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About IIChE CRC   About IIChE   Membership   Activities   News & Events   Announcements   CHEMCON 2008   CRC Profile   Picture Gallery   Contact Us			National Seminar on Industrial Biotechnology: Gateway to Sustainable Future     National Seminar on ?Industrial Biotechnology: Gateway to Sustainable Future? will be held on Feb. 5th, 2007 at ICSSR Complex, Panjab University, Chandigarh. The seminar is organized by Energy Research Centre, Panjab University, Chandigarh in collaboration with IIChE CRC. Industrial biotechnology is a subject which is rapidly gaining priority on the agendas of those in industry, politics, academia and NGOs as it offers enormous opportunities, not just for the economy, but equally to our environment and to our society. The seminar features sessions on a diverse set of topics such as biotechnology in manufacturing and synthesis, industrial biotechnology for pharmaceutical and fine chemicals, bio-processing of agricultural feedstocks for bioenergy and renewable chemical production, the impact of biotechnology on climate change, developments along the nanotech-biotech interface and issues surrounding the application of biotechnology to industrial sustainability.