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on war footing. More plants should (from agricultural wastes) should
Expo & Conference News be planned, considering the present go for blending and ethanol made ABOUT THE AUTHOR
and future demands for blending. from molasses should be reserved
These plants should be preferably for revival of ethanol-based chemical Mr. Amiya Kanti
under the management of the Oil industry, for which India was pioneer Das (born 1939) is
Marketing Companies themselves and well known some decades back. a B.Sc. (Hons.) and
and the ethanol produced should be M.Sc. in Chemistry
given pricing and other incentives  Priority should be given to eff orts in from Calcutta Univer-

at par with ethanol from foodgrains commercializing 3G ethanol from sity. Widely travel-
and other sources. seaweeds. led in Europe and
India, he was a regular contributor
 No environmental clearance should The views expressed here are not in chemical journals during 80’s
be accorded to distilleries without against blending, but against making and 90’s and is profi cient in German
incorporating carbon dioxide capture alcohol for EBP from food grains. Brazil, and Russian. Before superannua-
and utilisation facilities. a pioneer in ethanol blending, uses only tion on May 31, 1997, from the
surplus sugarcane as raw material, and post of Industrial Advisor in
 All incentives for ethanol made USA uses corn, which it has aplenty. the Department of Chemicals and
from foodgrains should be with- India should confi ne ethanol production Petrochemicals, he dealt with
drawn in phases. to resources that are available abundantly diverse chemical industries for
with no food use and make judicious three decades.
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