KSCST ACTIVITY REPORT
for the Financial year 2016 – 2017
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
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LIST OF MAJOR PROJECTS / PROGRAMMES IMPLEMENTED / INITIATED BY THE COUNCIL DURING THE YEAR 2016 -2017
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List of major projects / programmes implemented / initiated by the Council during the year 2016 -2017
Contents
1. Compulsory Parameters :
A. S&T promotion, popularization and communication programs conducted by the Council.
1) National Science Day – 2017 45
2) National Mathematics Day – 2016 51
3) Vijyan Prasar and All India Radio – Radio Serial on “Understading and 53 Managing Natural Disasters”
4) Interactive Workshop on Geo Science Education for High School Teachers 55
5) Teachers‟ Training workshop on Science & Mathematics in Tribal Regions of 56 Karnataka
6) Teachers‟ Enrichment Programme 58
7) Two Day Workshops for High School Teachers on Mathematics Syllabus 60
8) State level Interactive Workshop on “Traditional Water Harvesting Systems” 61
9) „Eyes on Nature‟- An Environmental Literacy Program for High Schools 62
B. Implementation of project / schemes for development of technologies and promotion of technologies / innovations and IP protection
1) Natural Resources Data Management System – Karnataka Project 64
2) Development of Geospatial Web Applications on Karnataka Geoportal for 69 G - Governance (KSSDI Phase II Project)
3) Digital Geospatial Data Generation and Terrestrial Scanning for 72 3D Reconstruction of Heritage Site at Hampi
KSCST - Activity Report : 2016 – 2017 41 4) Rainwater Harvesting Cell at KSCST 74
5) Biofuel Cell at KSCST 87
6) Patent Information Centre 90
7) Energy Efficient Buildings Workshop series on “Low Carbon Materials 92 and Building Systems”
8) Energy Cell 93
9) Multimedia Studio Cum Video Conferencing Facility at KSCST 98
10) Deployment of Oracle 12c as a central facility for use by all the State SDIs 100
C. Technology transfer / demonstration / dissemination
1) Water Purification using Nano Technology 101
2) Field Testing of Hybrid Ultra Capacitor (HUC) Based Solar PV 103 - Led Lighting Kit Developed By SSCU, IISc, Bangalore
3) Implementation of Virtual Laboratory (E-Learning Centres) to Improve the 104 Quality of Education in the Backward Taluks of Karnataka – GOK
4) Establishment of Virtual Class Rooms (VCR) to Improve the Quality of 105 Education in the Backward Taluks of Karnataka – CSR Funds, Rural Electrification Corporation of India, GOI.
5) Village Information System 108
6) Dissemination of Priyagni Stoves in Kalaburgi Region 111
D. R&D activities taken up with universities / institution / industry
1) Karnataka - Israel Programme for Industrial R&D (KIRD) – Coordination 112 with Industries
2) Development of Steel Mould for Implementation of National Biogas and 114 Manure Management Programme
3) Identifying unique properties of proteins in non-edible oil meals 116
4) Production of fatty acid methyl ester from non-edible oil seeds using different 117 techniques
5) Testing of diesel engine for 1000 hrs with Straight Vegetable Oils (SVO) 118
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E. Networking with state / national / international level organization to realize state / national programmes.
1) State Awards for Scientists and Engineers 119
2) Training Programme on SWM for Newly Recruited Environmental Engineers 120 of Urban Local Bodies
3) 4th Tier-2 Screening Committee on State S&T Programme/ PEG on 121 State S&T Programme of DST, GOI
4) ICPS Review Committee Meeting of ICPS Division, DST, GOI 122
5) State Level On-The-Spot Painting Competition on “Disaster Risk 123 Management”
6) CHETANA – Empowering Girls with Technology 125
7) National Level Brainstorming Workshop for a New Radio “Serial Sustainable 126 Development”
8) Helpdesk and Support Network Rainwater Harvesting, Ground Water 128 Recharge and Water Management Programme for Bangalore City
F. Capacity to mobilize funds from the external sources
1) Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Documentation of Watershed 130 Works under IWMP Programme
2. State Optional Parameters :
A. Identification of state specific problems and mobilization of State level organization / line department / socio-economic department (University, College, NGO etc.) for undertaking various project / programs.
1) Student Project Programme (SPP) 132
2) Space Science and Technology Camp 2016 135
3) Regional centre of KSCST at Kalburagi (Gulbarga) 137
B. Formulation and implementation of Inter State/ Multi State S&T Council exchange programs/ resource sharing . 138
KSCST - Activity Report : 2016 – 2017 43 3. Special Parameters :
A) No. of General Council Meeting / Executive Council Meetings / 139 Special Meetings organized.
