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Objectives

• Improve feedstock (production potential optimization of pretreatment and fermentation
and feedstock quality) using genomics and processes.
breeding tools and identify locally adapted • Minimizing environmental impact and
cultivars and their optimization for large-scale maximizing revenues from bio-refinery waste
production. streams.
• Develop production logistics and identify • Analysis and development of certification
soil and environmental criteria to ensure a protocols and sustainability standards.
commercially successful advanced feedstock • Assessment of energy requirements and
production system. emissions.
• Development of biocatalysts for production • Supply chain management analysis.
of advanced biofuels and co-products and

Collaborating Institutions, India Collaborating Institutions, USA
Lead Institution: Indian Institute of Chemical Lead Institution: University of Florida, Gainesville
Technology, Hyderabad
Other R &D Institutions and Academia Other R & D Institutions and Academia
Partners Partners
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi- University of Missouri, Columbia
Arid Tropics- Hyderabad Virginia Tech, Blacksburg
Directorate of Sorghum Research-Hyderabad Montclair State University, Montclair
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University-Hyderabad Texas A&M University, College Station
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore
Rajamatha Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalay,
Gwalior
Centre for Economic and Social Studies, Hyderabad
Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi, New Delhi
Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, Chennai
Industry Partners Industry Partners
Abellon Clean Energy Show Me Energy
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited Green Technologies

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