Five Indian Institutes of Technology team on virtual bioenergy center of excellence

In India, five Indian Institutes of Technology have come together to create a virtual center of excellence for bioenergy with IITs from Bombay, Kharagpur, Guwahati, Jodhpur and Roorkee involved. A total of 32 researchers from the various campuses will collaborate on projects about advanced biofuels including cyanobacterial biofuels. Known as the ‘DBT-Pan IIT Centre for Bioenergy’, it is a joint initiative of the institutes along with the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) under the Ministry of Science and Technology.