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Inside this issue: Highlights : Seminar at Pune 2-3 Highlights : Seminar at Belgavi 4-5 Highlights: VSI International Conference and Exhibition 6 Highlights: Webinar on Air Pollution Control 7 Highlights: Webinar on Bio- Fuels and By Products 8 Member’s Corner 8 Screenshot of Webinar on Bio Fuels & By products Dear Members, Greetings! I am happy to share my thoughts with you through this combined 18th-19th edi- tion of STAI e-Newsletter. 18 th edition was not released in time due to nationwide lock- down. In the past three months, we are passing through an unprecedented situation that brought the world to collectively combat the spread of a pandemic, put- ting economies on hold and changing everyday life & work for their communities. The sugar season 2019-20 is almost at fag end and the sugar production is likely to be 27 MT against consumption of 24 MT. With exports of 5 MT, the opening stock with the industry would be 12.5 MT as on 1 st Oct 2020 against 14.5 MT as on 1 st Oct 2019 which would be good enough to meet 6 months of the country’s con- sumption. Going forward for sustainability and profitability, the industry should ponder upon emulating Brazilian formula of having flexible factories wherein they easily switch between sugar/ethanol production depend- ing on the price premium of one over another. The Govt. on its part to encourage industry, has allowed production of ethanol from all the sources of sugar and even vide its notification dt. 13 th May 2020 ad- vised sugar mills to augment their ethanol production capacities. STAI organized two All India semi- nars, one each in the month of Jan & Feb 2020. After the relaxation in lockdown, as a new initiative, STAI for the first time successfully orga- nized two Webinar Sessions viz., 1)Air Pollution Control in Sugar Mills and Distilleries in May 2020 2)Bio-fuels & By-products in June 2020. Highlights of the seminars and webinars are given in subse- quent pages of this e-newsletter. STAI Council is drawing future course of activities for the Associa- tion and we are also awaiting for the govt guidelines for holding large gathering events. Accordingly we shall be communicating the venue & dates for the Annual Conven- tion in due course of time, keep- ing in view the safety, wellbeing of members and other stakeholders. Please stay safe by taking neces- sary precautions, maintain social distance for the safety of your near and dear ones. With regards, SANJAY AWASTHI STAI e News Letter From the Desk of President Mr Sanjay Awasthi , President, STAI Quarterly News Letter Vol. 6, Issue 18 - 19, 22 June 2020
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Inside this issue:

Highlights : Seminar at Pune 2-3

Highlights : Seminar at Belgavi 4-5

Highlights: VSI International

Conference and Exhibition

6

Highlights: Webinar on Air

Pollution Control

7

Highlights: Webinar on Bio-

Fuels and By Products

8

Member’s Corner 8

Screenshot of Webinar on Bio Fuels & By products

Dear Members,

Greetings!

I am happy to share my

thoughts with you through

this combined 18th-19th edi-

tion of STAI e-Newsletter. 18th

edition was not released in

time due to nationwide lock-

down. In the past three

months, we are passing

through an unprecedented

situation that brought the

world to collectively combat

the spread of a pandemic, put-

ting economies on hold and

changing everyday life & work

for their communities.

The sugar season 2019-20 is

almost at fag end and the

sugar production is likely to be

27 MT against consumption of

24 MT. With exports of 5 MT,

the opening stock with the

industry would be 12.5 MT as

on 1st Oct 2020 against 14.5

MT as on 1st Oct 2019 which

would be good enough to meet

6 months of the country’s con-sumption.

Going forward for sustainability and

profitability, the industry should

ponder upon emulating Brazilian

formula of having flexible factories

wherein they easily switch between

sugar/ethanol production depend-

ing on the price premium of one

over another. The Govt. on its part

to encourage industry, has allowed

production of ethanol from all the

sources of sugar and even vide its

notification dt. 13th May 2020 ad-

vised sugar mills to augment their

ethanol production capacities.

STAI organized two All India semi-

nars, one each in the month of Jan

& Feb 2020. After the relaxation in

lockdown, as a new initiative, STAI

for the first time successfully orga-

nized two Webinar Sessions viz.,

1)Air Pollution Control in Sugar

Mills and Distilleries in May 2020

2)Bio-fuels & By-products in June

2020. Highlights of the seminars

and webinars are given in subse-

quent pages of this e-newsletter.

