Virenda Kumar Vijay, Ph.D.
IREDA Chair Professor
India Institute of Technology
Prof. Vijay’s work on biogas technology, particularly biogas upgradation is well recognized at the global level. He is the national coordinator of two major national programs of the Government of India: (i) Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA), that aims to utilize knowledge institutions of the country to help villages in their development and (ii) Scientific Utilization through Research Augmentation (SUTRA) – prime products from Indigenous Cow (Panchgavya) of Ministry of Science Technology which will help in reinstating the cow-based rural economy supported by critical scientific validation and research. He has over 150 publications in journals and conferences, 7 books and one lab manual to his credit. Prof. Vijay received the Prakriti Bharati National Award in 2005 for S&T Application for developing biogas enrichment and bottling technology for rural sector, and many more.