From a prototype of artificial skin for people with burn injuries to environment-friendly LPG and kerosene cooking stoves, affordable cancer diagnosis technique to a device for detection of insecticides in fruits and vegetables, at least 143 such projects were on display at Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi (IIT-D) during its annual technology exhibition (TechEx) on Sunday.
Students and teachers from around 50 institutions, including Indian Institute of Science (IISc-Bengaluru) and other IITs, participated in the event organised under two of the human resource development (HRD) ministry’s flagship programmes of — IMPRINT (IMPacting Research, INnovation and Technology) and Uchhatar Avishkar Yojana (UAY). The programmes are meant to provide solutions for day-to-day problems through research.
A majority of the projects on display had some social relevance. For instance, under the healthcare section, a team from IIT-D, led by Professor Veena Koul presented their project on artificial skin for patients with burn injuries. The idea is to develop bio-artificial skin substitute to improve the quality of life of patients who have suffered 1st or 2nd degree burns or skin loss due to trauma, she said.
A team from IIT-Guwahati, led-by Professor Subhash C Mishra, has developed environment-friendly LPG and kerosene cooking stoves with porous radiant burners (PRB).
Read more in a report published in Hindustan Times... (Link given below)
