Sunil Bhagwat

Dr Sunil S Bhagwat was appointed as the Director at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune in 2023.

Dr. Sunil S Bhagwat is a faculty member at the Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai (fka UDCT/UICT) since 1986 and is currently the Professor of Chemical Engineering. He is a former head of the Department of Chemical Engineering there.

His area of Specialization is Interfacial Science and Engineering, Artificial Neural Networks, Energy and Exergy Engineering.

His group (over 40 Doctoral students completed and 80masters) has successfully completed several research projects funded by government agencies and private companies in India and abroad. His group won the NOCIL award of IIChE in 2012 and the Bry-Air Asia award for HVAC in 2013. He was awarded Best Teacher Award in ICT several times and also Indian National Science Aacademy (INSA) Teacher Award in 2016. In 2019, the UDCT Alumni Association’s Distinguished Alumnus Award – Academic category, was bestowed upon him. He is also an active consultant to many chemical industries .

He has over 100 international publications and over 80 national/ international conference presentations and 10 patents to his credit.