STAI Council is drawing future

course of activities for the Associa-

tion and we are also awaiting for the

govt guidelines for holding large

gathering events. Accordingly we

shall be communicating the venue

& dates for the Annual Conven-

tion in due course of time, keep-

ing in view the safety, wellbeing of

members and other stakeholders.

Please stay safe by taking neces-

sary precautions, maintain social

distance for the safety of your

near and dear ones.

With regards,

SANJAY AWASTHI

STAI e News Letter

From the Desk of President

Mr Sanjay Awasthi , President, STAI

Q ua r te r l y Ne w s Le t te r V o l . 6 , I s s ue 1 8 - 1 9 , 2 2 J une 2 0 2 0

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All India One Day Seminar on “Bio-

Enzymes/other Technologies for

Condensate Treatment and Recy-

cling in a Distillery” was organized

by The Sugar Technologists’ Associ-ation of India (STAI) in association

with Shreenath Mhaskoba Sakhar

Karkhana on 22nd January 2020 at

SMSKL Sugar Factory, Shreenath

Nagar, Pune.

The seminar was followed by

delegates visit to SMSKL, Distillery

and Demo R & D 2G Ethanol Plant.

The seminar was organized to

create awareness regarding Water

Conservation in Molasses based

Distilleries which has assumed

great significance in today’s context for distilleries to take up treatment

processes for achieving zero fresh

water usage.

The seminar was attended by over

150 delegates from across the

country.

Following dignitaries graced the

occasion and addressed the dele-

gates during the Inaugural Session:

Chief Guest-Mr P A Raut, Chair-

man, Shreenath Mhaskoba Sakhar

Karkhana

Mr Sanjay Awasthi, President,

STAI and Business Head, Isgec

Heavy Engineering

Mr Anup Kesarwani, Vice Presi-

dent, STAI and Director, Chemical

Systems Technologies

Mr P K Belsare, Vice President,

STAI and Managing Director,

Indiana Sucro - Tech (Pune)

Mr D.M. Raskar, Council Member,

STAI and CEO Shreenath Mhasko-

ba Sakhar Karkhana

Speaking on the occasion Mr Sanjay

Awasthi said that the game changer

for the Indian Sugar Industry has

been the Govt of India’s new Bio-Fuel

Policy – 2018 which allows produc-

tion of ethanol through B heavy

molasses as well as with the direct

sugarcane syrup for blending with

petrol. In near future this will not

only make the industry sustainable

but can also be an import substitute

to crude oil.

With the above new plants for

ethanol production will be estab-

lished and for the same industry

needs to focus on adoption of

modern technologies to adhere to the

stringent guidelines of the Govern-

ment of India of Zero Liquid Dis-

charge.

Mr P A Raut, Chairman, Shreenath

Mhaskoba Sakhar Karkhana , Chief

Guest in his address shared the

modernization journey of SMSKL

Plant from 1250 TCD plant estab-

lished in 2004-05 to a modern

present day 4500 TCD Sugar

Factory and attached 10 MW Power

Plant ,45 KLPD distillery and 3

KLPD R & D 2 G Ethanol plant.

He added further, “With the faith of Sugarcane Growers surrounding the

factory area and through the

dedicated team of technocrats the

factory has implemented modern

technologies and also running

various R & D Programmes for

achieving higher efficiency and

profitability”

STAI Publication “Year Book and

Technical Data Directory of

Indian Sugar Factories for the

year 2017-18 and 2018-19” was also released during the occasion.

Mr P K Belsare proposed a Vote of

Thanks and thanked all the dele-

gates, speakers and sponsors for

their active participation in the

seminar.

Highlights :All India One Day Seminar on “Bio-Enzymes/other

Technologies for Condensate Treatment and Recycling in a Distillery,

22nd January 2020, Pune

STAI e News Letter Page 2

Chief Guest Mr P A Raut, Chairman, SMSKL & Mr Sanjay Awasthi, President, STAI releasing Year Book & Technical Data Directory of Indian Sugar Factories 2017-18 & 2018-19 and Seminar Proceedings

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as spent lees, cleaning water and

condensate is treated in condensate

polishing unit (CPU). Treated water

is recycled/reused within the

premises to reduce intake of fresh

water.