B) Formulation and implementation of seminars / workshops / service rules, 139 promotional avenues etc. for the development of Human Resource Development.
C) Special efforts for modernizing Council infrastructure issues. 139
D) No. of outreach activities, other than the Science Popularization organized. 140
E) Formulation and Implementation of unique, novel and innovative 140 S&T Programme.
F) Special grant from State for infrastructure development / manpower 141 development at S&T Council.
G) Any other special scheme/program on year to year basis- resource materials 141 in the from of print media/multi media, TV, Audio / Video etc. developed and disseminated.
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Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology Indian Institute of Science Campus, Bengaluru - 560012
Activity Report for the year 2016 – 2017
1. Compulsory Parameters :
A. S&T promotion, popularization and communication programs conducted by the Council.
1. NATIONAL SCIENCE DAY – 2017
Theme: Science and Technology for specially abled persons
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, Bengaluru, Department of Science & Technology, Government of Karnataka and National Council for Science and Technology Communications (NCSTC) Department of Science & Technology, Government of India jointly organized National Science Day – 2017 on 06th March 2017 at J. N. Tata Auditorium, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. KSCST has celebrated National Science Day-2017 with the following activities under the theme “Science and Technology for specially abled persons”.
1) Science Essay Competition: KSCST had conducted essay competition in various High Schools of Bangalore during first week of February 2017 and were evaluated by the teachers themselves. After due evaluation, best essays were selected for awards. A total of 25 students for Essay competition were selected for the awards. The topics for the Essay and competitions were:
Science & Technology for differently abled persons
Science & Technology innovations by differently abled persons
Famous differently abled people in Science & Technology
Contribution of Charles Proteus Steinmetz in the field of Science
2) On-the-Spot painting competition: KSCST had conducted on-the-spot painting competition for primary, higher primary and high school students
KSCST - Activity Report : 2016 – 2017 45 on 19th February, 2017 at Lawn opposite to administrative building, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. About 300 students from higher primary and high schools from Bangalore were participated in this event.
The painting competition was inaugurated by Dr N. C. Shivaprakash, Department of Instrumentation, Indian Institute of Science, Prof. S. Subramanian, Secretary, KSCST and Professor, Materials Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Science and Dr. S. G. S. Swamy, Executive Secretary, KSCST were also present on the occasion. The paintings were evaluated by the Faculty members from Karnataka Chitrakala Parishat, Bangalore and a total of 36 paintings were selected for award in different groups.
The topics for the on-spot-painting competition were:
Design vehicle for specially abled people Traffic solutions for differently abled people
A view of students “on-spot painting competition”
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Dr. N. C. Shivaprakash, Department of Instrumentation, Indian Institute of Science inaugurating the “On-the-spot painting” competition
3) Celebration of National Science Day on 06th March 2017 Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology (KSCST) in honour of Sir 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 2017 is “Science and Technology for specially abled persons”. Around 1050 students from 40 BBMP and Government Schools participated in the event. The program began with an invocation by student of Children‟s Education Centre. Prof S Subramanian, Secretary, KSCST and Professor, Material Engineering, IISc welcomed the gathering and spoke about the importance of Sir C V Raman‟s contribution towards Science and Technology. Dr. S. G. S. Swamy, Executive Secretary, KSCST briefed about National Science Day 2017. Prof. Jayant M. Modak, Deputy Director, IISc was the Chief Guest and inaugurated the function and gave the inaugural address and he shared his view about science and science learning and also about perusing science in higher studies. The inaugural function was concluded with Vote of thanks by Dr. U. T. Vijay, Principal Scientific Officer, KSCST. Following this, students interacted with the experts. The first lecture was by Dr. Gurudata Baraka Vishwanathan, Scientist, Centre for Human Genetics, Bengaluru. He spoke on The second lecture was by Mr. Govindaraju, KAS, Director, Department for the Empowerment of Differently Abled and Senior Citizens, Government of Karnataka. He spoke about the Government schemes, various programmes
KSCST - Activity Report : 2016 – 2017 47 and initiatives which has been implemented in the State for the beneficial of specially abled persons. Dr. H. L. Sreenath, Head (Retd.,), Tissue Culture & Plant Biotechnology Division, Unit of Central Coffee Research Institute (CCRI), Manasagangothri, Mysuru spoke on Advances in assistive devices for specially abled persons
Prof. V. Nagaraja, President, JNCASR and Shri. V. S. S. Shastry was the chief guests and distributed the prizes to the winners of „On the spot‟ painting competition and Essay writing competitions. Exhibition of Paintings colourful paintings and posters done by the students of different BBMP High School and Other Institutions were displayed.
25 models on Assistive technologies useful for specially abled gadgets developed by Engineering students were also exhibited. A book “Vijnana Deepakaru” in kannada was distributed to all the participants.
