Institute Of Chemical Technology,Mumbai

                                                                                                        http://www.ictmumbai.edu.in/

 

The Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT) Mumbai was established as the Department of Chemical Technology on 1st October, 1933 by the University of Mumbai, through active support of industries and philanthropists. The Institute was most popularly known as UDCT, Mumbai. Research has been an integral part of ICT since its inception and it has created over 500 first generation entrepreneurs. The UDCT grew significantly in stature and was granted autonomy under UGC regulations by the University of Mumbai and further converted in to an Institute on 26th January, 2002. Under the World Bank TEQIP programme, the Maharashtra government granted it full autonomy in June 2004. Due to the recommendations of the Government of Maharashtra and University of Mumbai, the ICT was granted Deemed University Status by the MHRD on 12th September, 2008, with all provisions of the UGC for funding and support as the state owned deemed university.

The illustrious alumni of the department include Prof. Gulrajani of IIT Delhi and Mr. Edward Menzes, founder of Rossari Chemicals. ICT has specialization and runs several courses in the following ares:

·                    Technology of Fibres and Textiles Processing

·                    Technology of Dyes and Intermediates

·                    Technology of Pharmaceuticals and Fine Chemicals

·                    Food Engineering and Technology

·                    Paints Technology

·                    Polymer Technology

·                    Technology of Oils and Surfactants

·                    Fibers and Textiles Processing Technology

·                    Surface Coating Technology

·                    Perfumery and Flavour Technology

·                    Bioprocess Technology (with special emphasis on Downstream              processing)

·                    Food Biotechnology

·                    Drug Delivery Technology

·                    Medicinal Chemistry

·                    Medicinal Natural Products

Research

ICT has a very strong research culture. The first ever Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in India in  Engineering was awarded by the ICT in 1941. ICT has strong relationships with the industry and many government as well as industry sponsored projects take shape in ICT. In 2011 the Central Ministry of Textiles sanctioned ICT's National Centre of Excellence in Sportech a grant of ₨ 24.5 crore for researching sports-related apparel and goods. With this, ICT has become the first institute in the country to conduct research on sports fabrics.

Some of the technological breakthroughs from ICT have been mentioned below:

·         Dyes department of ICT has developed laser dyestuff which costs few crore rupees for one Kg of dye. ICT manufactures the entire requirement of laser dyes of the nation.

·          Chemical Engineering Department designed a heavy water reactor which has resulted in 50% in reduction in the energy requirement and 7% increase in productivity of heavy water requirement.

·          Prof. J B Joshi, former director, ICT, designed an eco-cooker (US Patent US6668707) which has thermal efficiency of 60-70% compared to 10-20% thermal efficiency of conventional cooker. The cooker has been commercialized at several places resulting considerable energy saving.

ICT graduates 100 PhDs annually (10 percent of India’s engineering PhDs) and plans to expand its capacity by 150 percent in the next two years with little public funding. ICT pioneered the practice of topping off its director’s salary with private funds.

Current research in UDCT is focused on

·                    Biotechnology & biomedicine

·                    Nanotechnology and materials science

·                    Energy science and engineering

·                    Process systems engineering

·                    Green chemistry and engineering

·                    Environmental protection and Hazardous waste management

·                    Product Engineering

Plans for future expansion have been made for creation of centres of excellence::

1. Entrepreneurship resource centre

2. Interactive student services portal

3. Centre for Undergraduate Research In Engineering (CURIE)

4. Centre for Process Intensification and Innovation

5. Centre for Product Engineering

6. Centre for Infectious Disease Control and Prevention

7. Technology Incubation Centre

8. Technology Transfer Cell

9. Creation of Visiting Professorships endowments

10. Distinguished Adjunct Professors

11. Group consultations: Adoption of sick industries.

12. Increasing international collaborations (Joint projects with leading institutes (Joint degrees, UG exchange, PG exchange)

13. Creation of institute professorships

 Hostels

Several on-campus hostels provide accommodation to students from all educational streams.

There are 5 hostel buildings which cater to the students' need of accommodation.

·                    Hostel No. 1 Boys hostel

·                    Hostel No. 2 Girls hostel

·                    Hostel No. 3 Girls Hostel

·                    Hostel No. 4 Boys hostel

·                    Hostel No. 5 Boys hostel

Old Boys Hostel

The Hostel No. 1, better known as old hostel, was established in 1952. It has accommodations for 160 students and four faculty members. It has 48 single rooms and 48 double rooms.

New Boys Hostel No. 5"'

This hostel was built and inaugurated in 2005. The money for this Rs. 70 million building was raised by the alumni of the college. It has 7 floors, about 190 double rooms, 3 large guest rooms, 4 faculty flats, a dining hall, and a health clinic and a gym.