Conclave Session 3

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 NoTopicsSpeakersTimeRecorded Videos
1Welcome and Introduction (15 min)Prof. Shireesh Kedare (PiC CoE-OGE) & Prof. Yogendra Shastri (Chemical, IITB)3:00 pm - 3:15 pm                    Welcome
2Keynote Address: Decarbonization and role of biofuels (25 min)Dr. Deepak Tuli (Former Chair, DBT- IOC,Bioenergy Centre)3:15 pm - 3:40 pmKeynote Address
3Presentation: Integration of 1G and 2G plants: practical challenges (20 min)Dr. Pramod Kumbhar (President & CTO, Praj Industries Ltd.)3:40 pm - 4:00 pmPresentation
4Presentation: Sustainable aviation fuel (20 min)Dr. Anil Kumar Sinha (Principal Scientist, CSIR, IIP)4:00 pm - 4:20 pmPresentation
5Presentation: Policy enablers for successful commercialization of 2G ethanol and CBG (20 min)Mr. Ashish Kumar (MD, VERBIO, India)4:20 pm - 4:40 pmPresentation
6Presentation: Biomass to chemicals and value-added products (20 min)Dr. Jennifer Holmgren (CEO, LanzaTech)4:40 pm - 5:00 pmPresentation
7Panel 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 pmPanel 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)