Mr C L Verma, Scientist Coordinator & Head, Dnviro Science & Tech. Divn., Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee
	2004 -	Subject: A Case Study on Optimal Design and Performance of Lime Shaft Kilus through Simulation Technique
	2003 -	Dr A K Ghoshal, Chem Engg. Dept., IIT-Guwahati, Mr T Bhatt and Mr T V S Venkatesan, Chem Engg Group, BITS, Pilani
	2003 -	Subject: Adsorption Break-through ………….
	2002 -	Mr J R Chuna, Mr H Deraiya and Mr A S Mehata, CSMCRI, Bhavnagar
	2002 -	Subject: Hazop Study of bromine plant – A case study
2001 -	Prof A K Ghosal, Prof A N Samanta & Prof B R Maiti, Dept of Chem Engg, IIT-Kgp
2001 -	Subject: Studies on the effects of certain non-dimensional groups on Single Componant Adsorption syzamics

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Sisir Kumar Mitra Memorial Award to the second best technical paper published in the journal of the Institute in the issues of the preceding year
Instituted in the year: 1982
IIChE NRC Award 2^nd & 3^rd Best Paper in “Indian Chemical Engineer” (2006)
Instituted in the year: 2007
Sponsored by:	Mr Tushar Kanth Mitra, (Son of Late Sisir Kumar Mitra), M/s. Kamitter & Co., 35 Chittaranjan Avenue, Post Box No. 7824, Kolkata 700 012
Sponsored by:	Northern Regional Centre, IIChE
Awardees since 2001:

	2025 -	Dr Hooman Fatoorehchi – Univ. of Tehran and Dr Matthias Ehrhardt – Univ. of Wuppertal, Germany

	2024 -	Dr Aviti Katare, Dr Swapnil Sharma and Prof Bishnupada Mandal (IIT Guwahati)

