Research & Investigation Activities - STAI has a pool of experts and a cumulative store house of knowledge. It is instrumental in developing & promoting vital process technologies & state of the art equipment for sugar and allied industry applications.

Mr D K Goel is the Convenor of the STAI's Standing Committee on Research and Investigation that takes up R&I projects in following areas, with active involvement of various stakeholders:

• Sustainable Sugarcane Agriculture

• Factory Engineering and Energy Efficiency

• Sugarcane Processing Technologies and Sugar Quality

• Zero Liquid Discharge in Distilleries

• Recycling of Sugarcane/Sugar Factory Wastes

• Co-Products : Cogeneration, Ethanol, Downstream Chemicals