Dishonesty about Indian technological development

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Revisionism and concealing truth is the primary element of the idea of India.

No proofs for anything yet & more circle jerking....nice !!!

 

[HariPrasad]

India is a huge country with 1.4 billion mouths. Even if 1% of the population, makes it a lucrative market. As a result many western companies or in some cased Indian companies bring technology to India to sell. Its nothing to do with Indian capability or invention. If you want to know the Indian capability then you can just look at their Kaveri engine or Bhramos missile. Kaveri is failed as it took Indian input in it whereas Bhramos is a success, as it is a Russian missile with Indian logo in it. Jyuti is no different.

They are not only coming here for sale but they come here for research, innovation , manufacturingand sell and not for sell only. If your logic is true than atleast 1/6th what comes to India should come to BD also as you too have 200 million population. Yours is not a small country. Where are you in this area. First of all, stop importing bycycle parts from India as you can not even produce that.

http://www.businesstoday.in/photos/...lest-start-ups-of-india-2016/1075.html#photo6

Some coolest research and innovations in India.


http://www.thebetterindia.com/107838/low-cost-nano-sensors-iisc-air-pollution/

Imagine if your smartphone could be equipped with an air pollution nanosensor? The Indian Institute of Science (IISc.) has a dedicated team working towards making this technological advance a reality.

The team of scientists at IISc has developed a highly sensitive low-cost sensor to detect carbon monoxide levels, a step forward in environmental pollution monitoring.

IISc- Bangalore- Bengaluru- low-cost-CO- Air pollution -quality-sensor (1)
Photo Source: Pixabay
The research carried out by Chandra Shekhar Prajapati, post-doctoral fellow, and Navakanta Bhat, Chair & Professor, Centre for Nano Science and Engineering (CeNSE), IISc., along with researchers at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, has been published in peer-reviewed Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical in June 2017.

According to an official statement, the Centre for Nano Science and Engineering (CeNSE) team used a novel low-cost fabrication technique that leaves out lithography—a time-consuming and expensive process—to construct a honeycomb-like nanostructure made up of zinc-oxide.

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This technique is said to improve the sensitivity of the device, “A simple way to explain this, says Dr. Prajapati, is to imagine a group of really small hexagonal polystyrene beads arranged in a pattern over the sensing material and more of the same material deposited in the gaps to form a honeycomb pattern. Imagine the difference between a flat surface and a dimpled one. The second would be more sensitive, as there would be greater surface area to interact with gases,” explained Dr. Bhat.



Read more: IISc Scientists Are Restoring a 10,000-Acre Forest, With a Drone and Seedbombs!

While conventional optical sensors are heavier, measuring a few centimetres, this devised sensor is less than 1 mm. Though nanosensors are not new, the low-cost technique and high sensitivity makes the research stand out. While the scientists developed sensors with varying widths of the honeycomb pattern, the one with the smallest width (~100 nm) could detect a difference in CO level as low as 500 parts per billion and selectively responded to CO even in the presence of other gases.

“The size of the sensor itself is less than 1 mm. If you combine it with the rest of the signal processing electronics and a small display, it may not be more than a couple of centimetres. This can be integrated with a cell phone, or imagine a small device at every traffic signal which can transmit the data to your cell phone through Bluetooth,” said Dr. Bhat.

Talking about the cost-effectiveness and time-efficiency of the polystyrene technique, C.S. Parajapati said, “You can buy a packet of these micron-sized polystyrene beads in the market for Rs. 4,000-Rs 5,000, which can be used to create nanostructures on thousands of sensors. In addition, the process only takes a few minutes, while lithography-based multi-step methods can take a few hours.”

Navkanta Bhat and his team have been working on developing miniature sensors for air quality monitoring for several years. They are also credited with previously developing a hybrid sensor array to detect four different gases simultaneously.

Expressing the use of the polystyrene-based method to develop similar honeycomb nanostructures for other metal oxides to detect other gases, he says, “What we have is a generic platform. You can do the same nano-structuring for different metal oxide semiconductor sensors.”

