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Western Regional Council, FICCI Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industries ¡V Western Regional Council (FICCI-WRC), is organizing a two day conference on "Green-fuel". An Eco-friendly, Farm Grown next Generation Fuel on 29th and 30th of September¡2005 at Hotel Intercontinental, Andheri (E), Mumbai, India.

As you are aware that rapidly increasing fuel consumption and consequent depletion of fossil reserves clearly shows that the end of the Fossil Fuel Age is not very far. Besides, such fuels are the chief contributors to urban air pollution and a major source of greenhouse gases (GHGs) - considered to be the main causes behind the climate change phenomena. India has a great potential for production of bio-fuels like bio-ethanol and bio-diesel from non-edible oil seeds.

The enormous potential of bio-fuel is yet to be realized in India. Our aim at FICCI-WRC, in organizing a Conference-¡§Green-fuel¡¨¡V An Eco-friendly, Farm Grown next Generation Fuel ¡V¡¦05 is to bring together technological experts, policy makers, regulatory officials, industry leaders, growers/farmers, distillers associations, sugar manufacturers association, oil companies, traders, automobile association, entrepreneurs, promotional and marketing agencies and financial institutions to:-

Tap the high potential of producing bio-fuel from India¡¦s waste
agricultural produce

Enhance energy security owing to reduced dependence on oil imports

Develop proper technology/ strategies to reduce vehicular pollution for better environment

Utilize the waste natural resources for healthier tomorrow

Increase employment and derive significant improvement of the rural economy.


We have invited Hon¡¦ble Union Minister of Agriculture Shri Sharad Pawar as chief guest and Shri Vilasrao Deshmukh, Hon¡¦ble Chief Minister of Maharashtra to be our guest of Honour. Eminent speakers from different fields who have been invited to address the conference include:-


Mr. Vinay Kore, Minister, MNES, Govt. of Maharashtra,
Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, Chairman, MS Swaminathan Res. Foundation,
Dr. Daniel Gustafson, FAO representative (India),
Dr. Craig Bryson from Australia,
Dr. Reinhard K. Henning from Germany amongst others.


I request you to attend the conference alongwith your colleagues. Pls. find attached prog. details. Please do confirm your participation through the attached registration form. In order to defray cost, a nominal delegate fee of Rs. 3,000/- is being charged.


On 29 - 30 September¡¦05

Venue: Hotel Intercontinental, Mumbai, India

Tentative Conference Programme
Chief Guest : Hon. Union Minister of Agriculture
Shri Sharad Pawar


Day One: 29th September 2005

09:00-- 09:30 Registration
09:30 -- 10:30 Inaugural Session
Welcome address : Mr. Sushil Kr. Jiwarajka, Chairman FICCI-WRC
Programme overview : Dr. S.K.Chopra, Sr. Adviser, MNES, GOI
Key Note Address : Dr. M.S.Swaminathan, Chairman, MS Swaminathan Res. Foundation, Chennai

Special Address : Shri. Vinay Kore, Minister, MNES, Govt. of M.S.

Inaugural Address : Shri Sharad Pawar, Hon. Union Minister of Agriculture

Vote of Thanks : Mr. P.M. Sinha, Chairman, FICCI-Agriculture and Rural
Development committee

10:30 --- 10:45 Tea Break

10:45 -- 12:45 Session I: Opportunities in India
Session Chair: Dr. Daniel Gustafson, FAO Representative, India-Nepal
+++ Can India meet the challenge of Green-fuel?
Dr. Craig Bryson, Australia
+++ Green-fuel: Enhanced Employment opportunities
Mr. Anil Harlalka, Project Head, Noble Explochem, Nagpur
+++ Green-fuel Advantages and Opportunities : A Future Roadmap
Mr. C.S.Bhaskar, MD, Naturol Fuels Ltd., Hyderabad
Discussion and Concluding remarks by Chair

12:45 --- 13:45 Lunch

13:45 --- 15:45 Session II: Wasteland development
Session Chair- Dr. Ramakrishnan, Director(R&D), Reliance Life Sciences
+++ Green-fuel plantation for wasteland development
Mr. K Singh, MD, MP Agro Industries Corporation
+++ Promoting Farming For Future Fuel-
Mr. Roshan, SRIPHL, Churu, Rajasthan
+++ High Yielding Green-Fuel of the Future-Role of Biotech
Dr. S. Shetty, MD, Labland Biotech, Mysore
+++ Utilisation of wasteland for energy supply
Dr. R.K. Malhotra, GM(R&D), IOC
Discussion and Concluding remarks by Chair

15:45 -- 16:00 Tea Break

16:00 -- 18:00 Session III: Diverse sources of Green-fuel
Session Chair- Mrs. Leena Mehendale, Executive Director, PCRA, New-Delhi
+++ Various sources and their maximum utilization
Mr. Pramod Chaudhuri, Chairman, Praj Industries Ltd., Pune
+++ Green-fuel: Alternate and cost effective mechanism
Mr. Amitava Banerjee, DGM (Tech), Lurgi India, New Delhi
+++ Sweet sorghum: A potential alternative source of Green-fuels
Dr. V. Reddy, Principal Scientist, ICRISAT, Hyderabad
+++ Green-fuel: The Vegetable oil route
Mr. S. Chaturvedi, Director, GOCL, Gujarat
Discussion and Concluding remarks by Chair

