Devang Khakhar is currently Professor of Chemical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. He was the Director of the Institute from January 2009 to April 2019. He is a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering and the Indian National Science Academy. He serves on the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) of India. He has served in the past as an independent director on the Board of Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. and as a member on the Science Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India.