	2023 -	Dr Deeksha Matthew and Dr Vidya Shetty K, NIT Mangalore Jointly with Dr Virendra K Rathod, Dr Keerthiga G, and Dr Neha N Gharat, ICT Mumbai
	2022 -	Mr. Monosij Maitra, Mr. Swapnendu Chatterjee & Ms. Punam Mukhopadhyay – of J.U. Dr Rajat Chakraborty, JU
	2021 -	Dr Deepak Pal, Dr Ananth Sharma & Dr Abduljelil Iliyas
	2020 -	Dr Shaik Shadulla, HIT, AU College of Engineering, Dr K Satish Raj, IICT,Andhra University & Dr S V Naidu, IIT, Visakhapatnam
	2019 -	Dr Sangita Bhattacharjee, HIT, Kolkata, Dr Siddhartha Moulik, IICT, Hydrabad & Dr Aditi Mullick, IIT, Kharagpur NRC 3^rd Best Paper Chandrakant Sharad Bhogle & Aniruddha B Pandit, ICT, Mumbai
	2018 -	Dr Chandrakant Thakur, NIT, Raipur, Dr Vimal Chandra Srivastava, IIT, Roorkee, Dr Indra Deo Mall, UPES, Dehradun and Dr Ajay Devidas Hiwarkar, BIET, Jhansi
	2017 -	N S Ghuge & Dr D Mandal, BARC, Mumbai NRC 3rd Best Paper Dr Ashwini Sood , Dr. Anjali Awasthi & Dr Ranjana Bharti, HBTI, Kanpur
	2016 -	Dr Khursheed B Ansari, Dr Ninad H Loke Dr V G Gaikar & Dr A B Pandit, ICT , Mumbai Dr Ramaraj Sivakumar, Dr Rajeev Kumar & Dr Santunu Das, BPCL Noida. NRC 3rd Best Paper Dr Simi Santosh & Dr M Chidambaram, IIT Madras,Chennai
	2015 -	Dr. S B Jonnalagadda & Dr. S Nadupalli, Univ of Kwazulu-Natal Durban, South Africa NRC 3rd Best Paper (jointly awarded) Dr. Nitin Somkuwar Dr.Nitin Kolhe & Dr. Virendra Rathod ICT, Mumbai Dr. Mayank Agrawal, Dr. Raju Mishra & Dr. Raj Ganesh S Pala IIT, Kanpur
	2014 -	Dr Srinivas Palanki Univ of South Alabama, USA Dr E Yau, Dr K Badal, Dr G Brodeur, Dr J Collier, Dr J Telotte and Dr S Ramakrishnan FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, Talllahassee, USA
	2013 -	Dr Sebak Ranjan Roy, J.U., Kolkata Dr Pinaki Bhattacharya, HIT, Kolkata and Dr Amalesh Sirkar, HIT, Haldia Dr Hala H Abd El-Gawad, Marguerite A Wassef and Aly A Soliman Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt M G Khalifa El-Tabbin Metallurgical Institute, Cairo, Egypt N A El-Hussiny and M E H Shalabi Central Metallurgical Research & Development Institute, Cairo, Egypt
	2012 -	Mr Ashwani Mathur and Mr Subhash Chand Ms Sunita Adhikari Mr Parimal Chattopadhyay and Ms Lalitagauri Ray
	2011 -	Mr Imran Rahman, Mr V V Bokade, Mr Amarjeet Patnaik and Mr Anwesh K Das Mr M H Joshipura, Prof N Subrahmanyam and Mr S P Dabke
	2010 -	Mr M P Jain and Mr D Sathiyamoorthy BARC, Trombay, Mumbai and Dr V Govardhana Rao IIT, Bombay, Mumbai
	2009 -	K V Ramesh, G M J Raju, C B Sharma, Ch V R Murthy and R V S Raju Topic: Liquid-Wall mass transfer in three phase fluidised beds with annular flow
	2008 -	Mr A K Basu, Ms Runu Chakraborty, Mr Utpal Touchudhuri and Mr Parimal Chattopadhyay of Dept of Food Technology and Biochemical Engineering, Jadavpur University
	2007 -	Dr K Lavanya / Dr B Umamaheswari Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, College of Engineering Anna University , Chennai – 600 025 Dr Rames C Panda Department of Chemical Engineering, CLRI, Chennai – 600 020 Subject: Identification of second order plus dead time systems using relay feed back test
	2006 -
	2006 -	Subject:
	2005 -	Mr T Reimann, H Maerkl and Mr B K Chaudhuri, Central Pollution Control Board, East Arjun Nagar, Delhi
	2005 -	Subject: Thermophilic Bio-degradation of Fats and Lipids in Fish processing effluent by Aerobic Batch Culture
2004 -	Mr T Reimann, H Maerkl and Mr B K Chaudhuri, Central Pollution Control Board, East Arjun Nagar, Delhi
2004 -	Subject: Aerobic Degradation of Fats and Lipids in Highly Polluted Fish Processing …… in continuous culture
2003 -	Mr V S Minnikanti, Dr Sunanda Dasgupta, Dr Sirshendu De, Dept of Chem Engg., IIT-Kharagpur
2003 -	Subject: Modelling of turbulent cross-flow UF in …….. coefficient
2002 -	Mr A A Sunthankumar, Mr R P Utikar and Mr V V Ranade, Chem Engg Divn., NCL, Pune
2002 -	Subject: Characterising unsteady Fluid Dynamics of bubble column
2001 -	Mr U Parthasarathy, Mr N Kasinathan, Mr K Velusamy, Mr G Vaidyanathanand and Mr S C Chetal, Reactor Group, IGCAR, Kalpakkam
2001 -	Subject: Primary circuit temperature evolution during off-site power failure event in PFBR

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Chemical Weekly Award for the Best Paper Published in the Institute’s Journal (ICE)
Instituted in the year: 2001
IIChE NRC Award Best Paper in “Indian Chemical Engineer” (2006)
Instituted in the year: 2007
Sponsored by:	Mr Ravi Raghavan, Editor-Chemical Weekly, Chemical Weekly / Sevak Publications, 602-B Godrej Coliseum, Off. Sion Trombay Road , Behind Everard Nagar, Sion (East), Mumbai 400 022
Sponsored by:	Northern Regional Centre, IIChE
Awardees since 2001:

	2025 -	Dr Parul Sahu, Dr Sumesh C Upadhyay, Dr Arvind Kumar – CSIR-CSMCRI Bhavnagar & AcSIR; Dr Karan Liya - DMCE, Navi Mumbai; Dr Dhruvatiba Gohil - CSIR-CSMCRI Bhavnagar and Dr S V Srinivasan – CSIR-CLRI & AcSIR

