KSCST ACTIVITY REPORT

for the Financial year 2017 – 2018

KARNATAKA STATE COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore- 560012 Phone: 080 – 23341652, Tele-fax: 080 – 23348840 E-mail: [email protected] || Website: www.kscst.org.in

Page 2 KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 Contents

Sl Particulars Page No. No. PROGRAMMES

1 Student Project Programme (SPP) 5

2 Natural Resources Data Management System – Karnataka Project 20

3 Development of Geospatial Web Applications on Karnataka Geoportal for G - 25 Governance (KSSDI Phase II Project) 4 State Awards for Scientists and Engineers 29

5 Rainwater Harvesting Cell 33

6 Biofuel Cell 42

7 Energy Cell 48

8 Patent Information Centre 50

9 Karnataka - Israel industrial research & development program (KIRD) 53

PROJECTS

1 Field Testing of Hybrid Ultra Capacitors (HUC) Powered Solar Lighting Kits 54 and Solar Street Lights for Grid Deprived Rural areas, Lighting in Varying Climatic Zones of India 2 Assessment of hydrological and physical status of traditional water harvesting 57 systems in Karnataka state using geo-spatial technologies and measures for restoration and rejuvenation 3 Utilization of crude glycerol obtained in biodiesel production as an alternate to 60 glycogenic feed supplement for dairy cows 4 Village Information System 63

5 Mapping of Indian Institute of Science Campus 69

6 Restoration and rejuvenation of Kalyanis in Karnataka 70

7 National Science Day 71

8 National Mathematics Day 73

KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 Page 3 9 Implementation of virtual laboratory (e-learning centres) to improve the 74 quality of education in the backward taluks of Karnataka – GoK & REC, New Delhi 10 Vigyan Darshan 76

11 Teacher Enrichment Programme 77

12 Chetana Programme 78

13 Radio Serial on “Sustainable Development 79

14 Science Express 80

15 Multimedia Studio Cum Video Conferencing Facility at KSCST 81

Workshops / Seminars / Training Programmes / PAMC Meetings

2 Workshop on "State SDI’s and their Applications 82

3 Training programme for High School Teachers at Chickballapura district 84

4 Two day workshop for High School teachers on Science syllabus and Assistive 85 technology in 4 different locations of Karnataka 5 One Day workshop on Assistive Technology for High School Students 86 6 Two day Workshop on Geosciences for High School Teachers at Uttara 86 Kannada and Tumakuru district 7 Two day teachers training workshop on Mathematics syllabus 87

8 Two day training workshop on Science and Mathematics for Tribal region 87 High School Teachers 9 Consultative Meeting on preparation of DPR for National Mission on ICPS 88

10 Discussion Meeting on Establishment of Water University 89

11 Discussion Meeting on Establishment of Railway Engineering University 89

12 NSAC Committee on India-EU Water Projects Progress Review Meeting 89

13 2nd Information and Networking Meeting on India-EU - Call on Water 91 14 Celebration of 42nd Foundation Day of KSCST 92

15 Kalburagi Regional Centre Activities 93

Page 4 KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 1. STUDENT PROJECT PROGRAMME (SPP)

Principal Co-ordinator : Dr. S. G. S. Swamy, Executive Secretary, KSCST Co-ordinator : Mr. K. N. Venkatesh, KSCST

Introduction: Recognizing the need for the improvement in quality of education in Engineering Colleges and also for the sustainable development of the State through Innovation and Technology, the Council initiated Student Project Programme, popularly known as SPP, as early as 1977. The main purpose of this programme is to recognize the need to bring out hidden talents and innovative ideas in the minds of young students of engineering colleges in the state of Karnataka. Under SPP, KSCST provides both financial and technical support to the final year engineering students to undertake project work that are meaningful, innovative and having relevance to solve the problems being faced by the State. Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, has hailed this programme as unique and intends to adopt this model at all India level. Several of these projects are very innovative and address local societal needs.

Student project proposals, received under this programme, are reviewed by panel of experts and recommended for financial support. The expert panel consists of more than one hundred senior faculty and scientists from Indian Institute of Science, National Aeronautical Laboratory and other R&D institutions. The panel also provides guidelines and suggestions to make projects more innovative and meaningful.

Several projects have been recognized as promising and the concerned faculty/students of such projects are encouraged to take up further modification, field trials or scale-up. Projects have been diverse, reflect varied interests of the students/guides and are quite innovative. The enhancement of financial support has enabled the Council to support many such innovative projects and some of them have attracted some publicity in local as well as in the national media. KSCST sponsorship of the project has now become a benchmark for engineering projects carried out by students and are accepted by the academic and industrial communities.

Under the 40th series of SPP, Council received 2349 projects from 145 engineering colleges and 542 projects have been supported with a total funding of Rs. 25.92 Lakhs. So far, over 8000 projects have been supported by the KSCST under this programme during last 39 years.

The activities of 40th Series of SPP started in October 2016. The Council contacted experts from Indian Institute of Science and various R&D institutions in identifying thrust areas for selection of student projects.

KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 Page 5 As per the recommendations of the subject experts SPP poster was printed in A3 size which displayed information about the thrust areas for this series.

The following were the thrust areas recommended by the experts to submit the student project proposals for the 40th series of SPP. In this series KSCST had invited Project proposals under two categories in Stream A and stream B.

STREAM A:

The submitted projects should be selected from the list of "best projects of the year award" and the deliverables should clearly indicate the improvement / additional development made with respect to the selected project. KSCST has prepared such "best projects list" for the last five years ((35th Series - 2011-2012 to 39th Series - 2015-2016) and students should look into this list and prepare the proposal.

STREAM B:

KSCST has identified the following Areas for the student's project proposal: 1. Providing solution for conversion of the solid wastes into briquettes / Pellets. 2. Utilizing solar power for de-frothing the lakes. 3. Utilizing solar power for desalination: bench-scale demonstration. 4. Utilizing solar power for flue-gas / auto-exhaust cleaning. 5. Exploring new applications for agriculture / mariculture waste. 6. Intelligent inverters for roof top solar panels connected to grid. 7. Different technologies for rejuvenating the water sources. 8. Application of robotics in disaster management. 9. Enhancing battery life for portable devices. 10. Development of technologies for water purification. 11. Intelligent Fire Extinguishing Systems 12. Maintenance and safety technologies for high rise buildings. 13. Application of Nano technology in Health, Water and Agriculture. 14. Mobile Applications: Disaster Management, Disease Management & Education. 15. Identifying Network and other Software stacks for Free RTOS or any other Real Time Operating System for Embedded Systems from already available open source. 16. Power monitoring and possibly controlled socket with IoT connectivity to aggregate to specific building or locations. 17. Low cost LCD / LED based Name Display board with network connectivity for use in conferences and seminars etc. 18. Sound alarm detector which will then convey this alarm over wireless to receiver with a contact within a range of 250 mtrs. The sound detector and transmitter is battery operated and should run over a year on a button cell.

Page 6 KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 SPP poster contains, in addition to thrust areas, format of the proposal and other relevant details. Posters were sent to all the engineering colleges of the State and Universities, indicating last date for submission of the project proposals.

The council received 2349 project proposals (Annexure 1) from various disciplines from 145 institutions in the state. These proposals were scrutinized by experts from Indian Institute of Science and other R&D institutions. After rigorous processing of the project proposals and evaluation by experts, 542 projects from 136 engineering colleges were supported and sponsored with a total financial assistance of about Rs. 25.92 lakhs. Project sanction letters and budget sanction details were sent to the concerned project guides and principals of the engineering colleges.

KSCST has organized nodal centre evaluation of the supported projects at following engineering colleges namely: No of Sl. Name of the Nodal Centre and Sanctioned Name of the College No. Date of Evaluation Projects evaluated ADICHUNCHANAGIRI 1. ADICHUNCHANAGIRI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, CHIKKAMAGALURU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, 2. BAHUBALI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, SHRAVANABELAGOLA 1. CHIKKAMAGALURU 3. BGS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BELLUR CROSS,MANDYA 12 4. MALNAD COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, HASSAN 11th May 2017 5. NDRK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, HASSAN 6. ACHARYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BENGALURU 7. ATRIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BENGALURU 8. BMS INSTITUTE OF TECH., & MANAGEMENT, YELAHANKA, BENGALURU 9. EAST WEST INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BENGALURU 10. GOVT. SRI KRISHNARAJENDRA SILVER JUBLIEE TECH., INST, B’LURU 11. HKBK COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, BENGALURU 12. IMPACT COLLEGE OF ENGG., AND APPLIED SCIENCES, BENGALURU 13. M.S. RAMAIAH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BENGALURU 14. MS ENGINEERING COLLEGE, BENGALURU

15. NAGARJUNA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECH, DEVANAHALLI SAPTHAGIRI COLLEGE OF 16. NITTE MEENAKSHI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BENGALURU ENGINEERING, BENGALURU 17. RAJIV GANDHI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BENGALURU 2. 82 18. RASTA - CENTRE FOR ROAD TECHNOLOGY, BENGALURU 20th May 2017 19. REVA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT, BENGALURU

20. RR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BENGALURU

21. SAI VIDYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BENGALURU 22. SAMBHRAM INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BENGALURU 23. SAPTHAGIRI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, BENGALURU 24. SHRI PILLAPPA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, BENGALURU 25. SIR M VISVESVARAYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BENGALURU 26. SJC INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, CHIKKABALLAPUR 27. SRI KRISHNA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BENGALURU 28. SRI VENKATESHWARA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, BENGALURU 29. VTU PG CENTER, BANGALORE REGION, CHIKKABALLAPUR 30. ALVA'S INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, MOODBIDRI SRINIVAS INSTITUTE OF 31. CANARA ENGINEERING COLLEGE, BANTWALA TECHNOLOGY, MANGALURU 32. ANJUMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT, BHATKAL 3. 33. KARAVALI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, MANGALURU 77 24th May 2017 34. MANGALORE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND ENGG, MOODBIDRI 35. MANIPAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, MANIPAL 36. MOODLAKATTE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, UDUPI

KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 Page 7 37. NMAM INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, NITTE 38. PA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, MANGALURU 39. SAHYADRI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND MGMT, MANGALURU 40. SDM INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, UJIRE 41. SHREE DEVI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, MANGALURU 42. SHRI MADHWA VADIRAJA INSTITUTE OF TECH., AND MGMT, BANTAKAL 43. SRINIVAS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, MANGALURU 44. ST. JOSEPH ENGINEERING COLLEGE, MANGALORE 45. VIVEKANANDA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECH, PUTTUR 46. YENEPOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, MOODBIDRI 47. ACS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, BENGALURU 48. AMC ENGINEERING COLLEGE, BENGALURU 49. AMRITA SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING, CARMELARAM, BENGALURU 50. AMRUTA INST., OF ENGG., & MGMT SCIENCES, BIDADI, RAMANAGARAM 51. APS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, BENGALURU 52. BANGALORE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BENGALURU 53. BANGALORE TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE, BENGALURU 54. BMS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, BASAVANAGUDI, BENGALURU 55. CITY ENGINEERING COLLEGE, BENGALURU 56. CMR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BENGALURU 57. DAYANANDA SAGAR ACADEMY OF TECH., AND MGMT, BENGALURU 58. DAYANANDA SAGAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, BENGALURU 59. DON BOSCO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BENGALURU BMS COLLEGE OF 60. EAST POINT COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECH., BENGALURU ENGINEERING, 61. EAST POINT COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING FOR WOMEN, BENGALURU BASAVANAGUDI, 62. GLOBAL ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY, BENGALURU 4. BENGALURU 122 63. JSS ACADEMY OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION, BENGALURU

64. JYOTHY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BENGALURU 27th May 2017 65. K.S. SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT, BENGALURU

66. K S INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BENGALURU 67. MVJ COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, BENGALURU 68. NEW HORIZON COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, BENGALURU 69. PES INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BENGALURU 70. RAJARAJESWARI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, BENGALURU 71. RNS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BENGALURU 72. RV COLLEGE OF ENGINEEEEING, BENGALURU 73. SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND TECH., JAIN UNIVERSITY, BENGALURU 74. SJB INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, KENGERI, BENGALURU 75. SRI SAIRAM COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING,ANEKAL, BENGALURU 76. T. JOHN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BENGALURU 77. THE OXFORD COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, BENGALURU 78. VIVEKANANDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BENGALURU 79. BALLARI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT, BELLARY 80. BAPUJI INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, DAVANGERE BAPUJI INSTITUTE OF 81. GM INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, DAVANGERE ENGINEERING AND 82. JAWAHARLAL NEHRU NATIONAL COLLEGE OF ENGG., SHIVAMOGGA TECHNOLOGY, DAVANGERE 5. 83. PES INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT, SHIVAMOGGA 28

84. RAO BAHADUR Y MAHABALESWARAPPA ENGG., COLLEGE, BALLARI 30th May 2017 85. SJM INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, CHITRADURGA

86. S T J INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, RANEBENNUR 87. UNIVERSITY BDT COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, DAVANAGERE 88. AGM RURAL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, HUBBALLI SDM COLLEGE OF 89. B V BHOOMARADDI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, HUBBALLI ENGINEERING AND 90. BASAVESHWARA ENGINEERING COLLEGE, BAGALKOTE TECHNOLOGY, DHARWAD 91. BILURU GURUBASAVA MAHASWAMIJI INSTITUTION OF TECH., BAGALKOTE 6. 92. BLDEA'S V P DR. P G H. COLLEGE OF ENGG AND TECH., VIJAYAPURA 70 30th May 2017 93. GIRIJABAI SAIL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, KARWAR 94. GOVERNMENT ENGINEERING COLLEGE, KARWAR 95. GOVERNMENT ENGINEERING COLLEGE, HAVERI 96. KLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, HUBBALLI

Page 8 KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 97. KLS VISHWANATHRAO DESHPANDE RURAL INST., OF TECH., UK 98. SDM COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, DHARWAD 99. SECAB INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, VIJAYAPURA 100. SMT. KAMALA & SRI VENKAPPA M. AGADI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, LAXMESWAR 101. TONTADARYA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, GADAG 102. ANGADI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT, BELAGAVI 103. HIRASUGAR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BELAGAVI 104. JAIN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, BELAGAVI S.G. BALEKUNDRI INSTITUTE 105. KLE DR. M.S. SHESHGIRI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, OF TECHNOLOGY, BELAGAVI BELAGAVI 7. 106. KLE SOCIETY'S KLE COLLEGE OF ENGG., AND TECHNOLOGY, CHIKODI 71 31st May 2017 107. KLS GOGTE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BELAGAVI 108. MARATHA MANDAL ENGINEERING COLLEGE, BELAGAVI 109. S.G. BALEKUNDRI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BELAGAVI 110. SHAIK COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, BELAGAVI 111. VSM INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, NIPPANI 112. ATME COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, MYSURU 113. COORG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, PONNAMPET 114. G MADEGOWDA INSTITUTE OF TECH., BHARATHINAGAR, MANDYA VIDYA VIKAS INSTITUTE OF 115. GSSS INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECH., FOR WOMEN, MYSURU ENGINEERING AND 116. MAHARAJA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, MYSORE TECHNOLOGY, MYSURU 8. 117. NIE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, MYSURU 34

118. PES COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, MANDYA 2nd June 2017 119. SRI JAYACHAMARAJENDRA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, MYSURU

120. THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING, MYSURU 121. VIDYA VIKAS INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, MYSURU 122. VIDYAVARDHAKA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, MYSURU 123. CHANNABASAVESHWARA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, TUMAKURU SHRIDEVI INSTITUTE OF 124. HMS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, TUMAKURU ENGINEERING AND 125. KALPATARU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, TIPTUR 9. TECHNOLOGY, TUMAKURU 28 126. SHRIDEVI INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, TUMAKURU

127. SIDDAGANGA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, TUMAKURU 2nd June 2017 128. SRI SIDDHARTHA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, TUMAKURU APPA INSTITUTE OF 129. APPA INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, KALABURGI ENGINEERING AND 130. BASAVAKALYAN ENGINEERING COLLEGE, BASAVAKALYAN TECHNOLOGY, KALABURGI 131. BHEEMANNA KHANDRE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BHALKI 132. GODUTAI ENGINEERING COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, KALABURGI 10. 17 28th June 2017 133. GURU NANAK DEV ENGINEERING COLLEGE, BIDAR 134. KHAJA BANDA NAWAZ COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, KALABURGI 135. LINGARAJ APPA ENGINEERING COLLEGE, BIDAR 136. POOJYA DODDAPPA APPA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, KALABURGI The students demonstrated their projects in the nodal centers. The experts during evaluation had reviewed the methodology and final output of these projects and selected 113 projects for Seminar and 165 projects for Exhibition.

The details of projects selected for Seminar and Exhibition branch wise is as follows: No. of No. of No. of No. of Sl. Projects Projects Engineering Branch Projects Projects No. selected for selected for Received Approved Seminar Exhibition 1. AERONAUTICAL AND AUTOMOBILE ENGINEERING 1 - - - 2. AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING 15 5 1 1 3. AUTOMOBILE AND ROBOTICS 1 1 - 4. AUTOMOBILE ENGINEERING 29 9 2 2 5. AUTOMOBILE ENGINEERING AND ENGINEERING 1 1 - -

KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 Page 9 CHEMISTRY 6. BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING 8 3 1 1 7. BIOTECHNOLOGY 5 1 - - 8. BIOTECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING 65 21 11 3 9. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 27 16 7 3 10. CHEMISTRY 1 - - - 11. CIVIL ENGINEERING 308 90 25 6 12. CIVIL ENGINEERING / ENVIRONEMENTAL ENGG 1 1 - - 13. COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 412 38 7 14 14. CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT 1 - - - CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT AND 15. 3 - - - HIGHWAY TECHNOLOGY 16. ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING 200 24 6 10 17. ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING 1 - - - ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION 18. 482 126 12 49 ENGINEERING ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION 19. 1 - - - ENGINEERING ELECTRONICS AND INSTRUMENTATION 20. 12 4 1 2 ENGINEERING 21. ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 4 3 1 - 22. INDUSTRIAL AND PRODCUTION ENGINEERING 12 3 1 1 23. INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT 7 2 - 1 24. INFORMATION SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 178 41 12 14 INFRASTRUCTURE AND CONSTRUCTION 25. 2 1 - - MANAGEMENT 26. INSTRUMENTATION TECHNOLOGY 15 2 - - 27. MARINE ENGINEERING 3 3 - - MECHANICAL & ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS 28. 1 - - - ENGINEERING (INTERDISCIPLINARY) 29. MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 494 128 21 50 30. MECHATRONICS ENGINEERING 8 2 1 1 31. MEDICAL ELECTRONICS 1 - - - 32. NANO TECHNOLOGY 1 - - - 33. NANOTECHNOLOGY 1 1 - - 34. TELECOMMUNICATION ENGINEERING 42 14 3 6 35. TEXTILE TECHNOLOGY 3 2 1 1 36. THERMAL POWER ENGINEERING 3 - - - Total No. of Projects 2349 542 113 165 The Council had organised the 40th Series Seminar and Exhibition on 11th and 12th August 2017, at NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte, Karkala Taluk, Udupi District.

The programme was inaugurated on 11th August 2017 at 10.30 AM by the Chief Guest Prof. Karanam Uma Maheshwar Rao, Director, National Institute of Technology, Surathkal, Mangaluru and also released the SPP Engineering Compendium and Compact Disc by addressing the gathering. Shri. Anil Uppin, MD, Karnataka Council for Technological Upgradation, Department of Industry and Commerce, GoK graced the inaugural function.

