Events/Workshops/Achievements

A talk on "Importance of Mental Health" was organized on 24 September 2022. (Click here to view.)
Industrial Visit to a manufacturing plant at Becker Industrial Coatings LLC, Ras Al-Khaimah to understand the production of paint as well as operation of research and testing laboratories, December 2019.
Industrial Visit to Al Khaleej Sugar Factory, JAFZA, Dubai, November 2018.
Industrial visit to Gulf Petrochem, Hamriya Freezone, Sharjah, October 2018.
Industrial Visits to Star Cement Co. LLC, Ras Al Khaimah, to understand the manufacturing process cement, May 2018, November 2017 and February 2016. Below are some pictures of the visit:

Industrial Visit to Al Tajir Glass Industries LLC, Dubai, October 2017.
Industrial Visit to Super Cements, Abu Dhabi, October 2016. Below are some pictures of the visit:

Industrial Visit to 'Perfect Polymers' factory in Ras Al Khaimah, to familiarize with modern polymer production process in the plant, March 2015.
Annual Visits to MASDAR Institute of Technology, Abu Dhabi, UAE to have an overview of the projects undertaken by the institute on large scale production of solar energy. Below are some pictures of the visit:

Industrial Visit to Barakat Foods in to familiarize with modern juice production processes in the plant March 2015.
There was an informative talk on recent advances in computational drug design and computational biologics design by Mr. R.Raghu Vice President of Schrodinger Inc USA. Below are some pictures of the event:

The Petroleum Lab of BPDC was Inaugurated on May 3, 2016 Tuesday in the presence of our Director Dr. R.N. Saha, Ms Nahid Afshan, Faculty and Students of Various Departments. Below are some pictures of the event:

ICDT 2016: AIChE Student Chapter of BITS Pilani Dubai Campus organised its first Inter-Collegiate Chem-E Debate Tournament (ICDT) in the region on the 27th and 29th November 2016. ICDT is an intercollegiate debate tournament will be based on topics related to Chemical Engineering. The topics covered debatable issues over chemical laws, environment laws, sustainability, etc. The competition aimed to encourage youth to draw conclusions to such issues from their unique perspective and think in a way that future leaders would. 1st and 2nd round took place on the 27th of November 2016, while the finals took place on 29th of November 2016 in the Auditorium. Dr. Dinesh Sharma from Amity University was our Chief guest of the day. Dr. Vijaykumar, Professor at Manipal University was also present for the event.

Achievements
- Chem-E-Car 2019: Chemical Engineering students from BITS Pilani Dubai Campus were able to participate (with sponsorship) in the prestigious Chem-E-Car competition (Middle East region), which was organised as a part of MEPEC conference in Bahrain by AIChE (American Institute of Chemical Engineers’) from 14th to 16th Oct 2019. Ms. Urvashi Satwani, Ms. Amaan Fathima, Ms. Jasiya Harris ,Ms. Sadhya Gulati, Ms. Shruthi Ravindran, Mr. Allan Barbosa.The BPDC Chem-E-Car team managed to win the most titles among the other teams as they bagged two awards: 1st Place in Poster Competition and Best Video Award.
- 7th Undergraduate Research Competition conducted by Abu Dhabi University-2019: Chemical Engineering Students have secured prestigious 1st place in Environmental Science section. Hearty congratulations to the winners and all finalists from BPDC. Student: Urvashi Satwani, Amaan Fathima, Mentor: Dr. Nishant Pandya, Prize Money: AED 5000.
Innovations From Waste 2017: Dubai Municipality honoured the winners of the “INNOVATIONS FROM WASTE 2017” contest on 8thFebruary 2018. A group of 4 students (Abinaya, Krishna, Jithin and Sripriya) from our Chemical Engineering department mentored by Dr. B.G. Prakash Kumar have secured the first runner up position in the category “ VISION OF THE FUTURE ” for their proposal of “BLACK GOLD FROM VEGETABLE WASTE”. A prototype compost bin was developed to reduce our housing ecological footprint.

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