	2024 -	Dr P Tamilazhagan, Dr S Ananda Kumar, Dr N Sundar (AU Chennai) and Dr K S Radha (RMDEC Kavaraipettai)

	2023 -	Dr Kuldeep Singh and Dr Suvarcha Chauhan, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla
	2022 -	Dr. G M Jagannadha Raju, Dr. G V S Sarma and Dr. K V Ramesh, Dr. C B Sarma – all from Andhra Univ.
	2021 -	Dr Neeraj R Koshta, Dr Bharat A Bhanvase, Dr Shivani S Chawan and Dr Divya P Barai
	2020 -	Dr Ashwini Sood & Dr Tulika Gaur, Harcourt Butler Technical University, Kanpur
	2019 -	Shyamal Roy, Chanchal Mondal & Aritra Das, Jadavpur University, Kolkata
	2018 -	Dr M Chidambaram,NIT Telengana and Dr Chandra Shekar Besta, NIT Calicut
	2017 -	Dr M Chidambaram & Dr N Thunga Mani, IIT Madras,Chennai
	2016 -	Dr Pushkar Varshney and Dr Deepak Kunzru, IIT,Kanpur & Dr Santosh K Gupta, UPES, Dehradun
	2015 -	Mr Deepak Basht, UOP India Pvt Ltd, Gurgaon Mr John Petri, UOP LLC, USA
	2014 -	Dr L Shreyas, Dr Lalita Kanwar and Dr K Kesava Rao IISc, Bangalore
	2013 -	Dr Tanmay Voora Dr Sangram Roy and Dr P S T Sai IIT, Madras, Chennai
	2012 -	Mr Soumendra Banerjee Mr Laura Leonard Ms Krishna Mani and Mr Peter Kokayeff
	2011 -	Mr K Vidyashankar and Mr Shankar Narasimhan
	2010 -	Dr A S Mehta CSMCRI, Bhavnagar
	2009 -	S G Chatterjee, Department of Paper and Bioprocess Engineering, New York, USA. Topic: A simple description of transient moisture diffusion in paper, pp34-46, no.1
	2008 -	Mr Saibal Ganguly, Ms Ruchi Agarwal and Mr Durga Prasad of Dept of Chemical Engineering, IIT-Kharagpur
	2007-	Dr. Avi A. Cornelio Process Control Laboratory, Department of Biochemical and Chemical Engineering University Dortmund , D-44221 Dortmund , Germany Title: Dynamic Modelling of an Industrial Ethylene Oxide Reactor
	2006 -
	2006 -	Title:
	2005 -	Dr R J Wakeman, Dr A N Waghode, Dr W R Ruziwa, Dr V Nassehi and Dr N S Hanspal, Advanced Separation Tech. Groups, Chem Engg Dept., Loughborough University, Liecestershire, LE 11 3TU, UK
	2005 -	Title: Computational Fluid Dynamics of Free Porus and Coupled Flows ICE Vol. 46, No.1, Jan-Mar 2004
2004 -	Mr Kim Tae Hwan, Mr Kim Jee Dong, Mr Son Seok Jin and Mr S Vijayalakshmi, Dept of Chem Engg., IIT-Bombay
2004 -	Title: Adsorption of Hydrocarbon on Carbon Molecular Sieves (CMS) prepared from Bituminous Coal ICE, Vol. 45, No.4, Oct-Dec 2003
2003 -	Mr C Bennett Chandraw, Mr P Arthur Felse (abroad) and Mr T V Subramanian, Chem Engg Dept, Anna University, Guindy, Chennai
2003 -	Title: Parametric Optimization Biotransorption of Cd by mixed function oidase produced under controlled conditions ICE, Vol. 44, No.4, Oct-Dec 2002
2002 -	Prof S N Mukhopadhyay, Dept of Bio-Engg & Bio-Tech, IIT-Delhi
2002 -	Title: Effect of Thermophilic Temperatures on acration parameters and dissolved oxygen probe performance in batch cultivations of B.Stearothermophilus CU21. ICE, Vol. 43, No.3, July-Sept 2001
2001 -	Dr M N Ingale and Dr V V Mahajani, Chem Engg Divn., UICT, Mumbai
2001 -	Title: A Noval way to Treat Dioctylpthalate Plant Waste: Sonication Followed by Wet Oidation (SONIWO) ICE, Vol. 42, No.3, July-Sept 2000
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M H Shukla Prizes for the Best Technical Papers presented during the Technical Sessions, Chemcon (Two prizes)
Instituted in the year: 2001
Sponsored by:	Mr M H Shukla, Director, Kashu-Chem Pvt Ltd., 1,A/2, Jai Punit Nagar Co-operative Society, Near Poisar Bus Depot, S V Road , Borivili (West), Mumbai 400 092
Awardees since 2001:
	2020 -	None Awarded
	2019 -	None Awarded
	2018 -	None Awarded
