CSIR- IMMT organised National Workshop on  “Biochar and Bio-resources”

By Ananya Das

Bhubaneswar,Dec 14 : As part of its diamond jubilee year celebrationCSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology (IMMT), Bhubaneswaris organising a 2 days long National Workshop on Biochar and Bio-resources on 14th and 15th December 2023. The workshop was inaugurated in the presence of Chief GuestDr.

Arabinda Kumar Padhee, Principal Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Empowerment, Odisha, Dr Ramanuja Narayan, Director, CSIR- IMMT, guest and dignitaries from various Corporates, Industries  and from start-up, NGO etc.

The workshop is 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.

Addressing the gathering 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, Govt. 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.

Mr. Kshitij Urs from IBBN and Mr. 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 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.

The workshop attracted more than 100 participants from all across Odisha and India, primarily from start-up, NGO and industries.