About Us
Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy (IIPE), Visakhapatnam, a domain-specific Institute at par with IITs and IIMs, is established by the Government of India under the aegis of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG) in the year 2016. The Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy Act, 2017 (No.3 of 2018) enacted by the Parliament and declared the Institute as an 'Institution of National Importance'. IIPE has achieved this prestigious status by joining with the major oil and gas corporations such as HPCL, IOCL, ONGC, OIL & GAIL.
Area of Excellence
Renewable Energy sector (Solar, Thermal, Wind, Bioenergy etc.) Petroleum Upstream Operations Midstream and Downstream Operations Applied Geology and Geophysics
Research Capability and Focus Area
Conventional and Renewable Energy Sources, Storage Downstream & Mid-stream operations of oil & gas Data science and AI for catalyst and drug design Computational fluid dynamics Power systems Nanotech
Notable Research / Publication
Academic Facilities
Laboratories for Teaching as per course curriculum Laboratories for Research Equipped with advanced instruments Centralized Library Digital Classroom Computer Lab with advanced software

Library Database
More than 30,000 books which cover more than 8ooo titles. Off-Campus Access to e-Resources E-books: National digital library E-Journals (National and International) E- News Papers and Magazines