	2017 -	1st Prize:	Dr. K A Ramya & Dr A P Despande, IIT Madras
	2017 -	2nd Prize:	Dr Sonil Nanda & Dr J A Kazinski, York University Canada & Dr Ajay K Dalai, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
	2016 -	1st Prize:	Dr Avijit Nag & Dr Bidhan Chandra Bag DRDO, Nagpur
	2016 -	2nd Prize:	Dr B Rajashekar Reddy & Dr R Vinu, IIT-Madras,Chennai
	2015 -	1st Prize:	Dr. Manoj P Kamble & Prof. G D Yadav, ICT, Mumbai
	2015 -	2nd Prize:	Prof. S K Sharma, Dr. Pankaj Chawla & Dr. Amrit Pal Toor, Punjab Univ, Chandigarh
	2014 -	None Awarded
	2013 -	None Awarded
	2012 -	1st Prize:	Mr P Laxmi Prasad Rao and Mr D Kunzru
	2012 -	2nd Prize:	Mr Ankur Gupta and Mr Shantanu Roy
	2011 -	1st Prize:	Mr T L Prasad Mr N K Prasad Mr P K Tewari and Mr D Sathiyamoorthy
	2011 -	2nd Prize:	Prof G D Yadav, Past President, IIChE and Mr S D Shinde
	2010 -	1st Prize:	None Awarded
	2010 -	2nd Prize:	None Awarded
	2009 -	1st Prize:	G D Yadav and R V Sharma Topic: GT19 Liquid phase dehydration of D-xylose into furfural by using rare earth metal supported on hexagonal mesaporous silica as catalyst
	2009 -	2nd Prize:	Sunil Kumar, S S Muduli and Goutam Deo Topic: Hydrogenation of CO2: Effects of support on Al2O3,SiO2,Al2O3-SiO2,TiO2 and Nb2O5 on Nickel catalyst
	2008 -	1 st Prize:	Ms Farida Easmin, Ms Susmita Dutta, Prof P Ray of Dept of Chemical Engieering, CU, and Ms Ratna Paul, Dept of Chemical Engineering, Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata
	2008 -	2 nd Prize:	Mr Mainak Majumder & Mr Bruce J Hinds, Dept of Chemical & Materials Engineering, University of Kentuchy
	2007 -		None Awarded
	2006 -	1^st Prize:
	2006 -	2^nd Prize:
	2005 -	1^st Prize:	Mr C V Rode, Mr J M Nadgeri and Mr R V Chaudhari, Homogeneous Catalysis Division, NCL, Pune Paper: Characterization and Catalytic Activity of Supported Pd Nanoparticles for Selective Hyderogenaration Reactions
	2005 -	2^nd Prize:	Ms Manisha Sharma and Ms Kasturi Gadgil, IIT-Delhi Paper: Hydrogeological Studies – A Tool for Monitoring Water Contamination due to Mining
	2004 -	1^st Prize:	Dr P L Subarathinam, Dept of Chem Engg, Anna University Dr T Kannadasan, Dept of Chem Engg, CIT, Coimbatore Dr D Balaji, Dept of Chem Engg., AAM Engg College , Kovilvemi Paper: A perceptible of Electrochemical Reaction System for Treating Industrial Effluents
	2004 -	2^nd Prize:	Dr S Saravanan, Dr N Anantharaman, Dr K M Meera Sheriffa Begum & Dr P Sivashanmugam, Dept of Chem Engg., R E College, Tiruchirapalli and Dr K C Velappan, Chem Engg Divn., CLRI, Chennai Paper: Removal of Cr (IV) Ions from Aqueous Solutions by Emulsion Liquid Membrane
	2003 -	1^st Prize:	Dr A B Pandit and Mr P C Sangave, UICT, Mumbai Paper: Hybrid Technique for distillery wastewater treatment: An Innovative Method
	2003 -	2^nd Prize:	Mr L Govindarajan and Mr T Karunanithi, Anna University Paper: Optimal Design of Stirred Tank Reactors in Series using Genetic Algorithm
	2002 -	1^st Prize:	Mr S S Kalgude and Mr V Govardhan Rao, IIT-Bombay Paper: Photochemical Oxidation of Phenol in Water ….. fluidized bed reactor
	2002 -	2^nd Prize:	Mr S Chattopadhyay and Mr G Veser, Max Planck Institute, Germany Paper: Detailed Simulations of Catalytic and non-catalytic …… Microchannel Reactor
	2001	1^st Prize:	Mr Navin Asthana and Prof G D Yadav, UICT, Mumbai Paper: Friedel Crafts Acylation using Cs_2.5 H_0.5 …with Benzoyl Chloride
	2001	2^nd Prize:	Mr Vineet Parelia, IIT-Bombay, Prof Nisith Verma & Dr R P Chhabra, IIT-Kanpur Paper: Transient Analysis of Gas Distribution System

