IIT Kharagpur Launches ‘PK Sinha Center for BioEnergy’
The ‘PK Sinha Center for BioEnergy’ was launched at the hands of the Founder Dr. Prabhakant Sinha, Founder and Co-Chairman, ZS Associates and IIT Kharagpur alumnus in the presence Dr. Farooq Abdullah, Honorable Union Minister for New & Renewable Energy through video conferencing at the IIT Kharagpur campus.
With the world facing significant challenges on the energy and climatic front, Bioenergy has the unique potential of not only being an important source of renewable energy but also a cost-effective alternative to distributed generation and local consumption. Besides reducing the carbon footprint, Bioenergy will help in enhancing the income of villagers and rural communities. IIT KGP has been working on Bio-fuels research for several decades. It has the ambition of leap-frogging into the next generation with the launching of the PK Sinha Center for BioEnergy with seed funding of Rs. 10 crores from Dr. Prabhakant Sinha, an illustrious alumnus of the Institute.
…The center’s faculty members are currently working in the areas of Bio-ethanol, Bio-diesel, Bio-hydrogen, Algal and Microbial Biofuels and genetic prospecting of energy crops. READ MORE
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