Centre for Management Technology organized JatrophaWorld 2008 seminar on 23rd and 24th January 2008 at Jakarta. I was invited guest for the same.

I was a team member for Project Feasibility Study on the “Development of Jatropha curcas oil for bio-energy in rural areas” in remote areas like Nusa Tenggara Timur (NTT), Nusa Tenggara Barat (NTB) and Sulawesi Tengah of Indonesia, along the entire value-chain of investment, production, processing, marketing and utilization.

Delivered a lecture for Vanilla-Jatropha Development Foundation, at Sun N’ Sand Hotel, Kikamballa, Mombasa, Kenya on 30th May 2007 on Factors to consider in managing large scale plantation.
Mombasa Presentation

Delivered a lecture at Manila, Phillipines, on Managing Costs, Yields and Productivity of Jatropha Curcas on 23rd and 24th May 2007, at Edsa-Shangrila Hotel in Manila at Conference arranged by Centre for Management Technology, Singapore.
• Innovations in extraction / processing
• Quality & characteristics of Fatty Acid Methyl Ester (FAME) using jatropha oil
• Factors to consider in managing large scale plantation
Manila Presentation

Delivered a lecture at Columbia University at New York, USA, on “Jatropha : Oil properties for energy uses & plantation management best practices” on 25th January 2007.
Columbia University Presentation

I deliver lectures on BioDiesel Production for entrepreneurs and on Jatropha Plantation for farmers in English as well as our local language since 2005. These are arranged by Maharashtra Industrial & Technical Consultants (MITCON) a government of Maharashtra Consultancy. Normally, there is 1 lecture in a month in different parts of our Maharashtra state. I have spoken at Dadar, Thane, Vashi, Jalgaon, Satara and Nashik Centers.
BioDiesel
Jatropha
Delivered a lecture at 3rd BioFuel Seminar organized by , WRC, on 11th October 2007 on Present Status of Jatropha and BioDiesel in India.