Banwari Lal (biotechnologist)

Banwari Lal (born 1 July 1960) is an Indian environmental and industrial biotechnologist and the director of the Environmental and Industrial Biotechnology Division at The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). Known for the development of oilzapper technology, Dr. Lal is the chief executive officer of ONGC-TERI Biotech Limited, a collaborative venture between TERI and the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation since 2008. The Department of Biotechnology of the Government of India awarded him the National Bioscience Award for Career Development, one of the highest Indian science awards, for his contributions to biosciences in 2004. He have many Indian and international joint patents with ONGC, DBT, IOCL, OIL INDIA and TERI.

For those of a similar name, see Banwari Lal (disambiguation).

Banwari Lal
Born (1960-07-01) 1 July 1960
Rajasthan, India
Alma mater
  • University of Rajasthan
Known forDevelopment of oilzapper technology
Awards
  • 2001 All India Biotech Association Award
  • 2002 Biotech Product and Process Development for Commercialization Award
  • 2002 Jawarharlal Nehru Memorial National Gold Medal
  • 2002 Burhani Foundation-NEERI Award
  • 2003 National Petroleum Management Programme Award
  • 2004 N-BIOS Prize
  • 2005 NRDC Innovation Award
  • 2008 Biotech Product and Process Development for Commercialization Award
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
  • The Energy and Resources Institute
  • TERI School of Advanced Studies
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