Page 10 KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 Prof. S Subramanian, Secretary, KSCST & Professor Department of Materials Engineering, IISc and Dr. S.G.S Swamy, Executive Secretary, KSCST addressed the gathering and encouraged the young engineering students to take up more R&D related activities. Shri. S.N. Sondur, Principal Scientific Officer proposed the vote of thanks.

In this Series of SPP 113 projects have been selected for Seminar and 165 projects were selected for Exhibition. These projects at Seminars and Exhibits were evaluated by a panel of experts consisting of scientists and engineers from Indian Institute of Science and National Aerospace Laboratories, Bengaluru and other research organizations. Some of these selected projects were awarded as best projects of the year and the best performing college was also awarded. The awards were presented during valedictory function.

In addition, to the above, a special lecture was arranged during the course of this programme. Dr. Shyam Vasudeva Rao, President and CTO Forus Health Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru delivered a technical lecture on “Inclusive Innovations in Healthcare” on 12th August 2017 between 12.00 Noon to 01:00 PM.

The focus of the seminar and exhibition is not only to provide the forum for the students to present their work, but also to educate them on current developments in the field of engineering and technology. The exhibition was also open for students and general public. The Valedictory programme cum 40th Series SPP Best Projects of the Year Awards Presentation function of the Seminar and Exhibition was held on Saturday, 12th August 2017 at 3:00 PM at NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte. Prof. Y Vrushabendrappa, Director, Bapuji Institute of Engineering and Technology, Davangere was the Chief Guest of the function. Prof. S. Subramanian, Secretary, Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology presided over the Valedictory function and addressed the gathering. The dignitaries distributed the prizes to award winning projects and Colleges.

Shri. N Vishal Hegde, Trustee, Nitte Education Trust, Dr. Niranjan N Chiplunkar, Principal, NMAMIT, Dr. Radhakrishnan K, Chairman and Chief Coordinator SPP, Nitte, Prof. S. Subramanian, Secretary, Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology and Dr. S. G. Sreekanteswara Swamy, Executive Secretary, Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology, Bengaluru addressed the gathering.

SPP – Biofuel / Bioenergy SPP projects - 2016-17

Council and Karnataka State Bio-energy Development Board (KSBDB), GoK are jointly supporting B.E, M. Tech, M.Sc., and MBA students to take up research projects in the Biofuel / Bioenergy area. KSCST & KSBDB, had sent a poster consisting of thrust areas for students to take up project. KSCST received 136 student project proposals (104 BE projects, 9 M.Tech projects, 18 M.Sc., projects and 5 MBA projects) from various colleges across the state under SPP Biofuel / Bioenergy area (Annexure 1). These project proposals were evaluated by the

KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 Page 11 experts and they have selected 85 projects for the sponsorship (59 BE projects, 7 M.Tech projects, 14 M.Sc., projects and 5 MBA projects). The nodal centre evaluation of Biofuel projects was held at R. V. College of Engineering, Bangalore on 25th May 2017. A total of 85 projects were evaluated and 54 projects were selected for Seminar and Exhibition.

The details of projects selected for Seminar and Exhibition branch wise is as follows: Sl. Engineering Branch No. of No. of No. of No. of Projects No. Proposals Proposals Projects selected for Received Approved selected for Exhibition Seminar B.E Projects AERONAUTICAL AND AUTOMOBILE 1. 1 - - - ENGINEERING 2. AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING 3 - - - 3. AUTOMOBILE ENGINEERING 3 1 1 - 4. BIOTECHNOLOGY 17 7 3 - 5. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 7 3 3 - 6. CIVIL ENGINEERING 4 2 2 - 7. ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS 1 1 - - 8. MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 68 45 22 3 Total No. of Projects 104 59 31 3 M. Tech Projects 1. CIVIL ENGINEERING 1 1 - - 2. ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 1 1 1 - 3. MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 6 4 2 1 4. THERMAL POWER ENGINEERING 1 1 1 - Total No. of Projects 9 7 4 1 M.Sc Projects BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMICAL 1. 1 1 1 - ENGINEERING 2. BIOCHEMISTRY 1 1 1 - 3. BIOINFORMATICS AND APPLIED BIOTECHNOLOGY 1 1 - - 4. BIOTECHNOLOGY 6 3 2 - 5. CHEMISTRY 1 1 1 - 6. FORESTRY AND ENVIRNOMENTAL SCIENCE 1 1 1 - 7. LIFE SCIENCES 2 2 1 - 8. MICROBIOLOGY 5 4 3 - Total No. of Projects 18 14 10 - MBA Projects 1. BUSINESS ADMINSTRATION 3 3 3 - 2. MANAGEMENT STUDIES 1 1 1 - 3. MANAGEMENT STUDIES AND RESEARCH 1 1 1 - Total No. of Projects 5 5 5 -

The council prepared the technical compendium and a CD containing the proceedings of the SPP. All the project team participated in the Seminar and Exhibition were provided with these

Page 12 KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 compendium and CD. In the Seminar and Exhibition 53 projects were adjudged as the "Best project of the year" and were awarded with certificate, memento and cash prize.

Dignitaries Inaugurating and Releasing SPP Compendium during 40th SPP Seminar & Exhibition

Students demonstrating their projects

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Students receiving “Best Project of the Year Award

Best Performing College Award to St. Joseph Engineering College, Mangaluru

List of projects selected for “PROJECT OF THE YEAR” award during the Seminar and Exhibition of Student Projects – 40th SERIES: 2016-2017 held on 11th and 12th August 2017 at NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte

BEST PERFORMING COLLEGE AWARD : 2016-17 : 40TH SERIES OF SPP St Joseph Engineering College, Vamanjoor, Mangaluru. BEST PROJECTS OF THE YEAR (Seminar projects) AUTOMOBILE ENGINEERING 1) COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PERFORMANCE AND EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS OF FOUR S I ENGINE UNDER VARIOUS BIO LUBRICANTS • MALNAD COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, HASSAN GUIDE : DR. Y M SHASHIDHARA STUDENTS : MR. HAMSARAJ, MR. JITHIN KUMAR RAI D., MS. AKHILA KAUSHIK, MS. CHARAN RAJ B C

Page 14 KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 BIOTECHNOLOGY 2) REGENARATION, ELICITATION OF BIOACTIVE COMPOUND EXTRACTED FROM ENDANGERED MEDICINAL PLANT MUCUNA PRURIENS AND STUDY OF ITS INHIBITION ACTIVITY USING BIOMOLECULAR SIMULATION STUDIES • RV COLLEGE OF ENGINEEEEING, BENGALURU GUIDES : DR. LINGAYYA HIREMATH MR. SHIVANANDAPPA STUDENTS : MS. SHRUTHI I LALASANG 3) ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF MICROLABS FOR ABSORPTION AND CONVERSION OF AMMONIA, NITRATES AND NITROGEN USING AQUAPONICS SYSTEM • SAPTHAGIRI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, BENGALURU GUIDES : MRS. BLESSY BABY MATHEW MRS. SARANYA D, MR. ANANDA H V and DR. ANANDA S STUDENTS : MR. MOHAN KUMAR N, MR. JAI KARTHIK J CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 4) OPTIMIZATION OF BIOGAS PRODUCTION USING CHEMICAL ADDITIVES • MANIPAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, MANIPAL GUIDE : DR. GAUTHAM JEPPU, MR. KARTHIKA M STUDENTS : MR. HIMANSHU GOYAL, MS. ASPHA MOHANTI, MR. ABHISHEK 5) ELUCIDATING NANOPARTICLE-CELL INTERACTION FOR RATIONALE DESIGN OF INTRACELLULAR DRUG DELIVERY • SIDDAGANGA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, TUMAKURU GUIDE : DR. SUDHIR H RANGANATH STUDENTS : MS. ANISHA, MS. AFRAH AND MS. ISIRI H L CIVIL ENGINEERING 6) APPLICATION OF IRON NANO PARTICLES (INP) FOR REMOVAL OF ARSENIC FROM GROUND WATER • BASAVESHWARA ENGINEERING COLLEGE, BAGALKOTE GUIDE : DR. C B SHIVA YOGIMATH STUDENTS : MS. MITHALI, MS. KAVYA J, MS. UMA J PATKI MS. USHA DHANER 7) SOIL STABILIZATION USING GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIAL (BAMBOO FIBERS) • KLS VISHWANATHRAO DESHPANDE RURAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, UTTAR KANNADA GUIDE : PROF. ASHIK BELLARY STUDENTS : MR. NAGARAJ KASHILKAR, MS. AROJA MIRASHI, MR. PRASHANT PATIL, MS. RAJESHWARI SHETTY

8) E3 SHELTER • NMAM INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, NITTE GUIDE : DR. RADHAKRISHNAN K STUDENTS : MS. SOUMYA SUNILKUMAR MESTA, MR. SHUBHAM KUMAR GUPTA MR. SHIVAM KUMAR, MR. VISHAL LAHKAR 9) CONVERSION OF SPENT COFFEE GROUNDS INTO RENEWABLE ENERGY • SDM COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, DHARWAD GUIDE : DR. S G JOSHI STUDENTS : MS. MADHU B RAIBAGI, MS. AKSHATA Y SHERKHANE MS. MEGHA M EXAMBI, MS. NIDHI D JAIN

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 10) VOICE BASED E-MAIL FACILITY FOR THE VISUALLY CHALLENGED PEOPLE • NMAM INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, NITTE GUIDE : MR. VIJAYA MURARU T STUDENTS : MS. PARUL JHA, MS. SIKSHA KUMARI, MS. NISHA PAI, MS. PRATMIKA NAYAK 11) BIG DATA ANALYTICS TO IDENTIFY AGRICULTURE CROP AND AQUACULTURE FISH BASED DISEASES AND RECOMMENDATION OF A SOLUTION • IMPACT COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCES, BENGALURU GUIDE : DR. B R MOHAN STUDENTS : MS. ANANYA R, MR. KIRAN VASISHTA T S., MS. SHILPARANI J

KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 Page 15 ELECTRICAL AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING 12) FABRICATION OF GRAPHENE WITH ACTUATE CARBON MADE FROM COW DUNG AS ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSOR - A BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS • KLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, HUBBALLI GUIDE : PROF. RAVI HOSAMANI STUDENTS : MS. PUSHPA M H., MS. ANUSHA S C., MS. SNEHA S P, MS. POOJA U BHAT 13) AN INTELLIGENT MOBILE APPLICATION FOR DETERMINATION OF HUMA EYE SPECTACLE NUMBER • KLE SOCIETY'S KLE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, CHIKKODI GUIDE : PROF. VIJAY L HALLAPPANAVAR STUDENTS : MS. NETRAVATI R SUNAGAR, MS. ANURADHA M KUDATARKAR, MS. POORNIMA S SUNAGAR ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING 14) PULSED ELECTRIC POWER BASED ENGINE EXHAUST CLEANING • BMS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, BASAVANAGUDI, BENGALURU GUIDE : PROF. D RAMESH KUMAR STUDENTS : MS. DEEKSHA H C., MS. CHINMAYI MOHAN, MS. PRIYANKA KALIWAL, MS. M SHEYAMALA INFORMATION SCIENCE ENGINEERING 15) AGRIBOOK (SOCIAL WEBSITE FOR AGRICULTURE) • PES INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT, SHIVAMOGGA GUIDE : MR. ARJUN U STUDENTS : MS. SWETHA N H., MS. SHREEYA P JAIN, MR. SANDESH MUTTU B P., MR. DHREERAJ T S MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 16) DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF MODEL WIND MILL BLADE USING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESS • SECAB INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, VIJAYAPURA GUIDE : MR. SHASHIDHAR A L., MR. BASAVAROODH A BADIGER STUDENTS : MR. JAMEER PASHA, MR. SIBGATULLA KHAN, MR. SHAMSHER ALAM. MR. TAHA KHAN 17) AERO-BLENDING OF ETHANOL FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE • ST. JOSEPH ENGINEERING COLLEGE, MANGALURU GUIDE : DR. JOSEPH GONSALVIS STUDENTS : MR. ROHAN MANUEL D SOUZA, MR. ROYDON MANVEL D SOUZA MR. STEPHEN ERIC MADTHA, MR. SHELDON WILBERT D SOUZA 18) SUGARCANE PLANTATION EQUIPMENT • BLDEA'S V P DR. P G HALAKATTI COLLEGE OF ENGG., AND TECHNOLOGY, VIJAYAPURA GUIDE : PROF. SAMEER S KULKARNI STUDENTS : MR. RAKESH KULKARNI, MR. RAJENDRA SANAL, MR. SACHIN PATIL, MR. CHISTI HASAN MASALI 19) STUDIES ON INVERSE DIFFUSION FLAMES AND HEAT TRANSFER USING INVERSE DIFFUSION FLAME BURNER • KLS VISHWANATHRAO DESHPANDE RURAL INSTITUTE OF TECH., UTTAR KANNADA GUIDE : PROF. SHANKAR BADIGER STUDENTS : MR. RAGHAVENDRA PATTAR, MS. PRIYANKAJAYARAMRAJU MR. ROHIT CHANDRU NAIK, MR. SHIVAREDDI G KONAREDDI BEST PROJECTS OF THE YEAR (Exhibition projects) AUTOMOBILE ENGINEERING 20) DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF LOW COST TRICYCLE FOR HANDICAPS USING STEERING COLUMN PROPULSION • BLDEA'S V P DR. P G HALAKATTI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECH., VIJAYAPURA GUIDE : PROF. IRESH G BHAVI STUDENTS : MR. SHIVRAJ KAROSHI, MR. GANGADHAR KORI MR. ABDULKUDDUS N MANOLI, MR. JYOTEPPA ATHANI CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 21) EXTRACTION OF CHITIN FROM PRAWN SHELL, PREPARATION OF CHITOSAN BY BIOLOGICAL METHOD AND APPLICATION • SDM COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, DHARWAD GUIDE : PROF. RASHMI S H STUDENTS : MR. MAHENDRA, MR. BASAVARAJ BIRADAR, MR. KRISHNAJI MALADKAR

Page 16 KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 CIVIL ENGINEERING 22) DEVELOPMENT OF NOISE ABSORBING COMPOSITE MATERIALS USING AGRO WASTE PRODUCTS • SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, JAIN UNIVERSITY, BENGALURU GUIDE : PROF. M.R. PRANESH STUDENTS : MS. TEJASWINI M., MR. NAGENDRA K.S., MS. SOWJANYA H.S., MR. SUNIL KUMAR K COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 23) 24X7 LIFELINE CHIP FOR MILITANTS • GIRIJABAI SAIL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, KARWAR GUIDE : PROF. SANTOSH ANAND STUDENTS : MS.SHWETA S. NAIK, MS. MEGHA R VERNEKAR, MS. NIDHI D NAIK 24) ELECTRONIC STUDENT PROJECT PROPOSAL • JYOTHY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BENGALURU GUIDE : MR. NIRANJAN R CHOUGALA and MR. KUMAR B I D STUDENT : MR. VISHAL SRINIVAS ELECTRICAL AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING 25) PREPAID PAYMENT FOR UTILITIES • DAYANANDA SAGAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, BENGALURU GUIDE : PROF. CHANDRASEKHARA N. STUDENTS : MR. DARSHAN N., MS. BHAVANA KULKARNI K., MS. BINDUSHREE, MR. GOUTHAM S. 26) WIRELESS SAFE, SMART AND SECURED DRIVING SYSTEM • KLE DR. M.S. SHESHGIRI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, BELAGAVI GUIDE : DR. RAJASHRI KHANAI STUDENTS : MS. ASHWINI PAWALE, MS. AISHWARYA ADAKE MS. SNEHAL CHOUGULE, MS. PRIYANKA KARADE 27) SMART WATER METER USING WIRELESS NETWORKING • M.S. RAMAIAH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BENGALURU GUIDES : PROF. SARALA S M., PROF. G S RAMESH SHARMA STUDENTS : MS. GULABI MANDAL, MS. HARSHITHA S V., MR. HRISHIKEWSH AIYAPPA, MS. CANDICE GALLYOT 28) IOT BASED SMART PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM • SIDDAGANGA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, TUMAKURU GUIDE : MRS. S MALA STUDENTS : MR. MALLIKARJUN B S., MR. ANIL, MS. MEGHANA R V, MS. BINDUSHREE M S 29) A SMART WRIST BAND BASED HUMAN INTERFACE DEVICE FOR PWD • THE OXFORD COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, BENGALURU GUIDES : PROF. DR. PREETA SHARAN, PROF. MR. JAYARAJ N. STUDENTS : MS. SUSHRUTHA H.B., MS. MANJULA RAMANNA KURI, MS. PRAGATHI A.R., MS. PAVITHRA M. 30) AUTOMATED RUBBER TAPERING MACHINE • VIVEKANANDA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, PUTTUR GUIDE : MS. SANGEETHA B L STUDENTS : MR. NANDANA SHYAMA P, MR. MADHURAJ M N, MR. VINAYAKA NAYAK N., MR. ATHUL SANKER N ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING 31) ARECANUT TREE CLIMBER AND PESTICIDE SPRAYER • ST. JOSEPH ENGINEERING COLLEGE, MANGALURU GUIDE : PROF. DIVYA K PAI STUDENTS : MR. JNANASAGAR KAMATH, MR. JNANESH BEKAL MR. NIXON D'SOUZA, MR. MANJUNATH K INFORMATION SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 32) DEVELOPING ERP FOR TORQUE, DIMENSION AND ELECTRICAL CALIBRATION FOR FLUTECH ENGINEERING PVT. LTD • BMS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT, YELAHANKA, BENGALURU GUIDE : PROF. ASHWINI N. STUDENTS : MR. DHEERAJ A.S., MR. ADITYA BHAT, MR. MOHAMMED ZAID 33) DEVELOPMENT OF DATA ACQUISITION FOR UNDERGROUND WATER AND GAS PIPELINE LEAKAGE MONITORING USING IOT • HKBK COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, BENGALURU GUIDES : PROF. SYED MUSTAFA A and MRS. SAVITHRI RAMESH STUDENTS : MS. NEETHI RAMAIAH, MS. DIVYA P., MS. POORNIMA P

KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 Page 17 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 34) DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF COIN OPERATED PORTABLE WATER VENDING MACHINE • ATME COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, MYSURU GUIDE : MR. RAKSHITH N STUDENTS : MR. D V RAAGU, MR. GAYAZ MOHAMED MR. MD MOHIYUDDIN SHARIFF, MR. MOHAMMED YASEEN AHMED 35) DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF MULTI PURPOSE ROBUST CUTTING MACHINE FOR AGRICULTURAL • VSM INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, NIPPANI GUIDE : PROF. MAHADEV N. HARKUDE STUDENTS : MR. AKASH K. CHOUGULE , MR. SWAPNIL B. NIMBALKAR MR. SURAJ B. PATIL, MR. AKSHAY G. HUNSHALE 36) MULTITALENTED ROBOT MACHINE FOR ARECANUT FARMING TO AVIOD ARECANUT WASTE • VSM INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, NIPPANI GUIDE : PROF. AMAR V. NAVALIHALKAR STUDENTS : MR YUVARAJ D. PATIL, MR. ZABIULLA B. NADAF MR. NANDKUMAR B. PATIL, MR. KIRAN B. HAJARE 37) AUTOMATED PROSTHETIC LEG • AMC ENGINEERING COLLEGE, BENGALURU GUIDES : PROF. MADHU MOHAN R., DR. GIRISHA C STUDENTS : MR. VENKATESH PAVAN M., MR. J PURUSHOTHAMA MS. ANUSHA P S., MR. ABHILASH P 38) DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF MULTIPURPOSE AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT • CITY ENGINEERING COLLEGE, BENGALURU GUIDE : MR. SAMPATH H P STUDENTS : MR. KIRAN B., MR. PRAMODH H N., MR. KARTHIK S., MR. MANOJ KUMAR K V 39) CONVERSION OF WASTE BAGASSE TO BIO-OIL BY PYROLYSIS AND UTILIZATION OF ITS PRODUCTS • BILURU GURUBASAVA MAHASWAMIJI INSTITUTION OF TECHNOLOGY, BAGALKOTE GUIDE : PROF. H V MULIMAN STUDENTS : MR. SHRINATH P KHOT, MR. VINOD K TIPPIMATH MR. NAVEEN S HALLAD, MR. PARASHURAM K BENNI 40) DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF AN ARTIFICIAL LEG MECHANISM FOR ABOVE-KNEE AMPUTEES • KLE DR. M.S. SHESHGIRI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, BELAGAVI GUIDES : PROF. SATISH HULAMANI, PROF. U B KADABADI STUDENTS : MR. ABHISHEK D PATTANSHETTI, MS. AFREEN GOVE, MR. DARSHAN RAIKAR, MR. NITISH S CHAVAN MECHATRONICS 41) MINE EXPLORATION, RECOVERY AND SECURING INSTRUMENT (MERSI) • ACHARYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BENGALURU GUIDE : PROF. RANGANATH GOWDA L STUDENTS : MR. KUMAR DHRUV RAMAKRISHNAN, MR. NAUMAN IBRAHIM, MR. AKSHAY VERNEKAR MS. ANVITHA GATTAMANENI TELECOMMUNICATION ENGINEERING 42) IMPLEMENTATION OF SPATIAL AUGMENTATED REALITY TO CONTROL ROBOTIC ARM • K S INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BENGALURU GUIDE : PROF. K. SENTHIL BABU STUDENTS : MR. BHARATH GOWDA P S., MR. RAHUL KUMAR A., MS. SIRISHA N S., MS. NISHKALA TEXTILE ENGINEERING 43) DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF NATURAL PLANT FIBRE EXTRACTING MACHINE • BAPUJI INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, DAVANGERE GUIDE : DR. K MURUGESH BABU STUDENTS : MR. GANESH R., MS. LAVANYA V., MS. SHUBHA B V

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BEST PROJECTS OF THE YEAR (Biofuel projects) SEMINAR PROJECTS B.E Project on Biofuels CIVIL ENGINEERING 44) SUSTAINABLE ENERGY GENERATION BY BIOFUEL CELL FROM SEPTIC TANK • NAGARJUNA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, BENGALURU GUIDE : DR. K. KUMAR STUDENTS : MS. YOGASHREE G., MR. VIVEK KUMAR, MR. SANESH REGMI and MS. SHALINEE SINGH MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 45) DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF SIMAROUBA GLAUCA SEED DEPULPING MACHINE • SIDDAGANGA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, TUMAKURU GUIDE : MR. OMKARESH B.R. STUDENTS : MR. MANIKANTA B., MR. NAVEEN KUMAR BADIGER A., MS. KUSUMA C. 46) ACETYLENE USED AS ALTERNATIVE FUEL IN PETROL ENGINE • SRI TARALABALU JAGADGURU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, RENEBENNUR GUIDE : MR. VINAYAK KOPPAD STUDENTS : MR. RAKESH R. DWARAPALAK, MR. HARISH A. HARIBAL MR. ABDUL RAHAMAN M. SUNNAKHAN , MR. SANTOSH P. ULLAGADDI 47) PRODUCTION OF BIODIESEL FROM MANILKARA ZAPOTA (CHIKOO OR SAPODILLA) SEED OIL AND PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS STUDY ON SINGLE CYLINDER CI ENGINE • AMRUTHA INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES, BIDADI GUIDE : MR. RAMESH N. STUDENTS : MR. S. NAVEEN KUMAR, MR. G.E. JAIKRISHNA, MR. AKASH B.K. 48) PEROFRMANCE TEST ON 4 STROKE SINGLE CYLINDER DIESEL ENGINE USING DIESEL BLENDED WITH CORN ETHANOL AS A FUEL • CHANNABASAVESHWARA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, GUBBI GUIDE : MR. NAGESH S.B. STUDENTS : MR. MANU A.S., MR. KOUSHIK T.M., MR. MAHENDRA D.M., MR. K. VARUN KUMAR M.Tech. 49) PRODUCTION OF BIODIESEL FROM DAIRY WASH WATER SCUM THROUGH HETEROGENEOUS CATALYST AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF TBC DIESEL ENGINE FOR DIFFERENT DIESEL AND METHANOL BLEND RATIOS • CENTRE FOR POST GRADUATE STUDIES, MYSURU GUIDE : MR. KRISHNAMURTHY K.N. STUDENT : MR. VENKATESH B.J. M. Sc., AGRICULTURAL BIOCHEMISTRY 50) BIODIESEL AND BIOETHANOL PRODUCTION FROM THE TERRESTRIAL ALGAE AND THEIR BYPRODUCTS • COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE (UAS), HASSAN GUIDE : MR. MOHAN CHAVAN STUDENT : MR. MANOJ B.S. M. Sc., FORESTRY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE 51) STUDIES ON BIOAVAILABILITY OF NUTRIENTS IN DECOMPOSED CRUSHED SEEDS, OIL CAKES AND DEOILED CAKES OF NEEM (AZADIRACHTA INDICA) • UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE, GKVK, BENGALURU GUIDE : DR. K.T. PRASANNA STUDENTS : MR. KIRAN S.C. MBA 52) COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF BIO DIGESTER INSTALLED AT SAHYADRI FOOD COURT • SAHYADRI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT, ADYAR, MANGALURU GUIDE : DR. K. VIDYAVATHI STUDENTS : MR. SHAROOK B , MS. SAYONA A JOSEPH, MR. WILSON MASCARENHAS, MS. MOKSHA D.S

EXHIBITION PROJECTS M. Tech., 53) SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF PHENOL BASED POLYMERIC RESIN, EXTRACTED FROM CASHEW NUT SHELL LIQUID (CNSL) OIL FOR INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS • R. V. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, BENGALURU GUIDES : DR. M.S. KRUPASHANKARA DR. SHAMAAN M.P. STUDENT : MR. BISHAK ROY CHOUDHURY

KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 Page 19 2. NATURAL RESOURCES DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM – KARNATAKA PROJECT

Principal Investigator : Mr. H. Hemanth Kumar Funded by : RDPR, GOK

The NRDMS centres established during 1993 have been providing geospatial data and services for a wide range of uses since inception and have seen steady growth in the requests for both data and services. The NRDMS program is continuously updating its datasets in diverse fields with an increasing set of application requirements. Application domains include, for example, public health and education, environmental analysis and mapping, transportation, water quality/quantity, watersheds, elections, disaster planning and management, and administration and planning.

Progress: ❖ The projects personnel of district NRDMS centres have been nominated as nodal officers by the district election authorities as per the directions of State election commission for the forthcoming Assembly elections – 2018. The activity includes providing training to the officials involved election related activities in the preparation polling station booths and its jurisdiction. Google maps are being used extensively to prepare polling station information along with name & description and in some cases geotagged photographs. On an average such maps are being prepared for 2500 polling stations in each district. The centres are also preparing a variety of maps pertaining sector, route, polling station type etc., They are also performing the duties as contained in the instructions of the Election Commission relating to the implementation of all IT based interventions till the declaration of election results.

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❖ Presentation made to delegates of the NIRD&PR-CIRDAP International Training Programme on “Geo-spatial Information Management in Rural Development” at Bangalore on 21/11/2017 13 - 22 November 2017. ❖ The Council published Karnataka ZP ATLAS based on the Election Commission notifications and is updated as on August 2017. ❖ The Council published Karnataka TP ATLAS based on the Election Commission notifications and is updated as on December 2017. ❖ Kannada District centres have been continuously supporting the NREGA, BRGF, Panchatantra, MPIC, TSP, Lokamitra package, Disaster Management, Nirmala Gram Program, water supply project under Jal Nirmal program ZP website, KVK program etc at district level

KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 Page 21 . ❖ Brought out two technical reports in Kannada language titled " Use Geospatial Technologies in Panchayath raj System in August -2017". The report brought out GIS applications taken up by district NRDMS centres mainly in the areas of asset mapping of Gram Panchayaths, Water level fluctuation in Drinking water sources, Beat mapping for Police department for effective patrolling, malaria eradication, watershed management, reorganization of wards in Urban Local Bodies, tourism, animal husbandry, water quality/quantity mapping etc. These reports have about 40 applications.

Page 22 KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 ❖ The state NRDMS centre brought out a report on “Customization of GIS Applications using USE-CASEST”. Using Unified Modeling Language (UML), a general-purpose, developmental, modeling language conceptual data model have been developed for geospatial applications.

❖ Pollution mapping with reference to transmission system for Southern region (CPRI) - Insulator pollution is considered as one of the main problems of insulators of high voltage transmission lines and substations. The performance of high voltage insulators is affected by the pollution that settles on the insulator surface and results in forming electrolyte layer on the insulator surface under the influence of environment and weather conditions such as moisture and rainfall. This layer extends over time and in some cases, such as in the case of inappropriate insulation design, leads to flashover and system outage. The major consequence of pollution is the reduction of insulation level in high voltage transmission and distribution lines and substations. Several methods are being used to evaluate the site pollution severity (SPS). The degree of pollution is generally determined by measuring equivalent salt deposit density (ESDD) on the insulators surfaces which are removed from existing transmission lines and/or field

KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 Page 23 testing stations. Non-soluble material deposit density (NSDD) is also measured, especially in case that much dust or sand is expected to accumulate on the insulator surface. Moreover, pollution level or pollution index (PI) is assessed using directional dust deposit gauge (DDDG). These maps are prepared based on the inputs provided by CPRI. The severity classes have been categorized by CPRI using ESDD and NSDD values. The insulators will be designed based on severity classes provided in the map. ❖ Presented a paper on “Innovative applications in GIS -Karnataka SDI experience” – National Workshop held at Trivandrum during May 2017. ❖ Presented a paper on “Karnataka Geoportal for Natural Resource Management” – National workshop held at Ludhiana during 22nd and 23rd of February 2018. ❖ Mr H Hemanth Kumar submitted a paper on “Web Based Geospatial Technologies to Support Decision Making” paper to Springer publications. The paper provides detailed technical abstract of NRDMS and Karnataka Geoportal programs. ❖ Acted as Resource Person in Orientation Workshop-cum-Hands-on Training held on 8th & 9th January 2018 organised by West Bengal State Council for Science and Technology, Bikash Bhavan, Kolkata. ❖ "Evolution of Geo-spatial Technologies in Decision making - Karnataka Experience” National workshop held at NBSSLUP, Nagpur on Data Content Standards on soils during January 2017. ❖ "State Spatial Data Infrastructure for Karnataka and their Applications” - NSDI session on 25 Jan 2017 held at GWF-2017 in Hyderabad.

Page 24 KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 3. DEVELOPMENT OF GEOSPATIAL WEB APPLICATIONS ON KARNATAKA GEOPORTAL FOR G-GOVERNANCE (KSSDI PHASE II PROJECT)

Principal Investigator : M.r H Hemanth Kumar Co-PI’s : Mr. S N Sondur Dr. U T Vijay Funded by : DST – GOI and DST – GOK

The council implemented the 2nd phase of the project funded by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India and Government of Karnataka. The geoportal now has a web based geospatial applications/decision support system for selected schemes of Watershed and Health Departments to support G-governance on Karnataka Geoportal platform. Karnataka Watershed Development Department (KWDD) – an agency under Government of Karnataka is in-charge of running various watershed schemes/Projects, formulating policies, planning, organizing, coordinating the activities and implementing the watershed programs. KWDD uses data sets for planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of Watershed Programs. Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY) Program (earlier known as Integrated Watershed Management Program - IWMP) is a flagship program of KWDD with a financial outlay of above Rs. 400 Crores per annum. KWDD has multi-disciplinary technical experts drawn from Agriculture, Horticulture and Forest Departments who are pooling their experience, expertise and technology in the Watershed Programs being financed under External, Central, State and District Sector Schemes. The Department currently has an in- house online Management Information System (MIS) for monitoring Watershed Programs by its Head Office. It makes use of existing cadastral and thematic maps available with other departments, from planning to implementation stages and tries to document all the activities with geo-tagged time-stamped photographs before, during and after the implementation of various program-based activities. However, they do not have an easy and timely access to geospatial data of right resolution and currency for use in planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation processes. KSCST felt the need for integrating KWDD’s MIS with the web-based SDI approach of NRDMS-NSDI/ DST to provide standards-based online geospatial information services to end users in KWDD by utilizing the Karnataka State Geo- portal already operational in the State. Towards achieving the above goal, the project “Development of Geospatial Web Applications on Karnataka Geo-Portal for G-governance” was launched by KSCST under the collaborative support of DST, Govt. of India and Govt. of Karnataka during April 2013 to March 2016.

On the launch of the above project, a user requirement analysis was taken up to understand and study the geospatial information needs of the KWDD to be accessed over the web. KSCST showcased the utilization of Geospatial Technologies by developing geospatial applications on the Karnataka State Geo-portal to evaluate watersheds in Belagavi Division of Karnataka under the Phase I and Phase II projects of PMKSY. Development and deployment KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 Page 25 of the “State Geo-portal for Watershed Management” technology enables the users to query on various geo-spatial and non-spatial (attribute) parameters at cadastral/ beneficiary level for activities taken up under agriculture/ horticulture/ forestry sectors. The Geo-portal enlists a host of Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)/ International Standardization Organization (ISO) Standards-based Web Services for accessing data sets to support Watershed Management. Crowd sourcing of data for data updating, mobile (smart phone) compatibility and online editing of data sets are some of the Technology’s major highlights. Some of the screenshots showing the home page and query pages of the State Geo-Portal are shown below:

(Home page of the Karnataka Geoportal providing access to the Watershed Information)

Key features of the web-based Geo-Portal Information Services for Watershed management include the following: • Map viewer - Web Map Service (WMS), • Product catalogue/metadata - Catalogue Service on Web (CS-W), • Services for provision of feature data sets - Web Feature Service (WFS), • Simple Applications (Query based decision support tool) • Coverage services/images - Web Coverage Service (WCS) • Web processing Service (WPS) • Transactional Web Feature Service (WFS-T) • Mobile Mapping • Multi-spatial and multi-attribute query and analysis • Multi-lingual support • On-line help/ support to end user

Page 26 KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 (Cadastral overlay on Bhuvan/Google WMS) Accessible on the State Geo-portal, above web-based services could be used by the end users in the field (watersheds) to capture relevant data sets from the watersheds and update the geospatial database at a central server over the web. In this instance, the database is located at KSCST for access by all end users across the Belagavi Division of Karnataka contains the cadastral map layers secured from the Survey Settlement & Land Records (SSLR) Department of the State’s Revenue Department. Non-spatial information from the MIS of the Karnataka Watershed Development Department (KWDD) has been integrated with the cadastral (spatial) data layers to facilitate querying and analysis over the hitherto unavailable an integrated database and the Geoweb. Use of the services has been demonstrated to the potential end users in various training workshops in Karnataka and several other States for adoption in State SDI projects of NRDMS-NSDI. The Karnataka District NRDMS Centers in the State have been trained on the use of the State Geo-Portal in Watershed Management. Uploading of geotagged School data on Karnataka Geoportal

KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 Page 27 Watershed Portal – Query on Horticulture activities

Watershed Portlet – Query on Horticulture implementation Major Activities: • Organised National Workshop on "State SDIs and their Applications" during June 2107. • Updation selected Gram Panchayath and Taluk Panchayath details. • Working on Implementation of the National Data Registry (NDR) constituted by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. • Creation of metadata for both administrative and few thematic layers as per National Spatial data Infrastructure (NSDI) standards circulated by DST-GOI. • As a member of on NSDI-BIS Cadastral Data Content Standard constituted by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India participated in its meeting to provide inputs to set up NDR in seven codes comprising of National mapping organizations. • The project submitted by the PI titled "Deployment of FME/ XML Spy/ EA software as a central facility for use by all the state SDI's" to procure FME/ XML Spy/ EA software as a central facility for use by all the state SDI's and deploying at NSDI, New Delhi has been approved.

Future activities: Submission of project proposal entitled “Integrated property taxation platform for urban governance” for financial assistance – reg. The PI of this project Mr H Hemanth Kumar conceptualized and prepared a project proposal titled “Integrated property taxation platform for urban governance” along with Indian Centre for Social Transformation and Strand Life Foundation to support the Smart city program of Government of India by providing geospatial applications/solutions mainly in the areas of property taxation to handle and manage real-world operations by municipal authorities. The geospatial application will provide well-defined solutions to urban local bodies and citizens. This initiative needs to be realized at this stage to cater to needs of urban local bodies to fill the gaps to address the development needs of the cities and municipalities.

Page 28 KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 4. STATE AWARDS FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS

Programme Co-ordinator : Mr. S N Jayaram Project Engineer, KSCST

With a view to recognize and reward Scientific and Technological talent in the State, the Government of Karnataka has instituted several awards in the name of Sir M. Visvesvaraya, Dr. Raja Ramanna, Sir C. V. Raman, Prof. Satish Dhawan and Dr. Kalpana Chawla. These awards are being given every year since 1996. The Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology (KSCST) has been entrusted with the responsibility of operationalisation of these awards.

To select the eligible Scientists and Engineers for these awards the Government constituted a selection committee under the Chairmanship of Bharat Ratna Professor C.N.R. Rao. KSCST had invited the nominations for the Scientists and Engineers State Awards years 2015 and 2016 during April 2016 through advertisement in regional /National newspapers and also circulation of information brochure to various institutions as followed in the previous years.

The Council has received total 167 nominations from various institutions in all the fields the details are as follows. Selection committee met under the Chairmanship of Prof C N R Rao and recommended 12 eminent Scientists and Engineers for the State Awards for the years 2015 and 2016. On behalf of the Department of IT, BT & Science and Technology, Government of Karnataka, KSCST has organized the awards presentation function on 12th April 2017 at 5.00 pm at J N Tata Auditorium, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

Hon’ble Chief Minister Sri Siddaramaiah presented the awards to the eminent Scientists and Engineers, Bharat Ratna Prof. C N R Rao FRS, Honorary President JNCASR is the Chief Guest and Prof. Anurag Kumar, Director, Indian Institute of Science is the Guest of Honor in the awards presentation function. More than 700 dignitaries attended the function.

Recipients of State Awards for the years 2015 and 2016 along with Dignitaries

KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 Page 29 Recipients of Scientist and Engineer State Awards for the years 2015 and 2016 Field Sir M. Visvesvaraya Awardee Science and Prof. M. K. Surappa Technology Dean, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012. Founder Director, IIT, Ropar.

Science and Dr. P. Satishchandra Technology Senior Professor, Former Director / Vice Chancellor, Department of Neurology NIMHANS, Hosur Road,

Bangalore 560029 Dr. Raja Ramanna Awardee Science Education Dr. Hemalatha Balaram Professor, Molecular Biology and Genetics Unit and Dean, Faculty Affairs, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur P.O., Bangalore 560064. Science Education Dr. Siddapura Ramachandrappa Niranjana Vice Chancellor, Gulbarga University, Sedam Road, Jnana Ganga, Kalaburagi-585106.

Sir C V Raman Awardee Physical Sciences & Dr. Gurumurthy Hegde, Mathematics BMS R and D Centre, BMS College of Engineering, Bull Temple Road, Bengaluru, 560019

Chemical Sciences Dr. K. Mantelingu Department of Studies in Chemistry, Manasagangotri, University of Mysore, Mysuru-06 Karnataka.

