IIT – A HUB OF INNOVATION
North Carolina-based Cnanoz Unveils NanoPure(TM) to Government Leaders in Hyderabad, India
Research Triangle Park-based Cnanoz Inc. unveiled the first energy-efficient, single-treatment water purification system NanoPure(TM) developed from carbon nanotubes to Andhra Pradesh, Minister of Rural Water Supply, Hon. Minister Viswarup and other leaders in Hyderabad, India today. Initial tests, performed at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, confirmed that the majority of the drinking water available in India contains toxins that can be extremely hazardous to human health.
The technology developed in collaboration with IIT Kanpur and North Carolina-based Cnanoz can remove harmful pathogens and toxic ingredients, such as Arsenic, Fluoride, Lead, Cadmium, DDT, hydrocarbon wastes and nitrates in an eco-friendly and economical way. Drinking water contaminated with toxic chemicals over an extended period of time can promote harmful gene mutations that can cause neurological disorders, mental and physical disabilities. The preventive aspect of the filtration system can have a significant positive impact to improve public health survival and reduce health care costs.
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DRDO, IIT-D joins hands for weather forecastsystem
In order to develop an indigenous capability and methodology for long term forecast of weather, the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) in its first kind of venture has joined hands with the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IIT-D). The joint venture would enable generation ofweather forecast reports over the entire duration of the season. Presently, the accuracy to anticipate the weather forecast is limited to a week.
“We are looking forward to extend this period of forecasting weather and climatic formations about one or two months ahead which would eventually extend to anticipation of a seasonal duration,” said Ashwagosha Ganju, Director of DRDO’s Snow and Avalanche Study Establishment (SASE).
“The project will take around three years to devise effective models for weather forecasting,” he added.
The SASE is a nodal agency for the project, engaged in studying snow physics, avalanche mitigation and climatic conditions over the Himalayas.
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UK tie-up on cards for IISER-Pune, IIT-Punjab during Sibal’s visit in Jan
Collaboration of the Indian Institute of Science, Education and Research (IISER), Pune, with the University of Glasgow; IIT-Punjab’s tie-up with the prestigious Imperial College of London; and 25 Indian vice-chancellors selected by UGC flying off to UK for academic interaction with their UK counterparts through the UK Leadership Foundation — all these will be formalised in early 2010 when Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal visits UK in January.
Both the IISER-Pune and IIT-Punjab are amongst the new set of educational institutes set up by the government over the last two years. It is envisaged that actual partnership activities with the UK institutes will help in all-round development of these institutes with steps like faculty development through PhD and/or post-doctoral placements of young Indians at UK consortia universities, training visits of new IIT/IISER staff to UK and visits of UK staff to India.
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IIT-K develops cartilage in lab, says may help osteoarthritis
A neocartilage developed by the Biological Sciences and Bio-Engineering Department of Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur (IIT-K) may someday prove a boon for patients suffering from osteoarthritis of the knees. So far, the only recourse for such patients were knee transplantation and regeneration of cells through cell therapy and stem cell technology.For the last four years, Professor of Bio-engineering Ashok Kumar — assisted by Anuj Tripathi, Sumrita Bhat and Deepti Singh — have been working on the neocartilage project.
After successfully trying it on mice, the team is now looking forward to test it on bigger animals. For testing it on humans, the IIT-K is in discussion with a few government hospitals in Lucknow and Kanpur. “We have developed the neocartilage using tissue engineering technology,” Kumar said. “The cells are grown on a polymer matrix, which provide a suitable microenvironment for them to develop into tissues.”
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IIT DEVELOPS BIOTECH BIOSENSORS
Currently, to test glucose levels a diabetic has to prick his or her fingertip in order to get a bit of blood to be tested. IIT-B has engineered a nanotech biosensor identified as a “smart tattoo” which looks like a small dot on one’s skin after the injection. Then, when a patient has to test his or her blood, near-infrared waves are emitted from the hand held electronic device which instantly takes a reading of the diabetic’s blood. A special dye inside a receptor attracts glucose, and signals are then sent to the hand held device providing glucose level information.
The nanotech biosensor is the result of four years of research, and the instrument is presently being tested on mice to determine how it works. This nanotech device has a special nano coating on top of the biosensor which gives the device additional stability and helps extend the use of the device for a six month period. What’s more, the nanotech biosensor will not be rejected by the host’s body because it automatically releases an anti-inflammatory medication into the bloodstream to prevent rejection of the implant.
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