Prof. Jayant M. Modak, Deputy Director, IISc delivering an Inaugural address and students inaugurating the programme
Dr. Gurudata Baraka Vishwanathan, Scientist, Centre for Human Genetics, Bengaluru delivering a technical talk and interacting with students
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Mr. Govindaraju, KAS, Director, Dept. for the Empowerment of Differently Abled and Senior Citizens, Government of Karnataka interacting with participants
Dr. H. L. Sreenath delivering a technical talk and interacting with students
Students visiting the exhibits
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Prof. V. Nagaraja, President, JNCASR and Mr. V. S. S. Shastry, National Awardee addressing the participants during Valedictory function
Prize Distribution
View of participants
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2. NATIONAL MATHEMATICS DAY – 2016
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 2016 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 program was inaugurated by Dr. B. R. Guruprasad, Director, Public Relations Office, ISRO, Bengaluru was the Chief Guest of the programme. He inspired the students with the inventions and life history of great Scientists and Mathematicians. The mathematical models on Circle area, Parallelogram area, Value of Pi, distance between planets, size of sun were demonstrated. The models were made by the High schools students of Vidyamanya School, Bengaluru The program included two technical lectures. The first lecture on “Mathematics for Daily Life” by Mr. Rohith Chakrathirtha, Managing Editor, 5 stories at Cresco Books, Bengaluru. He narrated the mathematics in day to today with the few situations of Sir. Srinivas Ramanjuan. The Second technical lecture was on “Mathematical view of Calendar” by Mr. Praveen, High School teacher and Science Communicator. The third session was conducted by Shri V. S. S. Shastry, National Awardee, Origami Expert. The Disney movie on Numbers was screened. The program was concluded by the distribution of technical books on “Chamathkari Ganitha – 100 samasyagalu: Utharagalu” in Kannada by Dr. Anand Deshpande to all the participants. KSCST has submitted a detailed project proposal to the NCSTC, DST GoI for the funding.
Dr. B. R. Guruprasad, Director, Public Relations Office, ISRO, Bengaluru interacting with the students
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Students during exhibition of various Mathematical models
View of participants
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3. VIJYAN PRASAR AND ALL INDIA RADIO - RADIO SERIAL ON “UNDERSTANDING AND MANAGING NATURAL DISASTERS”
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, Vigyan Prasar Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, and All India Radio, Bengaluru are jointly broadcast the radio serial “Understanding and managing natural disasters” in Kannada and Konkani language. The serial aims to create the awareness about disaster impact through radio serial. Each Episode of the serial addresses risks that communities face and for responding to disaster situations. Serial contained 26 episodes, 30 minutes each. The script deals with the science of disaster along with the scientific method, values and includes interactive episodes also. The programme was launched on World Environment day - 5th June 2016 and broadcast every Sunday from 9.05 am to 9.35 am from AIR – Bangalore (612 Kilo Hertz or 490.1Meter Medium Wave), Mysore, Bhadravathi, Dharwad, Gulbarga stations simultaneously and from 3.35 pm to 4.00 pm from AIR – Goa in Konkani language. At the end of the each episode questions were asked and 5 Listeners with correct answer for the question were selected at end of each episode. Total 130 winners have been announced and science kits prepared by Vigyan Prasar has been sent to the winners. The details of each episode along with the details of Author are as follows:
Sl. Title of the Episode Author No. 1. Episode 1 Mrs. Sumangala Mummigatti AIR, Bengaluru 2. Episode 2 Dr. Srinivas Reddy, Director, KSMDMC 3. Episod e 3 Smt. G. V. Nirmala Classification of Disasters Scientist (Retd.,) NAL 4. Episode 4 Dr. N. S. Leela Earthquake Prof. Of Zoology, MES College 5. Episode 5 Smt.G. V. Nirmala Earth quake profile of India Scientist (Retd.,) NAL 6. Episode 6 Dr. N. S. Leela Land Slide, mudflow and Snow Avalanches Prof. Of Zoology, MES College 7. Episode 7 Dr. N. S. Leela Tsunami Prof. Of Zoology, MES College 8. Episode 8 Mrs. Sumangala Mummigatti Interactive AIR, Bengaluru 9. Episode 9 Smt.G. V. Nirmala Floods Scientist (Retd.,) NAL
