The consensus was that while there is an abundance of technology already available in India, the future depends on how to adopt and tap these resources into our system.
Exploring opportunities in research and development collaboration was the focus on the third day of ‘Environment Business and Research Delegation to Bangalore,’ a panel discussion hosted by the European Business and Technology Centre on Wednesday.
The consensus was that while there is an abundance of technology already available in India, the future depends on how to adopt and tap these resources into our system.
Dr AK Tripathi, director, union ministry of new and renewable energy, said the central government is leaving no stone unturned in providing opportunities for industry.
“The ministry has set up R&D programmes, which encourages collaborative research between India and developed countries,” he said.
The funding that has been provided varies from 50% to 100%, we have already funded close to 100 such projects,” he added.
The ministry is keen to focus on areas such as solar air conditioning and inverters, biofuels, multi-feed biogas production, low capacity turbines, electric vehicles, and smart-grid, Tripathi said.
IISc professor and honorary member of Karnataka State Biofuel Development Board, Udipi Shrinivasa, said the state government has planted 30 million oil seed saplings to create affordable energy in rural areas, thus at the same time aiming to improve its economic progress.
He said that 86% of land in India is lying unused, amounting to 8.6% of arable land in the world, which should be used for bio-oil production.
“Karnataka is already blending alcohol with diesel to produce bio-oil. In fact, many state buses are being run on this mixture,” Shrinivasa added.
Seconding his opinion, Tripathi further stressed, “Collaborations are required especially in the energy field. Demand is exponentially growing, and power generation can’t keep pace, so the gap keeps growing and will continue to grow.”
He said: “The ministry has several national level schemes, where any international institution having a collaboration with its Indian partners can be funded.”
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