As part of its Diamond Jubilee year celebration, the CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology (IMMT), Bhubaneswar, organised a national workshop on Biochar and Bio-resources on December 14-15.
The workshop was inaugurated in the presence of chief guest Principal Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Empowerment,Dr Arabinda Kumar Padhee, Director, CSIR- IMMT Dr Ramanuja Narayan as guest and dignitaries from various sectors including corporate, industry and start-up and NGO, etc.
The event was organised in collaboration with IBBN, GIZ, Biochar Crusader which are actively supporting the activities related to Biochar and bio-resource management for sustainable agriculture and environment.
Director, CSIR, IMMT, Dr Ramanuj Narayan welcomed all the collaborators, sponsors (Gold-Sanjivani Agro-Machinery, Nagpur and Silver-Circonomy, Singapore) and participants from various organisations spread across India.
Dr Narayan shared information about recent formation of Task Force on Biochar utilisation under Ministry of Steels, Government Of India and highlighted the emerging scope of R and D towards carbon neutral India. On the occasion, Chief Scientist Dr N K Dhal and CSIR-IMMT CRTDH Co-ordinatorDr Yatendra Singh Chaudhary shared their opinions.
Kshitij Urs from IBBN and RK Mehta from Biochar Crusader shared their work about the Biochar and Bio-resource theme. The workshop consisted of both practical and case-study oriented deliberations by renowned resource persons from various corporates, industries and institutes.
In the workshop, various methods such as trench, drum and continuous rotary pyrolysis system of Biochar production was also demonstrated to the participants.
