International Conference on Algal Biorefinery: A potential Source of

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Report on the

International Conference on Algal Biorefinery: A potential Source of Food, Feed, Biochemicals,

Biofuels and Biofertilizers (ICAB 2013)

January 10-12, 2013

Venue: Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India

Debabrata Das

Received 8 Mar 2013; Published online 11 March 2013 © The author(s) 2013. Published with open access at www.uscip.org

International Conference on Algal Biorefinery (ICAB 2013) was a grand success with over a hundred thirty six participants from all over the world, working in the field of algal technology. To be exact 08 foreign delegates from Europe & America; 24 delegates and 90 participants from across India have actively involved in sharing their ideas and work. Besides, 14 participants from IIT Kharagpur have also participated. Delegates from industry were also present for their encouragement and interest towards the technology. The workshop was organized at Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur under the chairmanship of Prof. Debabrata Das, Renewable Energy Chair Professor, Department of Biotechnology, IIT Kharagpur and Prof. Irini Angelidaki, Professor, Departmental of Environmental Engineering, DTU Denmark. Prof. T Nejat Veziroglu, President, IAHE, USA and Dr. John R Benemann, CEO, MicroBio Engineering Inc. USA were the Honorary Chairpersons of the conference and extended generous support and encouragement. Prof. S.K. Som, Director (Officiating) IIT-Kharagpur has inaugurated the two-day conference. Dr. Bibek Bandyopadhyay, Adviser, MNRE, New Delhi was the Guest of Honour in the conference. Distinguished scientists, Prof. Roberto De Philippis, University of Florence, Italy; Dr. Susan L Holdt, DTU, Denmark; Prof. S. P. Adhikary, Visva-Bharati

University, Santiniketan, India; Prof. Dolly Wattal Dhar, IARI, New Delhi, India; Dr. Sunil Pabbi, IARI, New

Delhi, India; Prof. S.N. Bagchi, R D University, Jabalpur, India; Dr. Sanjay Nene, NCL, Pune, India; Dr. Ruma Pal, University of Calcutta,Kolkata, India; Dr. Alberto Reis, LNEG, Portugal; Mr. D.

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Selvendran, SPRTC, Madurai, India; Prof. Satyahari Dey, IIT Kharagpur, India; Prof. H.N. Mishra, IIT Kharagpur, India; Dr. Ramkrishna Sen, IIT Kharagpur, India and several others were also present for the event. The presentations were divided under the six wide themes viz. Taxonomy, Ecology & Biodiversity; Phycoremediation; Algal Biofuels; Algal Genomics; Algal Cultivation & Marketing; and Algal Applications. There were all together 2 plenary sessions, 6 technical sessions and 2 poster sessions, under which 14 invited lectures, 23 oral and 57 poster presentations were exhibited. High quality lectures interlaced with the oral presentation was highly appreciated. Keynote lecture delivered by Dr. John R Benemann was interactive and very well received by the audience. Good brainstorming occurred followed by the interactive sessions that allowed the opportunity to understand the present scenario of the technology and project the future directions. The Conference was gratified by scientist, researchers and students from across the country for the platform it provided them to interact with distinguished researchers. ICAB 2013 was sponsored by IAHE, ONGC, ICAR, DBT, DST, CSIR, MNRE, NABARD, Agilent Technologies, INSA, DRDO, IFB Agro, Biojenik, SPINCO and many other funding agencies for their munificent support.

Fig. 1 Inauguration function of the International Conference on Algal Biorefinery (ICAB 2013), Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. Eminent and distinguished scientists of the field of Algal Technology participated in the panel discussion on the last day to understand the present state-of-art of algal resources for food, feed, biofuels, biofertilizers and other important pharmaceutical biochemicals.


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Faculty, research scholars, graduates and undergraduate students of Department of Biotechnology, IIT Kharagpur have extended generous manpower and technical support in organizing this event. IIT Kharagpur also has provided its infrastructural support and local transport. This conference aimed to summarize the state of the art of different aspects of algal biotechnology, evaluate current progress in this area of research and development and to identify promising research directions for the future. From the feedback and appreciative words received, we proudly say that we have achieved huge success in meeting our goals to understand the present challenges of the technology and develop recommendations for future policies and plans for tapping the algal resources for food, feed, biofuels, biofertilizers and other industrially important products. This success is mainly due to the willingness and dedication of all delegates who put forth their ideas openly. This is an important milestone in the area of algal research to reaffirm our commitment for cleaner air, water & land, to eradicate malnutrition and providing sustainable eco-friendly renewable energy to the society.

