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Technical Consultancy

The scientists at ARI would be happy to provide professional services because of their core subject knowledge and expertise. Several scientists have been part of interdisciplinary research projects, and projects can be developed in a collaborative mode. With state-of-the-art analytical instruments such as GC-MS, LC-MS, MALDI-TOF, Cell sorter-analyzer, scanning electron microscope, confocal microscopes, and whole animal imaging equipment available in-house, several analyses can be completed, leading to a reduction in the overall project duration, solving technical challenges, and thus meeting the set goals.

ARI, with its team of dedicated scientists, can offer technical consultancy because of its expertise in:

Design and optimization of bioenergy production systems
Biomethanation of agro-waste such as rice straw
Bio-hydrogen production
Microbially enhanced oil recovery (MEOR)
Microbial treatment of metal-bearing wastewaters
Microbial products and processes
Valorization of wastes to value-added products
Guidance on cell culture and stem cell technologies
Molecular biology of microorganisms, including viruses
Guidance on field surveys, herbaria preparation, bar-coding, and identification
Nanobioproducts for agriculture, health, and environmental applications
Nanotechnology-enabled disease diagnostics for agriculture, including food, water, and aquaculture
Nanopharmaceuticals, scaffolds for tissue engineering and organ-on-a-chip
Natural products (dyes, metabolites from fungi and other microbes)
Monitoring of the health of natural aquatic systems based on physico-chemical parameters and diatom and other algal species.
Identification of medicinal plants and phytochemicals analysis
Toxicological testing using zebrafish and several other small animals (rats, mice)
Developmental toxicology
Undertake a specific training program for handling sophisticated equipment
Agriculture production, plant breeding, best-farm practices for wheat, soybean, and grapes

Consultancy work undertaken and completed during earlier years.

Extraction of copper from low-grade copper ores
Anaerobic treatment technologies transferred to industries involved in beverage production, breweries, dairy, distillery, fish processing, fruit and vegetable processing, pulp and paper, sugar, meat and slaughter house, food waste (Raptakos Brett and Co, Thane; TELCO, Pune; ITC, Chennai; Vam Organics, New Delhi, Shirke Paper Mills, Pune; Siddharth Chemicals, Goa; Orman Chemicals, Thane; SAF Yeast Co. Mumbai)
Microbial consortium as a deodorizer for human fecal waste
Biocides for controlling biocorrosion (ONGC, GoI)
Bioscrubber for hydrogen sulfide
Biogas from solid biomass
Bioremediation of wastewaters containing triphenyl methane dyes, phenol, and pesticides, organic chemicals (WIPL, NOCIL)
Dragon III nanotechnologies
Bioremediation of chromate-containing effluent (WIPL)
Valorization of waste biomass into biosorbents (HA Limited, Pune)
Development of enzyme formulations for leather processing, enzymes, and metabolites from halophilic bacteria
Development of microbial process for the synthesis of rare-earth colorants
Production of vit B12, acetone, butanol using anaerobes; metal-enriched yeasts (Sanzyme, Hyderabad)
Synthesis and scale-up of a method for obtaining silver (Khandelwal Group of Industries, Mumbai) and zinc oxide nanoparticles (Pitambari Industries, Mumbai) for pharmaceutical applications
Process for biohydrogen production from rice straw with (KPIT, Pune)
Process for MEOR from depleted high-temperature oil wells of Gujarat (ONGC, GoI)
Process for biomethane production from rice straw (GPS technologies)
Authentication of crude drugs
Repository of herbal drugs