AZeotropy, the annual convention of IIT Bombay’s Chemical Engineering department signifies the bond between the chemical industry and academia. It invokes the spirit of Chemical Engineering in young students from all corners of India and involves a blend of competitions, lectures, exhibitions, workshops and many fun learning events. This annual event attracts more than 200 colleges and 50+ industrialists.
Started in 2007 as a small event with few lectures, it has snowballed into one of the largest symposiums of Chemical Engineering in India, attracting a footfall of close to 3000 students. Over the years the fest has witnessed momentous lectures from the likes of prof Rakesh Agrawal (distinguished professor, Purdue University), Dr M M Sharma (ex-director of Institute of Chemical Technology) and many more eminent personalities from diverse fields.
The eleventh anniversary of the festival will present many new spectacular events.
Festival of chemical engineers, for chemical engineers, by chemical engineers
The 11th edition of AZeotropy will be held on 4th-5th March 2017. Centered around the theme ‘Sustainable Development,’ this edition aims at intimating the importance of Chemical Engineering in different aspects of life, mostly focussing on the optimal use of energy with chemical engineering and aims to reduce the losses and reuse the various forms of energy that go wasted.
A total of 10 competitions will be held at this two-day event. The applied engineering contests like Chem-E-Car and Chem-E-Switch are the main attractions. The former involves engineering a car that can run purely on non- conventional chemical fuels while the latter involves a development of a reaction vessel that breaks an electrical circuit after a given time. AZeotropy is also holding a theme based competition called ‘0-Urza’ for chemical engineers.
The fest also appreciates the classical chemical engineering aptitude and tries to gauge an award students for the same under its trademark contest Chem-O-Philia, which is a national level quiz series aimed at attracting the best talents in the field. Its online analogue Q-viz-it offers the perks of industrial visit. An opportunity to display research work is undoubtedly an integral part of any symposium. AZeotropy provides just the platform to any aspiring great mind in the chemical engineering domain through its exhibition named Affiche, providing participants with an opportunity to present papers to leading industrialist and professors in the field. To help bridge the gap between industry and the academic institutes, AZeotropy holds a competition named Industrial Design Problem (IDP).
The symposium also has much more to offer besides these stellar competitions. Lectures by esteemed professors and industrialists will give students a once in a lifetime opportunity to interact with such eminent personalities. This was just a glimpse of a wide array of events stacked up for the ever hungry audience attending the symposium.
Sticking to its ultimate objective to endeavour higher standards of chemical engineering, AZeotropy also extends hands-on-experience on software like ASPEN Plus, ANSYS and CADworx through numerous workshops. Along with the numerous learning opportunities, informal events like Virtual Chemical Market, and model exhibitions on various technological advances will add to the aura of the fest.
Over the last 10 years, AZeotropy has grown exponentially and maintained a strong dedicated audience. Thanks to a plethora of lectures by distinguished speakers, events and competitions, AZeotropy has indeed reached the pedestal where it influence and encourages many chemical engineering students all across the country. AZeotropy 2017, in its eleventh anniversary, hopes to increase its influence to even greater heights. With overwhelming support from leading Chemical Industries like Alkyl Amines Chemicals Ltd, HiKAL Ltd, BASF India, Mersen India, XPLOCC technologies, its unique pragmatic theme, and its dedicated workforce, it is sure to achieve greater milestones.
We, at AZeotropy, believe that change is the key to progress. The newly appointed workforce hopes to bring fresh enthusiasm and ideas and looks forward to carrying this legacy of the Largest Intercollegiate Chemical Engineering Symposium of India to greater heights.
© Chemical Today magazine
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