Biofuels and bio-refineries
Date & Time: 1st December 2021; 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Venue: Online Mode
The details of the session can be seen in the following table:
| Sr No | Topics | Speakers | Time | Recorded Videos |
| 1 | Welcome and Introduction (15 min) | Prof. Shireesh Kedare (PiC CoE-OGE) & Prof. Yogendra Shastri (Chemical, IITB) | 3:00 pm - 3:15 pm | Welcome |
| 2 | Keynote Address: Decarbonization and role of biofuels (25 min) | Dr. Deepak Tuli (Former Chair, DBT- IOC,Bioenergy Centre) | 3:15 pm - 3:40 pm | Keynote Address |
| 3 | Presentation: Integration of 1G and 2G plants: practical challenges (20 min) | Dr. Pramod Kumbhar (President & CTO, Praj Industries Ltd.) | 3:40 pm - 4:00 pm | Presentation |
| 4 | Presentation: Sustainable aviation fuel (20 min) | Dr. Anil Kumar Sinha (Principal Scientist, CSIR, IIP) | 4:00 pm - 4:20 pm | Presentation |
| 5 | Presentation: Policy enablers for successful commercialization of 2G ethanol and CBG (20 min) | Mr. Ashish Kumar (MD, VERBIO, India) | 4:20 pm - 4:40 pm | Presentation |
| 6 | Presentation: Biomass to chemicals and value-added products (20 min) | Dr. Jennifer Holmgren (CEO, LanzaTech) | 4:40 pm - 5:00 pm | Presentation |
| 7 | Panel Discussion: (60 min) |
Dr. Ghanshyam Deshpande (Praj Industries), Prof. S Dasappa (IISc, Banglore), Dr. Ajit Sapre (Group President, RIL), Coordinator – Prof. Sanjay Mahajani (Chemical, IITB) |
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Panel Discussion |
Organizing Committee:
Chair - Prof. Yogendra Shastri (Chemical, IITB)
Members -
Prof. Srinivas (DESE)
Prof. Sanjay Mahajani (Chemical, IITB)
Shri Y B Ramakrishna (Advisor, IOCL)
Shri Bharathan S/Shri Pramod Kumar (HPCL)
Dr. G S Kapur/Shri R P Gupta (IOCL)
Shri R K Gupta (EIL)
Dr. Ravi Kumar V (BPCL)