American Institute of Chemical Engineers
VIT Vellore Student Chapter
INTERNATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
OUTSTANDING STUDENT CHAPTER AWARD
AIChE VIT Student Chapter has been awarded with the Outstanding Student Chapter award amongst all the student chapters in the world for academic years 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18 ans 2018-19
CHEM-E-JEOPARDY
Albeit truly a mind stimulating 3 level quiz round, this competition keeps all competitors on their toes because not only does this competition require technical accuracy, it also presses on mental agility and speed.
Since it's a buzzer oriented game, it is entirely based on first come first serve.
The AIChE-VIT’s represented by Sparsh Modi, Satvik Verma, Parth Agarwal, and Ruby Susan Raju, brought back the first prize which was there a pathway to representing us at Annual Student Conference was held in Orlando, Florida in 2019. Our 4 membered team brought laurels to the country and the chapter by securing the second prize in this esteemed competition!
Not only did they have enough technical knowledge to get through the 5 rapid rounds in this competition, but they also had the speed to be able to come up with the answer and hit the buzzer at the right time, outwitting AND outspending their competitors!
Truly an amazing victory for the country and the chapter alike.
GLOBAL UG VIDEO COMPETITION
This years theme for the Global UG Video Competition is:
Born and kept in plastic cradles, played with plastic toys, drank and ate with plastic utensils. The life of a 21st Century beings circles around different plastics and so does the chemical industry today. Thus AIChE is back with Global Undergraduate Student Video Competition with the topic Plastic: The Circle Of Life.
Every team participating has to come up with a 3-5min video based on the application of Chemical Engineering in association with the topic.
AIChE VIT has secured the first prize in the Global Undergraduate Student Video Competition in the year 2017 in both the categories, Judges choice & Public choice and secured the second prize in 2018 in the Public choice category with a cash prize of $1000.
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INTERNATIONAL STUDENT CHAPTER LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT TRAVEL GRANT
Mr.Tanishq Pathak ('15), Mr.Viraj Phatarphod (’17), Ms.Shreya Arora (’18) and Ms.Lamxi Mohan ('19) were awarded the International Student Chapter Leadership Development Travel Grant Award. Every year the top eight exceptional student chapter leaders from around the world are presented with this award.
The purpose of this award is to facilitate the leadership development of international student chapter members at the Annual Student Conference and to strengthen AIChE's relationship with these future Global Leaders. Every year, the top eight exceptional Student Chapter Leaders from around the world are presented with this award.
CHEM-E-CAR
The Chem-E-Car team of AIChE VIT ranked first in the Chem-E-Car competition at the AIChE Student Regional
Conference in 2018 and represented AIChE VIT (Vellore) at the International Chem-E-Car competition that was held in Pittsburgh,USA.
FRESHMAN RECOGNITION AWARD AND SOPHOMORE EXCELLENCE AWARD
The Donald F. Othmer Sophomore Academic Excellence Award was awarded to Ms. Anjali Rathore, an Ex-Board Member of AIChE VIT. She was awarded a 50$ travel allowance to be used towards the Annual Student Conference and an invitation for the same.
The Freshman Recognition Award was presented to Mr. Swapnil Banerjee, the Events Head of AIChE VIT. He was awarded a 50$ travel allowance to be used towards the Annual Student Conference and an invitation to the Annual Student Conference held at Orlando, Florida.
2016-17 DONALD F. & MILDRED TOPP OTHMER SCHOLARSHIP AWARD
The former President of AIChE VIT, Mr. Kartik Bomb was presented with the 2016-17 Donald F. & Mildred Topp Othmer Scholarship Award which consisted of a $1000 cash prize, and award certificate, a free registration to the Annual Student Conference and recognition during the Student Awards Ceremony at the ASC , Minnesota.
NATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
AIChE-VIT's members have always been keen in taking part in the various fests across the country. Under the guidance of our Technical Chair, we have made a mark in almost every fest we've been to. Here is a list of our National Achievements from 2016 till date.
SYNTROPY
REGIONAL STUDENT CONFERENCE MIT-WPU PUNE 31/8/2019
RSC provides a platform for the smartest minds all over the country to interact and compete with students having similar calibres.
Mr. Sparsh Modi, Mr. Satvik Verma, Mr. Parth Agarwal and Ms. Ruby Susan Raju won the 1rst prize in Chem-E-Jeopardy.
Mr. Ambuj Gupta and Ms. Ayushi Gaur won the 1rst prize in Chem-E-Safe.
Mr. Rohan Damani won the 1st prize in Chem-E-Car Poster Competition.
We applaud their achievements and hope that our members will bring more laurels to the chapter.
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CHEMCLAVE
ANNUAL CHEMICAL FEST OF IIT MADRAS 4/3/2017
Ms. Aarushi Sharma and Ms. Samiha Bhatt won the 2nd Prize in the Debate Competition.
AZEOTROPY
ANNUAL CHEMICAL FEST OF IIT BOMBAY 4/3/2017
This time at Azeotropy we captured three prizes:
CHEM-E-SWITCH:
1st Position: Mr. Sayan Talapatra, Mr. Harsh Ambasta, Mr. Ayush Pagnis and Mr. Himanshu Singh Rana.
2nd Position: Mr. Suyash Pathak, Mr. Ritvik Shukla, Mr. Snehashish Chakraborty.
CHEM-E-CAR:
3rd Position:Mr. Sayan Talapatra, Mr. Harsh Ambasta, Mr. Ayush Pagnis and Mr. Himanshu Singh Rana.
SOCIETY OF PETROLEUM FEST
UPES Dehradun 9/2/2017
Mr. Varun Kaushal and Mr. Naman Gupta won the 3rd Prize in the Petroleum Industry Based Debate Competition.
AZEOTROPY
ANNUAL CHEMICAL FEST OF IIT BOMBAY 10/3/16
AZeotropy is one of the events which we look forward to every year. In the Chem-e-Car which is a premium event of their fest, we won two prizes viz. :-
Runners Up Prize to Mr. Sayan Talapatra, Mr. Ayush Pagnis, Mr. Harsh Ambasta and Mr. Himanshu Singh Rana.
Best Model Prize to Mr. Suyash Pathak, Mr. Anubhav Mishra, Mr. Ritvik Shukla, Mr. Diptarko Roy.
TATHVA
ANNUAL TECHFEST OF NIT CALICUT 20/10/16
Mr. Bhowmick Patidar and Mr. Venu Agarwal won the 3rd Prize on Concorso – Quiz Event held on October 22 at National Institute Of Technology, Calicut.
PAPER PRESENTATIONS
Mr. Naman Gupta, Mr. Varun Kaushal and Ms. Leena Verma presented a paper on "Modification of electrodialytic cell" and won the 2nd prize in the Paper Presentation-Downstream Category at the UPES, Society of Petroleum Engineering FEST , Dehradun 2017.
Ms. Leena Verma and Ms.Aarushi Sharma presented their paper on ‘ oil- Polluted Sea Water Purification By Carbonised Peanut Shell’ at the National Conference onGreen Enginnering held at BIT Capmus, Anna Universityon the 16th and 17th September, 2016. The won the 2nd Prize for the mentioned and were awarded with certificates.
Ms. Samiha Bhat brought laurels to our chapter when she received the third position for paper presentation at Bhim Raju Institute of Technology . She presented her paper on the topic, “EXPERIMENTAL STUDY AND ADSORPTION MODELING OF COD REDUCTION BY PYROGENIC SILICA FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT AT CHENNAI PETROLEUM CORPORATION LIMITED”