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Host Institute: Centre for Technology Alternatives for Rural Areas (CTARA), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay
Host Academic Supervisor: Amit Y. Arora, Professor, Centre for Technology Alternatives for Rural Areas (CTARA), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay
Co-Project Supervisors:
Gerd Seibold, Associate Professor, Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, The Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
Lene Lange, Professor (f), PhD & Dr.Scient., LL-BioEconomy
Sanjib Sarangi, Vice President & Head - Natural Resource-based Livelihood Programs, India Grameen Services
Padma Ishwarya S., Science and Technology Specialist, Good Food Institute (GFI) India
Advisors:
Girija Ramakrishna, Technical Expert (Reuse & Circularity), Consortium for DEWATS Dissemination Society (CDD) India
Chandana Tekkatte, Science & Technology Specialist, Good Food Institute (GFI) India
Contributors:
Apoorv Garg, Co-Founder, altM
Padmapriya T S, Chief Executive - India Sanitation First India
Aim
Elucidate sustainable valorization pathways for local agri-industrial side-streams to improve rural livelihoods and enable decentralized circular bioeconomies
Key Outcomes
Mapping of high-volume sidestreams of vegetable and fruit processing industries in MH state (primary data) and in India (secondary data) E.g. of specific residues to focus on: tomato, fruits
Demonstration of lab-scale (5L capacity) processes for the valorization of sidestreams to extract proteins and other high-value ingredients for food applications
LCA and techno-economic feasibility analysis of proposed biorefinery/model