Contact details:
Navakanta Bhat: navakant@ece.iisc.ernet.in
+91-80-2293 3312
Chandra Shekhar Prajapati: shekhar@cense.iisc.ernet.in

 

[TopCat]

They are not only coming here for sale but they come here for research, innovation , manufacturingand sell and not for sell only. If your logic is true than atleast 1/6th what comes to India should come to BD also as you too have 200 million population. Yours is not a small country. Where are you in this area. First of all, stop importing bycycle parts from India as you can not even produce that.

http://www.businesstoday.in/photos/...lest-start-ups-of-india-2016/1075.html#photo6

Some coolest research and innovations in India.


http://www.thebetterindia.com/107838/low-cost-nano-sensors-iisc-air-pollution/

Imagine if your smartphone could be equipped with an air pollution nanosensor? The Indian Institute of Science (IISc.) has a dedicated team working towards making this technological advance a reality.

The team of scientists at IISc has developed a highly sensitive low-cost sensor to detect carbon monoxide levels, a step forward in environmental pollution monitoring.

IISc- Bangalore- Bengaluru- low-cost-CO- Air pollution -quality-sensor (1)
Photo Source: Pixabay
The research carried out by Chandra Shekhar Prajapati, post-doctoral fellow, and Navakanta Bhat, Chair & Professor, Centre for Nano Science and Engineering (CeNSE), IISc., along with researchers at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, has been published in peer-reviewed Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical in June 2017.

According to an official statement, the Centre for Nano Science and Engineering (CeNSE) team used a novel low-cost fabrication technique that leaves out lithography—a time-consuming and expensive process—to construct a honeycomb-like nanostructure made up of zinc-oxide.

×
This technique is said to improve the sensitivity of the device, “A simple way to explain this, says Dr. Prajapati, is to imagine a group of really small hexagonal polystyrene beads arranged in a pattern over the sensing material and more of the same material deposited in the gaps to form a honeycomb pattern. Imagine the difference between a flat surface and a dimpled one. The second would be more sensitive, as there would be greater surface area to interact with gases,” explained Dr. Bhat.



Read more: IISc Scientists Are Restoring a 10,000-Acre Forest, With a Drone and Seedbombs!

While conventional optical sensors are heavier, measuring a few centimetres, this devised sensor is less than 1 mm. Though nanosensors are not new, the low-cost technique and high sensitivity makes the research stand out. While the scientists developed sensors with varying widths of the honeycomb pattern, the one with the smallest width (~100 nm) could detect a difference in CO level as low as 500 parts per billion and selectively responded to CO even in the presence of other gases.

“The size of the sensor itself is less than 1 mm. If you combine it with the rest of the signal processing electronics and a small display, it may not be more than a couple of centimetres. This can be integrated with a cell phone, or imagine a small device at every traffic signal which can transmit the data to your cell phone through Bluetooth,” said Dr. Bhat.

Talking about the cost-effectiveness and time-efficiency of the polystyrene technique, C.S. Parajapati said, “You can buy a packet of these micron-sized polystyrene beads in the market for Rs. 4,000-Rs 5,000, which can be used to create nanostructures on thousands of sensors. In addition, the process only takes a few minutes, while lithography-based multi-step methods can take a few hours.”

Navkanta Bhat and his team have been working on developing miniature sensors for air quality monitoring for several years. They are also credited with previously developing a hybrid sensor array to detect four different gases simultaneously.

Expressing the use of the polystyrene-based method to develop similar honeycomb nanostructures for other metal oxides to detect other gases, he says, “What we have is a generic platform. You can do the same nano-structuring for different metal oxide semiconductor sensors.”

Contact details:
Navakanta Bhat: navakant@ece.iisc.ernet.in
+91-80-2293 3312
Chandra Shekhar Prajapati: shekhar@cense.iisc.ernet.in

First of all BD does not spend a single penny in non agri research. Thats a fact. But you can check out on our agri research accomplishment which are usually not high profile but matters for most of our people.

