ChemEdge

Abstract

Welcome to the first issue of ChemEdge, a monthly newsletter designed and published by the Department of Chemical Engineering, Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata. This is a joint effort by the faculty members and the students of this Department. Since 2013 marks the beginning of our much awaited newsletter, we begin our edition by recollecting some events organized by the Department of Chemical Engineering, Heritage Institute of Technology in the recent past. Two significant events need special mention. SCHEMCON 2011, a national seminar was held during 23rd-24th September 2011 with the theme “Sustainable Green Technology”. It was an event jointly organized by Students’ Chapter, Department of Chemical Engineering, Heritage Institute of Technology and Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers. Several distinguished guests of honour were invited to deliver lectures and chair different sessions. The event was well contributed by Oral/Poster presentations, Quiz contest etc. In October 2012, student chapter of IICHE, Heritage Institute of Technology, organized a technical quiz in which Heritage Institute of Technology emerged as the winner. A special research program was organized jointly by NJIT, USA and Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata in which a 4th year student of Chemical Engineering, Biswajit Debnath undertook research work in NJIT for a month in the area of Electrodeless electrohydrodynamic printing of aqueous nanosuspension for fabrication of unit dosages. Editors Pramita Sen & Punam Mukhopadhyay