Dr Siddharth Jain leads a project funded by the Advanced Research Grant of the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) to gasify municipal solid waste and convert it into methanol.
The project aims to take the technology from laboratory to pilot-scale demonstration (technology readiness level 3 to 6) and to produce methanol at a competitive cost of ₹25–30 a litre. It is designed to support India's Swachh Bharat Mission and National Methanol Policy, turning waste that burdens cities into an affordable fuel.
Affordable fuel from waste that cities already have to manage.
