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7th June 2016 New Delhi, India

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by Swati Saxena

Senior Science and Innovation Adviser

UK-Punjab research helping produce green fuel from rice waste

I recently visited Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), which is India’s second oldest agricultural university, and saw how a partnership with a UK university is helping converting rice crop wastage into a sustainable energy source. Rice is widely grown crop in India and on harvest it leaves behind a substantial amount of straw in the field. […]

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27th August 2014 Mumbai, India

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by Vijay Iyer

Senior Science & Innovation Adviser

UK-India-Brazil-Africa discuss green chemistry for biofuels in Durban

It was the culmination of a 6-month long joint endeavour between the UK Science & Innovation network (S&IN) and the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) – a 2-day UK-India-Brazil-Africa programme on ‘green chemistry for sustainable production of biofuels’ held subsequent to the 5th IUPAC international conference on green chemistry, in Durban, South Africa. I partnered […]

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