As we are moving towards industrialization and better economic well being we will be investing billions in research as well but will only be limited to the field which makes sense with our social and economic standings.

Now going back to the Indian achievement, you are boasting or inflating far more than what you have and people are just pulling your legs to show you in the mirror. Dont make yourself a laughing stock.

 

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As we are moving towards industrialization and better economic well being we will be investing billions in research

'Will'. Just as in case of Walton beating Samsung & becoming a leading player in the Indian market ?

Now going back to the Indian achievement, you are boasting or inflating far more than what you have

On the contrary many doesn't know what kind of R&D is undertaken in India that they even start a new thread to post their mindless musings...and ends up getting literally owned.

Just like your pal Bilal who claimed that no one would invest in engine development in India, not knowing that India is their largest R&D base for Cummins, outside the US.

Dont make yourself a laughing stock.

Shall I post the screenshot of ' making the bomb in 5 years' ?

 

[Bilal9]

Meh...more BS, no proof. BTW how does it feel to import Chinese assembled phones with Walton badging ?

No wonder why this LDC lags behind Sub Saharan Zambia in scientific output.



Beta, do you know the basics of mechanical engineering ? Ever seen even a conventional milling machine in real life ?

Lot of boasting coming from a milling machine operator.

Plus we can't help if Your research salaries are so low, that caterpillar, cummins, GE, Intel, Microsoft and every other global company sets up research centers in India to produce tons of patents......like I said before, they aren't coming for indian brains. They just want to get routine work done at super cheap rates....

 

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Lot of boasting coming from a milling machine operator.

Lot of BS coming from an idiot who compares CNC machines by their enclosures.

Every Mechanical Engineering graduate in India have to operate one during their engineering degree course...+ CNC trainer lathes etc in their final year....

And Bangladesh have to import Indian expats to run their low tech industries... with such poor quality of human resources, there is little wonder by that country produces literally zero scientific output.

Plus we can't help if Your research salaries are so low, that caterpillar, cummins, GE, Intel, Microsoft and every other global company sets up research centers in India to produce tons of patents......like I said before, they aren't coming for indian brains.

And why doesn't they set shop in great BD with even lower wages ?

Simple- Quality of human resources in your country is pathetic- which is why so many Indian professional expats have to be imported to manage even low tech industries such as textiles...

Many Indian citizens are taking jobs in Bangladeshi through foreign companies, NGOs and other legal and illegal businesses. Bangladeshis generally do menial jobs in India and contribute to the economy through hard work in exchange for meagre wages, whereas most Indians are gainfully employed in attractive jobs in Bangladesh, earning handsomely and remitting millions of dollars to India.

http://www.thedailystar.net/controlling-remittance-outflow-to-india-58831

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Center for International Development at Harvard University (CID) giving Bangladeshis dreaming of industrial diversification a reality check....

The projections divide global countries into three basic categories: those countries with too few productive capabilities to easily diversify into related products, including Bangladesh, Ecuador, and Guinea; those countries which have enough capabilities that make diversification and growth easier, which include India, Indonesia, and Turkey;

 

[Bilal9]

History revisionism and concealing truth is the primary element of the idea of India.

Wanted to drop you a PM....

 

[HariPrasad]

First of all BD does not spend a single penny in non agri research. Thats a fact. But you can check out on our agri research accomplishment which are usually not high profile but matters for most of our people.

As we are moving towards industrialization and better economic well being we will be investing billions in research as well but will only be limited to the field which makes sense with our social and economic standings.

Now going back to the Indian achievement, you are boasting or inflating far more than what you have and people are just pulling your legs to show you in the mirror. Dont make yourself a laughing stock.

So a country with 200 million people focuses soley on agriculture research and still unable to achive any significant result. That is great.