A 3 KLPD Cellulosic non food

biomass (Agri Waste) based modular

demo 2G ethanol production R & D

plant is established adjacent to

SMSKL Distillery.

The delegates visited both the plants

and learnt regarding the modern

technologies.

The Technical Session of the

programme was chaired by Mr Anup

Kesarwani, VP, STAI and Co-Chaired

by Mr A H Patel, Council Member,

STAI and MD, Shree Khedut SKUM

Following papers were presented &

discussed during the seminar :

Biocatalyst for Utilization of

Condensate Water in Distillery by

V. Sriram, P.K.Dash, Srikan-

teshwara, D M Raskar

Experiences of Catalysts Ad-

vanced Oxidation Technology for

Raw MEE Condensate Recycle

into Fermentation for molasses

dilution in Distilleries by Chan-

dra Shekar, Dilip S Jain

Treatment and Reuse of Process

Condensate Generated from

Evaporation Plant in Molasses

and Grain based Distilleries by

Manish Kharawade

Distillery Condensate Treatment

and Recycling by R.S. Shewale

Role of Bioenzymes in improving

efficiencies in Sugar and Distill-

e ry process by V. Sr i -

ram, P.K.Dash, Srikanteshwara

Use of Bio-Enzymes for Distillery

Condensate Recycle by Shriram

Shinde

Distillery and 2G Ethanol Plant

A visit to Distillery Plant of

SMSKL, Pune and 2G Ethanol

Production R & D Plant estab-

lished by SMSKL in collaboration

with Praj Industries, was also

organized during the seminar.

The 45 KLPD SMSKL Distillery is a

modern plant using Zero Liquid

Discharge technology. Exhaust

steam from power generation is

used in Sugar Mill/Distillery

Process and spent wash generated

from distillery is treated through bio

-methanation fo l lowed bio -

composting process. Effluent such

Highlights :All India One Day Seminar on “Bio-Enzymes/other

Technologies for Condensate Treatment and Recycling in a Distillery,

22nd January 2020,Pune (Contd.)

Page 3 STAI e News Letter

Top: Mr Anup Kesrwani, Chairman, Technical Session addressing delegates Bottom: Delegates interacting during visit to 2G Ethanol Demo Plant

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technical guidance, training etc. will

generate an aware farming commu-

nity and thus ensure supply of

quality sugarcane to the factory.

Mr Murugesh R Nirani, Chief

Guest, said that “Sugar Industry’s Scenario now a days is changing

very rapidly, power co-generation

from sugar factories which was

considered a profitable venture few

years back has now been taken over

by Ethanol Production. Also sugar

factories need to shift their focus,

understand the market conditions

and gradually changing manufac-

turing process from Double Sul-

phitation to refined sugar. Through

this the factories not only be able to

meet increasing internal demand for

the refined sugar but calibrate our

position as a credible exporter of

sweetner on sustained basis.

Mr P K Belsare, Vice President,

STAI proposed a Vote of Thanks and

thanked all the delegates, speakers

and sponsors for their active

participation in the seminar.

All India One Day Seminar on

“Advances in Sugar Grading and Food Safety Standards to produce

Quality Sugar”, was successfully organized by The Sugar Technolo-

gists' Association of India on 22nd

February 2020 at Belgavi, Karna-

taka. The seminar was attended by

nearly 140 delegates from across the

country.

The following dignitaries graced the

occasion and addressed the dele-

gates :

Chief Guest Mr. Murugesh R

Nirani, Chairman, Nirani Group of

Industries & Member of Legislative

Assembly of Karnataka

Dr R.B. Khandgave, Director, S

Nijalingappa Sugar Institute

Mr M.G. Joshi, Managing Director,

Jawahar Shetkari S.S.K. Ltd

Mr Thorsten Middelhof, Sales

Director - Industrial Applications,

Rhewum Gmbh, Germany

Mr G. Venkateswara Rao, COO

KCP Sugars and Vice President,

STAI

Mr P K Belsare, Vice President,

STAI and Managing Director,

Indiana Sucro - Tech (Pune)

Speaking on the occasion Mr G

Venkateswara Rao said that

“Growing urbanization, rising

standard of living and changing

lifestyles has led to less sugar being

consumed at households and more

and more food being prepared at

food processing units. Because of

health and hygiene issues the

consumer today is taking keen

interest in knowing the way sugar is

produced, processed and marketed

to them.

