Biotech Conference at SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai



  • Industry-Academia-Society partnership must for hazardous waste management

Chennai: Industry, Academia and Society have to work in tandem in an increasingly inter-disciplinary environment to make a breakthrough in solid waste management as well as in tackling air and water pollution, speakers said a t a panel discussion on challenges and opportunities in environmental waste management for sustainable growth of industries

The panel headed by S. Mani, President, Orchid Pharma Ltd and former Chairman of Industrial Waste Management Association, concluded that there was tremendous scope for re-enginnering and reverse engineering to distress the environment. “Industry and Academia can not work in silos and somewhere bridges have to be built to come up with solutions,” Mani summed up on the concluding day of a three-day international conference on sustainable technology to tackle industrial hazardous waste, organized by the SRM School of Bio-Engineering. He also presided over the valedictory session.

Dr. Pattanathu Rahman, Professor from Portsmouth University, UK, and alumnus from SRM Institute of Science and Technology, called for efforts to minimize food and water waste. Other panelists included Dr.S Subramanian, Deputy General Manager, TNPL, Dr. G. Sekaran, eminent industrial scientist, Dr. R. Chandra Mohan of ChennaI Petroleum Corporation Limited, Dr. S. Venkata Mohan, Bhatnagar Awardee scientist, Dr. N Ramadoss, former secretary IWMA and Mr. Kaja Mohideen, entrepreneur.

The conference was inaugurated by Dr Alok Dhawan, Director, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow. The conference hosted by SRM School of Bio-Engineering was supported by Science and Engineering Research Board of the Union Department of Science and Technology and Department of Bio-Technology.


Addressing the delegates at the T P Ganesan Auditorium, Dhawan urged students to resolve local problems pertaining to air and water pollution using high end science. He complimented the SRM Institute of Science and Technology for its world class facilities for research and development.

 “We have done our bit to destroy the environment and are transferring the baton (responsibility) to the younger generation to handle. We need to understand how important it is to treat Mother Earth as she does not need us but we need her,” he said alluding to various Bioremediation methods to solve local contamination around Lucknow.

Welcoming the delegates, Dr. Sandeep Sancheti, Vice Chancellor of SRM Institute of Science and Technology, lamented that there was hardly any waste disposal policy in India pertaining to automobiles or old houses which were hazardous to life and limb. “We need to follow the nuclear industry domain to be more conscious of waste disposal,” he said.

Dr. Paolo Monica Talia from Argentina, Dr. Ramon A. Batista, Mexico, Dr. Elisabet Aranda, Spain and Dr. B. Ravindran, South Korea, are among the speakers.

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