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National workshop on Biochar and Bio-Resources at CSIR-IMMT
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Bhubaneswar(14/12/2023): As part of its diamond jubilee year celebration CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology (IMMT), Bhubaneswar is organising a 2-day National workshop on Biochar and Bio-Resources on December 14 and 15, 2023.The workshop is being 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.In the inaugural session, Dr.Arabinda Kumar Padhee, Principal Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Empowerment, Odisha graced the occasion as the chief guests.Dr.Ramanuj Narayan, Director, CSIR-IMMT, welcomed all the collaborators, sponsors (Gold-Sanjivani Agro-Machinery, Nagpur and Silver-Circonomy, Singapore) participants from various organisation 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 & D towards carbon neutral India.On the occasion Dr.N K Dhal, Chief Scientist and Dr.Yatendra Singh Chaudhary, CSIR-IMMT CRTDH Co-ordinator shared their opinion.Kshitij Urs from IBBN and R K Mehta from Biochar Crusader shared their work about the Biochar and Bio-resource theme.The workshop event consisted both practical and case-study oriented deliberation by renowned resource persons such as Prof.Paul Anderson, USA; Ravi Kalantri, GreenUrban Eco Services Pvt Ltd, Ahmedabad; Dr.Sunil Kumar, CSIR-NEERI, Nagpur; Dr.Thallada Bhaskar, CSIR-IIP, Dehradun; Manojj Natarajan, Goenvi Technologies Pvt Ltd, Thane, Maharashtra; Dr.S Dinesh Kumar, CSIR-CSMCRI, MARS-Mandapam, Tamil Nadu; Niroj Mohanty, Core CarbonX Sols Pvt.Ltd., Hyderabad; Bipin Sethi, United Sports Association, Dhalapathar-Khordha, Odisha; Kasinath Jena, M/S Jaydev Banana Farmers and Artisan Association, Balipatna, Bhubaneswar.In the workshop, various methods such as trench, drum and continuous rotary pyrolysis system of Biochar production was also demonstrated to the participants.The workshop attracted the participants (about 100) from all across Odisha and India, primarily from start-up, NGO and industries.The event was organized under the DSIR supported CSIR-CRTDH.Dr.Manish Kumar, Principal Scientist and Er.R Sathish, Senior Scientist from Environment and Sustainability Department, CSIR-IMMT, Bhubaneswar were Convenor and Co-convenor of the national collaborative workshop.