Award for IICT scientist

November 03, 2018 12:29 am | Updated 12:29 am IST - HYDERABAD

CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology principal scientist and Department of Biotechnology Tata Innovation Fellow S. Venkata Mohan has been selected for the prestigious Vasvik Award for 2018 in the category of Environmental Science and Technology.

Vasvik Research Awards are presented by Vividhlaxi Audyohik Samshodhan Vikas Kendra, Mumbai, to scientists and researchers who have excelled in their designated field. Dr. Venkata Mohan’s research contributions over the past 20 years in the interface of environment and bioengineering related to environment and human health were considered for selecting him for this award.

He had made concerted efforts to develop novel and sustainable technologies by utilization of waste as a potential resource for both value addition and its treatment through his multi-disciplinary approach. His work has convincingly documented that waste/wastewater is a viable and renewable feed-stock/substrate for harnessing various forms of clean bio-energy, said a press release.

The scientist had also successfully demonstrated the production of bio-hydrogen on a pilot scale with simultaneous treatment of waste water in a bio-refinery approach, a press release said.

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