Paper presented in the International Conference on Algal Biorefinery (ICAB 2013) Invited Lectures:

Sl.No. Title of the Paper Author(s) Affiliations

01 Maximizing the Productivity of Microalgae Mass Cultures.

Dr. John R. Benemann

CEO, Micro Bio Engineering, Inc. Walnut Creek, California 94595, USA.

02 Opportunities and challenges of algal biorefineries.

Prof. Irini Angelidaki

Professor, DTU Environment Departmental of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Building 113, Room 172, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, DENMARK.

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Growth of Saccharina and Palmaria compared to chemical and physical parameters in the inner Danish waters.

Dr. Susan L. Holdt

Postdoc, DTU Environment Departmental of Environmental Engineering,Technical University of Denmark, Building 113, Room 168, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, DENMARK.

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Exopolysaccharide-producing cyanobacteria in heavy metal removal from water: Theoretical and practical issues.

Prof. Roberto De Philippis

Professor, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, University of Florence, ITALY.


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05 Algae as food, feed, biofuel and biochemicals: Present state of art.

Prof. Debabrata Das

Professor, Department of biotechnology Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur 721302, West Bengal, India.

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Improved method of Cyanobacteria biofertilizer production, quality control and popularization for entrepreneurship development.

Prof. S. P. Adhikary

Professor-in-Charge, Centre for Biotechnology Visva- Bharati Siksha Bhavana, Santiniketan 731235, West Bengal, India.

07 Potential of Microalgal Food: Opportunities and Challenges.

Prof. Dolly Wattal Dhar

Professor (Principal Scientist), NCCUBGA, IARI, New Delhi 110012, India.

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Cyanobacterial Phycobiliproteins: Production, Purification and Characterisation

Dr. Sunil Pabbi Principal Scientist, NCCUBGA, IARI, New Delhi 110012, India

09 Spirulina to Combat Malnutrition.

Mr. D. Selvendran

Director, SPRTC (A Unit of Antenna Nutritech Foundation), 10, Kamaraj 4th Street [I Floor] Chinna Chokkikulam, Madurai 625002, India.

10 Algae and algal application in aquaculture and phycoremediation.

Dr. Ruma Pal

Associate Professor, Department of Botany University of Calcutta, 35, Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata 700019, West Bengal, India.

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Treatment of municipal sewage using a mixed culture of Scenedesmus obliquus,Chlorella vulgaris and natural microbial flora of sewage using a membrane photo-bioreactor.

Dr. Sanjay Nene

Head, Biochemical Engineering Unit National Chemical Laboratory Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pashan, Pune 411008, Maharashtra, India.

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Differential responses of wild type and bentazone-tolerant mutant of a cyanobacterium, Synechococcus PCC7942 towards herbicide-triggered oxidative stress.

Dr. Surendra Nath Bagchi

Professor, R. D. University, Jabalpur 482001, Madya Pradesh, India.

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Non Heterocystous cyanobacteria:Prospective source of nutraceuticals and other biochemicals for novel agricultural applications.

Dr. Satyahari Dey

Professor, Department of Biotechnology IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur 721302, West Bengal, India.


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14 Holistic views of a layman on refining the green crude for human good.

Dr. Ramkrishna Sen

Associate Professor, Department of Biotechnology IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur 721302, West Bengal, India.

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Extraction, Characterization and Food Utilization of Biochemicals from Microalgal Biomass.

Prof. H. N. Mishra

Professor, Agricultural & Food Engineering IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur 721302 West Bengal, India.

Oral Presentations:

Sl.No. Title of the Paper Author(s)

* Presenting author in bold

Affiliations

01 Phycological characterization of some tropical ponds of Assam (India) in reference to cultural eutrophication.

P. P. Baruah Gauhati University, Guwahati, India.

02 Comparative study on physiological properties of abandoned rice field cyanobacteria.

Archana Dash and Binata Nayak

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal, India.

03 Desmids of Khechiperi Lake, Sikkim Eastern Himalaya.

Debjyoti Das and Jai Prakash Keshri

The University of Burdwan, Golapbag, Burdwan, India.

04 Cyanobacterial Diversity From Two High Altitudinal Lakes of The North Western Himalayas.

Yadvinder Singh, Parveen Rahi, D.P.Singh, Arvind Gulati and J.I.S. Khattar

Punjabi University, Patiala, India.

