Meet Mainak Chakraborty, the man who has built Asia's largest biofuel plant
With Mainak Chakraborty around, you will no longer depend on fossil fuels. The man has already set up Asia¡¯s largest biofuel plant in Indore, a city that has been making headlines for being the country¡¯s cleanest city, year after year.?
Co-Founder and CEO of GPS Renewables, Mainak Chakraborty is an alumnus of IIM-Bangalore and among the many accolades to his name, was recognized as one of MIT¡¯s Top Innovators under 35 in 2013, and was an Ex-Global Shaper named by the World Economic Forum.?
GPS Renewables was founded in the year 2012 by two IIM-B graduates ¨C Mainak Chakraborty and Sreekrishna Sankar with the objective of solving the menace of waste that is rapidly growing and polluting the environment.??
Mainak spoke exclusively to Indiatimes regarding the fundamental challenges, solutions and his vision in the biofuel sector.?
We asked Mainak if chicken poop and weeds can be converted into fuel? And he said yes. "Not just be converted into fuel, one can also make money out of it. Not just these two things, wet waste, stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana can be used as biofuel."
On asking Mainak if this was always his dream, to do something around sustainability, he said, "I grew up in Mizoram and and the level of civic sense in North East is generally very high. People have a lot of respect for the environment and like to keep their surroundings clean."
Today, GPS Renewables is India¡¯s leading Full Stack Renewable Fuels company providing end-to-end solutions for the development, production, and distribution of green fuels with a focus on Biogas, BioCNG, Ethanol and Green Hydrogen, thus spearheading net zero economic development of the country.?
You can watch the full interview on Youtube/Indiatimes.?
