Department of Petrochemical Technology:
The objective of the course is to help students to understand the fundamentals of Chemical Engineering and prepare them for a career as operators and technicians with a focus on Petroleum and Petrochemical industries.
The Department of Petrochemical Technology (Chemical Engineering) is academically a part and parcel of Chemical Engineering, Department at Faculty of Tech. & Engineering, The M.S. University of Baroda which was established in the academic year 1969-70 under the Indo-USSR agreement. The four-year Diploma which catered to the needs of the chemical and process industry in and around Vadodara had four areas of specialization:
1. Fertilizer technology
2. Plastic technology
3. Oil and Gas technology
4. Petrochemical Complex
The course was modified to three-year diploma in 1982 as per the National Policy and the specialization was changed as Diploma in Petrochemical Technology with the intake of 45 seats. The course has been revised in 1992, 2003, 2008, 2015 and implemented progressively. Recent revision in the course was done in 2021.
Every year industrial visits in Petrochemical / Chemical Industries are arranged for students to gain practical knowledge and to understand real time industrial challenges. Other than that, interactive sessions are conducted for the students with Industrial domain experts from the Chemical and Process Industry on a regular basis. These efforts help to maintain good placement record of the students in Reliance, Essar (Now Nayara), Philips Carbon ltd. among other industries. Due to the changing trend in Chemical engineering a large number of students are preferring to join the Second year BE/B.Tech after completing diploma.
Our department leans towards fostering the professional and personal growth of students, faculty, and staff to create and nurture competent professionals who would meet the challenging needs of chemical & allied industries with a sound background, ethics, environmental and societal responsibilities.