Srinivas Sirnoorkar,DH News Service,Gulbarga: Gulbarga University has become the first university in the State to venture into biofuel production on a demonstrative scale, thus paving way for its commercial production in the future. Thereby, not only reducing the dependency on petrol and diesel, but also contributing to environment-friendly fuel security. The Biodiesel Technology Park, inaugurated on Wednesday here, is set up on a 100-acre land in the Jnana Ganga campus. The University is supported by the Hyderabad Karnataka Development Board (HKDB) and the Forest Department, the major supplier of biofuel plants for cultivation in the campus. The university is entering into an MoU with the Bangalore-based Biodiesel Society of India which will render strategic assistance and industry link in accordance with the Karnataka State Biofuel Policy 2009. Out of the 100 acres of land, biofuel plants will come up in 85 acres and medicinal plants in 15 acres. The biodiesel technology park which would be developed on public private partnership basis, will have plantation of all the biofuel species such as Jatropha, Pongamia, Madhuca, Semarubia and Pterocarpus. Besides, provision for training in cultivation, post-harvest management, oil extraction, economics and marketing through workshops and skill development programmes will also be undertaken.