DIBRUGARH: The G20 Research Innovation Initiative Gathering (RIIG) Conference on ‘Circular Bio-economy’ is underway at Manohari Tea Estate Banquet Hall here in Dibrugarh on Friday.
The inaugural session began at 8:45 on Friday morning.
The welcome address and opening remarks were delivered by India Chair, Dr S Chandrasekhar, Secretary Department of Science & Technology (DST), Ministry of Science & Technology.
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This was followed by introductory remarks by Chair/Co-Chair of Indonesia and Brazil.
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Immediately after that the delegates and each country and independent organizations were introduced.
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This was followed by another opening remark by Dr. Rajesh S. Gokhale, Secretary, Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of Science & Technology.
Dr M Ravichandran, Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) and Dr Vipin Kumar, Director, National Innovation Foundation- India also addressed the delegates in the opening session.
Pierrick Fillon-Ashida, First Counsellor, Head of Research & Innovation Section, Delegation of the European Union to India presented the policy perspective on Bioeconomy Realm: An EU Approach followed by an open discussion.
The second session Industry towards Decarbonization.
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The speakers were Dr. S Venkata Mohan, Chief Scientist, CSIR-IICT who deliberated on ‘Circular Bio-economy enabled Industrial Decarbonization’; Prof. Samir Kulkarni, Tata Chemicals Darbari Seth Distinguished Professor ICT Mumbai who delved on ‘Biotech Industry Biopharma/Biosimilars’; and Dr Yeo Zhiquan, Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology who deliberated on ‘Singapore’s Approach to Decarbonization’.
This was followed by policy persctive on Swedish Multiple Helix Model approach for a Circular Economy by Dr Per-Arne Wikström, Counsellor – Innovation & Science, Embassy of Sweden New Delhi and an open session.
The third session before lunch break will deal with Bio-Energy from 12 noon.