One more excellent Innovation From Indian

Grow Pesticide-Free Veggies Indoors, Without Soil. Here’s How!

A Chandigarh based green company that offers solutions for growing vegetables and herbs at homes without the requirement of soil.

by Lekshmi Priya S
6 days ago


A lot of ‘safe’ green leafy vegetables and fruits that form a part of your regular palate have an unnatural pesticide residue clinging to them despite being washed multiple times.

Imagine an opportunity where you could grow your own vegetables and herbs in a completely organic manner.

Sounds awesome, right?

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What if you could grow them inside your home?

Pindfresh, a Chandigarh-based green company, offers solutions for growing vegetables and herbs at homes without soil!


Veggies in your living room. Courtesy: Pindfresh.
Employing the method of hydroponics, where plants are grown using mineral nutrient solutions in a water solvent, instead of soil, the folks behind Pindfresh believe in scaling down large structures and making small fungible, Lego-like structures that can be installed in a modular fashion as per need.

“We develop hydroponic do-it- yourself (DIY) kits in varying sizes that are supplemented with replacement nutrients, organic seeds and inert mediums—precisely everything that you need to start growing your own food produce,” says Somveer Anand, who is the chief fabricator of Pindfresh.

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The story behind the venture goes way back to 2012 when Somveer’s father fell sick. A change of dietary habits as prescribed by doctors, led the family to start growing their own food.

“I had been previously located in the United States but once my father fell sick, we came to the realisation of the life-threatening impact of pesticides in the most of ‘safe’ food produces. For the last five years, we have been growing our own vegetables and fruits,” he divulges.

The family that had been quite efficiently growing vegetables decided to venture out and thought of starting with children, having great grasping abilities.


The PindPipe, one of the flagship hydroponic kits of Pindfresh. Courtesy: Pindfresh.
“It was quite shocking to know that little kids hardly had any idea of how plants grew and basic concepts of nutrient requirement. We reached out to many schools and conducted workshops that enriched children about the facets involved for growing plants and how they could do the same,” Somveer explains.



What started as a hobby for an initial period of six months, Pindfresh today is heart and soul for Somveer, who currently dedicates all of his time to the company.

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“We have a team of six members, each of whose contribution is equally valuable in reaching out to our customers. They’re more like a management team from whom I draw inspiration. Honestly, I feel that as a small venture, one’s dedication towards keeping the benefactors happy is the most vital driving force,” he says.

With packages that help you set up minute indoor kitchen gardens requiring only diffused sunlight, Pindfresh also offers installations for inside the house. “In such cases, we offer customised lighting solutions that would act up for the lack of direct sunlight for the plants to grow,” Somveer mentions.

Apart from catering to homes, the company also helps revamping offices into green workspaces.


The entire workforce. From left to right: Naseem Ali(sitting), Gurinder Dhiman, Nafis Ali, Somveer and Sohila Kapoor. Courtesy: Pindfresh.
One of the companies to have its workplace transformed by Pindfresh into a space blooming with petunias and zinnias was Jugnoo.

“One often fails to acknowledge the air cleansing properties that plants possess. This way, not only do we help people have pesticide-free home-grown food but also live in a healthier environment,” he adds.

You can reach out to Pindfresh at som@pindfresh.com or call on 987873

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This Mumbai Ecopreneur Has Been Turning City Dwellers Into Urban Farmers for Over Half a Decade

During a college project, Priyanka Amar Shah combined her love for nature with business skills to start iKheti, an enteprise that facilitates urban farming

by Sohini Dey
2 months ago


Priyanka Amar Shah attributes her love for greenery to her “nature loving family.” The Mumbai resident grew up in a suburban home whose balconies were always adorned with plants. It was also her affinity for nature that made her notice how barren the other balconies of her neighbourhood seemed in comparison.

Around 2011, Priyanka and her brother began growing herbs at home, plucking chillies and lemons for family dinners. During this time, she was pursuing and MBA from Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research where she got an opportunity to present a business idea. Determined to use the opportunity fruitfully, she combined her love for nature with business skills to conceptualise iKheti, an urban farming enterprise.

