Chemical engineers generally work in design, operations or research departments of manufacturing companies as well as in engineering service companies. For understanding their role in various industries you can refer - Where do chemical engineers work?

Below are some industries where chemical engineers can work:

Oil & gas

Indian companies - ONGC, HPCL, BPCL, Reliance Petroleum Ltd., Indian Oil Corporation, GAIL

Non-Indian companies - Royal Dutch Shell, Exxon Mobil, BP, Total, Chevron

Chemical processing

Like manufacturing industrial chemicals

Indian companies - Tata Chemicals, Gujarat Fluorochemicals Ltd., Aarti Industries

Non-Indian companies - BASF, DowDuPont Inc. (merging of Dow Chemical & Du Pont)

Pharmaceutical

Indian companies - Cipla, Lupin, Glenmark

Non-Indian companies - Pfizer, Roche, GlaxoSmithKline

Textile

Indian companies - Bombay Dyeing, Grasim Industries, Century Textiles and Industries Ltd.

Food

Indian companies - Amul, Brittania Industries

Non-Indian companies - Nestle, PepsiCo

Consumer products

Like shampoos, detergents, adhesives, paints etc.

Indian companies - Godrej Consumer Products Ltd., Asian Paints, Pidilite Industries

Non-Indian companies - Procter & Gamble, Unilever

Agriculture

Like manufacturing fertilisers, pesticides etc.

Indian companies - GNFC, Coromandel International, UPL, Chambal Fertilisers, Rashtriya Chemicals, Zuari Agro Chemicals, GSFC, NFL, Rallis India

Non-Indian companies - PotashCorp, Yara International, Bayer Crop Science

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Engineering services & consulting

Indian companies - Engineers India Ltd., Tata Consulting Engineers Ltd., Larsen & Toubro Hydrocarbon Engineering

Non-Indian companies - Schlumberger, Linde Engineering, Halliburton, Baker Hughes

Chemical engineering software

Non-Indian companies - Aspen Technology, Honeywell

Automotive

Indian companies - Tata Motors, Mahindra & Mahindra

Non-Indian companies - Toyota, General Motors

Nuclear energy

Indian companies - Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd., Bhabha Atomic Research Centre

Some of the non-Indian companies above may also have their offices in India.

You can refer the jobs/careers page of companies to understand the type of roles being offered and skills required.

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