Indo-Canadian Bilateral Workshop
(Sponsored by Direction des affaires internationales et canadiennes, Ministre de l'Éducation,
du Loisir et du Sports, Québec)
Management and Valorisation of Industrial and Agricultural Wastes (MVIAW 2011)
12th October 2011
Venue: Institute Auditorium, IIT Bombay
About the workshop
This Indo-Canadian Workshop is jointly organized by Centre for Environmental Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, INRS-ETEand Université Laval, Quebec, Canada at IIT Bombay Campus. The workshop entails to bring together researchers from India and Canada (Quebec) working on different aspects of management and valorization of industrial and agricultural wastes with the objective of ensuring a clean environment with lower carbon footprint. The perceived outcome of the workshopis to provide a common platform and facilitate academic interactions among expert scientists drawn from India and Canada.
Objectives
The specific objectives of the workshop are as follows:
- Dissemination of technical and economic issues encountered in India and Canada with regard to management and value-addition of industrial and agricultural wastes;
- Current state ofvalorisation research; and
- Evolving future scientific strategies foreconomic and efficient management of industrial and agricultural wastes.
Who Should Attend
The workshop will benefit a wide array of people with diverse backgrounds including academicians and students, engineers and managerial staff from various private, public, government and non-profit organizations.
Main Thematic Areas
This one-day event will comprise a series of lectures covering the following major themes:
- An overview on global waste management strategies
- Role of LCA in waste management and decision making
- Waste management in specific industries (e.g. tanneries and pulp mills)
- Energy recovery opportunities from agricultural residues
- Use of agricultural waste for producing enzymes for waste treatment
Experts from IIT Bombay,Environmental consultancy firms and Research institutes from India and Canada will deliver the lectures during the workshop.
The final programme will soon be displayed on the website.
How to Register
There is no registration fee for the event. However, the seats are limited. To ensure participation in the workshop, one has to register online on the following link:
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If a person (who has already registered online) does not report by 9:00 am on 12th October, his/ her seat will be allotted to the waitlisted person. Outstation candidates have to make their own arrangements for boarding and lodging.
Contact Details
Prof.S. Mukherji
Convenor,
CESE, IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai
Ph. No.: 022-25767854
E-mail:
Dr. Anurag Garg
Co-convenor
CESE, IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai
Ph. No.: 022-25767861
E-mail:
Dr. Satinder K. Brar, INRS-ETE and Dr. S. Godbout, Université Laval are Co-conveners from Canada.