Today, iKheti has become a full-fledged eco-friendly enterprise that facilitates farming among city dwellers with workshops, consultancy and gardening resources.


iKheti aims to create a sustainable environment
For this young ecopreneur, concern for environment goes hand-in-hand with a healthy food movement. Unlike other gardening ventures, iKheti emphasizes on growing edible vegetables, fruits and herbs. “Mumbai is great for growing edible plants. We have great sunshine and the weather is not as extreme as other cities,” Priyanka says.

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Priyanka’s vision for iKheti’s vision is, “To create a platform for both, individuals & communities to grow healthy consumable crops within their premises & promote sustainable urban farming.”

Today, a number of organisations work in the same area and the number of people invested in urban farming is on the rise. Yet in 2011, when Priyanka got started, it was still unexplored territory and people had to be educated on the benefits and methods of farming in small spaces.

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“We started with workshops,” says Priyanka on her early days with iKheti. “But we soon realised that holding workshops was not enough.” People needed to carry their learning back from home and apply it, and Priyanka took a more holistic approach to overcome the obstacle. From seeds and organic manure to consulting and maintenance, iKheti expanded their scope. “It was an unorganised sector and professional help was lacking,” she says. “Our main focus was to become a one-stop shop.”

Supported by a network of volunteers and trained malis, iKheti hopes to introduce everyone to the joy of organic farming.


Promoting organic farming among urban dwellers
Priyanka insists on taking the no-chemical approach to farming, in tandem with her emphasis on healthy eating. From offering seeds and DIY kits on sale to offering consulting services on composting and kitchen gardening, she wants to train people in the art of growing their own food.



For time-strapped clients, iKheti offers an on-call mali (gardener) service. Finding this taskforce was one of her biggest challenges, Priyanka admits, as they were unfamiliar with the extra maintenance and organic methods. “Over time, they have become very caring. I foster animals, and sometimes when I am not around the nursery, they do it for me.”

“Our malis are specially trained to look after edible plants, and they are the backbone of this business,” she adds.

For beginners, Priyanka recommends growing herbs, which are easier and faster to grow. Herbs like curry leaves, ajwain, tulsi and pudina are very popular. “These might sound common, but 90 percent people who come to us don’t grow any of those plants,” she says. Herbs like celery, basil and oregano are also popular and Priyanka recommends growing these before one moves on to vegetable farming.

iKheti’s success has prompted Priyanka to take up new challenges: community farming, vertical gardening & hydroponics.


iKheti’s diverse undertakings, from innovative planters to grand vertical gardens
Having reached out to over 4,000 people via personal services and workshops, Priyanka is now emphasizing on encouraging bigger groups. iKheti’s experience with a few corporate and religious institutions has also shown that farming is best effectively practised on rooftops or bigger spaces. She also works with schools, encouraging children to eat healthy and understand the value of food.

Another area in which iKheti is beginning to work is with farmers around Mumbai, teaching them the values of organic farming. Admittedly, it is not easy—farmers worry about diminishing produce and Priyanka thinks it is a valid concern driven by the market and low awareness. “Many farmers don’t know that organic produce fetches higher prices,” she says.

The iKheti team not only educates farmers, but also teaches them the value of land as legacy. After all, a fertile land is a boon for the next generation.

Keeping space considerations in mind, iKheti is also venturing into vegetable growing in vertical spaces and taking tiny steps towards hydroponic systems. Their ultimate endeavour is to combine the two in an effort to offer greater convenience for urban farmers.

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Priyanka aims to acquaint people from all works of life to the importance of a green environment. Not just farming, even smaller plants can make a difference. At the iKheti nursery, plants are reared to contribute to their surroundings, from purifying the air to attracting butterflies and insects. “We want to create a sustainable environment,” she says, encapsulating her ecopreneurial vision.

