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Venture Center is delighted to announce the

Dr. R. A. Mashelkar Endowment Lecture on “Renewable Oil & Gas: How Climate and Energy Security Are Shaping Its Future – and What It Means for All of Us.”

Join us for a thought-provoking session for scientists, entrepreneurs, and industry leaders exploring how the transition to renewable energy, evolving climate goals, and bio-based innovations are reshaping the future of oil and gas and driving the circular economy forward.

Organized By : CoE for Clean Energy & Green Hydrogen, Venture Center & Polymer Science and Engineering Division, CSIR–NCL

Supported By : NCL Research Foundation, Venture Center and ABLE (Association of Biotech Led Enterprises)

Why You Should Attend ?

Gain insights into the global shift towards renewable energy, the interplay between climate goals and energy security, and how bio-based innovations are redefining the future of oil and gas, opening new opportunities in the bioenergy and circular economy sectors.

Keynote Speaker : Mainak Chakraborty ( Co-founder & CEO, GPS Renewables Pvt. Ltd.)

Co-founder and CEO of GPS Renewables, India’s leading biofuels technology firm and the world’s largest biogas engineering company
A first-generation entrepreneur who scaled GPS Renewables from small biogas units to world-class CBG facilities, including Asia’s largest waste-to-CBG plant in Indore
Leading India’s CBG revolution through joint ventures with IOCL and BPCL, and expanding into Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF)
Under his leadership, GPS Renewables became one of the few Indian startups to surpass ₹1000 crore in revenue while staying consistently profitable
Holds an MBA from IIM Bangalore and a B.Tech. from NIT Calicut
Recognized among India’s Top Innovators Under 35 by the MIT Technology Review
Serves on National Bioenergy Committees under MNRE and MoEF&CC, and acts as an Expert Reviewer for BIRAC.

Speaker : Shriram Raghavan, Ph.D. (Member – Governing Body, ABLE)

Executive Council Member, ABLE, with 30+ years of experience building six biotech startups across 28 countries
SVP, Jananom - India’s first Synthetic Biology-as-a-Service company
Co-founder, Elive Bio Inc (USA) for deep-space biotech innovations
Mentor to 60+ startups and advisor to leading biotech incubators including Golden Jubilee Biotech Park, KIIT-TBI, and RCB-BSC
Holds a Ph.D. in Computational Systems Biology, MBA in International Business, and certification from Harvard Business School.

The talk is free for all, but registration is mandatory

Register Here

Please Note :

Organizers reserve the right to accept or refuse or delay registrations so to optimize the composition of the group and hence maximize learning for all participants
The talk will be conducted in In-person mode at CSIR-NCL
Only registered participants will be allowed to participate in the event
Email invitations will be shared with participants closer to the date of the event.

For event related queries please reach out to :

Manish Gore | +91-7410045657 (WhatsApp) | manish.gore@venturecenter.co.in

We look forward to your presence and lively participation !

DESCRIPTION:Venture Center is delighted to announce the Dr. R. A. Mashelkar Endowment Lecture on “Renewable Oil & Gas: How Climate and Energy Security Are Shaping Its Future – and What It Means for All of Us.” Join us for a thought-provoking session for scientists, entrepreneurs, and industry leaders exploring how the transition to renewable energy, evolving climate goals, and bio-based innovations are reshaping the future of oil and gas and driving the circular economy forward... LAST-MODIFIED:20260415T095704Z LOCATION:In-person at CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL) ... SEQUENCE:0 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:Explore how renewable energy, climate goals, and energy security are converging to reshape the future of oil and gas—and uncover the emerging opportunities driving this transformation. TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR