Prof. Devang Khakhar received his Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering from IIT Delhi in 1981. He subsequently received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 1986.Prof. Khakhar is presently Professor of Chemical Engineering and Dean of Faculty at IIT Bombay.After spending one semester at IIT Kanpur as a Visiting Faculty Member, Prof. Khakhar joined IIT Bombay in January 1987 as a Lecturer. He became a Professor at IIT Bombay in 1996.

 He was also a Visiting Faculty Member at Northwestern University in 1996. Prof. Khakhar served as the Head of Chemical Engineering from 2002 to 2004 and became Dean of Faculty in 2005.Prof. Khakhar has made pioneering research contributions in a number of areas of Chemical Engineering including polymers, granular mechanics and mixing. The work has been published in top international journals such as Nature and Science. Some of the work has had a direct impact on industrial practice. Prof. Khakhar teaches courses related to fluid mechanics, granular mechanics and polymers.He receive H K Firodia awards in 2014 for chemistry.