Check out the iKheti’s products and services online or get in touch with Priyanka here.

Like this story? Or have something to share? Write to us: contact@thebetterindia.com, or connect with us on Facebook and Twitter.

 

[UKBengali]

@waz;
@Horus


Please look at this biased Indian Think Tank
Analyst, @MilSpec,
that is negatively rating BD posters but not
Indians who are saying similar things.
If you look at his rating history he is clearly
very biased as he seems to pick on posters
that are debating with Indian posters.

 

[HariPrasad]

AWESOME

HOW IISC is restoring a 10000 Acre land into a forest.

Indian Way.


http://www.thebetterindia.com/105073/iisc-scientists-restoring-30000-acre-forest-drone-seedbombs/

 

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HOW IISC is restoring a 10000 Acre land into a forest.

Industry 4.0: IISc building India’s 1st smart factory in Bengaluru

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...factory-in-Bengaluru/articleshow/53441112.cms

ISc to get Rs 3,000-crore foundry to produce GaN

http://indianexpress.com/article/education/iisc-to-get-rs-3000-crore-foundry-to-produce-wonder-nano-material-4741048/

 

[HariPrasad]

This Low-Cost Technology Is Helping a Puducherry Village Treat Its Wastewater, and It Uses Plants!

by Sanchari Pal
4 months ago


In recent years, several Indian villages have embarked upon a journey of sustainable transformation that causes as little impact on the environment as possible. One such village is Chinna Kalapet in Puducherry, a sleepy little fishing hamlet that is setting an example by treating its wastewater the eco-friendly way.

Based on an innovative technology designed by Professor S.A. Abbasi from Pondicherry University, Chinna Kalapet’s low-cost wastewater treatment plant (called SHEFROL bioreactor) uses aquatic plants to absorb chemicals, pathogens and microorganisms from wastewater, making it fit for irrigation purposes.



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In 2005, Prof. Abbasi was working to develop an eco-friendly, inexpensive, and simple technology for waste water treatment when he came up with the idea of SHEFROL (which stands for sheet flow root level). With the help of university colleagues, S Gajalakshmi and Tasneem Abbasi, he carried out several experiments to fine tune the technology before setting up a pilot plant on the university campus.

A SHEFROL plant treats wastewater using two aquatic plants – four leaf clover, and water hyacinth – that act as natural agents of phytoremdiation. Used for in-situ removal of contaminants in the environment, the term ‘phytoremediation’ comes from the Greek word for plants (‘phyto’).

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In this innovative system, the wastewater flows as a thin sheet through the roots of select aquatic plants in specially designed trenches made from plastic sheets. As the plants grow, thriving on the waste, they continuously detoxify the water. As a result of the intensive ‘water-root-microorganism’ contact made in these units, over 80 % of wastewater treatment is completed quickly (in about 2 hours) as compared to 2 days or more needed in other systems.

The treated, turbidity-free water can then be used for irrigation in farms and gardens. No foul smell emanates from the water treatment plant, which doesn’t use any kind of chemical. A simple system, it can be set up or dismantled easily as well as scaled up or scaled down as per need.



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What also makes it a great option for villages, colonies or even large suburbs is the fact that it makes use of gravity and the topography, thus doing away with the requirement of pumping water. A small difference in fluid head between the inlet and outlet guarantees the constant flow of water in and out of the system.

With the cost of the pilot plant Prof. Abbasi set up on campus coming to only ₹ 600, SHEFROL also proved to be an inexpensive technology. Encouraged by its easy and efficient way of functioning, Pondicherry University soon set up SHEFROL plants in several places, in and around the campus.



SHEFROL was also certified as a novel and patentable technology after independent trials and tests were conducted on it by the Department of Science & Technology, Department of Biotechnology and Centre for Development of Advanced Computing.

In 2011, supported financially by the Department of Biotechnology, SHEFROL’s patent claim was registered and published in the Official Journal of The Patent Office, India. It remains undisputed.

