Laxminarayan Institute Of Tech., Nagpur

About us

Laxminarayan Institute of Technology (LIT), established in 1942, is a premier government aided institute of higher education in the field of chemical engineering and technology .The sprawling 78 acre campus of LIT acts as a sanctum of learning in Central India. The institute attracts students with excellent academic credentials from all over the country ...

Courses offered:

B. Tech (Chemical Engineering) Course

B. Tech (Chemical Technology) Course

Department of Chemical Engineering

The Laxminarayan Institute of Technology proudly boasts of a full fledged Department in the field of Chemical Engineering suited to such fields as Mass Transfer, Heat Transfer, Unit Operations and Fuels and Combustion. It has an attached big Computer Laboratory catering to around 25 students at any one time with internet and other facilities. A Process Control Laboratory guides students in the State of Art in the Industry. A post graduate programme in the subject has been in operation since 1966.

Department of Applied Chemistry

The Department of Food Technology Started in 1973, the food technology section has independently grown into a full-fledged Post-graduate laboratory with all modern facilities for the testing and analysis of food.

Department of Oil Technology

The Oil Technology section is in existence form the inception in 1942. It has a Pilot Plant attached to the section to educate students in the processing of Oils, Manufacture of Soaps and Detergents and ancillary products. The section also runs a full time post-graduate programme well suited to analysis of all Oil based products.


Department of Surface Coating Technology

Started around seven years back this is a new Department under the ninth plan supported by UGC and is in operation in coordination with the Department of Oil Technology. It runs under –graduate courses with excellent paint making machinery and has been the hub of an International Project on development of eco-friendly paints.

Department of Paper and Pulp Technology



Started in 1977, the Paper and Pulp Technology came into being under the Golden Jubilee Programme of the University, Since its inception it has made great strides in the art of Paper Making and has become a center for the analysis of paper and expertise in the art of paper making.

Department of Plastics and Polymer Technology

This department started in 1996.