Mr Siddharth Wadennavar,

Managing Director , Satish Sugars

said that farmers are one of the

most important success pillars of a

sugar factory. A farmer centric

approach and providing support to

them in terms of inputs regarding

purchase of seeds, fertilizers,

Highlights :All India One Day Seminar on “Advances in Sugar

Grading and Food Safety Standards to produce Quality Sugar”, 22nd February 2020, Belagavi

Page 4 STAI e News Letter

(Left to Right ) : Mr. Thorsten Middelhof addressing the delegates, Mr P K Belsare, Mr M G Joshi ,Mr G. Venkateswara Rao, Dr R.B. Khandgave

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Quality Control in Sugar Indus-try – A Need of hour by Narendra

Mohan & Anushka Agarwal, NSI, Kanpur

Live Demonstration

Rhewum India Pvt Ltd., one of the

leading German equipment

manufacturer of industrial graders

in the world, arranged a live

demonstration to the delegates of a

full scale model of an energy

efficient state-of-the-art sugar

grader which plays an important

role in maintaining the desired

sugar quality. The equipment is

also very energy efficient vis-à-vis

conventional equipments currently

deployed in the Indian sugar

industry. The delegates showed

keen interest during the demon-

stration.

The Technical Session of the

programme was Chaired by Mr R V

Vatnal, Council Member, STAI and

Technical Advisor, MRN Group of

Companies and Co-Chaired by Mr C

N Deshpande, President, Jaywant

Sugars and Mr Atul Agarwal, Chief

Technical Officer, Godavari Biorefin-

eries Following papers were discussed

during the seminar : Food Safety Act and Indian Sugar

by Vasudha Keskar, Maarc

Labs,Pune Basic Principles of Grading and

available Technologies by Thor-

sten Middelhof, Rhewum, Germa-

ny

How to choose right Grading

Equipment in Sugar Industry by

Prabhat Kumar Tiwari, Rhewum

Essentials of Food Safety in

production of White Sugar by S.

Panda, R.N. Bhosale & R.V.

Dani, VSI presented by Mr V

Shinde Adoption of HACCP in Sugar

Mills for quality production with

enhanced efficiency by S Panda,

R.R. Patil & R.V. Dani, VSI

presented by Mr V Shinde Food Safety Standards to

produce good quality sugar by

R.B. Khandgave, SNSI, present-

ed by Mr Adhik Pawar

Wet Screening Technology by

Nitish Patil, Rhewum India Possibility for Sugar Industry to

divert into various other Biofuels

in addition to conventional

Ethanol by Excel Engineering

Highlights :All India One Day Seminar on “Advances in Sugar

Grading and Food Safety Standards to produce Quality Sugar”, 22 February 2020, Belagavi (Contd.)

Page 5 STAI e News Letter

Technical Session Speakers : Top (Left to Right): Dr (Mrs) Vasudha Keskar , Mr Prabhat Tiwari, Mr Prashant Jha

Bottom (Left to Right):Mr Nitish Patil, Delegates interacting during Live Demonstration of Sugar Grader

(Left to Right) Chief Guest Mr Murugesh Nirani; Mr Vijay Nirani ; Mr C N Deshpande, Co-Chair, Mr R V Vatnal, Chairman

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2nd International Conference and Exhibition on Sustainability –

Innovation & Diversification in Sugar and Allied Industry, VSI, Pune

STAI e News Letter Page 6

Agriculture Session-IV: Dr A D

Pathak, Director, ICAR-IISR, Lucknow as one of the Panellist in ‘Advanced Agro Techniques for Sustainable Sugarbeet Production’. Agriculture Session-V:Dr R

Vishwanathan, Principal Scientist, ICAR-SBI & Dr G P Rao, Principal Scientist, IARI, New Delhi as two of

the panellists in session ‘Integrated Management of Pests in Sugarcane: New Perspective’. Global Markets Session: Mr

Prakash Naiknavare, MD, NFCSF as one of panellist in session on ‘Global Sugar Markets and Econom-ics’ .

Exhibition: The Sugar Technolo-gists’ Association of India participat-ed in the event as an exhibitor and apprised the visitors about the activities of the association.

