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Consortium Management

The Indo-U.S. Consortium for Development of
Sustainable Advanced Lignocellulosic Biofuel
Systems is being led by CSIR-Indian Institute of
Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT), Hyderabad,
India, which is responsible for the smooth
functioning of the project to achieve the targets
with the help of a three-tier management system
including an administrative setup, consortium
leader and the individual partnering institutes.
The administrative setup comprises of a Technical
Advisory Committee (TAC) and a Project Steering
Committee (PSC). The TAC meets at least once a
year (or more if required) and reviews the project
work execution and renders technical inputs to
achieve the approved milestones and deliverables.
The TAC consists of Dr. David Hoisington (Deputy
Director General-Research, ICRISAT), Dr. B.D.
Kulkarni (Scientist DG Grade, National Chemical
Laboratory, Pune), Dr. Pankaj Patel (President
and Member on the Board, Abellon Clean Energy
Pvt. Ltd., Ahmedabad), Dr. B. Ramachandran
(Professor, IIT-Madras, Chennai) and Dr. K.

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