Page 30 KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 Medical Sciences Dr. Suresh Bada Math Professor of Psychiatry, Dept. of Psychiatry, Hosur Road, NIMHANS, Bangalore-560029.

Life Sciences Dr. Ganesh Nagaraju Associate Professor Dept. of Biochemistry Indian Institute of Science Bangalore-560012

Agriculture Sciences Dr. Raghavendra Bhatta & Animal Director ICAR- NIANP Husbandry National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Adugodi, Bangalore 560 030

Prof. Satish Dhawan Awardee Engineering Dr. Sunilkumar S. Manvi Principal Sciences Reva Institute of Technology and Management, Rukmini Knowledge Park, Kattigenhalli, Yelahanka, Bangalore - 560064

Dr. Kalpana Chawla Awardee Science and Dr. T. Sharmila Technology Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Jnanabharathi Campus, Bangalore University, Bangalore- 560056

Science and Dr. Shailaja S.Patil Technology Professor, Department of Community Medicine, BLDE University Shri B M Patil Medical College, Hospital & Research Centre, Vijayapur-586103.

KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 Page 31 State Awards for Scientists and Engineers for the year 2017 KSCST invited nominations through advertisements in the State Edition of leading National Newspapers and by circulating information brochure to all the Universities and other Academic R&D Institutions in Karnataka for the State Awards for the year 2017 during July 2017. Release of Advertisement in the Prajavani 10.07.2017 Newspapers Udayavani 12.07.2017 Vijaya Karnataka 14.07.2017 The Times of India 10.07.2017 The Hindu 12.07.2017 Deccan Herald 14.07.2017 Publicity through other media Press note released in all news papers Letters & printed information brochure About 800 printed information brochure sent to various institutions / organizations Last date for receipt of Nominations 28th August 2017

Details of Nominations: In response, the KSCST has received a total of 178 nominations for these awards in various fields. The details are as follows. Name of the Award Total No of Awards to be selected Nominations for the year 2017 Sir M. Visvesvaraya Award 40 2 Dr. Raja Ramanna Award 49 1 Sir C V Raman Award 57 5 Physical Sc (11) Chemical Sc (12) Medical Sc (06) Life Sc (14) Agriculture Sc (14) Prof. Satish Dhawan Award 17 4 Dr. Kalpana Chawla Award 15 1 Total Nominations 178 13

The Selection Committee met under the Chairmanship of Prof. C. N. R. Rao on 16th January 2017 at JNCASR President’s Office at Indian Institute of Science Campus, Bengaluru and recommended 13 Scientists and Engineers for State Awards for the year 2017. KSCST is planning to organize the awards presentation function after the approval for the Selection Committee recommendations by the Government.

Page 32 KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 5. RAINWATER HARVESTING CELL

Principal Investigator : Mr. A.R. Shivakumar Annual Budget : Rs. 10, 00, 000/- Supported by : DST, GOK Established : November 2005

Background: KSCST is actively participating in the socially relevant, environment friendly water conservation measures and has been providing cost effective solutions since its inception. RWH Cell at KSCST is established to study the needs of the people and provide sustainable and simple solutions through innovation and implementation pertinent to Rainwater Harvesting and Ground water recharge. Since November 2005 RWH Cell has provided technical support for planning rainwater harvesting systems in over 300 institutions (Public and private sector, Multinationals and Educational Institutions) in Karnataka and other states. RWH cell established at KSCST is providing policy support to the Government departments for water conservation and rainwater harvesting programmes. The guidelines established by RWH Cell are instrumental in pursuing State Government to amend several acts and issue guidelines for mandatory installation of RWH structures in all the government buildings, public parks, roads and open spaces. BWSSB has collaborated with RWH Cell of KSCST and brought in the legislation to compulsorily install RWH system in certain category of properties in Bengaluru.

Project of UNESCO and KSCST - “Do it Yourself RWH tool” Supported by UNESCO, KSCST has developed a software application “DOIT YOURSELF RWH tool”. This software will address most of the needs of a prospective candidate planning to install RWH. The front end of the tool will provide query sheet to enter the basic and available information by the user and the back end of the software will acquire data from the relevant sources. The output generated can provide most of the information and enough scientific inputs for installation of a sustainable, site-specific and cost effective RWH system. The software as web application and also as mobile phone Android application is currently available for most of the towns and cities of India. The software is a free download at Google play store in Android mobile phones 'RWH-Advisor'. http://rwh-advisor.info

Progress for the Period: April 2017 to March 2018. The RWH Cell at the Council has been providing technical guidance to individuals, institutions and private sectors on Rain Water Harvesting technology. Technical consultancy has been provided to the following: 1. Sri Jayachamarajendra Institute of Indian Medicine, Bengaluru. 2. SLK Software Services Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru. 3. Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences & Research Hospital, Mysuru. 4. Sri Jayachamarajendra Institute of Indian Medicine, Bengaluru.

KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 Page 33 5. Rambhapuri Matha, Siddarabetta, Koratagere Taluk, Tumakuru. 6. Naval Base, Port Blair, Andaman Nicobar Islands. 7. Rainwater Harvesting pilot project by KSCST, Government of Uttarakhand, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation with UNDP at Pheri Kimora Gram Panchayat, Uttarakhand. 8. Court Buildings & Judge Quarters, Kalaburagi. 9. Regional Institute of English, South India, Bengaluru. 10. Karnataka Science & Technology Academy, GKVK Campus, Bengaluru. 11. Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, Mysuru Road, Bengaluru. 12. Shillong Science Center, Shillong, Meghalaya. 13. National Institute of Rural Development, Hyderabad. 14. Rainwater Harvesting Theme Park, Hyderabad, Telangana. 15. Visvesvaraya Technological University, Regional Office, Kalaburagi. 16. Smt. VHD Central Institute of Home Science College, Bengaluru.

Hands on training along with field visits were organized to provide practical exposure on the cost effective and sustainable RWH technologies.

1. Five Training Programmes on Rainwater Harvesting were organized by Karnataka State Council for Science & Technology on 24.05.2017, 12.06.2017, 27.07.2017, 03.11.2017 and 16.03.2018 for IREP Engineers, Plumbers, Engineers & Contractors at K.S.C.S.T., IISc and Sir M Visvesvaraya Rainwater Harvesting Theme Park, Jayanagar 5th Block, Bengaluru. One Hundred and Seventeen Participants were trained. 2. Training Program on Rainwater Harvesting was organized by Karnataka State Council for Science & Technology (K.S.C.S.T.) for Sikkim State Council for Science & Technology (S.S.C.S.T.) on 03.08.2017 for Engineers, Technical staff of S.S.C.S.T. and local people at Suldung - Kamling, Mangalbaray, West Sikkim. Twenty Five participants participated in the Training Program. 3. Two Training Programme on Rainwater Harvesting were jointly organized by KSCST and UltraTech Cements Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru on 21.02.2018 and 22.02.2018 for Engineers, Masons & Contractors from Bengaluru Urban and Bengaluru Rural District at Sir M Visvesvaraya Rainwater Harvesting Theme Park, Jayanagar 5th Block, Bengaluru. Forty Eight Participants were trained. 4. Sixteen Quiz and Debate programme for School and College on RWH and water conservation measures were organized by Karnataka State Council for Science & Technology on 14.07.2017 to 20.03.2018 at School & Colleges in and around Bengaluru. Nearly 3,300 students, 100 teachers and 32 volunteers from Nisarga Mahila Samaja, Vijayanagar participated in the program.

Page 34 KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 Lectures and Presentation: 1. Radio Programme on Fever 104 FM Radio Channel from 06:00 pm – 08:00 pm on 02.04.2017 on Rainwater and Water Conservation. 2. Radio Programme on AIR Rainbow FM Radio Channel Live programme on Rainwater and Water Conservation at 08:30 pm on 03.04.2017. 3. Radio Programme on Radio Mirchi FM Radio Channel programme on Rainwater and Water Conservation at 09:10 am on 05.04.2017. 4. Talk on Rainwater Harvesting by PI-RWH Cell at national level student’s symposium “Chemovation” with theme “Eco-Innovation” organized by Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Dayanand Sagar College of Engineering (DSCE) at DSCE Campus, Kumara Swamy Layout, Bengaluru on 07.04.2017. 5. Principle Investigator – RWH Cell participated as lead speaker at a Forum: Trialogue 2047 on – “Economic Transition towards Sustainable Development for India”. The Forum was organized by Development Alternatives on 08.04.2017 at Azim Premji University, Bengaluru. 6. Talk on Rainwater Harvesting and Water Conservation on 09.04.2017 at Metropolitan Club, IAS Officers Colony, BTM Layout, Bengaluru. Around 25 retired IAS officers and others participated in programme. 7. Radio Programme on Radio Mirchi FM Radio Channel programme on Rainwater and Water Conservation on 10.04.2017. 8. Radio Programme on Radio Indigo FM Radio Channel Live programme on Rainwater and Water Conservation at 11:00 am on 19.04.2017. 9. Principle Investigator – RWH Cell participated as resource person in a Two day State level Conference on Water Conservation organized by Department of Civil Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT) from 30.04.2017 to 01.05.2017 at MIT, Manipal. 10. Principle Investigator – RWH Cell participated as speaker at Right to Water Summit. The summit was organized by Nav Bharat Democratic Party on 06.05.2017 at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bengaluru. 11. Talk on Rainwater Harvesting and Water Conservation to Students, staff and local community of Kodaikanal International School (KIS) by PI-RWH Cell organized by Kodaikanal International School at Kodaikanal on 08.05.2017. PI visited campus site for implementing rainwater harvesting to KIS campus from 08.05.2017 – 09.05.2017. 12. Talk on Rainwater Harvesting and Water Conservation on 10.05.2017 at RambhapuriMatha, Siddarabetta, Koratagere Taluk. Around 800 farmers and others participated in programme. PI visited Rambhapuri Matha for implementing rainwater harvesting and borewell recharge at the site. 13. Lecture on Rainwater Harvesting at 10:00 am on 02.06.2017 at Acharya Institute of Technology, Bengaluru. Around 200 students, Faculty and staff of college participated in programme. 14. Talk on “Save Water Save Bengaluru” at ALTERNATIV17, an initiative of UV Green Team on the occasion of World Water Day as Green Talk Guest Speaker by PI-RWH

KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 Page 35 Cell organized by Alternativ17 at New Horizon College of Engineering, Marathahalli, Bengaluru on 02.06.2017 at 15:30. 15. Lecture on “Go Green Concepts” Principle Investigator – RWH Cell gave a keynote address at “The First International Conference on Ideation and Innovations in Sustainable Sciences and Technologies, (IISST 17)” on 01.07.2017 – 02.07.2017 at FCSIT, University Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur (KL), Malaysia. 16. Adjunct lecture on IT in Rainwater Harvesting planning – Software Development by Principle Investigator – RWH Cell at University Technologi Petronas, Malaysia on 03.07.2017. 17. Radio Programme on Big FM Radio Channel in programme Monsoon special, highlighting the Importance of water on 11.07.2017 live interview by RJ Shruthi with Mr. A. R. Shivakumar, Principle Investigator – RWH Cell. 18. Principle Investigator – RWH Cell participated in a workshop on ‘Water and you – Bangalore’s Future’ in a transformative Scenario Planning process on Bangalore’s Water organized by Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore at United Theological College, Bangalore on 19.07.2017. 19. K. V. Subbanna memorial Lecture on ‘Neerina Bikkattannu Meeruva Daarigalu’ by Principle Investigator – RWH Cell commemorating the 12th death anniversary of Sri KV Subbanna was organized by NINASAM at NINASAM, Heggodu, Sagar on 16.07.2017. 20. Talk by Principle Investigator – RWH Cell on “Water and Environmental” at International Conference on Renewable Energy and Sustainable Environment organized by Dr. Mahalingam College of Technology and Engineering, Pollachi at Dr. Mahalingam College of Technology and Engineering, Pollachi, Tamilnadu on 21.07.2017. 21. Lecture on ‘Recent Advances in Rainwater Harvesting’ by Principle Investigator – RWH Cell participated as Resource person in a Six day faculty development program on “Application of Green Technologies to Overcome Environmental Challenges for Sustainable Urban Development” Organized by Dept. of Civil Engineering, Ramaiah Institute of Technology at Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bengaluru on 26.07.2017. 22. Lecture on ‘Rainwater Harvesting Techniques for Domestic Applications’ by Principle Investigator – RWH Cell participated as Resource person in a workshop on “Energy Efficient Buildings” Organized by Center for Sustainable Technologies (CST), IISc, Bengaluru at CST Seminar Hall, IISc, Bengaluru on 28.07.2017. 23. Lecture on “Rainwater Harvesting” by Mr. A. R. Shivakumar, PI-RWH Cell in a One Day Training Programme for IFS Officer’s at Sir M Visvesvaraiah Rainwater Harvesting Theme Park, Jayanagar, Bengaluru Organized by MGRIRED, Jakkur on 10.08.2017. Around 25 participants participated in Training Program. 24. Television Programme on Colors Kannada TV Channel in programme “Maja Talkies”, highlighting the Importance of water on 15.08.2017 by Actor Shrujan Lokesh with Mr. A. R. Shivakumar, Principle Investigator – RWH Cell.

Page 36 KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 25. Lecture on “Water Conservation” by Mr. A. R. Shivakumar, PI-RWH Cell on the occasion of Army Wives Welfare Association for families of JCO’s and other ranks of Indian Army organized by Pioneer Corps Training Centre, Indian Army, Bengaluru at Indian Army Campus, Koramangala, Bengaluru on 21.08.2017. The lecture focused on Water Conservation at household level and society level. Around 30 participants participated in programme. 26. Live Television Programme on ETV NEWS Kannada TV Channel in a live Interaction programme on 29.08.2017 between 10:00 am – 11:00 am by Mr. A. R. Shivakumar, Principle Investigator – RWH Cell. 27. Lecture on “Rainwater Harvesting” by Mr. A. R. Shivakumar, PI-RWH Cell in a One Day Training Programme for IFS Officer’s at Sir M Visvesvaraiah Rainwater Harvesting Theme Park, Jayanagar, Bengaluru Organized by MGRIRED, Jakkur on 07.09.2017. Around 25 participants participated in Training Program. 28. Orientation Programme on Rainwater Harvesting on the occasion of Founders Day Celebration organized by The Bangalore City Institute, Makkala Koota, Bengaluru at The Bangalore City Institute, Basavanagudi on 09.09.2017. 29. Lecture in a One day Workshop on Water Management organized by Department of Civil Engineering, Kalpataru Institute of Technology, Tiptur at Kalpataru Institute of Technology, Tiptur on 11.09.2017. 30. Live Interaction Television Programme “Hello Geleyare” DD Chandana on 12.09.2017. 31. Awareness Programme on Rainwater Harvesting by displaying RWH charts, Filters and Model was organized by Divecha Centre for Climate Change, IISc, Bengaluru at J. N Tata Auditorium, IISc, Bengaluru on 14.09.2017. Around 800 students from various engineering college participated in the programme. 32. Lecture on “Rainwater Harvesting Projects in Karnataka” by Principle Investigator RWH Cell. Lecture was organized by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), HAL 2nd Stage, Bengaluru, on 23.10.2017. 33. Talk on “Domestic Waste Water Management” by Principle Investigator – RWH Cell as Guest Speaker in Outreach program organized by International Lingayath Youth Forum Charitable Trust, Bengaluru at Naveen Regency, Tumakuru on 29.10.2017. 34. Paper presentation by PI – RWH Cell with the Theme: Water & Environment on Rainwater Harvesting at the XI World Aqua Congress – 2017 (International Conference & Exhibition) from 09.11.2017 to 10.11.2017 at New Delhi. 35. Exhibition and Awareness building at “Makkala Habba” by displaying RWH Working Model and charts on occasion of Children’s Day Celebrations organized by Department of Women & Child Development, Govt. of Karnataka from 11.11.2017 to 14.11.2017 at Cubbon Park, Bengaluru. Around 1000 students from various schools and college and others participated in the programme. 36. Awareness Programme “Oota from your Thota” on Rainwater Harvesting by displaying RWH charts was organized to convince urbanites not to use potable water for gardening and insist for rainwater harvesting by NGO : Garden City Farmers,

KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 Page 37 Jayanagar, Bengaluru at MES (BBMP) Grounds, Jayanagar, Bengaluru on 12.11.2017. Around 500 people participated in the programme. 37. Presentation by PI – RWH Cell on “Sustainable rainwater harvesting & ground water recharge in developing countries” through video conference(through Skype) from K.S.C.S.T. in a 3 Day Residential Training Programme on “Rainwater Harvesting in Urban Areas” was organized by Andhra Pradesh Human Resource Development Institute (Govt. of A.P.) at APHRDI, Bapatla, Guntur District on 20.11.2017. 38. Mr. A. R. Shivakumar, PI-RWH Cell participated as Resource person at the Workshop and interaction with farmers “Krishiyalli Neerina Sadbalake” organized by Department of Civil Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT), Manipal from 09.12.2017 to 10.12.2017. 39. Talk on Making Bangalore Water Rich by PI – RWH Cell at the Symposium on “Can Inter-linking Rivers and greening their banks save our cities?” organized by Environment Support Group, Banashankari at Ashirwad, St. Marks Road Cross, Bengaluru on 15.12.2017. 40. Talk on Rainwater Harvesting by PI – RWH Cell at National Workshop on “Mines Waste Valorization & Water Conservation” was jointly organized by Environment Support Group, R&D and OMQ Division, Tata Steel, Jharkhand from 20.12.2017 to 21.12.2017 at Noamundi, Jharkhand. 41. Exhibition and Awareness building on Rainwater Harvesting and its impact Prakruti- Samskruti (Nature and Culture) at “Adamya Chetana Seva Utsava - 2018” by displaying RWH Model and charts organized by Adamya Chetana Foundation, Bengaluru from 30.12.2017 to 02.01.2018 at National High School Ground, Basavanagudi, Bengaluru. Around 3,000 visitors including students from various schools and college visited the stall and took information on Rainwater Harvesting and water conservation measures in the programme. 42. Presentation on “Save Water Save Bangalore” by PI RWH Cell at Awareness Workshop was organized by Bird Tree International for students and faculty at Government Junior Women’s College, Malleshwaram on 30.12.2017. 43. Talk on Rainwater harvesting and its benefits by PI – RWH Cell for students and staff of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Doddaballapur, Bengaluru Rural on 02.01.2018. 44. Talk on Grassroots innovation relating to water recycle and reuse by PI – RWH Cell as keynote speaker in the session: “Water conservation innovation (innovations in recycle and reuse) at first Annual School on Grassroots Innovations with the theme “Energy and Water” was jointly organized by National Institute of Advanced Science, National Innovation Foundation – India, Trans Disciplinary University, Mahathma Gandhi Institute of Rural Energy and Development and supported by DST, Govt. of India on 12.01.2018 at NIAS, Bengaluru. 45. Lecture on “Rainwater Harvesting” by Mr. A. R. Shivakumar, PI-RWH Cell in a One Day Training Programme for KAS Officer’s at Sir M Visvesvaraiah Rainwater Harvesting Theme Park, Jayanagar, Bengaluru Organized by MGRIRED, Jakkur on 30.01.2018. Around 25 participants participated in Training Program.