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Professor P Sen Gupta Award for Best IIChE Employee of the Year
Instituted in the year: 2002
Sponsored by: Prof P Sen Gupta, L/5/1 Flat, Baisakhi Apartment, 2 Dr Deodar Rahman Road , Kolkata 700 033
Awardees since 2002:

	2025 -	Mr Dhananjay Mandal, IIChEHQ

	2024 -	Mr Sukanta Kumar Roy, Junior Assistant, IIChEHQ
	2023 -	Mr Sumon Das, Junior Assistant, IIChEHQ
	2022 -	Mr Amlan Mondal, Office Subordinate, IIChEHQ
	2021 -	Mr Sukanta Kumar Roy
	2020 -	None Awarded
	2019 -	Mr D Mandal, IIChE Kolkata
	2018 -	Mrs. Dulu Das , IIChE Kolkata
	2017 -	Mr N C Mondal, IIChE Kolkata
	2016 -	Mr Sukanta K Roy IICHE, Kolkata
	2015 -	Mr K C Mondal, IIChE
	2014 -	Mr Dhananjoy Mandal Janitor, IIChE
	2013 -	Mr Bimal Chandra Das Senior Assistant, IIChE
	2012 -	Mrs Munmun Jana
	2011 -	None Awarded
	2010 -	Mrs Dulu Das
	2009 -	Mr Nitai C Mondal
2008 -	Mr Sukanta Kr Roy, Junior Assistant, IIChE
2007 -	Mr K C Mandal, IIChE HQ, Kolkata
2006 -	Mr Dhananjay Mandal, Janitor, IIChE
2005 -	Mr Bimal Chandra Das, Senior Assistant, IIChE
2004 -	Mr Soumen Nath, Senior Assistant, IIChE
2003 -	Mrs Munmun Jana, Senior Assistant, IIChE
2002 -	Mr Susanta Kumar Roy, Junior Assistant, IIChE

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IIChE Students Sports Festival
Instituted in the year: 2001
Sponsored by:	Mr K V Mariwala, Trustee, V V & Smt K V Mariwala Charity Trust, 411 Shah & Nahar Indl. Estate, Dr E Moses Road , Worli Naka, Mumbai 400 001, and
	Mr Mukesh D Ambani, Vice-Chairman & Managing Director, Reliance Industries Limited, Maker Chambers IV, 5^th Floor, 222 Nariman Point, Mumbai 400 021
Awardees:	2014	None awarded
	2013	None awarded

