Rajeev Madhva JORAPUR

Biography

Rajeev Madhva Jorapur, assistant director of the Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute, received a B.Tech. in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay. A member of the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, Mr. Jorapur is interested in renewable energy technologies, particularly those related to biomass and environmental analysis. Past projects undertaken by Mr. Jorapur include the production of ethanol from sweet sorghum using solar energy and a techno-economic feasibility study of setting up a biomass-based 10 mega-watt power plant in western India. Presently, he is involved in the development and marketing of environmentally friendly technologies like low density and leafy biomass gasification systems for thermal applications in different industries. The systems can run on bagasse, sugarcane trash and different agricultural residues and have thermal capacities up to 850,000 Kcal/h (1 mega-watt).

This biography was last updated on June 1, 2000