Page 38 KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 46. Television Programme on Suvarna TV Channel in programme “Bengloorige Neerina Bikkattu” on 12.02.2018 by Mr. A. R. Shivakumar, Principle Investigator – RWH Cell. 47. Television Programme on TV 9 Kannada News Channel on 12.02.2018 between 10:00 am to 10:20 am by Mr. A. R. Shivakumar, Principle Investigator – RWH Cell. 48. Television Programme on Digvijay Kannada News Channel on 12.02.2018 at 10:20 am by Mr. A. R. Shivakumar, Principle Investigator – RWH Cell. 49. Lecture on “Rainwater Harvesting” by Mr. A. R. Shivakumar, PI-RWH Cell in a One Day Workshop on “Rejuvenation of Traditional Water Harvesting Systems” jointly organized by RDPR, Govt. of Karnataka, Zilla Panchayat (ZP) Bengaluru Rural Dist. And K.S.C.S.T. for Panchayat Development Officers (PDO) and Technicians of Z P, Bengaluru Rural Dist. at ZP Hall, Bengaluru Rural Dist., Gandhi Nagar, Bengaluru on 15.02.2018. Around 120 participants participated in the Workshop. 50. Exhibition and Awareness building on Rainwater Harvesting and Water Conservation at “Jnana Vijnana Tantrajnana Mela 2018” by displaying RWH Model and charts was organized by Sri Adichunchanagiri Mahasamsthana Math, Nagmangala Taluk, Mandya from 19.02.2018 to 20.02.2018 at Sri Adichunchanagiri Math, Nagmangala. Around 5,000 visitors including students from various schools and college visited the stall and took information on Rainwater Harvesting and water conservation measures in the programme. 51. Lecture on “Domestic Roof Water Harvesting” by Principle Investigator – RWH Cell at Thirteenth Workshop under the Energy Efficient Buildings Workshop Series on “Low Carbon Materials and Building Systems” Organized by Center for Sustainable Technologies (CST), IISc, Bengaluru at CST Seminar Hall, IISc, Bengaluru on 23.02.2018. 52. Talk on Rainwater and Ground Water Recharge by PI – RWH Cell as keynote speaker at Awareness programme on “Ground Water Recharge” organized by Groundwater Directorate, Govt. of Karnataka on 24.02.2018 at Smt. VHD Central Institute of Home Science College, Bengaluru. Around 150 students participated in the programme. 53. Television Programme on CNN-IBN TV Channel programme on 01.03.2018 by Mr. A. R. Shivakumar, Principle Investigator – RWH Cell. 54. Talk on Rainwater Harvesting by Mr. A. R. Shivakumar, Principle Investigator – RWH Cell was organized by Christ University at Christ University, Bengaluru on 03.03.2018. 55. Lecture on “Rainwater Harvesting” by Mr. A. R. Shivakumar, PI-RWH Cell in a One Day Workshop on “Rejuvenation of Traditional Water Harvesting Systems” jointly organized by Groundwater Directorate, Govt. of Karnataka and Zilla Panchayat (ZP) Bengaluru Urban Dist. for Panchayat Development Officers (PDO) and Technicians of Z P, Bengaluru Urban Dist. at ZP Hall, Bengaluru Urban Dist., Banashankari, Bengaluru on 05.03.2018. Around 150 participants participated in the Workshop. 56. Talk on Rainwater Harvesting by Mr. A. R. Shivakumar, Principle Investigator – RWH Cell at National level Technical Symposium was organized by Dept. of Civil

KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 Page 39 Engineering, Kongu Engineering College, Erode at Kongu Convention Center, KEC, Erode on 14.03.2018. 57. Lecture on “Proper Utilization of Rain Water for Crops” by Principle Investigator – RWH Cell at Workshop on World Water Day with the theme “How can we use Nature to overcome the Water Challenges of 21st Century” jointly organized by Karnataka Science & Technology Academy, Bengaluru and GET’s First Grade College of Science & Commerce, Kalaburagi at GET’s First Grade College of Science & Commerce, Kalaburagi on 23.03.2018. 58. Talk on Rainwater and Ground Water Recharge by PI – RWH Cell as keynote speaker at Awareness programme on “Ground Water Recharge” organized by Groundwater Directorate, Govt. of Karnataka on 24.03.2018 at Smt. VHD Central Institute of Home Science College, Bengaluru. Around 150 students participated in the programme.

Articles in Newspaper: 1. Vijayavani – Sunday, 09th April, 2017: “ಮ쳆 ನೀ상 哊ಯ್ಲು ಅꃁಷ್ಟಾ ನಕ್ಕೆ ನ샍ಲಕ್ಷ್ಯ ”. 2. The Times of India – Sunday, 30th April, 2017: “For 22 years, these rain harvesters are doing without BWSSB water”. 3. Vijaya Karnataka – Friday, 05th May, 2017: “ಮ쳆ನೀ삿峆 냊ಗ볊ಡ್ಡಿ , 듁풿ಗ샍ು ”. 4. Vijayavani – Tuesday, 06th June, 2017: “삾ಜ鲾ನ ಜ샍 ಸಮಯ 峆 ಮ쳆ನೀ상 哊ಯ್ಲು 뢾郍ರ ಪ삿ರ”. 5. New Indian Express – Sunday, 16th July, 2017: “The Water Warriors”. 6. New Indian Express – Sunday, 28th August, 2017: “How to Boost Harvest of Rainwater in City”. 7. Deccan Herald – Tuesday, 19th September, 2017: “Bengaluru let 3.76 tmcft of rainwater go down the drain in 21 days”. 8. Yojanaa – Monthly Magazine, September, 2017: “Swavalabaneya Sooru - Neeru”. 9. Deccan Herald – Wednesday, 08th November, 2017: “Over 2, 000 consumers adopt RWH structures in 3 months”. 10. The Times of India – Friday, 15th December, 2017: “Rainwater harvesting: Board slaps Rupees 15 crore fine on offenders”. 11. Prajavani – Tuesday, 13th February, 2018: “Palikege Hyderabad Mayor Bheti”. 12. Deccan Herald – Tuesday, 13th February, 2018: “Hyderabad Mayor Comes Calling”. 13. Deccan Herald – Tuesday, 13th February, 2018: “Bengaluru won't face any water crisis till 2030”. 14. Prajavani – Thursday, 22nd March, 2018: “Taarasi Mele Sump”. 15. Bangalore Times – Thursday, 22nd March, 2018: “Saving Water at home is easy, and not expensive”.

Page 40 KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 Blog “RainManSpeaks from Bengaluru” is in the web since April 1st 2014 and has published 81 posts. The reach as of February 23rd 2017 is over 51,432 and in over 20 countries. India 18405, US 25996, Russia 1996, France 1005 and Germany 469 views. Blog is reposted on Facebook, Tweeter, and Google+ etc.

Students are enthusiastically watching the RWH Model Sri A.R. Shivakumar and Nisarga Mahila Samaja during “Makkala Habba” at Cubbon Park members during the prize distribution

participants of training program at Sir M Visveswaraya RWH Theme Park Students of P.T.A. School, Jayanagar

KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 Page 41 6. BIOFUEL CELL AT KSCST

KSCST is coordinating the activities of 32 Biofuel Research, Information and Demonstration centres in State through regular interactions, quarterly meetings, training and workshops. The centres are managed by a team of Principal Coordinators, Project Assistants and Laboratory Assistants and are fully funded by KSBDB. During the year 2017-18 awareness program and training program were conducted for students and faculties of various colleges. Further KSBDB had also instructed to conduct quarterly meetings of all the district coordinators during the 2017-18. Based on the action plan for 2017-18 the following activities were conducted by Biofuel Cell.

1. District Coordinators Quarterly Meeting (Bioenergy Research, Information and Demonstration centres): Biofuel Cell organised 4 quarterly meetings, 1st quarterly meeting held on 13th April 2017 at IWST, Bengaluru, 2nd quarterly meeting was held on 14th July 2017 at IWST, Bengaluru, 3rd quarterly meeting was held on 26th and 27th September 2017 and 4thquarterly meeting was held on 22nd March 2018 at IWST, Bengaluru. The quarterly meetings were aimed at reviewing the progress of the centres and to discuss the status of activities, interaction with other centres regarding repair and maintenance of equipments, disposal of the products and by-products such as seeds, oil, biodiesel and glycerol among centres either through purchase or sales. The quarterly meetings included presentation by the coordinators regarding the progress and action plan. All the meetings were chaired by Prof. Basavraj Ramanal, Hon’ble Chairman, KSBDB.

District coordinators quarterly meeting

2. Training and Workshops: Training cum Workshop for Staff of District Bioenergy Research, Information and Demonstration centres: Two days training cum workshop was organized jointly by Karnataka State Bioenergy Development Board (KSBDB) and Karnataka State Council for

Page 42 KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 Science & Technology (KSCST), Indian Institute of Science campus, Bengaluru in collaboration with Siddaganga Institute of Technology (SIT), Tumakuru. The workshop was held at Siddaganga Institute of Technology and at the Bioenergy Research, Information and Demonstration centre located in the College campus on 26th and 27th of September 2017. The workshop was conducted for the coordinators, Project Assistants and Laboratory Assistants of the Bioenergy Research, Information and Demonstration Centres (BRIDC) from all districts. The 12 NGOs selected by KSBDB also participated in the workshop.

The workshop was being conducted to showcase the activities of the districts Centres, presentations was done by all District coordinators. On the second day of technical sessions 3 lectures were organised includingpractical session on grafting techniques and for experiments on biodiesel quality analysis. Participants were taken for industrial visit to “Apkone Green Energy” at Antrasanahalli near Tumakuru.

Valedictory function and certificate distributed to the participants Inauguration of the programme by dignitaries and participants

KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 Page 43 b. Hands on Training for Staff of Bioenergy Research, Information and Demonstration Centre (BRIDC): In one of the quarterly meeting it was decided to conductHands on Training for the existing and newly recruited staff of BRIDC.Four batches of this training were conducted. The two days training program was aimed at upgrading the working skill of the staff and hands on training on biodiesel production in small scale and large scale with the good quality of biodiesel production. The practical sessions of the program included demonstrations of Biodiesel production, repair and maintenance of laboratory equipment’s and applications of by-products and Nursery maintains.More than 40 staffs have been trained in these Hands-on Training on Biofuels.

Hands on Training in progress

C. One day Technical Seminar on Biofuels: A one-day Technical Seminar was organized jointly by KSCST and Bioenergy, Research and Information Centre, Gulbarga University, Kalburgi along with the KSCST Regional Centre, Kalburgi on 15th December 2017 at Gulbarga University KalburgiThe programme started with an inaugural session in the morning. The dignitaries included Prof. G. R. Naik, Pro. Vice Chancellor, Central University, Kalaburagi, Prof. BaswarajGadgay, Regional Director, VTU, Kalaburgi was the chief guest for the function and Dr. A. Venkataraman, Dean Science &Technology,Gulbarga University, Kalaburagi presided over the function. Prof. Ramesh Londonkar,Coordinator, BRIDC, Kalaburagi and Mr. S N Sondur, Principal Scientific Officer, KSCST were also present in the occasion. The program was inaugurated by all the dignitaries by lightning the lamp. Four technical lectures on biofuel s were organized on the occasion and certificates were distributed to the participants. More 250 students, faculties and lecturers participated on this occasion.

Page 44 KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 D. Five Days Workshop on Current Scenario in Bio energy Conversion and Waste Management Technologies: KSCST and Jawaharlal Neharu National College of Engineering, Shivamogga jointly organised a five days work shop for scientist, faculties and students at JNNCE, Shivamogga from 24th to 28th January 2018. The workshop was aimed at imparting necessary theoretical background to the participants in Biofuel conversion and Waste management technologies and to expose the participants to the state of art research areas in the area of Biofuel conversion. Prof. S. Subramanian, Secretary, KSCST inaugurated the workshop in the presence of the president of JNNCE and other trustees. More than 100 participants were present in this workshop which also included demonstration of Biofuel and Waste Management technologies. KSCST had partially sponsored the programme. Biofuel cell rendered its support and coordinated the activities of the workshop.

Technical Seminar on Biofuels at GUK National level Seminar at SVCE

E. Two days national level seminar on “Role and Scope of Alternate Energy Sources in Transport Sector”: In collaboration with Sri Venkateshwara College of Engineering (SVCE) Bangalore, Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology, Bengaluru had technically sponsored the event in coordination and association wit h Karnataka State Bioenergy Development Board (KSBDB), The Institute of Engineers (India) IEI, KSC Bengaluru and Indian Concrete Institute, Bengaluru Centre, Karnataka organised by Department of Mechanical Engineering and Department of Civil Engineering, SVCE Bengaluru on 16th and 17th of February 2018.The aim of the seminar was to provide a platform for an interaction among academicians, scientists, Engineers, students to discuss about latest advances, current developments, technological trends and challenges in the field of alternate fuels. The program was inaugurated by Dr. S.G.S. Swamy, Executive Secretary, KSCST in presence of other dignitaries.

3. Student Project Program (SPP) – Biofuels: 40thSeries of Student Project Program- Biofuels Projects:40th Series of Student Project Program- Biofuels Projects Mid-term evaluation was held at R. V. College of Engineering, Bengaluru on 25th May 2017, funded and supported by KSBDB. Mid-term evaluation was done by experts from IISc, KSBDB, Bengaluru and SIT, Tumakuru. More than 200 students and guides participated in the SPP-biofuel Mid-term evaluation.Out of 85 sponsored projects

KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 Page 45 from 57 colleges, 54 projects were selected for Final Seminar and Exhibition (BE-34, M.Tech-05, M.Sc-10 & MBA-05).

SPP Seminar and Exhibition of 40th Series - Biofuels Projects:The State Level Seminar and Exhibition of the 40th series SPP was held at NMAM Institute of Technology, NITTE on 11th and 12th of August 2017. 54 biofuel projects (BE – 34, MTech – 05, MSc – 10 and MBA - 05) projects have been selected for the final seminar and exhibition. Awards were given to 10 best projects (5 - BE, 1 - MBA, 1- MTech, 2 – MSc and 1 – Exhibition).

41st Series of Student Project Program- Biofuels Projects:Under the 41st series (2017-18) of SPP – Biofuel projects KSCST has received 154 projects (BE-111, M.Tech-09, M.Sc-24 and MBA-10)from various colleges and Universities across the state.Out of 154 projects 87 project (B.E.-62, MSc-16, M.Tech-3 and MBA-6) have been selected and approved for funding. A total sum of Rs. 9,28,500/- has been released as the sponsorship amount.

4. Outreach Activities:

A. Celebration of World Environmental Day: The World Environmental Day was celebrated on 5th June 2017 at ShishuGriha Montessori and High School, Bengaluru, in collaboration with Desi Cows for Better India Trust, Sustainable Transformations Pvt. Ltd. and KSBDB. More than 200 children and teachers participated in the programme. The students were asked to make seed balls by using Clay and cow dung. More than 6000 seed balls were prepared during the programme. B. Celebration of World Biofuel Day: World Biofuel Day is celebrated in every year on 10th of August. This year, KSCST sponsored Rs. 5000/- for each BRIDC in 27 districts of the State to celebrate the World Biofuel Day. They have celebrated with several activities like. plantation, Awareness program, technical lectures and seed ball making. More than 10,000 seed balls were made by 5000 students and teachers who participated in the program held all over the State. C. Orientation Program on Biofuels: Biofuel cell conducted orientation programme for students of BSc / BE / diploma courses in biofuel technologies.The program is conducted at the District Bioenergy Research, Information and Demonstration Centre located in the

Page 46 KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK campus, Bengaluru.This program objective to promote R&D activity in biofuels and also provide training on the Biodiesel production for capacity building.Biofuel cell has conducted 12 Orientation Programme on Biofuels with a total participation of 343 students and 22 teachers.

Field visits: As per the action plan for the year 2017-18 approved by Karnataka State Bioenergy Development Board (KSBDB) the Biofuel Cell teamvisited 20 Bioenergy Research, Information & Demonstration Centres (BRIDCs) to take stock and witness the activities of the centres. During the visit it was observed that several centres are actively carrying out the activities of the centre. All the centres are engaged in biodiesel production and IEC activities in promoting usage of biodiesel and cake in day today activities of farmers, villagers and public in general.

R & D Activities: KSCST and NDRI have collaborated to carry out the project on Utilization of crude glycerol obtained in biodiesel production as an alternate to glycogenic feed supplement for dairy cows supported by DST, GoI. The project is for a period of 3 years and with a total budget of Rs. 55.88 lakh so far under this project experiments have been carried out using purified glycerol for in-vitro gas production. This project is being carried out at NDRI, Southern Regional Station, Bengaluru. The experiments include purification and grading of crude glycerol and its application in in-vitro study of milking cows.

Biofuel Cell has also carried out experiments on purification of glycerol and production of biodiesel from different oils. The cell has also successfully extracted oil from spent coffee powder.

KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 Page 47 7. ENERGY CELL

Programme Co-ordinator : Mr. S N Jayaram Project Engineer, KSCST

KSCST has setup Energy Cell in view to creating awareness about usage of renewable energy devices and Energy Conversation, capacity building and bring in Innovative projects in the Energy Sector.

Objective: • Provide the technical support to Government departments and institutions for implementation of Renewable Energy Programmes. • Build awareness on Energy conservation, popularisation of grid interactive Solar PV and Renewable Energy sources and independent decentralised power generation systems. • Demonstration field testing of new technologies developed by the R&D Institutions • Organise Training programmes and Workshop for ESCOM’s Executives about grid interactive Solar PV Programmes including roof top power generation.

Activities during 2017 - 18.

• Prepared the tender document for replacement of exiting lighting with the LED Street lights and LED indoor lighting systems at various buildings at Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru under CSR Programme of Rural Electrification Corporation Ltd. • Prepared the Tender documents for installation of 279 kWp rooftop Solar PV power plants at Physical Science Building, Biological Science building and Electrical Engineering building at Indian Institute of Science campus, Bengaluru under CSR Programme of Rural Electrification Corporation Ltd. • Third party evaluation of the centralised Solar PV power plants and standalone Solar PV Streetlights installed under Soura Belaku Programme at Mandya, Chikkaballapura Kolar and Ramanagara Districts • On the request of Regional Institute of English (RIE), Bangalore the technical team visited the campus and studied the feasibility for installation of Roof top Solar PV Power plant and installation of solar water heaters in the campus. The techno economical feasibility report is prepared and submitted to the Director, RIE, Bangalore. • On request of the Karnataka State Law University (KSLU) the technical team visited the KSLU campus at Hubballi on 29th Nov 2017 to study the feasibility for installation of rooftop Solar PV power plant at the KSLU campus. The techno economical feasibility report is prepared and submitted to KSLU.

Page 48 KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 • Organised one day workshop on Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation at PES Institute of Technology and Management, Shimoga on 08.11.2017 and Jyothi Institute of Technology, Bengaluru on 11.11.2017.

The Department of Science and Technology, Government of India has sanctioned the project titled “Field testing of Hybrid Ultra Capacitor (HUC) Powered Solar PV Lighting Kits and Street Lights for Grid Deprived Rural area for Lighting in Varying Climatic Zones of India” This project is jointly funded by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, KSCST and the Industrial Partner M/s MESHA Energy Solutions Private Limited Bengaluru.

Under this project, KSCST is planning to install 1000 Hybrid Ultra Capacitor (HUC) Powered Solar PV Lighting Kits in Karnataka, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Odissa, Uttarakand, Himachal Pradesh, Rajastan and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

The KSCST has installed 225 Solar PV Home lighting kits at the following un-electrified villages / hamlets in Kodagu and Mandya Districts and collecting the field data.

Sl Place / Hamlet Taluk District No of HUC lighting Date of No kits installed Installation 1 Santhebachalli, K R Pet Mandya 31 08.12.2017 2 Hullegala Malavalli Mandya 26 12.12.2017 3 Jangaladi Virajpet Kodagu 20 18.01.2018 4 Haaresuli Virajpet Kodagu 38 19.01.2018 5 Jenihadlu Virajpet Kodagu 30 19.01.2018 6 Bombu Kadu Virajpet Kodagu 26 20.01.2018 7 Nagarahole Virajpet Kodagu 41 21.01.2018 8 Kolamgere Virajpet Kodagu 09 13.03.2018 Total 225

KSCST has placed the second order to M/s MESHA Energy Solutions Pvt. Ltd. to supply 220 HUC lighting kits for installation at Odissa, Assam, Nagaland States.

KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 Page 49 8. PATENT INFORMATION CENTRE

Program Coordinator : Executive Secretary Funded by : DST, Govt. of India

Background: Patent Information Centre (PIC) was started at KSCST in 2005, with the support of TIFAC (Technology Information Forecasting and Assessment Council), Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.

Objectives: ▪ To create awareness about Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), especially on patents, and to enable patent searches for the Engineering Colleges, Universities, Industry, Government departments and R&D institutions in the state of Karnataka ▪ To guide the inventors in respect of patenting their inventions and other IPR spectrum ▪ Guide Colleges and Universities to setup IP Cell. ▪ To Increase the Intellectual Property output for Incubation Centers and Start ups.

Activities:

• IPR Awareness Programmes:

During this period IPR Awareness Programmes were organized at various engineering colleges in Karnataka. These programmes were aimed at creating awareness among students, particularly those from final Engineering students who take project work as a part of their curriculum. They were also attended by Research scholars and faculty members of the college. The programmes consisted of two technical presentations by Resources Persons. The Topic of the presentation was mainly on Introduction to IPR and on Patenting Mechanism and Procedure in India. The few other topics covered are IP Valuation, computer software Copyright, Patent drafting, Prior-art search live demo and Research methodology etc. This was followed by a question-answer session to clarify the queries from participants. About 1000 participants were benefited from the workshops.

• Programs conducted by PIC during this year. Sl. Name of the Institute Date Number of No Conducted Beneficiary 1. Workshop at Bapuji Institute of Engineering & 06.04.2017 40 Technology, Davanagere 2. IPR day at Acharya Institute of Technology, Bengaluru 26.04.2017 80 3. Visit to BNM Institute of Technology, Bengaluru for 17.05.2017 24 project evaluation of disabled projects 4. IPR workshop for Incubation and Start ups at IISc, 21.06.2017 35 Bengaluru

Page 50 KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 5. IPR Entrepreneurship workshop at Acharya B School, 18.07.2017 50 Bengaluru 6. RR Institute of Technology, Bengaluru 26.09.2017 100 7. Industry Institute Innovation Workshop at BIET, 11.10.2017 100 Davanagere 8. Industry Institute Innovation workshop at KLS, Gogte 10.11.2017 80 Institute of Technology, Belagavi 9. IPR awareness workshop at SVCE, Bangalore 26-02-2018 150 10. IPR awareness workshop at KBNCE, Gulbarga 07-05-2018 110 11. IPR awareness workshop at Visvesvaraya Technological 07-04-2018 150 University Center for Post Graduate Studies, Bengaluru 01-06-2018 Region, VIAT, Muddenahalli, Chikkaballapura District 09-06-2018 12 Faculty Development Programme at SVCE, Bangalore 23-07-2018 40

Celebration of world IPR day at Acharya Institute of Technology, Bengaluru

IPR workshop for Incubation centers and starts ups at Project Prototypes at BNM Institute of Technology, IISc, Bengaluru Bengaluru

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"Hands on Training Programme on IPR related issue for PIC's and IPC's", conducted by Technology Development and transfer division, DST with collaboration with Patent Facilitation Centre (PFC) Technology Information Forecasting and Assessment Council at Chennai from 23rd April to 2nd May, 2018

• Filing of IPR applications:

During this period Patent Information Centre assisted for filing 3 Provisional applications, 1 complete application, and 1 design registration. Around 50 visitors visited PIC for various IPR related queries and information’s were provided suitably. The applicants include individual innovators and students and faculty members from engineering colleges.

Page 52 KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 9. KARNATAKA - ISRAEL INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (KIRD)

Under a Memorandum of Understanding signed between Israeli Innovation Authority (formerly MATIMOP), Israeli Industry Centre for R&D, on behalf of the Office of the Chief Scientist (OCS) in Israel; and the Karnataka Science and Technology Promotion Society (KSTePS) and the Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology (KSCST), representing the Department of Science and Technology, Government of Karnataka, in March 2013, a program to support Industrial R&D entitled - Karnataka - Israel Program for Industrial R&D (KIRD) was initiated to create mechanisms for extending financial support to small/medium scale industries located in Karnataka, for collaborating with Israeli companies to develop and commercialise products.

The KIRD program is guided by the Joint Committee constituted for the selection and approval of projects.

In the first call applicants M/s. Blue Neem Medical Devices Pvt. ltd., for the Project Contisphere, was given approval for funding of Rs.90,00,000/- and M/s. Rangsons Schuster Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Mysore ,for the project “Development of Aviation flexible hoses with Titanium ends fittings” was given an approval for funding of Rs.2,50,00,000/- The total amount released is Rs.76, 50,000/- and Rs. 212, 50,000/- for BlueNeem and RST respectively after withholding 15% of the sanctioned amount in order to ensure the completion of project on time.

➢ M/s. BlueNeem Medical Devices Pvt. Ltd. innovated and developed the ContiSphere, a novel device for the treatment of Female Urinary incontinence (FUI).

Fig: ContiSphere ➢ M/s. Rangsons Schuster Technologies Pvt. Ltd. developed flexible hoses with titanium end fittings widely used for low, medium and high pressure aerospace applications.

Fig: Hose with end fittings Both the projects are expected to complete and be in market by March 2019.

KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 Page 53 1. FIELD TESTING OF HYBRID ULTRA CAPACITORS (HUC) POWERED SOLAR LIGHTING KITS AND SOLAR STREET LIGHTS FOR GRID DEPRIVED RURAL AREAS, LIGHTING IN VARYING CLIMATIC ZONES OF INDIA

Principal Investigator : Executive Secretary, KSCST Co-Principal Investigator : Mr. S N Jayaram, Project Engineer, KSCST Budget : Total Budget Rs.76.44 Lakhs DST, GoI : Rs. 37.74 Lakhs, Industry : Rs. 25.50 Lakhs and KSCST : Rs.13.20 Lakhs

Introduction: The Department of Science and Technology, Government of India has sanctioned the project titled “Field testing of Hybrid Ultra Capacitor (HUC) Powered Solar PV Lighting Kits and Street Lights for Grid Deprived Rural area for Lighting in Varying Climatic Zones of India” to KSCST, vide sanction oorder No. DST/SSTP/Karnataka/484(G), dated 18.05.2017 for field testing the performance of the HUC Technology. This project is jointly funded by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, KSCST and the Industrial Partner M/s MESHA Energy Solutions Private Limited Bengaluru.

KSCST is procuring 960 units of 5 W capacity and 40 units of 10W capacity lighting kits from MESHA Energy Solutions and installing these lighting kits different states for field testing the performance of the HUC technology in varying climatic zones.

Progress: Signed the MoA between KSCST and the industrial partner M/s MESHA Energy Solutions Pvt. Ltd on 22.08.2017 for record the terms and conditions and sharing the responsibility for successful implementation of the project.

In order to review the price quoted by M/s MESHA for supply of 5W and 10 W capacity HUC Powered Solar PV Lighting kits, an Expert committee is constituted with the following Members.

1 Prof. S Subramainaian, Secretary, & professor, Materials Engineering Department Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru Chairman 2 Prof. N Munichandraiah Professor, Inorganic and Physical Expert Member Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru 3 Prof. Praveen C Ramamurthy Materials Engineering Department Expert Member Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru 4 Dr. S G Sreekanteshwara Swamy Executive Secretary, KSCST Principal

Page 54 KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 Investigator 5 Prof. A K Shukla, Emeritus Professor, SSCU, IISc, Bengaluru Technology Developer 6 Mr. S N Jayaram Project Engineer, KSCST Co-Principal Investigator 7 Mr. H Shiva Prasad, Accounts Superintendent, KSCST, Invitee 8 Mr. Govindaraja Assistant Administrative Officer, KSCST Invitee 9 Representatives from MESHA Energy Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Industrial Mr. Amog Mukunda, General Manager, collaborator Mr. S Srikanth, and Mr. H V Karthik, Engineer

The above expert committee met on 13th September 2017 and evaluated the quantity of materials, component and other accessories and also design and development cost of manufacturing the 5W and 10 W capacity HUC Powered Solar PV lighting kits and evaluate the unit price for procuring it for field testing under this project. The committee felt that the price quoted by M/s MESHA Energy Solutions for 5 W lighting kits art Rs.4,000/- per unit and for 10 W lighting kits at Rs.7,500/- per unit is reasonable..

• Interacted with State S&T Councils for identification of un-electrified villages/ hamlets in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Himachal Pradesh, Rajastan, Uttarakand, Odissa, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. • The technical team visited Odissa State on 27 and 28th October 2017 and identified 80 un-electrified houses in Kolhi Village in Dhenkal District. The site was identified with the support of Prof. M K Mohanthi, Associate Professor, College of Agriculture Engineering and Technology, Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology.

Total 221 HUC Solar PV lighting kits are installed in Karnataka under the project. Sl Place / Hamlet Taluk District No of HUC Date of No lighting kits Installation installed 1 Santhebachalli, K R Pet Mandya 31 08.12.2017 2 Hullegala Malavalli Mandya 26 12.12.2017 3 Jangaladi Virajpet Kodagu 20 18.01.2018 4 Haaresuli Virajpet Kodagu 38 19.01.2018 5 Jenihadlu Virajpet Kodagu 30 19.01.2018 6 Bombu Kadu Virajpet Kodagu 26 20.01.2018 7 Nagarahole Virajpet Kodagu 41 21.01.2018 8 Kolamgere Virajpet Kodagu 09 13.03.2018 Total 221

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HUC Lighting installations in un-electrified houses in Karnatka

Page 56 KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 2. ASSESSMENT OF HYDROLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL STATUS OF TRADITIONAL WATER HARVESTING SYSTEMS IN KARNATAKA STATE USING GEO-SPATIAL TECHNOLOGIES AND MEASURES FOR RESTORATION AND REJUVENATION

Principal Investigator : Dr. U.T.Vijay, Principal Scientific Officer Background:

Traditional Water Harvesting Systems were constructed to store water for various needs of rural communities such as drinking, washing, cattle drinking, irrigation and temple purposes including recharging of ground water.

At present most of these ancient water bodies have become dump yards and dry resulting into the decline in their potentials. Keeping this importance in view, KSCST has taken up a project on assessing the hydrological and physical status of ancient water harvesting structure such as Kalyanis, Pushkaranis/Temple tanks, Gokatte and Kunte etc., of the state for suggesting scientific interventions for rejuvenation and restoration of these structures.

Objectives: • To carryout field survey and map the Geographic location of Traditional Water Harvesting Systems using GPS technology • To create digital database on both spatial & non spatial database on various parameters and hyperlink the photographs using Geo-spatial technologies • To assess the Physical and Hydrological status including the water quality of these water bodies by integrating various thematic layers in GIS Environment • To provide suggestions and scientific measures for restoration and rejuvenation based on its Physical and hydrological status and usage. • To conduct District level workshops to highlight the importance of TWHS, present status and measures for restoration and rejuvenation.

Progress: • Field survey of Traditional Water Harvesting Systems(TWHS) in Ballary, Davanagere, Bengaluru Rural, Bengaluru Urban, Chikkamagaluru, Kodagu, Koppal, Dharwad, Haveri, Bidar and Belagavi has been completed as depicted in table no.1. • Prepared Talukawise and Districtwise scientific reports containing the present physical and hydrological status along measures for Rejuvenation in English and Kannada for Bengaluru Rural and Urban districts and submitted the reports to the concerned CEO and President of these Zilla Panchayaths. • Organization of workshop for Officials of Panchayath raj Institutions such as ZP, TP and Grama Panchayaths of Bengaluru Rural district during February 2018.

KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 Page 57 • Creation of database in GIS Environment and Preparation of the Technical report on the status of TWHS Systems in Davanagere, Chikkamagaluru and Kodagu districts is under progress

District No. of TWH Structures 1 Bengaluru Urban 171 2 Bengaluru Rural 351 3 Ballary 429 4 Bidar 231 5 Chikkamagalur 160 6 Davanagere 290 7 Kodagu 45 8 Koppal 240 10 Dharwad 348 11 Haveri 627 12 Belagavi 245 13 Shivamogga 778 14 Chitradurga 704 15 Chamarajanagar 527 Total 5145 Table 1: District wise status of Field survey completed

❖ Glimpses of Photographs on Traditional Water Harvesting Systems

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Kalyani in Santebennuru, Channagiri taluk, Kalyani in Bagalur, Bengaluru North Tq, Davanagere District Bengaluru Urban District

Release of the Scientific report on TWHS by Sri. V.Prasad, President, Zilla Panchayath, Bengaluru Rural District during workshop at Zilla Panchayath, Bengaluru Rural District

Scientific reports on TWHS of Bengaluru Rural & Urban district

KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 Page 59 3. UTILIZATION OF CRUDE GLYCEROL OBTAINED IN BIODIESEL PRODUCTION AS AN ALTERNATE TO GLYCOGENIC FEED SUPPLEMENT FOR DAIRY COWS (KSCST & ICAR-NDRI Collaborative project)

Principal Investigator : Dr. Bandla Srinivas Principal Research Scientist NDRI Co-Investigator : Mr. S.N. Sondur Principal Scientific Officer, KSCST

In collaboration ICAR’s National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Southern Regional Station (SRS), KSCST had submitted a Project proposal on “Utilization of crude glycerol obtained in biodiesel production as an alternate to glycogenic feed supplement for dairy cows” to Department of Science & Technology Government of India which was approved and sanctioned by the expert committee during May 2017. The project was sanctioned a total budget of Rs. 55.58 Lakhs for a duration of three years. The project is being carried out at NDRI Bengaluru and KSCST is providing the Technical and Administrative Support.

The main objective is to utilize the Glycerol, obtained as a by-product during the production of Biodiesel from non-edible oil seeds, in animal nutrition. This not only gives value addition to the by-product but also provides additional source for cattle feed which is compulsory for better and healthy growth of milking cows. The progress made in the project activities during 2017-18 is depicted in the following sections.

Objectives: 1. To characterize and purify crude glycerol produced during Biodiesel production from Non Edible Oils Seeds (NEOS) viz., Pongamia, Jatropha, Neem, Mahua and Simarouba. 2. To analyze purity and toxic levels of glycerol for safer inclusion in dairy cows rations 3. To evaluate the safety level of crude glycerol and glycerol fortified concentrate in vitro 4. To evaluate supplementation of glycerol in mash or lick form on nutrient utilization, energy balance and milk production in cows 5. To disseminate the technology developed from the project and initiating a link between Stake holders mainly, the users in Dairy industries (Cattle feed),farmers and the producers such as Bioenergy Research, Information and Demonstration Centers of KSBDB, who are producing glycerol regularly as a byproduct and also the small enterprise.

Progress: Recruitment and Instruments 1. Recruitment of RA and JRF were advertised on 14/12/2017. Interviews were conducted on 27/12/2017 at ICAR-NDRI, Bangalore campus. RA and JRF were appointed and joined duties on 23/01/2018. The recruitment procedure of NDRI was followed in this case. The salaries of the RA and JRF

Page 60 KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 2. Specifications for Transesterification unit and Atomic absorption spectrometer were compiled and procurement process has been initiated by KSCST, IISc campus, Bangalore through E Tendering process of Government of Karnataka. Research work 1. Crude glycerol harvested from the biodiesel produced from non-edible oilseeds (NEOS) in lab scale unit and purified. a. Pongamia pinnata b. Simarouba gluca c. Azadirahcta indica d. Madhuca indica e. Jatropha curcus (Under progress) f. Waste cooking oil (Additionally tested) 2. Proximate composition of the NEOS and waste cooking oil were analysed (Table 1)

Table 1: proximate composition of non-edible oilseeds Sl No Seeds Moisture (%) Dry matter (%) N % Crude protein % EE% 1. Pongamia 2.76 97.24 2.10 13.11 45.12 2. Mahua 2.36 97.64 0.98 6.11 62.26 3. Simarouba 1.15 98.85 1.818 11.33 76.34 4. Neem 6.38 93.62 1.538 9.57 35.00 5. Jatropha 1.5 98.5 2.09 13.03 40.38 3. In vitro fermentation of total mixed ration fortified with purified glycerol from above sources was tested by incubating 96 h (Fig 1). Fermentation gases production pattern were recorded at 16 intervals. At the end of incubation, inoculum and undegraded were recovered and analysed for substrate degradation, cell wall degradation and total volatile fatty acid production.

Fig 1: Difference in gas production on substrate fortified with purified glycerol from different sources of non-edible oilseeds and waste cooking oils

KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 Page 61 4. Fermentation pattern of glycerol fortified substrate was subjected to first order kinetic models and determined: Kinetic rate of fermentative gas production (ml/200 mg substrate), lag time of fermentation (hrs), half-time (hrs) of fermentation (T½), 2 rate constants (%/h) representing T½ and total incubation period and fermentation rate (%/h; Fig 2).

Fig 2: Difference in fermentation rate of substrate fortified with purified glycerol from different sources of non-edible oilseeds and waste cooking oil 5. Concentration of secondary plant metabolites present in purified glycerol harvested from biodiesel produced using different non-edible oils seeds and waste cooking oil are presented in table 2.

Table 2: Secondary plant metabolites residues in purified glycerol from different sources Glycerol obtained from Tannins Alkaloids Flavonoids (µg/ml) (µg/ml) (µg/ml) Pongamia 28.03±2.14 25.00±1.44 7.75±0.47 Simarouba 32.53±4.63 16.23±0.73 8.41±0.27 Mahua 32.15±0.76 17.36±0.09 7.52±0.25 Neem 60.86±4.81 15.63±1.05 9.04±1.60 Waste cooking oil 31.15±0.23 16.23±0.73 8.41±0.27

The Tenders have been finalized for both equipments i.e., 1) Transesterification Unit and (2) Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy and purchase order issued to the respective vendors.

Page 62 KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 4. VILLAGE INFORMATION SYSTEM

Project Investigator : Mr. H. Hemanth Kumar Principal Scientific Officer, KSCST

Natural Resources Data Management System (NRDMS) division, and National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) of the Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi through a consultative working group meeting has conceptualized and initiated an innovative program on the development, validation and standardization of data structure and the optimum data requirements providing a subtle framework for spatial data development and management at village level. It needs to be realized at this stage, that the mechanisms and scope of the Govt. agencies and the associated systems are not being able to fill the gaps to address the national needs. It is time that innovative systems need to be developed, tested and standardized before being implemented. The scope for collection of required data on spatial and temporal scales does not seem to be viable with the current structure, mechanisms and resources of government and professional agencies. At the same time, the rapid developments taking place in almost all sectors, the information at village level has become highly critical and vital not only to propose and design new developmental programmes but also to develop and manage the resources in a sustainable way. Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology (KSCST) is a member of the consultative working group and the Council through its flagship programs i.e., NRDMS and KSSDI programs has been providing analyzed information to decision-making to district level line departments since 1992 and Karnataka is the only state to institutionalize NRDMS centres have been institutionalized in the state of Karnataka. Through NRDMS centres the Council is serving the State line departments with invaluable and informative spatial data. Now it is felt necessary that, the data collection and management at micro level like village level should be made available to the departments for better planning and decision making which will help in increasing the efficiency of the Government.