05 Development of Novel Reactor for Direct Transesterification of Algae to Produce Biodiesel.

M.Namasivayam, R.Muthuraman, B.Arul Murugan, V.Ram Arjun, K.P.Gopinath

Adhiparasakthi Engineering College, Melmaruvathur, Tamil Nadu, India.

06 Application of Response Surface Methodology for Copper (II) Removal from Waste Water using Algal Biomass.

Deepika Kushwaha, Srabanti Basu, Punarbasu Chaudhuri, Susmita Dutta

National Institute of Technology Durgapur, India.

07 BTEX Biodegradation in soil-water system having different substrate concentrations.

Gupta Pankaj Kumar, Ranjan Shashi and Yadav B K

University of Rajasthan, India.


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08 Carbon dioxide sequestration by Chlorella sorokiniana from industrial flue gas.

Kanhaiya Kumar, and Debabrata Das


09 Hydrogen production by Synechocystis PCC 6803 via two-stage process

Bikram kumarNayak, Gargi Mukherjee and Debabrata Das


10 Simultaneous Lipid Production and Wastewater Treatment by consortia of Myxotrophic algae.

Durga Madhab Mahapatra , Chanakya H. N and Ramachandra T. V

Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.

11 Photo-Biological hydrogen production by Algae vis-à-vis purple non sulfur bacteria: The present perspective.

Nitai Basak , A.K.Jana and Debabrata Das

National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, India.

12 Pretreatment of Ulva lactuca for biogas and bioethanol production.

G. Lazaridis, M. Alvarado-Morales, and I. Angelidaki

Technical University of Denmark, Denmark.

13 Bioaugmentation of anoxygenic photosynthetic bacteria to dark- fermentation process for enhanced biohydrogen production.

Rashmi Chandra and S. Venkata Mohan

CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT), Hyderabad, India.

14 Biodegradation of Chlorpyrifos by Unicellular Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. strain PUPCCC 64.

D.P. Singh and J.I.S. Khattar

Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, India.

15 Dark is not drab: Mixotrophic cultivation system for simultaneous algae biofuel production and waste remediation.

Ashish Bhatnagar

and Monica Bhatnagar

Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati University, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India.

16 Unicellular and colonial blue-green algae response to different nutrient media.

Rama Kant and G.L. Tiwari

Ramkrishna Mahavidyalaya, Kailashahar, Unkoti, Tripura, India.

17 Optimization of nutrients for the growth of microalgae Scenedesmus sp. by response surface methodology.

Fenila F., Vasumathi K.K., Dr. M. Premalatha

National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirapalli, India.

18 Challenges in Algae-based Carbon Dioxide Sequestration Strategies for Coal -based Thermal Power Plants in India.

G.Subramanian, D.K. Ramalingam, S.Dash and R.Sen

Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India.


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19 Real microalgae biorefineries: a long way to go? Concept, applications and future directions.

A. Reis, C. Santos

and T. Lopes da Silva

LNEG, U. Bioenergia, Edifício G, Estrada do Paço do Lumiar, 22, 1649-038 Lisbon, Portugal.

20 Algal Bacterial Biofilm in Rotating Biological Contactor for Removal of Organic Contaminants from Wastewater: Advantages and Challenges.

SuparnaMukherji, Anal Chavan and HansaJeswani

Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, India.

21 Potential Applications of Exopolysaccharides produced by the cyanobacterium Nostoc spongiaeforme.

J.I.S. Khattar, Namita Jindal, Preeti Bansal and D.P. Singh

Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, India.

22 Conservation and management of microalgal resources of North east India through advance techniques and possible commercial exploitation.

O.N.Tiwari, Gunapati Oinam, Prasad Jaladi and Jerry J. Brand

23 Improvement of phycobiliprotein production by Nostoc sp., (IIT Kgp) through suitable culture conditions and media optimization.

M. J. Eldin, B. K. Nayak and D. Das


Poster Presentations:

Sl.No. Title of the Paper Author(s)

* Presenting author in bold

Affiliations

01 Studies on altered energy transfer in photosystem II of the cyanobacterium, Spirulina platensis under nickel ion stress.

Ayya Raju, M. Praveena, B. and Murthy, S.D.S.

S.V. University, Tirupati, AP, India.

02 A preliminary study on fresh water algae in some crude oil contaminated ephemerals.

Dhrubajyoti Bordoloi and P.P. Baruah

Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam. India.

