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B.E. (Chemical Engineering) Project Management for Chemical Process Industries Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026

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The University has moved this degree onto NEP 2020 one year at a time. The first, second and third years are on NEP 2020; the final year is still on the REV-2019 'C' Scheme, which is what the University sets for it this year.

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Semester 7 · Final Year BE Chemical

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Syllabus for Project Management for Chemical Process Industries

Semester 7 · Final Year BE Chemical

Module 1: Concepts of project management:

  • Definition of project, project management, project types, project life cycle,Definition of project management, Project deliverables and Stakeholder management,Difference between project management and formal/product management, Role-responsibilities and skills of project manager, project overruns. Case studies : Super clean paperboards, DEMCO manufacturing , Accorn, Govardhan group

Module 2: Project management in process industries: Project strategy, Project

  • specification, Project engineering, Detailed design, Procurement, Construction, Commissioning and Closure

Module 3: Feasibility report, licensing and clearances

  • Feasibility reports: Pre feasibility report, Techno economic feasibility report,Detailed project report Contents of feasibility report: Raw material survey, Market survey and demand study, technical study, location survey, financial survey. Types of cost estimates, Project selection criteria Estimation of project profitability: Payback period, Return on Investment (ROI) ,Net Present Value (NPV) , Internal Rate of Return (IRR), Benefit Cost Ratio (BCR) Industrial license and LOI, Various laws & regulations governing industries, Need for clearances and influences on project, List of various clearances. Case studies: Coal fired boilers project, Plant on river Yangtze, SIRIS pharma Hyderabad

Module 4: Project organization and contracting

  • Project scope, Types of WBS, Preparation of WBS, Development of responsibility matrix, development of project communication plan. The traditional management structure, Project management organizational structure: pure project, matrix, task force, Project team- responsibilities of various members. Contracts types, selection criteria,3R of contracting, types of reimbursements and tendering procedure Case studies: Hindustan oil company-housing project, Comfort flex, Hamad petroleum company

Module 5: Tools and techniques in project Management:

  • Project scheduling and execution: List of various tools and techniques used in project management, Project execution plan (PEP), Bar charts/GANTT charts, LOB Networking techniques PERT and CPM (critical path, float, total float, AOA and AON diagrams), Material Management- ABC and VED Analysis, Economic Order Quantity (EOQ), CAT vs RAT, Time and cost control tools and techniques.

Module 6: Entrepreneurship:

  • Definition, Concept of entrepreneur and entrepreneurship, Ccompetencies of entrepreneur, Classification and types of entrepreneurship, Creativity techniques for entrepreneur, Startups- pre requisites, stages, ideas and funding Case study: Any example of startup and entrepreneur

References

  • 1 Project Management, Choudhary, S., Tata Mc Graw Hill(module 1 to 6)
  • 2 Total Project Management, Joy, P. K.,(module 1 and 3)
  • 3 Project Management for process Industries, Gillian Lawson, I chemE(Module 1 and 2)
  • 4 Project Management Case Studies, Harold Kerzner, Second edition, John Wiley and Sons(for case studies)
  • 5 Project Management-The Managerial Process, Clifford Gray, 6th edition, McGraw Hill (module 1,3,4,5)
  • 6 Plant Design and Economics for Chemical Engineers,Klaus D Timmerhaus,5 th edition, McGraw Hill(Module 3 and 5)
  • 7 Theory and problems in financial management, Khan, M.Y.; Jain, P.K.; Second Edition, Tata McGraw Hill (Module 2 and 4)
  • 8 Fundamentals of Financial Management, Vyuptakesh Sharan , Second Edition, Pearson publications(module 2 and 4)
  • 9 Dynamics of entrepreneurial development and management, Vasant Desai (module 6)
  • 10 Project Management Workbook, ICMR India (Module 1,2,3,4,5,6)
  • 11 Entrepreneurship and Startups-Prof Nishant Dubey and Prof Mishra, NITTTR, Bhopal

Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.E. (Chemical Engineering) under R-2019 'C' Scheme, in force from the academic year 2022-23. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Module numbering is as printed there too.

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