KSCST - Activity Report : 2016 – 2017 53 10. Episode 10 Mr. Shashikanth Droughts AIR, Chitradurga 11. Episode 11 Smt. Y. C. Kamala Tropical Cyclones Associate Proffessor, National College 12. Episode 12 Dr. N. S. Leela Fresh Flood Prof. Of Zoology, MES College 13. Episode 13 Mrs. Sumangala Mummigatti Thunderstorm 14. Episode 14 Mrs. Sumangala Mummigatti Heat and Cold AIR, Bengaluru 15. Episode 15 Mrs. Sumangala Mummigatti Interactive AIR, Bengaluru 16. Episode 16 Mr. K. Sharma Biological Disaster Senior Principal Scientist, CFTRI, Mysuru 17. Episode 17 Mr. K. Sharma Industrial Disaster Senior Principal Scientist, CFTRI, Mysuru 18. Episode 18 Mr. Shashikanth Fires and Forest AIR, Chitradurga 19. Episode 19 Smt.G. V. Nirmala Mine Disaster Scientist (Retd.,) NAL 20. Episode 20 Smt.G. V. Nirmala Nuclear Disaster Scientist (Retd.,) NAL 21. Episode 21 Mrs. Sumangala Mummigatti Interactive AIR, Bengaluru 22. Episode 22 Mr. K. V. Ghanashyama Accidents Prof. of Chemistry (Retd., ) 23. Episode 23 Mr. K. V. Ghanashyama Stampede and Collapse of huge buildings Prof. of Chemistry (Retd., ) 24. Episode 24 Interaction with Mainstreaming of disaster risk reduction in Dr. S. G. S. Swamy development strategy 25. Episode 25 DMC & AIR Nation Action plan on Climate change 26. Episode 26 KSCST & AIR Summarizing up
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4. INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP ON GEO SCIENCE EDUCATION FOR HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS 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 jointly with Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India organized “Interactive Workshop on Geo Science Education for High School Teachers” in different locations of Karnataka. Around 200 high School teachers were benefitted. The locations are as follows:
Mangalore Pilikula Nisarga Dhama Science Centre Pilikula, Mudushedde – Post, Mangalore – 575028 , Dakshina Kannada (D) Belgaum Belgaum Science Centre Shivabasava Nagar, Nehru Nagar, Belagavi, Karnataka 590010 Gulbarga KSCST - Regional Centre
Participants during the workshop
KSCST - Activity Report : 2016 – 2017 55 5. TEACHERS‟ TRAINING WORKSHOP ON SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS IN TRIBAL REGIONS OF KARNATAKA 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, Bengaluru, Vigyan Prasar, Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, organized “Teacher‟s Training workshop on Science & Mathematics in Tribal regions of Karnataka” for Government High school teachers of tribal regions of Mysuru, Chamarajanagara and Coorg districts at Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement (SVMY), Ayurvedic Hospital Campus, Kechanahalli, H. D. Kote Taluk. The workshops were organized in 2 phases. The detail is as follows:
Phase 1: Phase 1 workshop was organized from 18th July 2016 to 20th July 2016 on Physics and Mathematics syllabus for 35 PCM teachers of Mysuru, Kodagu and Chamarajnagar districts. 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. Physics Kits and Mathematics kits procured from Vigyan Prasar, Department of Science & Technology, Government of India were given to the participants. The experts Dr. B. N. Das from Kolkata demonstrated few experiments on magnetism, Optics, Pressure, Electronics and many basic topics using kits. Preparation of teaching & learning materials in mathematics and physics was conducted by a team of by Mr. Harsha, Science Facilitator, SVYM and session on Mathematics “Fun with Maths” was by Mr. Praveen, Joint Director, SVYM
Phase 2: Phase 2 workshop was organized from 25th July 2016 to 27th July 2016 for 25 biological science teachers. The workshop focused on the Atomic Structure and Periodic Table with a focus on the clarification of the doubts of the teachers. A several hands-on experiments were demonstrate and explained the same to all the teachers. Dr. Reena Alva, Professor of Anatomy, Father Muller‟s Hospital explained about Anatomy of Human body. Prof. Ravisha, Professor, University of Mysore, focused on plant biology and microbes. While explaining the theoretical aspects, he also demonstrated biological experiments. An orientation on medicinal plants was conducted by Dr. Mohan T, Ayurvedic physician, Vivekananda Ayurvedic Hospital, Kenchanahalli. Teachers appreciated the utilization of time during the workshop. The teachers felt that hands-on sessions helped them in clarifying the doubts and they also felt more time was needed for chemistry experiments. Teachers also highlighted the need of a lab manual for chemistry experiments.