In 2014, a SHEFROL plant was set up in Chinna Kalapet by PhD. student of Pondicherry University, Ashraf Bhat, as part of his thesis work with the guidance of Assistant Professor Tasneem Abbasi. Till then, water used to stagnate in the area where wastewater from the houses was let out, leading to the breeding of mosquitoes.



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The SHEFROL plant was set up to remedy this civic problem. Every day, grey water (house-hold sewage) from 38 houses is fed into the plant that has a capacity of 10,000 litres. Costing only around ₹ 15,000, the plant consists of a sedimentation tank and channels created by sand bags placed in pits. This is covered by a non-permeable sheet that ensures wastewater does not seep into the ground as aquatic plants grow on top of it.

The low-maintenance plant (the villagers took just a day to learn how to operate and maintain it) takes only six hours to treat the wastewater, which is then used to irrigate a Casuarina plantation in the village.

The inventors of SHEFROL want more places in India to take up this robust, efficient and inexpensive green technology. They point out the fact that when compared to conventional wastewater treatment systems, SHEFROL has several advantages – a standard Sewage Treatment Plant costs around ₹50 lakh to set up and maintain whereas an eco-friendly SHEFROL plant of same capacity can be set up for as little as ₹ 20,000, with efficiency in both cases being almost similar!

Also, even though this technology has been patented, they are offering free transfer of technology to communities, just like how it has been done in Chinna Kalapet. Their team is also working to create a complete inventory of non-commercial aquatic plants that are commonly available in different regions of India. This will help in enabling the SHEFROL technology to be used anywhere.

Perfected over a period of 12 years, SHEFROL is an eco-friendly technology that may hold the answer to rural India’s wastewater management concerns. Sarvam, a Tamil Nadu-based NGO, is already working to install SHEFROL plants in several villages in the state while several European and Middle-Eastern nations have expressed their interest in implementing this system in their countries.

For details, click here.

Also Read: This Ecological Miracle in Kolkata Is Also the World’s Largest Organic Sewage Management System!

Superb,


Reviving Polluted Urban water. % Indian Innovations.


Bellandur Lake Fire: 5 Ways India Can Revive Its Polluted Urban Water Bodies

http://www.thebetterindia.com/87836/bellandur-lake-bengaluru-water-pollution-innovative-solutions/

 

[UKBengali]

And nothing in missiles, particle accelerators, BMD, heavy electricals, etc ? Or automotive, industrial engines etc,where there are large number of R&D centers involved ?



We don't need to compete. We can catch up with them & then substitute imports as in case of this turnmill center.

And don't even think that we can't ever compete- we are presently involved in the development of AUSC technology competing with French/Japanese majors.

Those 3 areas that I have mentioned, India
is just behind the leaders and is competitive
- as in it can find willing buyers for it's tech from around the world.
Other areas maybe in a decade or two but not right now.

PS - I never said India can never compete, just not right now.

 

[HariPrasad]

Delays Due to Fog? IIT Kharagpur’s New Technology Might Just Make That a Thing of the Past!

IIT Kharagpur has named the technology ‘Real Time Fog Removal from Videos & Real-Time Rain Removal from Videos.’

by Jovita Aranha
12 days ago


In a ground-breaking innovation, IIT Kharagpur has developed an algorithm that aims to cut delays and cancellations of flights and trains, by clearing hazy visuals caused by rain, fog or smog, all in REAL TIME!

What is this innovation?

IIT Kharagpur-technology-cuts-fog-railways-DRDO
Photo Source: IIT Kharagpur
IIT Kharagpur has named the technology ‘Real Time Fog Removal from Videos & Real-Time Rain Removal from Videos’.



This fog algorithm will estimate the distance of objects from the camera in the form of a depth map. The depth map is further advanced, using anisotropic diffusion to smoothen the depth map and identify clear boundaries of the object. Based on the refined depth, the image is restored to give clean images, reported the Economic Times.

