Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai

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 Institute has a glorious history of 78 years, having produced many industrialists, academics, bureaucrats, Padma awardees, secretaries to Government Departments, directors of CSIR labs and over 500 first generation entrepreneurs. The institute has very strong linkages with industry and produced some of the topmost academics and industrialists. Some of the distinguished alumni includes- Padmavibhushan Professor M.M. Sharma, Member, Scientific Advisory Committee to the Cabinet, Padmabhushan Dr. R. A. Mashelkar, former Director General, CSIR, Shri Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director, Reliance Industries, Padmashri Dr. K. Anji Reddy, Chairman, Dr. Reddy’s Lab, Shri Ashwin Dani, Vice-Chairman, Asian Paints Ltd., Shri C.V. Gogri, Chairman, Aarti Group of Industries, Dr. K. H. Gharda, Chairman and Managing Director, Gharda Chemicals and the Late Manubhai Shah, Commerce Minister in Pt. Nehru’s Cabinet.

ICT is ranked among the best in India having the highest NAAC rank of A++ with CGPA of 3.77/4.00. It was declared at Category I institute by MHRD/UGC Notification Regulations, 2018. F. No. 1-8-2017(CPP-II)). On 3rd April, 2018, The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) of MHRD placed ICT at No. 10 in Engineering, No. 4 in Pharmacy, No. 19 among Universities and No. 30 among all.  The Web of Science, an international agency, showed in September 2016 that based on the normalized citation index, ICT was ranked number one, ahead of IISc and IITs, and central universities. Once again in the Scopus Survey April 2018, ICT is found to be the top most using the Weighted Average Citation Impact in the country among all universities and IITs. 

On March 2018, ICT for the first times crossed the confines of Maharashtra when the institute inaugurated the “ICT Mumbai Indian Oil Odisha Campus” at Bhubaneswar on 18th March 2018. The Institute has signed MOU with IIT Kharagpur for collaborating in various research activities. On May 4th 2018 was another glorious day for ICT, when ICT officially established its second campus outside Mumbai in Marathwada Jalna. Both these off campuses are running 5-year Integrated M Tech in Chemical Engineering program, and 2-year MTech programs in 6 disciplines in addition to PhD programs at present.