Vasantdada Sugar Institute organized 2nd International Conference and Exhibition on "Sustainability – Innovation & Diversification in

Sugar and Allied Industry" from January 31 to February 02, 2020 at VSI Campus, Pune. VSI had invited eminent personalities from around the world to the pro-

gramme as Session Chairs/Panelists for the Plenary Session and various Technical Sessions that also included following senior members of STAI:

Plenary Session : Dr S Solomon, Vice Chancellor, CSUAT, Kanpur chaired Plenary Session on ‘Sugar Industry across the Globe’ and Mr Vivek Pittie, Patron Member, STAI

and President, ISMA as one of the Panelists. Technical Session-I: Mr D K Goel, Hon. Editor, STAI chaired the session

‘Factory Processing and Engineering’.

Mr Sanjay Awasthi, President, STAI participated as of the panellist and also made a presentation on ‘Diversification through Bio-fuel and

Byproducts in Bio Refinery’. Technical Session-II: Dr GSC Rao,

Past President, STAI chaired the session on ‘Recent Development in Bio-Ethanol Technologies’. Technical Session-III: Mr Pramod

Chaudhari, Executive Chairman, Praj Industries chaired session on ‘Bio-Chemical Conversion Technolo-

gies for Advanced Bio-Fuels and Value Added Products’. Agriculture Session-I: Dr Bakshi

Ram, Director, ICAR-SBI, Coimba-

tore as one of the panellist in the session ‘Sugarcane Improvement through Breeding-Biotechnology for Abiotic and Biotic Stress’.

Top: Mr Sanjay Awasthi (Extreme Left) and Mr D K Goel (Second from Right) during Technical Session-I felicitation cere-mony by Mr Rajesh Tope (4th from Left), Hon’ble Minister for Public Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of Maharashtra Bottom: (Left) Mr Amit Khatter interacting with Mr Rajendra D Pawar, CMD, Baramati Agro Ltd. and presenting him “How Sweet” Coffee Table Book (Right) Mr Khatter at stall with Dr S Solomon, VC, CSUAT Kanpur

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STAI Webinar on “Revenue Generating Modern Technologies for Air Pollution Control in Sugar Mills & Distilleries”

Page 7

The Sugar Technologists’ Associa-tion of India in association with

M/s Enviropol Engineers organized

Webinar Session on “Revenue

Generating Modern Technologies

for Air Pollution Control in Sugar

Mills & Distilleries” held on 29 May

2020.

With the emission norms getting

more stringent, the capital expendi-

ture on Air Pollution Control Device

(APCD) is increasing for Sugar

Factories. In this scenario of profit

erosion urgent need of technology

integration is required, wherein

meeting environment norms be-

comes a revenue generating model

and not a burden.

Mr Sanjay Awasthi, President, STAI

in his welcome address said that

“Despite the importance of bagasse

drying in recent years, it has not

been sufficiently discussed. The

bagasse dryer as we all know, like

the pre-heater and economizer,

increases the steam generation

efficiency but it only becomes a

significant influence when flue gas is

used as the heat source for drying. It

also helps in reducing air pollution

and air demand in the furnace.”

Technical Paper Presentations

Following technical papers were

presented during the webinar :

New APC Technology for Slop

Fired Incineration Boilers in

Distillery by Mr Rajesh Verma,

CEO, Enviropol Engineers, Noida.

This technical paper elaborated

Maximum Efficiency Particulate

Abatement, which is an integrated

model using EGB- Electrified

Gravel Bed, as polishing filter for

achieving emissions up to below 30

mg/Nm3 consistently from a slop

fired Incineration boilers.

Top- (Left) Screenshot of Mr Sanjay Awasthi giving his welcome address Top (Right) Screenshot of Webinar, in Clockwise Direction Mr D K Goel, Team Enviropol -Mr Rajesh Verma, Mr Durgesh Pratihar, Mr Prakhar Verma Centre –Screenshots of two Presentation slides made during the Webinar Bottom- (Left) Technical Team from K.C.P Sugar and Industries Corporation Ltd attending the webinar ; Bottom (Right) Dr V P Sidnale, Council Member, STAI and Senior Sugar Technologist, VSI attending the webinar

The webinar was conducted from

different locations in Delhi NCR

region. Mr Sanjay Awasthi, Presi-

dent, STAI presided over the

session from Isgec Office, Noida, Mr

D K Goel, Hon. Editor moderated

the session from his residence at

Delhi. Enviropol team joined from

their Noida Office and STAI Secre-

tariat joined from their Delhi Office.

