Food waste is indeed a worldwide problem, according to the UN, about one-third of any and all food generated is wasted while millions of people go hungry. India is home to various rituals that protect nature and give like the culture of Kashmiri Wazwan – Kashmir valley Has The Best Way To Solve The Problem of Food Waste. But we are still very far from being the good responsible civilization that we should have been. We waste and damage nature beyond imagination. But one Scientists of India in Australia is on a quest to convert food waste into valuable chemicals.
Indian scientist – In Australia
38-year-old Dr Kiran Mahale is a Research Scientist & biotechnologist enthusiast at the University of Southern Queensland who is finding himself standing in the limelight for converting food waste into fuel. He is in talks after he discovered the remaining solid wastes of grapes abandoned with the potential of creating useful chemicals.
Winery trash has about 5% anthocyanin remains in it, and that was her muse. He invested and created new technology to extract & purify those anthocyanins in winery waste and use them. Mahale claims that once refined, these compounds can be sold for 850 Australian dollar for 10 milligrammes.
Dr Mahale used 100% of a winery waste to extract the fermentable sugars following the anthocyanin extraction. He would then ferment it into ethanol, butanol, methanol, or propanol (a metabolic process that converts the chemical energy substrates thru the action of enzymes). Such alcohols can be mixed with the gasoline to make a low-cost, environmentally friendly alternative reusable fuel. Now that’s the catch, he is making an eco-friendly, low-cost fuel that too with food waste.
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Indian Values of Anna Bhagwan
Mahalebeongs to the district of Shada in Nandurbar in Maharashtra. He has seen the horrors of food waste as a child. His father, a farmer, instilled in him the value of food. Indian culture values soil and its creation, we as Indians offer food to the gods before consuming and that is what Mahale has seen growing up. His parents taught him that food is God, called it “Anna Bhagwan” is sacred, therefore we can’t afford to squander it.”
Mahale found how blood was split into distinct components and is used in various regions at a blood bank. This sparked his interest in biotechnology and led him to pursue a Bachelor’s degree in science in Microbiology at North Maharashtra University.
Here in Australia he was lucky to experience various resources and a well-equipped lab to practice in, the labs have facilities that he has never seen before, and Scientists of India and the around the world can deal with dangerous pathogens in these labs. His invention still needs a lot of cleanup and research but Mahale is optimistic of his research.
Working with orange trash was his first endeavour. This comprises orange peels as well as pulp seeds. He isolated naringenin, a flavonoid with enormous promise in the pharmaceutical business. Extracting and purifying it takes about 16 to 18 hours. He devised a new extraction procedure that can be completed in three hours. In his PhD, he performed the same thing with vineyard and pineapple trash.
Jumping Through The Hoops – Landing in a new land
Mahale had to adapt to studying English because it was his third language. Despite this, this Indian student improved his language skills enough to pass the IELTS. A broad foreign student friend circle and English-speaking clubs helped him improve his language skills.
Mahale like most indian boys was not even aware of the culture of the new nation and it was difficult for him to adjust to a new nation from the start. the cultures were new, people felt strange, hadn’t ever celebrated Christmas before moving to Australia. games like soccer and football were kind of new to him.
Mahale recommends all the young scientists of India have a firm foundation in their respective fields and properly comprehend basic scientific principles. The future in science is full of possibilities all one has to have is motivation and will to bring the desired change.
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