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A View of Participants during the Workshop
KSCST - Activity Report : 2016 – 2017 57 6. TEACHERS‟ ENRICHMENT PROGRAMME 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), IISc along with Anubhava Science Foundation, Bengaluru and Department of Education, Government of Karnataka at the Block level introduced “Teachers’ Enrichment Programme” in June 2016 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 schools of Karnataka. The aim of the programme is to: Develop subject and pedagogic expertise Offer the experience of the art of learning science and the art of teaching science Empower teachers to create science curricular resources Explore and experience the science of life Creation of a new in-service science teacher programme with an innovative curriculum The Teachers‟ Enrichment Programme is offered in physical mode with 16 day-long contact sessions spread over one year for government and aided higher primary school teachers. It is aimed at teachers‟ enrichment in all dimensions – starting with the improvement of subject knowledge of teachers, instilling in them the right pedagogy for effective teaching learning process, infusing them with self-confidence, energy and enthusiasm to become better teachers and, in short, changing their very outlook to science teaching-learning process and make a difference to science education. 45 science teachers from Banglore North Block 1 and North Block 2 has been benefitted by this programme. The details of the sessions is as follows: 4 days 15th June 2016 to 18th June 2016 1 day 28th July 2016 1 day 31st August 2016 1 day 16th September 2016 2 days 25th – 27th October 2016 1 day 18th November 2016 2 day 6th & 7th January 2017 2 day 15th & 16th February 2017 1 day 13th April 2017 1 day Concluding day – 15th April 2017
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View of participants during various sessions „
Presentation by participants
KSCST - Activity Report : 2016 – 2017 59 7. TWO DAYS TEACHERS EMPOWERMENT WORKSHOP IN MATHEMATICS FOR HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS
Principal Investigator : Dr. S. G. S. Swamy, Executive Secretary, KSCST Coordinator : Mr. K. N. Venkatesh, Project Engineer, KSCST
A 2 days workshop for 60 High School teachers in 12 locations of Karnataka on Mathematics syllabus during July - August 2016.
Around 700 Mathematics teachers were benefitted. The topics discussed in the workshop is given below: • Introduction to Trigonometry • Introduction to Real Numbers • Introduction to Analytical Geometry • Basics of Probability and Combination • Factorial zero = 1 • Activity of 1 × 1 = +1 • Use of Mathematics in daily life The details of 12 locations and Organisations / Collaborators 1 Chamaraja nagar Deenabandhu Children Home, Chamarajanagar 2 Mangalore Pilikula Nisarga Dhama, Mangalore 3 Davangere Government High School, Kandhana Kovi, Davangere 4 Sagara Sagar Science Forum, Nehrunagar, Sagar , Shimoga 5 Ballari Government High School, Kudligi Taluk, Bellary 6 Gulbarga KSCST - Regional Centre , Gulbarga 7 Chikkaballapur DDPI office, Chikkaballapura 8 Bijapur SNS High School, Darga, Vijayapura 9 Koppala Government High School, Yalburga taluk, Koppal 10 Gadag GHPS Neeralagi, Neeralagi Post & Taluk, Gadag 11 Raichur Raichur Science Centre, Raichur 12 Bengaluru Anubhava Science Foundation, Bangalore
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8. STATE LEVEL INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP ON “TRADITIONAL WATER HARVESTING SYSTEMS”
Principal Investigator : Dr.U.T.Vijay, Principal Scientific Officer
Traditional Water Harvesting Systems were constructed to store rainwater for domestic use such as drinking, bathing, washing and irrigation purposes along with recharging of Groundwater. These are also called as Temple tanks/Zings/Step wells / Vav / Pushkarani/ Kund/ Talab /Ooranies/ Bhavadis in different states/regions of the country. Kalyanis which are constructed near temples called Pushkaranis plays very important role in socio-religious and cultural activities of Indian tradition and as a storage reservoir to supply water for temples. Traditionally, where the rainfall was relatively low, every effort was made to retain all the water that fell on the ground through appropriate water retention and conservation strategies. At present most of these ancient water bodies have become dry and non-functional and became dump yards resulting into the decline in their potentials due to various reasons. The temple tanks too which enjoyed protection from humans because of attracted religious sanctity have also become nonfunctional and disappeared in course of time. In the context of increasing water scarcity, competitive demands and widespread pollution, these ancient water bodies have become one of the critical imperatives for livelihood, particularly to the vulnerable poor who reside in the rural areas. In the region where ground water is either not available or polluted due to human activity and the rainfall is either scanty or unpredictable, people have to depend upon Traditional Water Harvesting Structures like Ponds, Kalyanis and Tanks to store the seasonal rainfall for various uses round the year. In this connection, various National level and State level organizations, R&D institutions and NGOs have carried out research studies on the present status of both quantity and quality of water of these ancient water harvesting systems along with measures for Restoration and Rejuvenation. Keeping this in view, in order to bring a galaxy of these Scientists, Experts, Researchers, Academicians and Officials involved in Rejuvenation of Traditional Water Harvesting Systems on one platform to share their views, ideas and suggestions to formulate a Road map for taking up massive programme on Restoration and Rejuvenation of these ancient water bodies, KSCST would like to organize 2 days State level National Workshop on Traditional Water Harvesting Systems in Indian Institute of Science campus, Bengaluru. The results in the form of deliberations and recommendations of which might serve as a first hand information on current status of these ancient water bodies to user agencies like Panchayath Raj Institutions, Urban Local Bodies, Communities and NGOs to undertake the Restoration, Rejuvenation and Revival works of these water bodies for sustainable development to cater to an ever growing population and maintain the ecology of the area.
