Now, one can imagine having a hygienic, waterless bath and shampoo without using a single drop of water, a vegan scrambled egg consisting high proteins as Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi (IIT-D) is working on such innovations to help the people faced with water scarcity and to bring down the rate of animal slaughtering. Besides, the inventions such as bio-re-absorbable cardiac stent, water activated powerless heating system and a diagnostic tool for detecting cancer tissues, will be showcased at the ‘Industry Day’ event on Saturday.
The scrambled egg is created based on plant protein, which has the potential to address protein deficiency nutrition among large population that does not eat meat or egg protein.
The IIT with the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is also working on to produce bullet proof jackets for the safety of soldiers. The jacket will
be made with high technology that it can resist .9mm, AK 47, rifle rounds and moreover,
this jacket will be a less weighing jacket with 7kg as compared to the usual ones that weighs 10 kg.
The Industry Day 2019 is the flagship event of IIT-Delhi that aims to harness and promote the power of Industry-Academia collaboration, kindle ideas for cogent partnerships and showcase cutting edge research by the IIT-Delhi researchers.
The event which will be inaugurated by the Dr. VK Paul, Member, NITI Aayog will showcase more than 200 innovative product prototypes and posters by IIT Delhi researchers. The five themes for the third edition of Industry Day are Clean Energy for Sustainable Economy and Environment, Sustainable Medical Technologies, Emerging Nano and Advanced Materials, Sustainable Environment, and Make in India.
‘Research Café’ sessions have also been planned on the sidelines of this year’s event to facilitate interaction between IITD research scholars and CXOs of Industry. Another special feature will be a session on ‘Women in Science’ that will discuss the need for gender parity in various science disciplines by women personalities from various fields.
“To become an economic powerhouse, we as a nation, should work on our challenges and build on our strengths. AI based innovation in the area of healthcare, clean energy solutions to propel sustainability and efficient waste management solutions will be at the forefront of collaboration to deal with our current challenges. Industry driven research will also focus on creating jobs for our youth, and achieve our ambition of $5 trillion Indian economy. IIT Delhi’s Centres of Excellence are working with multiple Industrial partners towards this national vision,†said Professor V Ramagopal Rao, Director of IIT-Delhi.
Professor Rao, also added that the IIT is the top technological institute in the country that promote start-up and have abour 150 start-up projects.
After Sonipat, Science and technological park will also be set up in IIT- Delhi campus and Jhajjar to promote science and technology.
On Industry day, a live demo of some research-based products such as State-of-the-art research work on Personal Body Armour, UAV (Aerial Vehicle) and RoV (Underwater Vehicle), Waterless shampoo, waterless body and others. The event will also highlight the role of the two newly formed Centres of Excellence dedicated to the cause of sustainability including Centre for Automotive Research and Tribology (CART) for the promotion of interdisciplinary research in electric vehicle and related areas and ‘Waste to Wealth Technologies’ wherein the long-term goal is to create circular economic models for waste management.