This operation is performed on every frame of the video to generate a defogged video stream in real time.

How is it useful?

“We are in touch with the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and they are interested in using this technology during rocket launches and missile test fires done by Integrated Test Range (ITR),” said Sudipta Mukhopadhyay of the department of electronics and electrical communication who led the project.

“During such events, scientists need to track the trajectory through cameras mounted in ground stations, but the video often gets degraded due to weather conditions,” he added.

What does the road ahead look like?

The technology has been widely appreciated and has received an international patent. The Railways and Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) have initiated talks for acquiring and deploying it from the Institute.

Know more about IIT-Kharagpur’s innovations here.


http://www.thebetterindia.com/106770/iit-kharagpur-new-technology-to-help-cut-fog-railways-drdo/

BI Blogs: After Fishermen Deaths, 11-Year-Olds from TN Designed Zero-Cost Life Jackets Using Plastic Bottles

Disturbed that fishermen die at sea every day because they cannot afford safety gear, these boys from a government school in Tamil Nadu designed a cost-efficient life jacket out of waste plastic bottles. The project won the ‘Boldest Idea’ award at the ‘I CAN Awards 2014’ organised by Design for Change.

by Niharika Sanyal
about a month ago


Eleven-year-old Rishikesh spent a lot of his time playing on the beaches of Ramanathpuram and the neighbouring fishing villages. While there, he’d often heard murmured stories of fishermen tragically drowning at sea. Disturbed by these stories, and knowing that most fishermen cannot afford safety gear, he started thinking.

With his Class VI friends – Praveen, Naveenkumar, Karthi, and Guhan, all of whom hail from agricultural families – from the Panchayat Union Middle School in Muthuramalingapuram, rural Tamil Nadu, Rishikesh went about designing a product that could help fishermen stay afloat, at zero cost. “The idea of designing a life-saving jacket came to me when I saw some plastic bottles floating in the sea,” he told EducationWorld.

The students envisioned putting such discarded plastic waste, which spoils the soil and water bodies, to better use.


Studying the physics of floatation by observing empty plastic bottles in water…
The students began researching on the physics of floatation by experimenting with empty plastic bottles. Stitching together about two dozen such bottles, their first prototype seemed to work pretty well. As Rishikesh knew swimming, he tried out the jacket himself first in a lake, to see if it effectively allowed him to float.



When this was successful, he asked Praveen, who did not know how to swim, to also see if he floated. It worked.


Rishikesh with the ‘Water Jacket’, with mentor Muruganantham and Praveen.

Praveen floats owing to the Water Jacket.
Easy to prepare, with almost zero cost, the boys sent their innovation to the ‘I CAN Awards 2014’ organised by Design for Change – a not-for-profit organisation that challenges children to solve problems in their community.

Under the mentorship of A. Muruganantham, they had actively gone about employing the four-step design-thinking framework of Design for Change, which encourages children to first ‘feel’ for an issue, then ‘imagine’ a way out of it, then ‘do’ something about it, and go on to ‘share’ their idea with more people. The project won the ‘Boldest Idea’ award from amongst 1,992 stories submitted in 2014, bagging a cash prize of ₹50,000.

After distributing many such jackets to the local fishermen, and feeling encouraged by the award, Rishikesh and his friends were eager to work further and have this idea implemented countrywide by reaching out to more fishermen. But things stalled when those in the government who appreciated the innovation moved departments. The students are now immersed in their Class X studies.

Though the idea of plastic bottle-life vests has surfaced in many places around the world, from Bangladesh to Vietnam, in the recent past, the boys’ creative problem-solving abilities addressing a major problem in their community, and their ‘I Can’ attitude, are a remarkable example of what a nurturing learning environment can achieve.

Be a part of one of the largest global movements of children driving change in their communities. Take up the ‘I CAN School Challenge’ in your classroom. Find out more online, or reach out to Design For Change on +91-95999-16181.

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