Organizing Committee Member
Rintu Banerjee
Chair Professor,MNRE
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
INDIA
Biography
Dr. Rintu Banerjee is presently holding the position of MNRE Chair Professorship in P. K. Sinha Centre for Bioenergy, IIT Kharagpur. She is an Enzymologist where she is studying its application in Food and Bioenergy sectors. Prof. Banerjee has visited different Institutions in India and abroad. She started her career with Non-Conventional Energy Production from biomass and subsequently switched over to enzymatic conversion of biomass to liquid fuel. Her contribution in the area of bioenergy is well recognized where she has developed a process on microbial conversion of lignite to biomethane and its value addition with some multinational industry which is under commercial consideration. In the area of liquid fuel, she and her team is actively working in the area of non-edible lignocellulosic bioethanol and oleaginous biodiesel production. She is Fellow of Indian Academy and different International/National Societies. She has received various prestigious Awards/Honours from the Government/Non Govt organizations, in India and abroad.
Research Area
Microbial Biotechnology, Food and Environmental Biotechnology, Downstream Processing, Agricultural and Food Engineering