273 members of STAI family from

their respective locations around

the world actively participated in

the webinar that also included 14

members from Kenya, Bangladesh,

Sudan, Australia, USA, Thailand,

Philippines, United Kingdom, UAE.

Hybrid Model of Bagasse Dryer– A Revenue Generating APC

Technology by Mr Rajesh Verma

& Mr Prakhar Verma -This tech-

nical paper elaborated Hybrid

Model of Bagasse Dryer in combi-

nation with WET ESP which is

capable to bring down the emis-

sion level below 30 30mg/

Nm3..This technology also pro-

vides ROI on APC project in the

form of bagasse saving by increas-

ing the boiler efficiency.

A Case Study on Hybrid Model

Bagasse Dryer at Daurala Sugars

by Mr Prakhar Verma, Enviropol

Engineers, Noida

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STAI Webinar on “Improving Sustainability of Sugar Industry through Biofuels and By Products”

Published by:

The Sugar Technologists’ Association of India

Plot No. 15, 301, Aggarwal Okhla Plaza, Community Centre, Okhla

Phase 1 New Delhi-110020, Phone: 011- 45960930-32

E-mail :[email protected] , www.staionline.org

Hon. Editor : Mr D K Goel

Secretary General : Mr Amit Khatter

Page 8

Members Corner

PPT of Technical Presentations during the webinar held in May and June 2020 have been uploaded on the

STAI Website

Upcoming STAI Events Virtual Workshop on ‘Latest Technologies in Sugarcane Milling’, 15 July 2020 Annual Convention 2020

STAI Council is awaiting for govt. guidelines to organize large gathering events, accordingly date and venue for

the Annual Convention will be informed to members in due course of time.

Other Information Members who have not paid their membership subscription are requested to clear their dues through online

payment mode. The details are furnished as below :The Sugar Technologists’ Association of India, HDFC Bank SB A/C No. 13851450000023, RTGS/NEFT IFSC CODE : HDFC 0001385, Okhla Phase-I, New Delhi-20

Carbon Dioxide Gas Plants and

Systems by Mr Ashok Mittal, K V

Carbonics, Delhi

This webinar was conducted from

different locations in Delhi NCR

region and Pune . Mr D K Goel,

Hon. Editor, STAI was the modera-

tor for the session. 380 members of

STAI family from their respective

locations around the world actively

participated in the webinar that also

included 26 members from 18

countries including Argentina,

Australia, Brazil, Finland, Italy,

Indonesia, Malawi etc.

The Sugar Technologists’ Associa-tion of India organized webinar

session on “Improving Sustainability of Sugar Industry through Biofuels and

By Products” held on 16 June 2020.

As it is evident that Sugarcane, a high

biomass crop is a treasure house of bio

based products for food/fuel/feed/

fibre/fodder, chemicals, bioplastics,

pharmaceuticals etc. Governments

around the globe are also interested in

production of alternative bio-fuel & by

products from sugar industry due to

growing concerns over energy security

and brought on by diminishing fossil

fuel reserves and instability in their

prices.

Speaking on the occasion Mr Sanjay

Awasthi, President, STAI said that

“The biggest problem of sugar industry is how to achieve sustainability. With

excess production of sugar in last 3-4

years, the industry is not able to

generate profits from its operations.” He added further “The only solution for the sugar industry to come out of

crisis is to focus on production of bio-

fuels and by products”.

Technical Presentations

Following Technical Papers were

presented during the webinar:

Diversification through Bio-Fuels

and By products in Bio Refinery

by Mr Anurag Goyal, Isgec Heavy

Engineering Ltd., Noida

Study of Various Feedstocks

Avenues based on Sugarcane for

supporting India’s Bio-Fuel

Policy and achieving ZLD by Mr

Sandeep Chichbankar and Mr

Sanjay Desai, Excel Engineers and

Consultants, Pune

Top- (Left-Right) Mr Sandeep Chichbankar, Mr Anurag Goyal

Bottom(Left-Right) Screenshot of a Presentation Slide, Mr Ashok Mittal


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