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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

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