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Professor G D Yadav and Dr (Mrs) Vasanti G Yadav Award for the Most Versatile Chemical Engineering/Technology Students in India
Instituted in the year: 2001
Sponsored by:	Prof G D Yadav, Past-President, IIChE, & Professor of Chem Engg, UICT, Matunga, Mumbai 400 019
Awardees since 2001:
	2025	Male – Mr Nishant Kumar, IIT Delhi Female – No nomination/None Awarded
	2024	Mr Kaustubh Raju Wadekar, ICT Mum and Mr Lakshay Vashishtha, BVCE No nomination/None Awarded
	2023	Mr. Jitendra Choudhary, IISER, Bhopal No nomination/None Awarded
2022	Mr. Soumyajit Kundu, Heritage Institute of Technology Ms. Bushra Mukhdooni, NIT Srinagar
2021	Mr Prasanna Khare, ICT Mumbai and Ms Anjali Gupta
2020	Mr Pingali Sai Praneeth Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad Ms Aindrila Indra Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata
2014	None awarded
2013	None awarded
Nomination Form

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Lupin Industries Best Chemical Engineering Teacher of the Year Award
Instituted in the year: 2001
Sponsored by:	Mr Desh Bandhu Gupta, Chairman, Lupin Group of Industries, 159 CST Road , Kalina, Santacruz (East), Mumbai 400 098
Awardees since 2001:
	2025	Dr. Avijit Ghosh, Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata
	2024	No nomination/None Awarded
	2023	Dr. Manisha Vitthal Bagal, BVCE
2022	None Awarded
2021	Dr Kaushik Nath
2020	Dr Mukunda Vai Medal, Anurag Univrtdity, Hyderabad
2014	None awarded
2013	None awarded
Nomination Form

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Shah-Schulman Award ‘for the best Ph.D. thesis in the area of Colloid and Interface Science’
Instituted in the year: 2004
Sponsored by:	Dr Dinesh O Shah, Professor of Chemical Engineering & Anesthesiology, Director, Center for Surface Science & Engineering, University of Florida , Gainesville , FL 32611 , USA
Awardees since 2005:
	2025 -	Dr. Preetika Rastogi, IIT Madras (awarded in 2025) and Guide: Prof. Madivala G Basavaraj, IIT Madras (awarded in 2025)
	2024 -	Dr. Harini Gunda, IIT Gandhinagar Guide: Dr. Kabeer Jasuja, IIT Gandhinagar Jointly with Dr. Aniket Shrikant Ambekar, IITDelhi Guide: Prof. Vivek V Buwa, IIT Delhi
	2023 -	Dr. Palash Dhara, Guide: Prof.Rabibrata Mukherjee, IIT Kharagpur Jointly with Dr. Ranajit Mondal, IIT Bombay, Guide: Prof. Madivala G. Basavaraj, IIT Madras
	2022 -	None Awarded
	2021-	Dr. Iyman Abrar, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad and Guide, Dr. Ashok N Bhaskarwar, IIT Delhi – The award has been given in 2022
	2019 -	Dr Karthika Suresh University of Minnesota, USA
	2018 -	Kumari Priti Sinha IIT-Bombay, Mumbai
	2017 -	Dr S Manigandan IIT-Madras, Chennai
	2016 -	Dr. Nandini Bhandaru IIT-Kharagpur
	2015 -	Dr. Siva Rama Krishna Perala, Post Doctoral Associate, Massachusetts Inst of Tech, Cambridge, USA
	2014 -	Dr. Hemalatha Annepu, LEAD Scientist, EGOMA Tech Pvt Ltd, IIT Kanpur
	2013 -	Dr Sandip Patil Director, E-Spin Nanotech Pvt. Ltd.Kanpur
	2012 -	Dr Kamendra Sharma
	2011 -	Dr Ankur Verma
	2010 -	Dr M Ethayaraja Postdoctoral Researcher Van’t Hoff Laboratory for Physical and Colloid Chemistry, Debye Research Institute Utrecht University ,The Netherland
2009 -	Dr Karnail Singh GE India Technology Centre, Bangalore Topic: “Understanding Film Formation Mechanism in Latex Dispersions”
2008 -	Dr Rabibrata Mukherjee, Scientist, CG&CRI, Kolkata
2007 -	Dr Biji Balakrishnan IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai
2006 -	Dr T K Sen, Assistant Professor, Dept of Chem Engg, NIT, Rourkela
2005 -	Dr T K Sarma, IIT-Guwahati
Nomination Form