Activities: Based on the document "Preparation of Digital Base Maps from Cadastral Maps and RS Data Products" listing the procedure for preparing cadastral and settlement information, we have completed the mapping of all the 12 villages featuring cadastre, settlements, assets and soil and water parameters using publicly available high-resolution satellite imageries, cadastral maps, SOI topo maps, GPS/DGPS and extensive filed verification and validation. We have slightly revised the guidelines based on our experience in preparing the cadastral maps including unique code for settlements and land parcels.

Status of Cadastral Mapping, soil & water analysis and procurement of equipment/materials: • The surveying and mapping of three Gram Panchayath including mapping of settlements, public/private assets has been completed including pre and post monsoon soil and water parameters for the year 2017.

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Presentation to Gram Panchayath staff of Awaradhi and Hirenandihalli Gram Panchayath Coming under Bailhongal Taluk, Belagavi district. (Second week of May 2017)

• The water sampling and analysis is complete for all the three Gram Panchayath for pre and post monsoon period. • Presentation to Zilla Panchayath, Mysuru about the outcome of VIS project taken up in Bilikere Gram Panchayath on 28th January 2017. Chief Executive Officer along with Zilla Panchayath Senior officers including Chief Planning Officer, Project director, Deputy Secretary, Assistant Secretary, DIO - NIC and E-governance staff attended the presentation and appreciated the efforts made by the council. CEO further requested us to submit a proposal for large scale implementation i.e., for entire district.

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Presentation made to ZP General Body of elected representatives @ Belagavi Zilla Panchayath 03/05/2017

✓ Provided unique identification code for land parcels and settlements in a scientific way. We have tried two options. • Census revenue village code +c+ parcel id (three digit) - e.g.- 618462C001 • Unique identification code for habitation/settlement (15 digit-code) - Census revenue village code (six digit) +h+ plot id (four digit) +subdivision (two digit) +subdivision (two digit) • Mapcode: Mapcode a small Microsoft Windows console application that can add mapcodes to a database or add decoded mapcodes (i.e. coordinates) to a database. It’s an easier and better option to locate both land parcels and settlements. ✓ Soil and water quality is also collected from other sources. ✓ The Council has plans to take up additional two Gram Panchayaths to assess the mapping requirements in different agro climatic zones. Two locations i.e., one in Madikeri and Udupi district has been identified for mapping. These two places represent coastal and hilly regions of Karnataka.

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Page 66 KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 Salient features of villages mapped in two different agro climatic zone and HDI Sl Particulars MALLINATHAPURA SHIGIHALLI No (near to Mysuru city and on (Interior village adjacent to National Highway in North Karnataka) South Karnataka) 1 Population (no.) 902 964 2 House Holds (no.) 208 164 4 Water facility - Individual 93% 54% water connection 5 Electricity 97% 95% 6 Sanitation 37% 28% 7 Bank Account 99% 99% 8 Aadhar 100% 99% 9 Electric Pole With Street Light 80% 57% Without Street Light 20% 43% 10 Agriculture Land Landless 25% 38% Less than 2 Acre 40% 17% 2 to 4 Acres 26% 25% 4 to 6 Acre 7% 10% More than 6 Acre 2% 10% 11 Occupation Farmers 39% 54% Labourers 31% 32% 12 LPG 85% 77% 13 No. of farm vehicle 4 10 14 Motor Vehicle 73 56 15 Drainage (m) 1681.42 956.00 16 CC Road (m) 235 49.00 17 Asphalted Road(M) 1535 115.00 18 Metalled Road(M) 809 0 19 National Highway(M) 3630 198.00 20 Water Sources (For drinking) a) Over Head tank (no.) 1 1 b) Bore well (no.) 1 4 c) Cistern tanks (no.). 1 2 21 Literacy (above 4th 13% 30% standard is the yard stick) 22 Mobile Phone 94% 94% Aadhar card, Bank account and mobile phones are available with almost all the ▪ villagers making digital India program a reality and not a dream. ▪ More than 96% households are electrified. ▪ Sanitation in 30% of households and utility is even much less due to water and maintenance. ▪ Farming is no longer the main occupation in villages nearest to the urban areas.

KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 Page 67 ▪ Individual water connection and good drainage system is a urban phenomenon as reflected in the statistics.

Basic Information about selected GP’s (census 2011) Estimation of man power required for mapping VIS Awaradhi GP Hirenandhihalli GP Bilikere GP

Hiren Bomm Mallinath Basapur Shigiha Awarad Chikkanan- Mallapura and- Jamalur Jeenahalli ala- Bilikere - a lli hi dhihalli hihalli pura ahapura Description

Residential buildings + 161 164 500 295 247 455 215 119 1 1032 208 micro enterprises Other buildings 30 59 154 36 108 166 73 44 0 267 57 Parcels /village 191 223 654 331 355 621 288 163 1 1298 265 Parcels/GP 1399 1264 1727

No. of 239 165 605 321 304 538 299 88 1 1226 192 households

1407 733 3017 1136 1237 2259 1271 378 8 5491 854 Total Population

579 399 1526 709 652 1169 654 187 2 2813 432 Male population

557 334 1491 698 585 1090 617 191 6 2678 422 Female population

No of man 124 137 180 days

Number of 48 63 248 73 159 236 148 130 54 202 211 parcels Area (in 145.60 233.80 1192.00 203.70 637.30 779.71 546.90 296.60 105.30 518.10 607.60 Hectares) On an average, 175 man-days required to complete mapping of each GP.

Salient Features of VIS project: • The Council developed a procedure to generate cadastral, settlement maps along with soil and water parameters. • Three Gram Panchayaths completed using guidelines developed by KSCST. • Standardised protocol for linking MIS (PID/Postcode/parcel-id etc.) • Standard data format for creation of socio-economic household for managing state/central government schemes/programs.

Page 68 KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 5. MAPPING OF INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE CAMPUS

Principal Investigator : Mr. H. Hemanth Kumar Principal Scientific Officer, KSCST

Background: Prof Amruthur Bharadwaj, Chairman, Robert Bosch Center for Cyber Physical Systems during discussion with Mr H Hemanth Kumar, Principal Scientific Officer of Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology (KSCST) held on 16th March 2017 requested KSCST to generate GIS layers of Indian Institute of Science to showcase smart city applications specifically in the areas of networked street lighting.

Activity: The objective of the mapping is to generate seamless GIS layers of IISc using high resolution satellite imageries, GPS, mapping software and extensive field survey. The task involved surveying and mapping of buildings (category/type/utility/height/area), streets (mud/asphalted/concreted/side-walks/foot paths etc), street lighting (type and category of lighting including height of the pole and pole material), water facilities (OHT/GWS), drainages & culverts, parking, playgrounds, location of CCTV (height/pole material/lighting), Air strip etc., using publicly available high-resolution satellite imageries and GPS. The surveying and mapping of spatial layers took nearly 140-man days and was carried out during April-May 2017. The seamless GIS layer layers created in GIS lab was integrated with the spatial/non-spatial attributes collected during field work and further each of these features were linked to geo-tagged time-stamped photographs. This activity took 35 man-days to complete.

Mr. H Hemanth Kumar made a presentation of Indian Institute of Science Campus mapping on 29/06/2017 at Robert Bosch Centre. Col. Arun Sharma, Project Engineer cum-Estate- officer, CCMD also participated in the discussion. The GIS layers have also been shared with Prof Amruthur Bharadwaj and Col. Arun Sharma, Project Engineer cum Estate Officer, CCMD, IISc for further integration with the activities of IISc.

The maps have revised during February 2018 based on the inputs provided by CCMD and Director’s office.

KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 Page 69 6. RESTORATION AND REJUVENATION OF KALYANIS IN KARNATAKA

Project Investigator: Dr. U.T.Vijay, Principal Scientific Officer

Background: Kalyanis are the Traditional Water Harvesting Systems which were constructed to store water for various needs of rural communities such as drinking, washing, cattle drinking, irrigation and temple purposes including recharging of ground water. Kalyanis which are constructed in the premises of temples are called Pushkarinis in Karnataka have played very important role which were used for religious, social and cultural activities of temples in rural and as well as urban areas of the state.

At present most of these ancient water bodies have become dump yards and became dry resulting into the decline in their potentials. Keeping this importance in view, KSCST has taken up a project on assessing the hydrological and physical status of ancient water harvesting structure such as Kalyanis, Pushkaranis/Temple tanks, Gokatte and Kunte etc., of the state for suggesting scientific interventions for rejuvenation. So far the council has completed the assessment of around 4000 ancient water bodies and submitted the technical report to the concerned authorities for taking up rejuvenation of these structures.

Keeping this in view, in order to showcase the technologies and models for rejuvenation of these Kalyanis, the Council has also initiated to take up the restoration and rejuvenation of one problematic Kalyani in each district to impress upon the Panchayath raj Institutions of the state on the importance of rejuvenation of Kalyanis for future use.

Progress: In this connection, KSCST has initiated to take up the restoration rejuvenation of Kalyani in Shantigrama village in Hassan taluk and district having the water storage capacity of 14500 cu.m. Based on the proposal from Hasiru Bhomi Prathishtana, a non profit making organization in Hassan, KSCST has sanctioned the work order to take up the rejuvenation of this Kalyani with the consent of concerned Panchayath raj institutions of Hassan district.

Page 70 KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 7. NATIONAL SCIENCE DAY – 2018 Theme: MAKE IN INDIA: S&T DRIVEN INNOVATIONS

Principal Investigator : Dr. S. G. S. Swamy Executive Secretary, KSCST Coordinator : Mr. K. N. Venkatesh Project Engineer, KSCST

Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology (KSCST) in honour of C V Raman’s invention popularly called the Raman Effect celebrates the National Science Day every year. The theme for this year’s National Science day 2018 is “Science and Technology for Sustainable Future”.

The following activities were organised as a part of Celebrations of National Science Day 2018

1. On-the-spot Painting Competition: KSCST organised On-the-spot painting competition on 10th February 2018 (Saturday) at IISc campus on the theme “Science & Technology for Sustainable Future”. Dr. H. N. Chanakhya, Chief Research Scientist, CST, IISc inaugurated the competition. Around 700 Higher Primary and High School students participated in the competition. The painting were adjudged by the faculty members of Chitrakala Parishanth and 46 paintings have been selected for award.

2. Essay Writing Competition: KSCST has organised Essay Writing Competition in various BBMP and Government High Schools in second week of February 2018. One best essay from each school was awarded during the programme. 32 BBMP and Government High Schools have participated in the competition.

View of participants during painting competition

KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 Page 71 3. Celebrations of National Science Day 2018 on 28th February 2018 KSCST celebrated National Science Day 2018 on 28th February 2018 at J. N. Tata Auditorium, IISc, Bengaluru. Around 750 students from BBMP, Government and aided High Schools participated.

The program began with an invocation by student of Gurushree High School. Prof S. Subramanian, Secretary, KSCST and Professor, Material Engineering, IISc welcomed the gathering and spoke about the importance of C V Raman’s contribution towards Science and Technology. Dr. S. G. S. Swamy, Executive Secretary, KSCST gave a brief introduction about National Science Day 2018.

The programme was inaugurated by Prof. C.R. Chandrashekar, Senior Professor of Psychiatry (Retd.,), NIMHANS & popular child psychologist who also delivered special lecture on child psychology. Another eminent scientist Prof. S. N. Omkar from the Aerospace Engineering Department, IISc addressed the students and spoke on “Utilisation of drones in various sectors”. Prizes were distributed on this occasion to the winners of On-the-spot painting competition and Essay writing competitions organized by KSCST.

View of participants during National Science Day celebration on 28th February 2018

Page 72 KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 8. NATIONAL MATHEMATICS DAY – 2017

Principal Investigator : Dr. S. G. S. Swamy Executive Secretary, KSCST Coordinator : Mr. K. N. Venkatesh Project Engineer, KSCST

Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology and National Council for Science and Technology Communication Government of India, New Delhi jointly celebrated National Mathematics Day on 22nd December 2017 on the birthday of Shri. Ramanujan at Prof. Satish Dhawan auditorium, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. Around 350 Students from BBMP High Schools participated in this event.

The programme was inaugurated by Prof. Harish Seshadri, Professor, Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru and interacted about the importance of Mathematics in Day today life. He also explained about the opportunities available in the field of Maths. The next session was by Mr. Prasanna Murthy, Principal (Retd.,) , Vijaya High School, Bengaluru. He demonstrated various teaching learning materials on value of Pi, Pythogarous Theorem etc., The next session was by Ms. Janhavi Karthik, Coordinator, St. Paul’s English School. She demonstrated the technique of making magic square using mathematical topology. The next session was by Mr. Venkat Subba Rao, Director, Inno Teach Learning Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru. He enthused the student with the life history of various Mathematicians. The last session was by Mr. V. Srikanth Science Communicator, Bengaluru. He briefed about the importance of mathematics with few videos. Around 40 mathematical models from various High Schools were also exhibited during the programme. A book “Ganithanda Chatuvatikegalu” in Kannada was distributed to all the student participants.

KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 Page 73 9. IMPLEMENTATION OF VIRTUAL LABORATORY (E-LEARNING CENTRES) TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION IN THE BACKWARD TALUKS OF KARNATAKA – GoK & REC New Delhi

Principal Investigator : Dr. S. G. S. Swamy Executive Secretary, KSCST Coordinator : Mr. K. N. Venkatesh Project Engineer, KSCST Funded by : REC, DST-GOK Background: Under the Special Development Programme (SDP) of Government of Karnataka, Department of Planning, Karnataka Science and Technology Promotion Society (KSTePS), Department of Science and Technology, Government of Karnataka (DST-GOK) and Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology (KSCST), Bengaluru are jointly established Virtual laboratories (E-Learning Centers) in 11 high schools in the backward talukas of Karnataka as a pilot-study. After the successful implementation of the above programme, Rural Electrification Corporation Limited (REC), A Government of India Navratna Enterprise has provided the financial assistance under CSR initiative to KSCST for the Establishment of another 10 Virtual Classrooms in backward talukas of Karnataka.

The objectives of establishing these laboratories are to improve the quality and effectiveness of education by collaborative learning and teaching process through IT enabled software & tools. The students will learn science experiments, inculcate scientific attitude and spread the same in their neighbourhood schools. Progress: • KSCST is monitoring / interacting with all centres and responds / rectify the problems if occurred. • KSCST has taken the initiative to strengthen all the Virtual Labs (VL) by providing Laptops, IT gadgets and other accessories. • KSCST has organised Vijnana Darshana Programme on 11th, 12th and 13th January 2018. Four Students and one teacher from each Virtual Laboratory are participated. • In this programme the students and teachers visited ISRO, HAL heritage museum, Lalbagh botanical garden, Namma Metro, Visvesvaraya Rain Water Theme Park, Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium, All India Radio and Visvesvaraya Industrial Technology Museum to increase the science knowledge for rural children and also Model making, experiments on science, interaction with Phd Scholars from IISc has been organised. KSCST has collected the feedback from students and teachers on this programme. • The KSCST is providing 2 MBPS BSNL broadband internet connectivity with static IP and accessories such as skype camera and modem to all the 10 centres for a period of one year. Shortly all the 10 VCR high schools will be provide with these facilities.

Page 74 KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 • On 7th and 8th September 2017 Shri. C. P. Bhatia, General Manager, (F&A)/CSR, REC, New Delhi and KSCST officials visited VCR Government High School, Heskattur, Kundapura (T), Udupi (D) and Government High School, Hillur, Ankola (T), Uttara Kannada (D) for joint inspection and submitted the Joint Monitoring report duly signed by the joint committee officials to REC, New Delhi. • KSCST has organised one day workshop at all 21 Government high schools for the benefit of students and teachers as part of National Science Day 2017 programme. • The Inauguration program of Virtual Classroom at Government High School, Malavalli (T), Mandya (D) was organised jointly by KSCST, Karnataka Residential Education Institutions Society (KREIS) and School on 28th November 2017. • Hon’ble. Shri. Narendra Swamy. P. M., Member of Legislative Assembly, Malavalli Constituency, Dr. E. Venkataiah, IAS, Rtd. Advisor - SCSPTSP, Dept of Social Welfare, Govt of Karnataka and Smt. Saraswathi, Programme Manager, REC Bengaluru inaugurated the Virtual Classroom. Further, they gone through all the equipments provided and interacted with the students and teachers. • KSCST is in the receipt of the 10th Standard results and admission details from all the 21 Virtual Laboratory Government high schools and the results pass percentage and admission to the schools is positive. • Karnataka Residential Educational Institutions Society (KREIS) under CSR assistance by Rural Electrification Corporation Ltd, requested KSCST to provide Technical and Management support for the implementation of the above projects sanctioned and funded by REC foundation under CSR initiatives. The KSCST has agreed to support KREIS for the implementation of the above 3 projects. Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) has been signed by both the organizations on 19th March 2018.

KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 Page 75 10. VIGYAN DARSHAN

Principal Investigator : Dr. S. G. S. Swamy Executive Secretary, KSCST Coordinator : Mr. K. N. Venkatesh Project Engineer, KSCST

KSCST is very keen to popularize science among rural children. In this regard, the Council is organising “Vijnana Darshan” programme. This programme aims to take the students on a Science tour to leading R & D institutions in Bengaluru to spur the scientific interest in the students. In this financial year, the Council has arranged arrange a visit of 84 Government High School Students and 21 faculty members of virtual Laboratories and Virtual classrooms from different parts of Karnataka from 11th – 13th January 2018.

On the first day (11th January 2018) the programme was inaugurated by Shri. V. S. S. Shastry, National Awardee & Origami expert. The students visited ISRO Satellite Centre, Heritage Centre & Aerospace Museum Hindustan Aeronautics Limited and Indira Gandhi Musical Fountain

On the second day (12th January 2018) Lalbagh - Botanical Garden, Sir. M. Visveswaraiah Rain Water Harvesting Theme Park , Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium and All India Radio. The demonstration of various experiments by IISc research scholars were also organised.

On the third day (13th January 2016) the students visited Visvesvaraya Industrial & Technological Museum. The book “Jnana Vijnana Nigantu – Science Dictionary” in Kannada was distributed to all the participants. All the students appreciated the programme and thanked KSCST.

View of participants during the programme

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11. TEACHER ENRICHMENT PROGRAMME

Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology (KSCST) along with Anubhava Science Foundation, Bengaluru and Department of Education, Government of Karnataka at the Block level organised “Teachers’ Enrichment Programme” at Indian Institute of Science campus. Teachers’ Enrichment Programme is a year-long programme envisioned to enrich the teaching - learning of science and mathematics in Higher Primary schools of Karnataka.

The Teachers’ Enrichment Programme is offered in physical mode with contact sessions spread over one year for government and aided higher primary school teachers. The programme was launched on 16th August 2017 and concluded on 11th April 2018 with the contacting sessions in the month of October 2017, December 2017, January 2018 and March 2018. A total of 45 teachers those who are teaching Science and Mathematics from Government and aided School of Bengaluru North Block 1 and North Block have been benefitted by this programme.

View of participants during the programme

KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 Page 77 12. CHETANA PROGRAMME

"Chetana - Empowering Girls with Technology", is a winter school program enabling Girls who have topped in Secondary School Examination from Government Schools across Karnataka to educate, empower, mentor and support them. This highly talented human resource from Karnataka was invited for 8-day residential camp. Indian Institute of Science (IISc) along with Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology (KSCST) hosted 24 students from Uttara Kannada (17), Shivamogga (4) and Hassan (4) districts of the state.

The 8 day programme included lectures, discussions by professors, visit to laboratory of various departments and J.R.D Tata Memorial Library in IISc. They were given a brief introduction about various research activities of IISc. Visit to Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum, Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium and Iskcon Temple was also arranged. On the final day of the program a feedback session was arranged at KSCST and the participation certificates were issued to the chetana scholars.

