Investment9 Dec 2025, 08:38 am
ORSL, IIT Bombay & IIT Kharagpur Receive DBT-BIRAC Grant for India’s First Pilot-Scale BIO-CCU Platform
AI Summary
Organic Recycling Systems Limited (ORSL), in collaboration with IIT Bombay (IITB) and IIT Kharagpur (IITKgp), has been awarded a landmark research grant under the DBT BIRAC Joint Call on Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU). The project, titled ‘Integrating Biotechnological Interventions to Capture and Utilize CO2 from Biogas via Algal Cultivation and Photocatalytic Conversion to Mixed Alcohols’, aims to build a near zero CO2 emission biogas platform. This initiative supports India’s strategic missions related to net zero emissions, circular carbon economy, waste to wealth pathways, and scalable and sustainable bio manufacturing.
Key Highlights
- ORSL, IIT Bombay & IIT Kharagpur received a landmark research grant under the DBT BIRAC Joint Call on Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU).
- The project aims to build a near zero CO2 emission biogas platform.
- The initiative supports India’s strategic missions related to net zero emissions, circular carbon economy, waste to wealth pathways, and scalable and sustainable bio manufacturing.
- The project integrates frontier biotechnology, algal engineering, and MXene based photo catalysis.
- ORSL is positioned to lead the development of indigenous CCU technologies that can transform biogas plants nationwide and drive meaningful progress in deep industrial decarbonisation.