KSCST - Activity Report : 2016 – 2017 61 9) „EYES ON NATURE‟- AN ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOLS Principal Investigator: Dr. S. G. S. Swamy, Executive Secretary, KSCST Coordinator: Mrs. Prema Iyer
„Eyes on Nature – Nature Inspiring Creativity‟ is a 4 month environmental education program organized by KSCST for high school children. Students get connected to the natural world and record their observations. The hands- on experience gives them an opportunity to understand the value of nature by doing several activities in the outdoors and in the laboratory.
Objectives:
The aim of the program was to connect the „science‟ of observing nature, to art, literature and theatre. Connecting with nature in the school premises, devising ways to protect and learning to live sustainably are some of the things that children learnt with great enthusiasm. Outcome: a) Learnt to observe and record Plants, Birds, Butterflies and Insects. b) Prepared hand written Nature Diaries and Scientific reports with their observations supported by poems, stories and paintings. c) Learnt how to study a tree in terms of its oxygen output, learnt to do carbon footprint analysis, calculate food mile and studied water quality. d) Learnt about natural pigments by extracting and using natural dyes. e) Prepared excellent scripts for Cultural events by each school for stage showcasing inspired by the theme „Eyes on Nature‟. Most importantly children integrated knowledge obtained from Nature into different fields of science, art, literature and theatre taking their creativity to greater heights. The program was launched on 7th and 8th June 2016 by Smt. Suparna Ganguly Co-Founder Trustee CUPA & WRRC and Resource Material was released by Chief Guest, Dr. N.S. Leela, Professor (Retd.), MES College, Malleswaram Bangalore. Orientation sessions were arranged and Nature Trail was conducted on 7th June. On 8th June students were given hands on training in lab methods for water quality analysis and natural dyes. Students from 11 schools participated in this program.
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Students during orientation and training sessions
For 4 months children were engaged in various environment related activities and also interacted with our resource group in person and on an electronic platform. Students from 11 schools show cased their efforts with a display of Nature Diaries, Scientific Reports and Natural Dyed products. They put up a stage show with plays, dances and songs in the theme of conservation. Interactions with resources persons, hands-on nature trail and lab experience and reviews from time to time were the hall mark of this program. Shri M. R .Seetharam, Honorable Minister Planning and Statistics, Science and Technology, Govt. of Karnataka was Chief Guest of the Prize distribution function & it was held at Prof. Satish Dhawan Auditorium, IISc on 20th September 2016. He has interacted with students and teachers during the programme. A report of the program „Eyes on Nature‟ was released during the function by Prof. B.N.Raghunandan, Advisor to the Director, Challakere Empowered Committee IISc. Prof. S. Subramanian, Secretary, KSCST briefed the details of the programme to the participants. A total of 200 high school students actively participated in the programme.
Shri M. R .Seetharam, Honorable Minister Planning and Statistics, Science and Technology, Govt. of Karnataka addressing the gathering and interacting with the students
KSCST - Activity Report : 2016 – 2017 63 B. Implementation of project/schemes for development of technologies and promotion of technologies/ innovations and IP protection
1) NATURAL RESOURCES DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM – KARNATAKA PROGRAMME Principal Investigator: Mr. H. Hemanth Kumar, Principal Scientific Officer, KSCST
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.
Major Activities:
The Council brought out Karnataka GP ATLAS as per the new Gram Panchayat Delimitation finalized by the GP delimitation committee chaired by Shri S G Nanjayyanamatt. This committee looked into the formation, revision and delimitation of Gram Panchayaths. In the year 2014 and 2015, the state NRDMS centre supported and prepared new Grama Panchayath maps for the entire state of Karnataka on the request of the committee based on spatial proximity, population and request from concerned stakeholders including citizens. The GP ATLAS published during May, 2016 incorporates all the government notifications (Deputy/Regional Commissioners‟ office) published as on April, 2016 including changes made by Karnataka Urban Development Department. Kannada version GP ATLAS is under progress.
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Presentation was made to foreign delegates on the topic titled on “Geo-Spatial Technologies for Planning & Management of Watersheds & Minor Irrigation Tanks and SDI “under an International Training Programme organized by National Institute of Rural Development, Hyderabad on “Geo-Informatics Applications in Rural Development for Sharing Innovative and Best Practices” on 31/12/2016. The delegates are drawn from Asia and few other African Countries. The delegates are from Middle level and Senior Government Officials, engaged in development administration, formulating policies and programmes of development, in their respective countries.