Day Two: 30th September 2005

10:00 -- 11:30 Session I: Consultancy, marketing of Biofuel
Session Chair ¡VDr. R Mandal, Advisor, Planning commission, GOI, New-Delhi
+++ Green-fuel Consultancy: A direction in poverty alleviation
Dr. Reinhard K.Henning, Germany
+++ Green-fuel : A sustainable continuous economic development
Dr. G Best, FAO
+++ Green-Fuel: A Brazilian perspective ¡V
Dr. A. Kadakia, Managing Director, Hon. Consul of Brazil
Discussion and Concluding remarks by Chair


11:30 --- 11:45 Tea Break


11:45--- 13:30 Session II:

Policy, Pricing and Carbon Credit
Session Chairman- Dr. S.K.Chopra, Sr. Adviser, MNES, GOI
+++ Green-fuel: Environmental Impact
Dr. T S Panwar, TERI, New Delhi
+++ Green-fuel :Technical Issues and Policies
Dr. Renu Swarup, Director, DBT
+++ Green-fuel : Technical valuation of carbon credit (CER)
Ms. Chithra Srinivasan, Earnst and Young
+++ Green-fuel : Possible upside from carbon credit- SRF
Discussion and Concluding remarks by Chair

13:30 -- 14:30 Lunch


14:30 --- 16:30 Session III: Farm Credit, Investment requirements
Session Chairperson- Mrs. Ranjana Kumar, Chairperson, NABARD
+++ Economic opportunities in Green-fuel energy
Mr. Ramesh Kumar, CGM, SBI
+++ Business potential in green-fuel energy production
Mr. Alagarswamy, Dr. MGR Foundation, Chennai
+++ Green-fuel: The needs for awareness and incentives
Kalyan Chakravarthy, Yes Bank
Discussion and Concluding remarks by Chair

16:30 - 16:45 Tea


16:45 - 17:30 Valedictory Session

Welcome address ---

--Mr. P.M.Sinha, Chairman, FICCI-Agriculture and Rural Development

committee Proceeding presentation by --

Mr. J.S.Saharia, Principal Secretary (Agri and Hort.), Govt of Maharashtra
Valedictory Address by--

Mr. Vilasrao Deshmukh, Chief Minister of Maharashtra
Vote of Thanks by--

Mr. Sushil Kumar Jiwarajka, Chairman, FICCI-WRC

Integrated hot air roasting machine -- patent thereof

Ref
Integrated hot air roasting machine
A project sponsored by me when I was ED of PCRA.
INTEGRATED HOT AIR ROASTING MACHINE
http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/wo.jsp?wo=2006103526
Developed by PCRA and Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore
and patent filed.
The invention relates to an integrated hot air roasting machine for roasting/ toasting of cereals, pulses, spices, oil seeds and ready to-eat snac foods using flue gas, with the roasting, resting and cooling operations being performed in a single machine. The product processed by using this device has uniform roasting, uniform color, moisture and other sensorial properties. All the variables such as residence time, temperature of the hot air, resting time and cooling time of the roasted material are done sequentially by use of a programmable logical controller (PLC). The device is energy efficient as the hot air is recirculated. The roasted material will be discharged through the out let chute of the hot air roasting machine to the resting chamber, where the material is held inside this chamber for the moisture to stabilize.

Leena Mehendale elected R C Chairman of BORI

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BORI elects its 25 council members

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Pune, June 6 The 25 members of the regulating council of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute (BORI) were elected on Friday. The members of the council will now choose an honorary secretary on July 6 to head BORI for the next three years.

Shripad Bhat, Shailaja Bapat, A B Marathe, V L Manjul, S S Bhaulkar, Leela Arjunwadkar, Saroja Bhate, Malhar Kulkarni, M G Dhadphale, Deepak Tilak, G u Thite, P G Lalye, Bhupal Patwardhan, Maitreyee Deshpande, Rucha Mulay, S D joshi, Sadanand More, Shobana Gokhale, Kalyani Namjoshi, Leena Mehendale, Vasant Gadgil, R m Bhalerao, Shyam Satpute, Arun Barve, G T Panse are the new elected R C members.

The counting of votes went on till late this evening. Out of the 487 votes cast, only 328 were rendered valid. The next step is for the post of the honorary secretaryship, for which the two contestants are Saroja Bhate and M G Dhadphale.

M G Dhadphale, the incumbent secretary, has kept alive BORI in the public consciousness. He has claimed to be responsible for pulling through the Union Budget grant of over Rs 7.5 crore for the institute but there have been constant reports of friction between him and ex- secretaries and council members.

Over 48 candidates filed applications for the 25 RC seats till April 15. The ballot papers were distributed on April 25 to over 1,500 life members, who alone can vote for the council.

The last date for the sending in the votes for the members was on June 5. The counting process was conducted on Friday and the results were declared around 9.30 pm.