Prof. Vimal Katiyar
Professor
Key Research Areas :Synthetic and Natural Polymers, Polymer Processing, Biothermoset, Nanobiocomposite, Organic Solar Cells.
- Phone No: + 91 361 258 2278
- Email: vkatiyar@iitg.ac.in
- Room No: 109
- Dean, Research and Development, IIT Guwahati
- Coordinator, Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Polymers, IIT Guwahati (CoE-SusPol)
- Coordinator, NRL-Center of Excellence for Sustainable Materials, IIT Guwahati (CoE-SusMat)
- Coordinator, DBT Centre of Excellence on BioFuels and Biocomodities (DBT-TERI)
- President, SPSI North East Chapter
- Visiting Professor, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan
- Senior Fellow, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto, Japan
- Chair Professor, MP Birla Group of Companies (Hindustan Gum Limited)
- Chair Professor, NRL (CoE-SusMat)
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Education
- Doctor of Philosophy (Chemical Engineering), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
- M.Tech. (Chemical Engineering), Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
- B. Tech. (Chemical Engineering), Harcourt Butler Technological Institute, Kanpur
Research Interest
- Sustainable Polymer Synthesis and Scale-up activities
- Polymer Processing
- Rheology
- Structure Property Relationship
- Development of Polymer based Nanomaterials and its Technologies
- Polymer Degradation and Migration
- Toxicological Studies
- Clean Energy
Experience
- Assistant Professor, Harcourt Butler Technological Institute, Kanpur
- Post Doctoral Fellow, Riso National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, DTU, Denmark
- Sr. Engineer, Synthetics and Chemicals Private Limited, India
- Assistant Professor, IIT Guwahati, India, June 2011 - April 2014
- Associate Professor, IIT Guwahati, India, April 2014 - October 2018
- Professor, IIT Guwahati, India, October 2018 - Till Date
Courses Taught
- Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics I (UG)
- Chemical Process Calculations
- Polymer Science and Technology
- Composite Materials
- Petrochemicals
- Engineering Drawing
- M. Tech Seminar
- Characterization of Materials
- Petroleum Lab
