IIT Guwahati initiative is about the development of low cost UVC light based disinfectant box. The box developed through IIT Guwahati initiative is used for disinfecting disposable medical accessories like gloves masks along with disinfecting the household wastes before going to the community bins.

The innovation is uniquely designed to sanitise floors and prevent direct exposure to individuals. IIT Guwahati initiative for developing the disinfectant box was taken through was taken by its faculty members Dr. Harsh Chaturvedi, Assistant Professor, Centre for Energy, and Dr. Charu Monga, Assistant Professor, Department of Design, along with Shashaanka Ashili, Director, SmartDriv Inc (US).

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These people have formed the group, ‘Scientists Beyond Borders’. The group also comprises of entrepreneurs, engineers, scientists, researchers, and faculties from across the globe – India, Australia, UK, France, and the USA, is working on addressing the ongoing pandemic.

It is collecting, analysing, disseminating data and awareness, based on this pandemic, globally. IIT Guwahati initiative is also taking up the work of developing masks and sanitizers, curation and generation of scientific content.

IIT Guwahati initiative is also taking up translation of scientific content in different languages like Assamese, Manipuri, Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi and Bengali.

IIT Guwahati initiative team has also developed a low-cost UVC light-based smart portable appliances to disinfect disposable medical accessories along with sanitisation of rooms, and floors.

The UVC light-based box is uniquely designed to be used at hospitals and public spaces for disinfecting used masks, gloves etc.

The innovation is developed by Dr. Harsh Chaturvedi and Ms. Priyadevi, a PhD student. UVC box has been donated to the government office in Manipur.

The team is working with Propelis group, Pune, for commercial manufacturing of UVC based disinfectant system.

Speaking more about IIT Guwahati initiative Dr. Harsh Chaturvedi said along with the necessary precautions to avoid direct exposure, UV based systems offer fast and convenient low-cost disinfecting solution for efficient sanitisation of public spaces, hospitals and household goods and disposable wastes.

The cost of the innovation under IIT Guwahati initiative is approximately Rs 2000. Speaking about the commercialisation of the technology, Mr. Ashutosh Muglikar, Director of Propelis, said they are very satisfied with the range of UV based sanitisation products developed by IIT Guwahati and are working on commercialising the technology.

Since all the products are designed and made in India using available technology and components, there are very few hindrances in the commercialisation of these much-needed products.

Dr. Charu Monga, Assistant Professor, Department of Design, IIT Guwahati, has designed the low-cost reusable mask which can be used multiple times with changeable filters.

Dr. Charu Monga has designed this along with the scientific team of Dr. Harsh Chaturvedi and sample manufacturing by Global Plastics, Delhi.

The various works being taken under IIT Guwahati initiative are worth a praise. The cost of the mask is approximately Rs 40.

IIT Guwhati initiative towards making something useful is also focusing on making sanitizers. Sanitizers were developed by IIT Guwahati students and alumni from Manipur.

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Furthermore, relevant information, news/research articles and scientific data from authorised sources are translated and represented in graphical illustration with the help of experts of ‘Scientists Beyond Borders’ in simpler sentences for the common people to understand.

These materials are communicated through different social networks – Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Circulated information is also translated into different languages of India – Assamese, Manipuri, Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Bengali.

About – IIT Guwahati
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati established in 1994 has completed 25 years of glorious existence in 2019. At present, the Institute has eleven departments and five inter-disciplinary academic centres covering all the major engineering, science and humanities disciplines, offering BTech, BDes, MA, MDes, MTech, MSc and PhD programmes.

The institute offers a residential campus to 412 faculty members and more than 6,000 students at present. Besides its laurels in teaching and research, IIT Guwahati has been able to fulfil the aspirations of people of the North East region to a great extent since its inception in 1994. The picturesque campus is on a sprawling 285 hectares plot on the north bank of the Brahmaputra, around 20 kms from the heart of the Guwahati city.

IT Guwahati is the only academic institution in India that occupied a place among the top 100 world universities – under 50 years of age – ranked by the London-based Times Higher Education (THE) in the year 2014 and continues to maintain its superior position even today in various International Rankings.

Along with the older IITs and Delhi University, IIT Guwahati has been ranked below 500 in the QS World ranking released recently. IIT Guwahati has retained the 7th position among the best engineering institutions of the country in the ‘India Rankings 2019’ declared by National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) of the Union ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD). IIT Guwahati has been also ranked 2nd in the ‘Swachhata Ranking’ conducted by the Govt. of India.

Recently, IIT Guwahati has been ranked as the top ranked University in 2019 for IT developers by HackerRank in the Asia-Pacific region.

Among other frontier areas of research and innovation, IIT Guwahati is working towards augmenting critical science research initiatives in Genomics, Developmental Biology, Health Care and Bioinformatics, Flexible Electronics, Advanced Functional Materials, Sustainable Polymers, Rural Technologies, Disaster Resilience and Risk Reduction, and Water Resources and Management. In its silver jubilee year, IIT Guwahati is poised to scale newer heights through all round growth and development.

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