British Council Workshop

This workshop focused on environmental friendly solutions such as the reuse of solid and food waste for energy generation, improved water resources management, sanitation and energy provision.

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi and University College London (UCL), UK organised a three-day international workshop on the research theme titled, “Closed Loop Green Technologies for Rural Communities”. The workshop was hosted at the Centre for Rural Development and Technology, IIT Delhi from 11–13 September 2017.

Dr. Priti Parikh, Associate Professor (UCL) and Dr. Ram Chandra, Energy Bioscience Overseas Fellow (IIT Delhi) were the lead coordinators for this event. 15 early career researchers from UK and India came together in this collaborative workshop.

The workshop focused on environmental friendly solutions such as the reuse of solid and food waste for energy generation, improved water resources management, sanitation and energy provision. It included presentations from UCL’s Pro Vice Provost for South Asia Professor Marie Lall, Dr. Luiza Campos and Dr. Aiduan Borrion. From IIT Delhi Professor V K Vijay – convenor of Unnat Bharat Abhiyan and Dr. Ramchandra and team hosted site visits and interaction sessions for all participants. This workshop aligns with Unnat Bharat Abhiyan’s vision of transformational change by leveraging knowledge of academic institutions.

This formed the basis of a long-standing collaboration between CRDT and EFID centre. Dr. Parikh is now Adjunct Professor of IIT Delhi.

This workshop was supported by a Researcher Links grant under the Newton Bhabha Fund, UK Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and the Royal Society of Chemistry and delivered by the British Council.

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Priti Parikh
Prof Marie Lall
Dr. Luiza Campos
Dr. Aiduan Borrion
Professor Virendra Kumar Vijay – Head of CRDT
Dr. Ram Chandra