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JUBILANT AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING WORK IN THE AREA OF GREEN TECHNOLOGY
Instituted in the year: 2016
Sponsored by:	Jubilant Life Sciences Limited, Noida, UP
2025 -	Dr. Avijit Ghosh, Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata
2024 -	None Awarded
2023 -	Dr. S Sridhar, CSIR-IICT, Hyderabad
2022 -	Dr. Biswajit Mandal Haldia Institute of Technology
2021 -	None Awarded
2019 -	None Awarded
2018 -	Dr Debapriya Mandal BARC, Mumbai
2017 -	Mr P V Chepe, Mr J P Soni, Mr N Ranga Rao, Mr Gopinath Pandhari, Mr Milind Tete, Mr Sanjay Dodiya & Mr Randheer Yadav Thyssenkrupp Industrial Soln India Pvt Ltd, Mumbai
Nomination Form

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P K Nair Biennial Memorial Award for Excellence in Design or Development of Process Plant and Equipment.
Instituted in the year: 2018
Sponsored by:	Sponsored by: M K Nair
2025 -	No nomination received
2024 -	Biennial Year
2022 -	Ms. Sutanwi Lahiri BARC, Trombay, Mumbai
2018 -	Dr Madhu Agarwal Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur
Nomination Form

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Prof Shyamal Kanti Sanyal Memorial Award for the Best PhD Thesis in the Area of Membranes Research with Significant Commercial Potential.
Instituted in the year: 2018
Sponsored by:	Sponsored by: Dr Indrani Sanyal, Former Professor of Philosophy, Jadavpur University, Kolkata – 700032.
2022 -	Dr. Kakali Priyam Goswami IIT, Guwahati
2021 -	Dr. Harsha Nagar CBIT , Hyderabad
2020 -	Dr. Akshay Modi Research Associate Indian Institute of Technology of Bombay,Powai Mumbai
2019 -
2018 -	Dr Vinoth Kumar R French National Institute for Agricultural Research France
Nomination Form

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Prof. P.Sen Gupta Award for Best Employee of the Year
Instituted in the year: 2020
Sponsored by:	Prof.P.Sen Gupta
2020 -	Mr Anirban Ghosh, IIChE, Kolkata

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VICAL Award for best Students Activities for the Best Paper Presentation during the previous SCHEMCON (3 Prizes)
Instituted in the year: 2020
Sponsored by:	Prof.P.Sen Gupta
2020 -	1st Prize Mr Gaurav Jadhav and Mr Sunny Kalekar Gharda Institute of Technology, Maharashtra 2nd Prize Mr Saurabh G Kalghatgi ICT, Mumbai 3rd Prize Mr M H Halashankar Swamy, Mr K Sadashiva Patil, Mr Abhishek B and Hemantha Raj K SIT, Karnataka

Prof. A Suryanarayana and Mrs Vanajakshi Award for the Best Author/(s) of Chemical Engineering Book and/or Book Chapter ( Instituted in the year 2022-23 )
Instituted in the year 2022
2025 -	Mr. Aditya Kashyap and Mr. Ajeet Kumar Prajapati, RGIPT, Jais, Amethi
2024 -	Dr Himanshu Pradeep Kohli, SVNIT
2023 -	Prof. Chandan Das, IIT Guwahati & Dr. Sujoy Bose, IIChEHQ
Nomination Form

Professor Venkateswara Rao & Smt. Anjani Devi Malapati Endowment Lecture Award on “Green Energy & Environment for Sustainable Development”
Instituted in the year 2024
2025 -	Prof (Dr). Sasidhar Gumma, IIT Tirupati
2024 -	Prof. Chiranjib Bhattacharjee, Pro-VC, Jadavpur University and President, WBCHSE

Dr Mithilesh Jha and Dr Lily Jha Award for the Best Promising Chemical Engineering Teacher below the age of 50 years
Instituted in the year 2024
2025 -	Prof Rajamohan Natarajan, Sohar University, Oman
2024 -	Dr Amit Arora, NIT Hamirpur

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Heritage Institute of Technology Award for Innovative Research and Sustainable Process Development (Instituted w.e.f. 2023)
2025 -	Mr. Adhip Nath Palchaudhuri, CMD, Balmer Lawrie & Co. Ltd.
2020 -
Nomination Form

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Dr. Mithilesh Jha and Dr. Lily Jha Award for the Best Promising Chemical Engineering Teacher
2024 -
Nomination Form

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