| Development and optimization of performance and emission characteristics of CI, SI and stirling engine using hydrogen enriched bioCNG produced from anaerobic coDigestion with food waste, tannery waste stubble waste and STP sludge | Prof. E Propatham, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, Dr P Shanmugam, Scientist, CSIR- Central Leather Rresearch Institute, Chennai, Dr Rajeev Kumar, Associate Professor, Birla Institute of Technology, Bihar | 2020 | Department of Science and Technology | Chemical Sciences, Earth, Atmosphere & Environment Sciences, Energy Sciences |
| Conversion of urban solid waste at distributed level into value added products | Dr Abhishek Sharma, Associate Professor, Manipal University, Jaipur | 2020 | Department of Science and Technology | Earth, Atmosphere & Environment Sciences |
| Scale up of technology of laboratory waste with simultaneous generation of Bioenergy | Dr Anil Shripatro Bhuktar, Vivekanand Arts, Sardar Dalip Singh Commerce and Science College, Aurangabad | 2020 | Department of Science and Technology | Earth, Atmosphere & Environment Sciences, Energy Sciences |
| Segregation and management of laboratory wastes for resources recovery and value addition | Dr Viniti Vaidya, Assistant Professor, Dr D Y Patil
Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Institute, Maharashtra | 2020 | Department of Science and Technology | Earth, Atmosphere & Environment Sciences |
| Hazardous/Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) land fill leachate Treatment using Advanced Oxidation Process (AOP's) coupled with Electrochemical Biological Techniques | Prof. V Himabindu, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad | 2020 | Department of Science and Technology | Earth, Atmosphere & Environment Sciences, Chemical Sciences |
| Co-Digestion of STP Secondary sludge With Organic Wastes in Urban/PeriUrban Areas: Process Optimization Scale up and Field Demonstration | Prof. Srikanth Mutunri, BITS Pilani K K Birla, Goa | 2020 | Department of Science and Technology | Earth, Atmosphere & Environment Sciences |
| Biomass Meditated Value Addition to Fertilizer Industries Waste | Dr Manish Kumar, Scientist, Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology (CSIR-IMMT), Bhubaneshwar | 2020 | Department of Science and Technology | Earth, Atmosphere & Environment Sciences, Agricultural Sciences |
| Solarpre- heated Thermochemical Conversion of municipal mixed solid waste to high quality plasto - fuels for transportation and industrial heating applications | Dr Venkateswarlu Chintala, Associate Professor, National Rail and Transportation Institute, Gujarat | 2020 | Department of Science and Technology | Earth, Atmosphere & Environment Sciences, Energy Sciences |
| Utilization of Paddy Straw for making Composites | Prof. S Sathya Murthi, Easwari Engineering College, Chennai, Prof. Shivangi Viral Thakker, K J Somaya College Engineering, Mumbai | 2020 | Department of Science and Technology | Earth, Atmosphere & Environment Sciences, Agricultural Sciences |
| Hot stage Engineering of Copper Smelter Slag for Recovery of Iron and Subsequent use of Resulting Slag in Blended Cement | Dr Susanta Kumar Nath, Scientist, National Metallurgical Laboratory (CSIR- NPL), Jamshedpur | 2020 | Department of Science and Technology | Earth, Atmosphere & Environment Sciences, Material Sciences |