03 Rice field Nostocacean cyanobacteria in southwest Kamrup, Assam (India).

Juthika Dihingia and P.P. Baruah

Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam. India.

04 The diversity of antioxidant Superoxide dismutase in Cyanobacteria.

Kanu Priya, Namita Singh and Sarika Punia

Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar, Haryana, India.


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05 Taxonomic analysis of the genera Scytonema, Tolypothrix and Camptylonemops is studied in culture.

N. C Halder and G.L.Tiwari

Uluberia College, West Bengal, India.

06 Effect Of Temperature On Growth And Revival Of Thermotolerant Unicellular And Colonial Blue-Green Algae.

Rama Kant and G.L.Tiwari

Ramkrishna Mahavidyalaya, Kailashahar, Unkoti, Tripura, India.

07 Bacillariophycean diversity in Deepor Beel- a Ramsar Site of India.

Rosaballe Baruah and Partha Pratim Baruah

Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam, India.

08 Algal Diversity of Taptapani hot water spring Odisha.

Tripti Sahu and Satpal Singh Bisht

Roland Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Berhampur, Odisha, India.

09 Algal Biosorption of toxic dye Methylene blue.

Alok Prasad Das and Sarpras Swain

Siksha O Anusandhan University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.

10 Metabolites of Spirulina Sp. Cultivated in Precipitated Industrial Chrome Tanning Effluent.

M.K.Gagrai, C.Das and A.K.Golder

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam, India.

11 A proteomic approach for phycoremediation of selenium using unicellular cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus PCC7942.

Bhagyashri Gupta, Mona Saggu and Divya Bagchi

RaniDurgavati University, Jabalpur, M.P., India.

12 Phenol degradation by Chlorella pyrenoidosa.

Bhaskar Das, Tapas K Mandal, and Sanjukta Patra

Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam.

13 Developmentof and algal wastewater treatment concept based on the selection of microalgal strains with optimal bioextraction characteristics.

D. De Francisci, S. L. Holdt, J. Van Wagenen, M. Podevin, B. F. Smets, B. Plósz, P. Møller, and I. Angelidaki


14 CO2 biofixation by a novel microalgal strain Scenedesmus obliquus SA-1 isolated from bio-diversity hotspot region of Assam.

S. Basu, K. Mohanty, and A. K. Ghoshal


15 Algae cultivation in effluent of Nisargruna Biogas Plant for biomass production.

M. P. Tale, S. P. Kale, B. P. Kapadnis

Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India.


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16 Study of phytoplankton along with environmental variables and their use as a bio-monitoring tool for the determination of the pollution status of the Krishnasayer Lake, Burdwan, West Bengal.

Sudhrita Pore, Subhabrata Ghosh, Jayanta Sikdar and Jai Prakash Keshri

The University of Burdwan, West Bengal, India.

17 Phycoremediation of heavy metals using transgenic microalgae expressing pjmt1 gene of Prosopis juliflora.

Danish Diwan and M. Ramya

SRM University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

18 Evaluation of experimental conditions for enhanced biohydrogen production by Anabaena PCC 7120.

Bikram Kumar Nayak and Debabrata Das


19 Optimization of Scenedesmus abundans in Batch Culture System by using Response Surface Methodology.

C.Chellamboli and M.Perumalsamy

National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India.

20 Effect of environmental variables on the selection of high lipid yielding microalgae.

M. Shukla, R.Tabassum, R. Singh, S. Saxena and D. W. Dhar

Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India.

21 Biodiesel production from green algae as renewable energy.

Gour Gopal Satpati and Ruma Pal

University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India.

22 Life Cycle Assessment of biofuel production process from Laminaria digitata.

M. Alvarado- Morales, A. Boldrin, D.B. Karakashev, S.L. Holdt, T. Astrup and I. Angelidaki


23 Heterotrophic and mixotrophic cultivation of Chlorella pyrenoidosa and the enzymatic hydrolysis of its biomass for the synthesis of third generation bioethanol.

Nisha Dhull, Kshitiz Gupta, and S.K.Soni

Panjab University, Chandigarh, India.

24 Kinetics of Thermo-chemical Conversion of Microalgae Chlorella vulgaris for Bio-oil production.

Saikat Chakraborty and Ankit Agrawal



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25 Effects of various light regimes on total lipid content and fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) composition of the microalgae Chlorella vulgaris.

S.Karumanchi, G.Subramanian, D.K.Ramalingam, S.Dash and R.Sen

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India.

