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Journal of Food Science and Nutrition | Volume 2
December 09-10, 2019 | Dubai, UAE
Nutrition, Food Science and Technology
8
th
International Conference on
J Food Sci Nutr, Volume:2
Microbial technology for sustainable nutritious Food production with environmental
protection
Shaon Ray Chaudhuri
Tripura University, India
F
resh water scarcity is knocking at the door. General health
as well as food security is also threatened due to this
crisis. Agriculture uses about 89% of the fresh water that is
drawn everyday accounting to be one of the major causes
of freshwater scarcity. Dairy industry utilizes and produces a
lot of water. For each liter of milk processed, about 3 litters
of wastewater is generated. The wastewater is nutritionally
rich and causes environmental damage unless treated exten-
sively before discharge. The Microbial Technology Group in
India has developed a process through microbial intervention
which converts dairy wastewater into a biofertilizer that en-
hances yield of economic crops. It maintains the nutritional
quality of the food while increasing its yield. This biofertilizer
unlike its counterparts available in the market can enhance
yield of non-tuber crops when compared to the produce us-
ing chemical fertilizer. Through this approach fresh water as
well as chemical fertilizer use for agriculture can be reduced
substantially while decreasing the cost of the product due to
higher production. The adoption of this technology would be
economically beneficial for both the dairy farms and the farm-
ers. The process has been scaled up to 11m3/day processing
capacity with enhance grain yield in case of Mung bean (Vig-
na radiata var. MEHA) (1.56 folds), Maize (Zea mays var. Vijay)
(1.19 folds), Black Gram (Vigna mungo var. Pant-U-31) (1.04
folds). Biomass yield enhancement is seen in case of Sorghum
Sudan grass (Sorghum sudanense) (3.5-fold), Ramie fiber
(Boehmeria nivea) (1.3 fold), Lemon grass (Cymbopogon ci-
tratus var. Dhanitri and var. Krishna) (2.6 to 4.6 folds). In case
of Aloe vera (1.31-fold) the gel content as well as the leaf
dimension are seen to increase as compared to the conven-
tional practice. There was significant increase in percentage
filling of grains in case of scented rice (Oryza sativa var. Kola
Joha and var. Manikimadhuri) with maintained fragrance and
production of hydroxy cyclooctene derivatives in the rice hull
imparting protection from insect infestation.
Speaker Biography
Shaon Ray Chaudhuri did her PhD from Calcutta University in 2001 in
Molecular Biology. She was a DST Fast Track Scientist in 2003 and has been
working independently in the area of Microbial Technology since then. She
is currently an Associate Professor at Department of Microbiology, Tripura
University. Her group has been working on development of wastewater
specific tailor-made microbial consortia for treatment with minimum dead
mass generation. Under her guidance ten scholars have graduated with
PhD degree; three scholars are pursuing their PhD while four others are
working in the group to develop new solutions for waste management
with environmental sustenance. She has to her credit 5 technologies
transferred, 4 awarded international patents and 10 filed patents. Two of
the developed technologies have being tested in three industries in India.
She was the founder Director of RCM BioSolutions Pvt Ltd and has formed
up a start-up named Waste to Wealth Innovative Technologies LLP. She
has more than 50 papers published in refereed international journals. She
has secured R&D grants of over USD 1.1M till date. She is a recipient of
the Visitor’s (President’s) award under Technology category of 2019 while
another technology earned the 16th position in DST Lockheed Martin
Indian Innovation Growth Program in 2014.
e:
shaon.raychaudhuri@gmail.com