Workshop Schedule Day-1: 28/02/2025
Time Programme
(Venue: Victor Menezes Convention Centre (VMCC) at Indian
Institute of Technology Bombay Campus, Room 21)
9:00- 9:30 a.m. Registration
9:30- 10:30 a.m. Inaugural Session
❖ Welcome Address by the Guest of Honour, Prof. Munish Chandel
(Head, Environmental Science and Engineering Department, IIT Bombay )
❖ Chief’s Address by the Chief Guest, Prof. Sanjay Mahajani,
(Professor-in-charge, IITB Research Hub for Green Energy and
Sustainability (GESH))
❖ Address by the Convenor, Prof. Indrajit Chakraborty
❖ Address by the Co-Convenor, Prof. Sandeep Kumar
10:30- 11:00 a.m. Tea Break
Session 1: Biochar production: Scale-up and technological challenges
11:00 a.m.-12:40 p.m. Invited Lecture Session-I
11-11:25 a.m. ❑ Keynote talk on “Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment for
Technology Assessment”
Prof. Pradip Kalbar
Associate Professor in Environmental Science and Engineering
Department,
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai India.
11:25-11:50 a.m. ❑ Keynote talk on “Potential Options for Utilization of Waste
Derived Hydrochar”
Prof. Anurag Garg
Professor in Environmental Science and Engineering Department,
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai India.
11:50 a.m.-12:15 p.m. ❑ Keynote talk on “Biochar: From my POV”
Mr. Aditya Khandelwal
Partner at Power Line Accessories
12:15 p.m.-12:40 p.m. ❑ Keynote talk on “Scaling Up Biochar Production: Technological
Challenges and Future Prospects”
Mr. Amit Sharma
Lead, Product development at Takachar
12:40 p.m.-1:40 p.m. Panel Discussion
❑ Prof. Sudip Mitra (IIT Guwahati)
❑ Prof. Sandeep Kumar (IIT Bombay)
❑ Mr. Amit Sharma (Takachar)
❑ Mr. Aditya Khandelwal (Power Line Accessories)
Moderator : Prof. Indrajit Chakraborty (IIT Bombay)
1:40 -2:40 p.m. Lunch
2:45-4:00 p.m. Session 2: Biochar Production: Supply Chain, Circular
Economy and Carbon Trading
2:45 p.m.-3:10 p.m. ❑ Keynote talk on “Biochar in the frame of circular economy:
Translating success from laboratory to the real world”
Prof. Sheeja Jagadevan
Associate Professor in Environmental Science and Engineering at Indian
Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad, India
3:10 p.m.-3:35 p.m. ❑ Keynote talk on “Torrefaction and biochar as a potential
replacement of fossil fuels”
Prof. Sandeep Kumar
Associate Professor in Energy Science and Engineering Department,
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai India.
3:35 p.m.-4:00 p.m. ❑ Keynote talk on “Scaling Up Biochar Production: Technological
Challenges and Future Prospects”
Mr. Tanmay Telang
Head of business development at Takachar, India.
4:00-4:30 p.m.
High Tea Break
4:30- 5:15 p.m. Panel Discussion
❑ Prof. Yogendra Shastri (IIT Bombay)
❑ Prof Sheeja Jagadevan (IIT (ISM) Dhanbad)
❑ Mr. Tanmay Telang (Takachar)
Moderator: Prof. Gourav Dhar Bhowmick (IIT Kharagpur)
-- End of day--
Day-2: 01/03/2025
Workshop Schedule Day-2: 01/03/2025
Time Programme
(Venue: Victor Menezes Convention Centre (VMCC) at Indian
Institute of Technology Bombay Campus, Room 31)
9:00 to 9:30 am Breakfast
Session 3: Soil application of Biochar
9:30-10:45 a.m Invited Lecture Session-III
9:30 a.m.-9:55 a.m. ❑ Keynote Lecture on “Agro-Waste Derived Biochar: An efficient agent for
soil and water quality management”
Prof. Sudip Mitra
Head, School of Agro & Rural Technology (SART)
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India
9:55 a.m.-10:20 a.m. ❑ Keynote Lecture on “Varaha: Scaling biochar towards a meaningful
climate solution, from smallholder farms”
Mr. Madhur Jain
Co-founder & CEO at Varaha, India
10:20 a.m.-10:45 a.m. ❑ Keynote Lecture on “Application of Biochar: Enhancing Anaerobic
Digestion & Soil Sustainability as a Biochar-Rich Digestate”
Dr. Manju Tanwar
Chief Scientist and Head R&D,
Organic Recycling Systems Limited, Mumbai, India.
11:05 a.m.-11:20 a.m. Tea break
10:45 a.m.-11:05 a.m. ❑ Keynote Lecture on “Biochar for soil amendment: Market and carbon
credits”
Prof. Sonal K. Thengane
Associate Professor in Department of Hydro and Renewable Energy,
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India.
Session 4: Novel Applications of Biochar
11:20 a.m.-12:35p.m. Invited Lecture Session-IV
11:20 a.m.- 11:45 a.m. ❑ Keynote Lecture on “Possible functional applications of biochar”
Prof S. Parida
Associate Professor in Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials
Science IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India.
11:45 a.m.-12:10 p.m. ❑ Keynote Lecture on “From waste to catalyst: Biochar for water
remediation and electrochemical applications”
Prof. Gourav Dhar Bhowmick
Assistant Professor in Agricultural and Food Engineering Department Indian
Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India.
12:10 p.m.-12:35 p.m. ❑ Keynote Lecture on “Harnessing Biochar: A Circular Economy
Solution for Energy and the Environment”
Prof. Brajesh K. Dubey
Chair-School of Water Resources,
IIT Kharagpur, India.
12:35-1:30 p.m. Panel Discussion
❑ Prof. Sudip Mitra (IIT Guwahati)
❑ Prof. B. K. Dubey (IIT Kharagpur)
❑ Dr. Manju Tanwar (Organic Recycling Systems Limited)
❑ Mr. Madhur Jain (Varaha)
Moderator: Prof. Koustuv Ray (IIT Kharagpur)
1:30-2:30 p.m. Lunch Break
Session 5: Viewing Biochar from different lenses
2:30- 3:45 p.m. Invited Lecture Session-V
2.30 p.m.-2:55 p.m. ❑ Keynote Lecture on “Bringing rationality into design aspects of materials
by the use of computational modelling: Examples with catalysts and
biochar”
Prof. Koustuv Ray
Assistant Professor in Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur, India.
2:55 p.m.-3.20 p.m. ❑ Keynote Lecture on “PFAS remediation using waste-derived
activated carbon”
Prof. Tabish Nawaz
Assistant Professor in Environmental Science and Engineering Department
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai India.
3:20 p.m.- 3:45 p.m. ❑ Keynote Lecture on “Towards tunable electrocatalysts with biochar”
Prof. Sudarshan Vijay
Assistant Professor in Chemical Engineering Department
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai India.
3:45- 4:00 p.m. Tea Break
4:00- 5:00 p.m. Overall outcome and Closing Remarks