26 Study of various cultural conditions on isolated Spirulina strain WS- 02 for lipid (biofuel) and biomass accumulation.

Parveen Kumar, Sushil K Shahi and Pradeep K Sharma

CCS University, Meerut, India.

27 Identification of High Value Polyunsaturated Fatty acid Biosynthetic Genes from Marine Micro Algae.

S.Kathiresan and S.Thiyagarajan

Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, Tamilnadu, India.

28 Study of various physical conditions for growth and biomass production of isolated microalgae species from North-East India for sustainable biodiesel production.

Amrita Difusa, K.Mohanty, V.V. Goud


29 Development and evaluation of a fast screening method of microalgal performance using microtiter plates.

S.L. Holdt, D. De Francisci, M.M.Borch, and I. Angelidaki


30 A method for measuring microalgal growth in industrial wastewaters: predicting large scale growth potential in microwell plates.

J.Van Wagenen, D. De Francisci, S.L. Holdt, and I.Angelidaki


31 Identification of most suitable flocculants for microalgae harvesting.

Amrit Lal, Supratim Ghosh, and Debabrata Das


32 Optimization of the Alkali Assisted Extraction of Xanthophylls from Sun Dried Chlorella Biomass using Response Surface Methodology.

Anupriya Mazumder and H. N. Mishra


33 Toxic cyanobacterial blooms and molecular detection of hepatotoxin- Microcystin.

Archana Tiwari

and Anjana Pandey University of Allahabad, Allahabad, India.

34 Isolation, characterization and biofloculation of fresh water microalgae for their biological potential.

Chiranjib Banerjee, Pratyoosh Shukla and Rajib Bandopadhyay

Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, Jharkahand, India.


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35 Isolation and management of diverse algal strains for the remedial sequestration of Carbon dioxide.

D. Prakash, P. Sharma, M. Prakash, N. N. Nawani, M. Bodas, G. D. Tandon and M. B. Khetmalas

Dr. D. Y. Patil Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Institute, Tathawade, Pune, India.

36 Cyanobacteria as a valuable source of antiviral, antibacterial and antifungal compounds – an overview

Gargi Mukherjee, Bikram Kumar Nayak and Debabrata Das


37 Antimicrobial potentials of two freshwater heterocystous cyanobacteria Westiellopsis prolifica and Nostochopsis lobatus sourced from Similipal Biosphere Reserve, Odisha, India.

Harisankar Dey and A.K. Bastia

North Orissa University, Baripada, Odisha, India.

38 A nitrogenase-derepressed mutant of the cyanobacterium Nostoc ANTH and its possible use in biofertilizer technology.

Jyotirmoy Bhattacharya

Mizoram University, Mizoram, India.

39 Cyanobacterialexopolymers: The next gen wound management biomaterials.

Monica Bhatnagar and Ashish Bhatnagar

Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati University, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India.

40 Biosynthesis and Analysis of Gold Nanoparticles Using Algae: A review.

Pankaj Kumar Singh, and Subir Kundu

Indian Institute of Technology, (B.H.U.), Varanasi, India.

41 Optimization of ultrasound-assisted solvent extraction of phycocyanin and total phenolic compounds from Spirulina platensis biomass.

P. Prabuthas and H. N. Mishra


42 Biochemical characterization of cyanobacteria for antioxidants, phenolics and lipids.

Roshan Kumar, A.S.Elumalai , Sunil Pabbi, and Dolly Wattal Dhar


43 Stimulating higher carbohydrate accumulate by microalgae through semi-artificial photosynthesis.

G Venkata Subash, Rashmi Chandra and S. Venkata Mohan

CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT), Hyderabad, India.

44 Biopesticidal potential of cyanobacteria, Westiellopsis prolifica and Westiellopsis sp.

P.Sabari and N.W.Chhabra

The Energy and Resources Institute, IHC, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, India.


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45 Fermentative recovery of anticoagulant and antioxidant compound from Sargassum sp.

Shobharani P, Halami PM, Sachindra NM

CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore, India.

46 Enzymological characterization and purification of fibrino(geno)lytic protease from cyanobacterium Anabaena fertilissima.

S. Banerjee and S. N. Bagchi

Rani Durgavati University, Jabalpur, M.P., India.

47 Bioelectricity generation in microbial fuel cell using pretreated cyanobacterial cell biomass.

Soumya Pandit and Bikram Kumar Nayak and Debabrata Das


48 Oil Extraction Process for Microalgae using Supercritical Fluid.

Sumedha N Sahu, and S.N.Naik

Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India.