Extension of support to district administration – Analysed information using GIS provided as per need and requirement. Ward wise City delimitation maps are being generated for few towns.
KSCST - Activity Report : 2016 – 2017 65 Training to district staff in the preparation of Nazari Naksha by district NRDMS centres as per the guidelines of State Election Commission. Google maps are being used extensively to prepare polling station information along with name & description and geotagged photographs. On an average such maps are being prepared for 2500 polling stations in each district.
Developed mobile App (APK - Android application package) for monitoring works implemented in districts by ZP and DC‟s office. The proof of concept in being tried in Raichur district. It is planned to install at few more districts to test and fine-tune for large scale implementation.
Extension of support to district administration – Analysed information using GIS provided as per need and requirement.
Crowd sourcing concepts adopted for capturing habitation/settlement information including public assets created under various state funded programs using GPS enabled handheld devices in few Gram Panchayaths and are being integrated with cadastral maps.
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.
Organised two day training - workshop for NRDMS project personnel on “Karnataka Geoportal and Applications of Geospatial Technologies” on 2nd and 3rd February, 2017. The two -day Training-workshop exposed the district NRDMS project personnel to the activities of various mapping agencies in Karnataka. The workshop was primarily aimed at showcasing the activities of mapping agencies through lectures and with ample usage of case studies. This workshop is expected to enhance the capabilities of district centres to adopt spatial data for effective implementation of various rural schemes using scientifically prepared action plan. The Council invited experts from the mapping agencies like KSRSAC, KSNDMC, SSLR, UMC and Survey of India to share the activities of their organizations to suitably chart out the chart out NRDMS program activities. Further a demonstration of mobile mapping and VIS mapping was during the workshop.
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Program Schedule
2nd February 2017 09.30 AM - 10.00 AM Registration Welcome & Introduction to the training by 10.00AM – 10.10 AM Shri H Hemanth Kumar, Principal Scientific Officer, KSCST, Bengaluru Address by 10:10 AM – 10:20 AM Dr S G S Swamy Executive Secretary, KSCST, Bengaluru Guests of Honour 10:20 AM – 10:35 AM Shri P S Acharya Advisor, DST-GOI and CEO - NSDI, New Delhi Vote of thanks by: Mrs Sharadhi 10:35 AM – 10:40 AM Project Associate, State NRDMS Centre, Bengaluru Shri P S Acharya Advisor, DST-GOI and CEO - NSDI, New Delhi 11:00 AM – 12:00 AM Topic: vision of NSDI/NRDMS and emerging/futuristic scenario of geospatial technologies Dr. G S Srinivasa Reddy/Dr Prabhu 12:00 AM – 01:00 PM Director , Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre, Topic: Role of KSNDMC in Natural Disaster Management 01:00 PM – 02:00 PM Break Shri H Hemanth Kumar, 02:00 PM – 03:00 PM Principal Scientific Officer, KSCST, Bengaluru Topic: Applications of Karnataka Geoportal 03:00 PM – 05:00 PM Development of Karnataka Geoportal and Hands on training by M/s Intergraph 3rd February 2017 Dr. Prabhuraj 10.00 AM -11.00 AM Director, Karnataka State Remote Sensing Applications Centre (KSRSAC) Topic: Application of GIS and RS in decision-making and Role of KGIS
KSCST - Activity Report : 2016 – 2017 67 Shri Rudresha K V Joint Director, UPOR 11.00 AM -12.00 AM Dept. Survey Settlement and Land Records Topic: New mapping initiatives by SSLR Shri Sunil Kumar 12:00 AM - 01.00 PM Joint Director, Urban Mapping Cell Topic: urban Mapping Initiatives in Karnataka 01:00 PM – 02:00 PM Break Shri NN Ramaprasad 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM SOI, Bangalore Topic: GIS Activities of SOI in Karnataka Presentation and Demonstration of Cadastral mapping (VIS )by district 03:00 PM - 05:00 PM NRDMS staff
Presentation on the topic "Evolution of Geo-spatial Technologies in Decision making - Karnataka Experience" during the National workshop held at NBSSLUP, Nagpur on Data Content Standards on soils on 13th January, 2017.
Presentation on "State Spatial Data Infrastructure for Karnataka and their Applications” during the NSDI session on 25 Jan 2017 held at GWF- 2017 in Hyderabad. The presentation mainly focused on the Geo-portal development/ maintenance and utilization for applications like Watershed, Health, and Urban Governance.
