A team from 3rd year Chemical Engineering has secured Second Prize with a cash award of ₹1,00,000/- at the HMEL (HPCL- Mittal Energy Limited) i-QUEST Challenge 2026, held at HMEL Refinery, Bathinda, Punjab, on 17th October 2026.

Project: Integrated Hydrodynamic Cavitation and Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor for Recalcitrant Wastewater Treatment.

Team Members:
Ms. Gopidi Evanjali and Mr. Darla Naga Suresh (3rd year Chemical Engineering 2024-28 batch)

Mentor: Dr. Bhaskar Bethi

This achievement is highly significant as our team secured 2nd prize out of 519 ideas submitted across 110 institutions.