| Sanction Date: | 23-02-2018 | |||||
| Project Category | SG | |||||
| Batch Year | 2017-2018 | |||||
| Project Duration | 3 Years + 6 Months Extension | |||||
| BTA : | Livelihood Options and Employment Generation | |||||
| Project Site/ State/ Districts/ Villages Covered: | Chir forests of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. | |||||
| Organization/ Implementation Agency: |
Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry Nauni, Solan, Himachal Pradesh |
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| Project Partners: | S.No. | Name | Roles and Responsibilities | |||
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Kasturaba Seva Samiti, Solan | Collection of pine needles from the different Himalayan forests by employing rural women folk. | ||||
| Lead Proponent: | Dr. Nivedita Sharma Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry Nauni, Solan, Himachal Pradesh |
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| Project Brief Description: | This project will contribute significantly role in India�s pledges for �Non-fossil Fuel-based Energy�. The residues available for recycling are the wastes from diverse sources. Among this cellulosic biomass i.e. pine needle is the main chunk of waste in entire Himalayan belt lying unutilized resulting in deterioration of environment and loss of potentially valuable resources. Thus a constant need is long felt for their eco-friendly disposal. Biodegradation and Bioconversion of this waste will not only solve the serious pollution problem but at the same time it could be utilized to meet the major challenges of the modern world and particularly of our country i.e. fuel depletion. Bioconversion of cellulose and hemicelluloses in plant biomass waste will provide the commercially high value compounds of high utility i.e. ethanol which can be used as power alcohol by blending petroleum with it to meet out the major target as set by Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, India. | |||||
| Beneficiaries/ Stakeholders: | Local people | |||||
| Activity Chart (For 3 Years): | Click Here | |||||
| Total Grants (in Rs.) | Rs. 47,79,000/- (Rupees Forty Seven Lakh Seventy Nine Thousand only) | |||
| Project Objectives | Quantifiable Deliverables | Monitoring Indicators |
| Bioconversion of pine needles into ethanol by using suitable microbial technology; and | Development the pilot model on Bioconversion of pine needles into ethanol as 2nd generation biofuel; | No. of New Database/ Datasets generated on the identified dynamics (No.); |
| Scale-up of the process for commercialization. | Scale-up of the process through bio-digester for commercialization of green fuel for mitigation of pollution; | Periodic updates on region-specific best practice/ model developed (No.) along with the supporting Manual (No.) published; |
| Manual on Bioconversion of pine needles into ethanol. | No. of Stakeholders benefitted (No. of Rural Youth, No. of Women, and Total No. of Beneficiaries); | |
| Policy framework/ draft (No.) for assisting in scaling up the process for commercialization; | ||
| Other Publications and Knowledge Products (Nos.). |
| S.No. | Name | Qualification | Designation | Salary |
| 1. | Nisha Sharma | Ph.D Microbiology | RA | 38,000/- |
| S.No. | Name of Equipment | Use of Equipment | Cost (in INR) |
| 1. | Spectrophotometer 20D | Systronics | 48,000/- |
| 2. | Digital autoclave | Equitron | 2,92,000/- |
| 3. | Deep Freezer | Celfrost | 1,50,000 /- |
| 4. | High speed Centrifuge | Eppendrof | 7,35,000/- |