49 Assessment of Carbon Sequestration Potential of Microalgae, Chlorella pyrenoidosa and Scenedesmus abundans in a Tubular Batch Photobioreactor and Effect of Gas Flow Rate.

Wriju Kargupta, Anuradda Ganesh and Suparna Mukherji

Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, India.

50 Integrated approach of microalgae towards wastewater treatment and biofuel production.

Vivek Prakash Pankaj, Jeewan Jyoti and Mamta Awasthi

National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, India.

51 Optimization of culture conditions for Docosahexaenoic acid & Eicosapentaenoic acid production from Porphyridium purpureum.

M.D. Kavitha, S. Kathiresan, Sila Bhattacharya, and R. Sarada

Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore, India.

52 Differential expression of cpcB gene in selected cyanobacteria in response to different iron sources.

Hillol Chakdar and Sunil Pabbi


53 Micro algae based silver nanoparticles production and characterization.

Piya Roychoudhury, Anindita Singha Roy, and Ruma Pal

University of Calcutta, 35, Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata 700019, West Bengal, India.

54 Evaluation of experimental conditions for enhanced biohydrogen production by Anabaena PCC 7120.

Bikram Kumar Nayak and Debabrata Das



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55 Light independent heterotrophic cultivation of microalgae for lipid accumulation by utilizing wastewater.

M. V. Rohit and S. Venkata Mohan

Bioengineering and Environmental Centre (BEEC), CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT), Hyderabad, India.

56 Phycoremediation of textile dye industrial effluent from tirupur district, Tamil Nadu, India.

S. Elumalai and G. K. Saravanan

Department of Plant Biotechnology, Presidency College (Autonomous), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

57 Growth Kinetics and Fatty Acid Composition of Chlorella vulgaris (Trebouxiophyceae) Scenedesmus quadricauda(Chlorophyceae) and Isochrysis galbana (Prymnesiophyceae).

Sanniyasi Elumalai and Natesan Senthil Kumar

Department of Plant Biotechnology, Presidency College (Autonomous), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

Fig. 2: Panelists present in the Dias during the Panel discussions of the International Conference on

Algal Biorefinery (ICAB 2013), Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur held on 12 January, 2013.

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Recommendations of the Conference A panel discussion of ICAB-2013 was held on 12th January 2013 at 5.00 pm at Gargi Auditorium, IIT

Kharagpur. The following experts were present as the panelists:

1. Prof. Debabrata Das, Convener (IIT Kharagpur)

2. Dr. J R Benemann, MicroBio Engineering, Inc., USA

3. Prof. Irini Angelidaki, Denmark Technical University

4. Prof. Roberto De Philippis, Florence University, Italy

5. Dr. Bibek Bandhyopadhaya, MNRE, Govt. of India, New Delhi

6. Mr. D Selvendran, SPRTC (A Unit of Antenna Nutritech Foundation), Madurai

The panelists and participants appreciated the organizing committee for organizing the

International Conference on “Algal Biorefinery (ICAB-2013)” at IIT Kharagpur and expressed their

satisfaction on the outcome of the conference.

The following R&D priorities were recommended by the panelist experts at ICAB 2013.

1. Algae are considered as promising third generation biofuels. Pilot and demonstration scale trials for the algal biomass production should be advanced for specific biofuels (biogas, biodiesel, biohydrogen, etc.), as well as co-products (feeds, etc.).

2. Production systems, closed photobioreactors and open ponds, must be developed. 3. Selection and genetic improvements for high productivity and products content algal

strains is required. 4. Scaling up problems for both ponds and photobioreactors must be addressed to maximize

light conversion efficiency and reduce capital and operation cost. 5. The potential of microalgae in wastewater treatment and pollution control, in combination

with biofuels production, should be developed. 6. Microalgae (cyanobacteria) as biofertilizer specifically for rice cultivation is of particular

interest in India. 7. Algal technology at the village level should be explored to produce high value vegetable

protein and nutrients to combat malnutrition. 8. Industry-University-Research Institute partnership must be encouraged. 9. Research and analytical methods by different laboratories must be standardized. 10. Uses of non-fertile lands are to be explored for algal cultivation. 11. Macroalgae (seaweeds) cultivation for biofuels, fertilizers may be encouraged.

The panel discussion was ended with vote of thanks to the chair.

Debabrata Das Chairperson, ICAB 2013

Renewable Energy Chair Professor & Former Head Department of Biotechnology

Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

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