View of participants during the programme

Page 78 KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 13. RADIO SERIAL ON “SUSTAINBLE DEVELOPMENT”

Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, Vigyan Prasar, Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, and All India Radio, Bengaluru in fulfilment of its science popularisation mandate and with the aim of creating awareness about sustainable environment among general public, broadcasting the radio serial “Sustainable Development” from 18th June 2017 in Kannada and Konkani language.

52 episodes related to Concept of Sustainability in different civilizations, consumption of Natural Resources, India Ethos & Practices on SD, Sustainable Development Goal 2030 Energy, sustainable cities, Disaster deduction, Protecting and Managing Natural Resources, Agriculture, Food security, Education & Skill, Ocean a & Marine ecosystem has been broadcasting through All India Radio on every Sunday in Kannada language between 9.05 am to 9.35 am and in Konkani language between 3.35 pm to 4.05 pm. We are receiving feedback through email, post card and SMS.

Poster made in Kannada and English language and Press meet at Press club of Bengaluru. circulated to Government High Schools throughout the State

Glimpse in newspaper regarding

KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 Page 79 14. SCIENCE EXPRESS

Science Express programme is a flagship programme of Department of Science and Technology, Government of India in collaboration with Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Railways, Government of India, Wildlife Institute of India and Vikram A Sarabhai Community science Centre. It is a unique exhibition mounted on a customized 16 coach AC train focusing of Climate Change and Science & Technology.

The exhibition showcased the greenhouse gas effect and the underlying reasons for climate change with key message that the current change in the climate is due to human activities. Exhibition includes monsoon variations, sea level rise are predicted to affect vital sectors like water, agriculture, forests and biodiversity. Exhibition also covers themes like Biotechnology for bio-resources and nature conservation with emphasis on Tiger Conservation and Chemical Ecology and India’s research and development initiatives in field of Biotechnology.

The Science Express Climate Action Special train has arrived to Kalaburagi on 31st May 2017 to June 2nd and arrived to Bengaluru Whitefield Railway Station on 6th – 8th June 2017 and to Kengeri Railway Station on 9th – 11th June 2017. KSCST has arranged the visit of 200 Government High School students from 4 BBMP High Schools of Bengaluru

View of participants during the visit to Science express

Page 80 KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 15. MULTIMEDIA STUDIO CUM VIDEO CONFERENCING FACILITY AT KSCST

Convener : Executive Secretary Co-ordinator : Mr. K. N. Venkatesh

The following technical lectures were organised through Multimedia studio of KSCST: Sl Resource Person Date and Title of the Talk No. 1. Dr. Manisha D. Mujumdar 24th October 2017 Ph.D in Electronics Engineering, Introductory talk on Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Electromagnetics 2. Mr. Vijay Tijare 27th October 2017 Department Head - Product & Manufacturing Fundamentals of Rolling Bearings Development Technology Global Technical Center India SKF Technologies India Private Limited 3. Dr. Umesh Rao Hodeghatta, 9th February 2018 Chief Technology Officer NU-Sigma Analytics How Artificial Intelligence and Labs, Seattle, USA Machine Learning is Transforming Engineering 4. KSTePS, GoK 12th March 2018 Video recording of high school science experiments

KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 Page 81 WORKSHOPS / SEMINARS / TRAINING PROGRAMMES / PAMC MEETINGS

1. WORKSHOP ON "STATE SDI’S AND THEIR APPLICATIONS"

Co-ordinator : Mr. H. Hemanth Kumar Principal Scientific Officer, KSCST

Venue: Satish Dhawan Auditorium, IISc, Bangalore. Date: 8-9 June 2017

Background: Natural Resources Data Management System (NRDMS) programme was initiated in 1982 by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India as a multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional R&D programme. During the past three and half decades, the NRDMS division has funded a variety of programs to various State government organisations, academic and research institutions to pursue R&D and to promote the utilisation of geospatial data, information and services to support local level planning.

The Karnataka Natural Resources Data Management System (NRDMS) program established in the year 1992 is one such program supported by DST-GOI to support local level planning using geospatial technologies. The Karnataka NRDMS program since inception has been providing geospatial data and services for a wide range of uses and has seen steady growth in the requests for both data and services. The council has established NRDMS centres in all the district of the state. The district NRDMS centres supported by State Spatial Data Centre at Bangalore now delivers analysed spatial datasets to end users through its offices at district Zilla Panchayaths to planners and administrators. The NRDMS program is continuously updating its datasets in diverse fields with an increasing set of application requirements. Karnataka is the only state to institutionalize spatial data for decision-making at district level.

Inaugural Session Participants of SDI workshop

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Presentations by Prof N.L. Sarda and Mr H Hemanth Kumar

Considering the importance of geospatial data and its varied applications in the present-day environment, Government of India constituted National spatial data Infrastructure in the year 2006 for the purposes of acquiring, processing, storing, distributing and improving spatial data through web based geospatial technologies. Further to meet the needs of users, planners, policy makers, industry and academia and to reap the benefits of higher-end technologies like GIS, GPS, high resolution satellite sensors, a single source of information infrastructure is a long-felt need. Moreover, fast computers and ICT technologies provide ways and means for supplying spatial data to the users on their desktops.

The Karnataka State Council under the DST-GOI and DST – GOK funded Karnataka State Spatial Data Centre (KSSDI) project has developed state's spatial database for developmental planning and is in operation since 2009.

About the workshop: As recommended by NRDMS – NSDI Steering Committee in its meeting held on 10 March 2017, KSCST organised a 2-day long technical review workshop on "State SDIs and their Applications" at the Indian Institute Science, Bengaluru on 8-9 June 2017. The meeting was attended by the Chairman and Members of the NRDMS-NSDI Steering Committee and all the State representatives (covered or uncovered States so far).

Objectives: The objectives of the Workshop are to (i) technically review the project results of the SSDI projects in a more detailed way and (ii) demonstrate the advantages of standardisation and improved access to map data towards promotion of the SDI concept amongst the uncovered States.

KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 Page 83 2. TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS AT CHICKBALLAPURA DISTRICT

Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology in collaboration with Udayabhanu Study Centre, Bengaluru organised training programme for High School teachers on Science and Mathematics syllabus. The programme was organised in 3 different talukas of Chikballapura District namely Bagepalli, Shidlaghatta and Chintamani on 9th August 2017, 17th August 2017 and 29th August 2017 respectively. Around 300 Government High School teachers have been benefitted. During the workshop atomic structure, chemical bonding, topics related to optics, resonance, algebraic expression, topics and 3D virtual experiments were discussed and demonstrated.

View of participants

Page 84 KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 3. TWO DAY WORKSHOP FOR HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS ON SCIENCE SYLLABUS AND ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY IN 4 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS OF KARNATAKA

Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology organised 2 day workshop for High School teachers on Science syllabus and Assistive Technology in different locations of Karnataka. The workshop was organised in Belagavi, Dharwad, Kalburagi and Uttara Kannada. Around 250 High School teachers have been benefitted. A session on “Advances Technology” available for specially abled person and various schemes available in Government of Karnataka and Government of India for specially abled persons was held during the programme.

View of participants

Glimpse of programme in local news paper

KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 Page 85 4. ONE DAY WORKSHOP ON ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology organised a one day workshop for High School students in 21 Virtual laboratory and Virtual Class room Government High Schools in backward talukas of Karnataka. A workshop includes a session on “Assistive Technology and Schemes available for specially abled persons” and a session on “Science and Technology interventions” were organised by eminent scientists and engineers. Around 3000 High school students have been benefitted by this workshop.

A view of workshops organised in different Government High Schools of Karnataka

5. TWO DAY WORKSHOP ON GEOSCIENCES FOR HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS AT UTTARA KANNADA AND TUMAKUR DISTRICT Karnataka State council for Science and Technology jointly with Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India organized “Interactive Workshop on Geo Science Education for High School Teachers” in Uttarakannada district on 7th and 8th September 2017 at Kumta. Around 100 high School teachers of Uttara Kannada district were benefitted. During the workshop the topics such as structure of earth, atmosphere, layers of atmosphere, introduction to GIS, GPS, preparation of TLM related to geography topics were discussed.

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Page 86 KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 6. TWO DAY TEACHERS TRAINING WORKSHOP ON MATHEMATICS SYLLABUS

The Council in collaboration with Karnataka Rajya Vigyana Parishath (KRVP) organised 2 day teachers training workshop on mathematics syllabus for government high school teachers in Bengaluru on 29th and 30th August 2017 in IISc campus. 50 BBMP and Government High School teachers have been benefitted.

7. TWO DAY TRAINING WORKSHOP ON SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS FOR TRIBAL REGION HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS

Karnataka State Council for science and technology jointly with Deenabhandu Teachers Resource centre, Chamrajanagara organised 2 day training workshop on science and mathematics for tribal region high school teachers of Mysuru and Chamrajanagara district during 11th and 12th September 2017 at Chamrajanagara. The workshop involved preparation of teaching-learning materials in mathematics and physics. The session also focused on preparation of simple models using easily available materials. Few experiments on magnetism, Optics, Pressure, Electronics and many basic topics using kits. Preparation of teaching - learning materials in mathematics and physics was conducted.

View of participants during the programme

KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 Page 87 8. CONSULTATIVE MEETING ON PREPARATION OF DPR FOR NATIONAL MISSION ON ICPS

Co-ordinator : Dr. U.T.Vijay, Principal Scientific Officer

KSCST has organised the Consultative Meeting on DPR for National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber Physical Systems (ICPS) in association with TIFAC, DST, GOI New Delhi, sponsored by DST, GOI at Robert Bosch Centre for Cyber Physical Systems. Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru during June 2017.

Prof.Anurag Kumar, Director, IISc, Bengaluru inaugurated the meeting and presented an overview of the progress made in the field of Interdisciplinary Cyber Physical Systems (ICPS).

Inaugural Address by Prof.Anurag Kumar, Director, IISc, Bengaluru and the view of Participants

Various experts involving Professors from Indian Institute of Science, Indian Institute of Management, NIAS, M.S. Ramaiah University, PES University, CMTI, NITK, KPIT, BAIT, SIT, Members from Industry and Representatives from NASSCOM participated actively and deliberated at length to contribute the inputs for preparation of Detailed Project Report(DPR) for National Mission on ICPS initiated by the Department of Science & Technology, GOI.

Page 88 KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 9. DISCUSSION MEETING ON ESTABLISHMENT OF WATER UNIVERSITY Co-ordinator : Dr. U.T.Vijay, Principal Scientific Officer

KSCST in association with MIT, Pune has organised the Discussion meeting on establishment of Water University at KSCST Conference hall, IISc campus, Bengaluru on 18th and 19th November 2017. Prof.Rajendra Prasad, Andra University, Vizag inaugurated the meeting and presented an overview of the progress made in the field of establishment of a dedicated institution or University on water technologies and highlighted the importance of having a separate university on water in order to inculcate the knowledge on water at various levels. Various experts involving Professors from Indian Institute of Science, Indian Institute of Management, IIT, Madras, DST, GOI, ISEC and other experts from academic, Government and R &D institutions participated actively and deliberated at length to contribute the inputs for establishment of a dedicated university on water.

10. DISCUSSION MEETING ON ESTABLISHMENT OF RAILWAY ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY

KSCST in association with MIT, Pune has organised the Discussion meeting on establishment of separate University on Railway Engineering at KSCST Conference hall, IISc campus, Bengaluru on 19th November 2017. Prof.Udupi Srinivasa, inaugurated the meeting and presented an overview of the need of establishment of a dedicated institution or University on Raiway Engineering and highlighted the importance of having a separate university on Rail ways in order to inculcate the knowledge on Railway engineering, infrastructure development, safety of passenger at various levels. Various experts involving Professors from Indian Institute of Science, Indian Institute of Management and other experts from academic, Government R & D institutions and Industries participated actively and deliberated at length to contribute the inputs for establishment of a dedicated university on Railway Engineering.

11. NSAC COMMITTEE ON INDIA-EU WATER PROJECTS PROGRESS REVIEW MEETING

KSCST in association with DST, GOI has organized the NSAC Committee Meeting on India- EU Water Projects Progress Review at KSCST Conference hall, IISc campus, Bengaluru on 29th November 2017. Prof.Rajendra Prasad, Andra University, Vizag, Chairman of NSAC Committee inaugurated the meeting and presented an overview of the progress made in the 4 projects namely SARASWARHI, SWINGS, ECO-INDIA and NAWATECH being supported by DST, GOI and EU for the past 4 years and requested the Project co-ordinatores to present the status of the projects.

KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 Page 89 Prof.M.S.Mohan kumar, IISC, Bengaluru, Prof.Arunabha Mujumdar, Jadhavpur University, Kolkata and Dr.Arvindkumar, DST,GOI have reviewed the progress made by these projects. Respective Project Co-ordinators from SARASWARHI, SWINGS, ECO-INDIA and NAWATECH projects presented the progress made in their projects which were sanctioned under joint initiative of India-EU collaborative project on Water technologies.

Eco-India Basic Schemes setup by the Indian Consortia and adelphi

1 Water source protection 2 Ground Water Scheme

Ground-water aquifer

Surface-water sources 3 Surface Water Scheme

4 Integrated Scheme

5 Waste water Treatment

DST / FP 7 EcoIndia

Suggested Pilot Project GP Bahadurpur in Murshidabad

DST / FP 7 EcoIndia

Pilot project on Water technologies in Mushdabad Sponsored by India-Eu Consortium fund

Page 90 KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 12. 2ND INFORMATION AND NETWORKING MEETING ON INDIA-EU CALL ON WATER

Co-ordinator : Dr. U.T.Vijay, Principal Scientific Officer

KSCST in association with Indian Institute of Science, Department of Science and Technology, GOI and Delegation of European Union to India, EU organised 2nd Information and Networking Meeting on India-EU call on Water on 30-11-2017 at Hotel Sheraton, Bengaluru. H.E. Mr. François Gautier (TDC), Consul General of France, Bangalore has inaugurated the meeting and stressed upon the delegates to utilize the opportunity to collaborate with the organizations from European Union to send the quality proposals to take up projects to address the local issues on water by using advanced technologies valuable globally. Sri.Anjum Perwez, Secretary, Urban Development department, GOK addressed the meeting and highlighted the status and need for development of of water resources in the state of Karnataka. Dr.Arvind kumar, DST, GOI and Dr.Vivek Dham, EU office, New Delhi, India presented the guidelines and content of themes on joint call on water to facilitate to submit the collaborative projects to the respective countries. Various experts, invited Professors and representatives from industries have presented the importance of water and emphasised the role of their organizations to take up projects in conserving the water sources in terms of quality and quantity.

Inaugural Programme on 2nd Information and Networking meeting on India-EU Call on Water

KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 Page 91 13. CELEBRATION OF 42ND FOUNDATION DAY OF KSCST

KSCST has celebrated 42nd Foundation Day on 08-09-2017 at Indian Institute of Science. Prof. K. N. Ganeshaiah, Former Professor, GKVK, UAS, Bengaluru delivered Foundation day lecture on Indian Culture and Traditional Water Harvesting Systems.

He stressed upon the importance of water and emphasized the role of Science and Technology in conserving the traditional water sources of our country. He called upon the scientists of the Council to strive hard to contribute for the development of the state.

Prof. S. Subramanian, Secretary, KSCST presided over the function and gave the glimpse of the S & T activities carried out by KSCST in addressing the local issues of rural Karnataka by taking the research from lab to land.

KSCST Staff from different parts of the state actively participated in the celebration of 42nd Foundation Day.

Inauguration of 42nd Foundation Day of KSCST, Prof. K. N. Ganeshaiah delivering the Foundation Day Lecture

Page 92 KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 14. REGIONAL CENTRE OF KSCST AT KALBURGI (GULBARGA)

The Council established its first regional centre in Kalaburagi in January, 2014 to identify and provide S&T inputs to the problems of North Karnataka region.

ACITIVITIES Month Activities April 2017 ❖ Installation of Agro Stove from TIDE Bangalore. TIDE Bangalore and KSCST Bangalore Jointly Installed Agro Smoke less stove’s free of cost to below institutions: 1. Bharthiya VidyaSamasthe, Sirnoor, Tq & Dist Kalaburagi 2. Minority Boys Hostel –Madina Colony, Kalaburagi 3. Morarji Desai Boys Hostel, Aland June 2017 ❖ Visit to Science Express Train with Various School & College students on June 1st & 2nd 2017. ❖ Plantation & Walkathon on World Environment Day 2017 on June 5th 2017. ❖ Rain Water Harvesting-Planned for District High Court - 2nd & Last week of June 2017. ❖ Advisory Committee Formation on June 15th 2017. ❖ Student Project Program - Coordinated for Valuation of Projects at Appa Engineering College - June 28th 2017. July 2017 ❖ Participated at KSTA Conference @ Raichur - 21st & 22nd July 2017. ❖ Virtual Lab School’s Visit & Reporting- 1st Week of September 2017. 1. Government Girls Urdu Girls High School, Gurumitkal, Yadgir on 14/07/2017. 2. Valaballari Shri Channabasaveswara High School, Gudadur, Raichur on 21/07/2017. 3. Government High School, Jahageer Gudadur,Kushtagi (T), Koppal on 22/07/2017 August 2017 Two Days Enrichment Program for High School Science Teachers for Kalaburagi District Teachers @ SBR School,Kalaburagi- On 4th & 5th August 2017. September 1. Virtual Lab School’s Visit & Reporting- 1st Week of September 2017. 2017 • Government Pre-University College (High School section), Kokatnur, Athani (T), Belgum on 06/09/2017. • Government Girls High School, Kalghatgi(T), Dharwad on 07/09/2017. 2. Two Days Enrichment Program for High School Science Teachers for Bidar Dist Teachers @ Sri.Channabasaweshwara Gurukul,Kardyal- On 25th & 26th September 2017. October 2017 First Advisory committee meeting of KSCST's Regional Centre, Kalaburagi on 9th October, 2017 at 11.30 am under the Chairmanship of Dr P S Shankar, at VTU's Regional centre, Kalaburagi.

KSCST Activity Report 2017–18 Page 93 November KSCST RCK & BRID Centre Gulbarga University Kalaburagi Organized 2017 "One Day Technical Seminar On Biofuel" at Gulbarga University Kalaburagi Campus on 15th Nov. December Two Days Enrichment Programme for Science Teachers was conducted on th th 2017 8 & 9 December 2017 at Sri. Mata Manikeshwari D.Ed College, Nrupatunga Campus, Sedam February 2018 ❖ Divisional Level Workshop on “Science & Technology for Sustainable Development” was conducted at VTU Regional Centre Campus, Kusnoor Road, Kalaburagi on 8th February. ❖ National Science Day was celebrated on 24th February 2018 at The Lawns,VTU Regional Centre, Kusnoor Road, Kalaburagi. On-the-spot painting competition and essay writing competition was organised and prizes for the winners were distributed. March 2018 KSCST in collaboration with SB College of BCA,Kalaburagi & NavBharat Team celebrated “International Women’s Day-2018” at SabhaMantapa, SB Campus, Kalaburagi. Around 250 girls’ students & staff took participation in IWD Celebration

Local Newspapers covered about Teacher Training Programme

Deccan Herald

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Enrichment Program for High School Science Teachers at Sri.Channabasaweshwara Gurukul, Kardyal, Bidar

Workshop on “Science & Technology for Sustainable Technical Seminar On Biofuel" at Gulbarga University Development” At VTU Regional Centre Campus, Kalaburagi Campus on 15th Nov 2017 Kalaburagi

Enrichment Programme for Science Teachers at Sri. Mata Manikeshwari D.Ed College, Nrupatunga Campus, Sedam

International Women’s Day-2018” at SabhaMantapa, SB Campus, Kalaburagi

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