PROFILE 1. GENERAL PARTICULARS Name: D. M. NAVEEN GIRI Portfolio: Founder & Advisor - Scientist Date of Birth: 22ND JUNE 1975 2. EDUCATIONAL DETAILS (GRADUATION ONWARDS) S. No. Institution Degree Perceiving/Awarded Year Field of Study 1 University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore, India B.Sc. Agriculture (awarded) 1996 Agriculture 3. PROFESSIONAL CAREER (STARTING WITH THE MOST RECENT EMPLOYMENT) S. No. Institution Position Held From To 1 ASN Fuels Pvt Ltd, Bangalore Founder & Advisor-Scientist Aug 2020 Till date 2 Hospitality Business Management, Bangalore CEO Mar 2017 Mar 2020 3 Hotel Project Development, Bangalore M D Mar 2011 Feb 2017 4 EON Resorts Pvt Ltd, Maldives Landscape Arch Coordinator -Designer Jun 2006 Dec 2010 5 Rathnagiri Impex - Bangalore - Agri and Landscape Equipment Division of Oleomac Group-Italy Country Manager - India May 2000 Mar 2003 6 MCF , UB Group Fertilizer Division , Bangalore Area Sales officer -Tamilnadu Feb 1997 Nov 1999 7 Depart of Agricultural Marketing, UAS, GKVK, Bangalore Field Investigator and Data Analyst Nov 1996 Feb 1997 4. HONORS/ AWARDS i. Participated in Empretec Workshop conducted by United Nations Development Programme ii. Delivered a Key Note Lecture in IIT Tirupati National Symposium on Challenges in 2G Ethanol Production iii. Published a news article on National Ethanol Reactive Pipeline Grid iv. Awarded the Corporate Leadership Excellence award 2022 by UEM , Kolkata v. Awarded the Best Paper Presentation Award at Indo-Canadian Symposium on “Water Management: Sustainability & Impact of Climate Change” in 2023. 6. Published PATENTS i. Tube Manifold Reactor for continuous Saccharification process ii. Loop Reactor for fermentation iii. Reactive pipeline Grid for Ethanol 7 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE I am an AGRICULTURE GRADUATE with an MBA and have been involved in Sales and Marketing of Fertilizers, Agricultural Equipments and Machineries across India. I was also involved in the Field Trials and Data Analysis for the Green House Cultivation in Floriculture . During these tenure, I came across vast rice and CORN growing regions and interacted with the farmers and observed the wastage of agri biomass from farms. Further I had a number of interactions with Rice Mill Owners, Rice Bran Oil Industries, CORN Processing Industries and discussed about the scale of agri industry waste generated which led to my keen interest in initiating the research on utilising Agri Industry Biomass wastage to produce Fuel Ethanol thru Innovative Enzymatic Hydrolysis Technology which led to this research project. Acheivements:  Obtained Equity investments from Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited – Mumbai  Successfully Established a Lignocellulosic Biomass Ethanol pilot plant of 100 Kg /day capacity at Tirupati  Conducted case studies for HPCL Biofuels Ltd , Bihar – Sugarmills with ethanol units for commercial turn around strategy.  Carried out case study for Andhra Pradesh Govt Co-Operative sugar mill at Ettikoppaka for turn around plan of Andhra Pradesh State sick co-op sugar mills.  Have participated in the Panel discussion in the International Clean Fuel Summit 2022 as a panel expert on “ Can 2nd gen Bioethanol deliver.” 8. RESEARCH LEADERSHIP S. No. Title of Project Duration 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Evaluating Bamboo efficiency for ethanol production Evaluating usage of Infra Red Technology for Enzymatic - Saccharification process Evaluating usage of Microwave for Biomass pretreatment Evaluating Grain based 1G Ethanol production form TMR Technology Evaluating whole CORN plant with CORN– combined 1G & 2G saccharification Evaluating Fruit /Vegetable processing industry waste for 2G Ethanol prospects Evaluating TMR technology for Liquid Glucose production suitable for Confectiony. Evaluating Continuous Horizontal distillation columns Technology Evaluating Mushroom industry waste for ethanol prospects Sustainable Marine Fuel – Lignin Ethanol Oil June 2021 TO Feb ‘2023 9. RESEARCH PROJECTS Built and operationalized S. No. Title of Project Source of Funds Duration 1. 2. 3. 4. 2G Bioethanol pilot plant at Tirupati – 100 Kg/day Reactive Pipeline Technology Add-On Reactor Technology Extrusion method for pretreatment HPCL Investment Private Equity Investment Private Equity Investment HPCL Investment Aug 2020- March 2021 June 2021 July 2021 Jan2021 – June 2021