Head of Division TSD 

Muhammad Akhtar

Principal Scientist

This Division is led by Dr. Romana Tabassum (DCS) and her team comprised of scientists, engineers, technical assistants and talented students, make this group one of the best groups at NIBGE for conducting research in Fermentation Technology and providing technical services in the fields of Information Technology (IT), CCML and Workshop .

At TSD Division Fermentation Technology group is highly involved in R and D activities for the process development of various industrial enzymes (alpha amylase, proteases and fiber degrading enzymes), upstream and downstream processing at pilot scale  (10, 20 and 300 liter Fermenter) at Fermentation Shed. The Fermentation Shed Facility is specially designed for upstream and downstream processing of various fermentation experiments. An extensive work has been done on the methanogenesis of agricultural, industrial and solid wastes for the production of methane gas to convert into electricity under anaerobic conditions. A 50 m³ biogas pilot plant has been successfully commissioned and maintained for biogas production.

Workshop, Information Technology and CCML are also working under TSD Division. NIBGE workshop’s goal/aim is to serve the institute with its full capacity for the R&M, alteration and development jobs as per the indenter’s requirements and quality by using the standard items / practices to support the R&D activities. Also provides services to maintain the good condition of the infrastructure of institute and residential areas.