Action Plan for the year 2017:
. Standardisation of database for all the data layers with proper schema. . Updation of assets captured during filed survey by the district staff on Karnataka Geoportal with proper schema. To request RDPR for supporting this activity. . Asset management plan for public/private assets and identification of data gaps for future planning. . District NRDMS staff to visit at least two departments each month and submit a GIS action plan along with progress report. The GIS action plan needs to be spelt out clearly about the requirement, methodology and deliverables. o Name: o Organisation/Department: o Possible GIS requirement: o Methodology/workflow for the requirement: o Deliverables: . Maintenance of up-to-date data related to Panchayath Raj Institutions and election (PC/LAC) related data all the time. . Adoption and customization DSS developed by district NRDMS project personnel. . Training program on geospatial technologies for NRDMS project personnel.
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2) DEVELOPMENT OF GEOSPATIAL WEB APPLICATIONS ON KARNATAKA GEOPORTAL FOR G-GOVERNANCE (KSSDI PHASE II PROJECT)
Principal Investigator: Mr H Hemanth Kumar, Principal Scientific Officer Co-PIs: Mr S N Sondur, Principal Scientific Officer Dr. U T Vijay, Principal Scientific Officer
Funded by : DST – GOI and DST – GOK Karnataka State level Spatial Data Infrastructure (KSSDI) also called as Karnataka Geoportal is a centralized single window access mechanism for all the spatial data acquired by various agencies in Government of Karnataka using State‟s resources primarily to support planning activities of the Panchayath Raj Institutions (PRIs), district/state line departments, Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) and civil society organizations in the State. KSSDI is an Internet based GIS Directory for the state that eventually will be extended for the use of the society in exploring the information related to state geography, demography, agro and socio economy, and infrastructure facilities. In the first phase of the project the portal enabled users the option of access and discover spatial data sets with a limited set queries. However it was felt that the Geoportal should be extended to cater to the needs of geospatial governance.
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.
Activities: The portal has the following features. Map viewer - Web Map Service (WMS), Product catalogue/metadata - Catalogue Service on Web (CS-W), Services specific service/ feature data sets - Web Feature Service (WFS), Simple Applications (Query based decision support) 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 Help/support The watershed and health portlets have been developed based on user needs and the portal is being fine tuned for any anomalies. It has been planned to conduct user workshops for popularising Karnataka Geoportal among state/district line departments. Up dation of BCM hostel info on KG. Davanagere data of 1:2000 scale uploaded on KG for visualisation. Interacting with Town and Country planning department for hosting high resolution data of towns and municipalities. Deployment of mobile app for uploading water sources data of Shivamogga district.
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Karnataka State Spatial Data Infrastructure (KSSDI) was awarded Geospatial Excellence Award for the year 2014 for establishing a citizen centric KSSDI portal and for effectively disseminating geospatial information to all users. This was awarded at India Geospatial Forum 2015 event.
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Uploading of geotagged School data on Karnataka GeoPortal
Watershed Portlet
KSCST - Activity Report : 2016 – 2017 71 3) DIGITAL GEOSPATIAL DATA GENERATION AND TERRESTRIAL SCANNING FOR 3D RECONSTRUCTION OF HERITAGE SITE AT HAMPI
Project Investigator: Dr. U.T.Vijay, Principal Scientific Officer Funding: DST,GOI
Background: The council has taken up this project under Indian Digital Heritage(IDH) programme initiated by the Department of Science and Technology, GOI. The main objective of this project is to demonstrate and document a process by which critical and valuable archaeological, cultural and heritage information can be captured and measured from using 3D Laser Scanning technologies in conjunction with Geo-spatial technologies, which would be helpful in virtual tourism, restoration and reconstruction of heritage sites, and, also how these extracted information, can substantially enhance understanding and knowledge about archaeological and cultural aspects of heritage sites.
Objectives: • Laser scanning and 3D Modeling of 50 world heritage monuments by using Terrestrial Laser scanner • Creation of high resolution spatial data base (2D) for core area of Hampi heritage site
Progress: The execution of the project has been carried by initiating the following activities. 3D Laser scanning of 77 World Heritage Monuments has been completed Post processing, 3Dmodelling and Generation of 3D mesh data and CAD drawings has been completed Generation of high resolution 2D maps on Hampi core area has been completed on various themes such as Villages, Cadastral boundary, Roads, LU/LC, Drainage, water bodies using High resolution (0.6M) Satellite imagery and SOI toposhaeets. GPS survey, Photography and Data collection of 56 world heritage monuments along with infrastructure facilities (Drinking water, Education, Health, Roads, Banks, Hotels, etc.) of Hampi has been completed. Preparation of Project Completion Report to be submitted to DST,GOI is under progress Initiated the process with the Department of Archaeology, GOK and ASI to take up the 3D Laser scanning of Heritage monuments of Karnataka state under Karnataka Digital Heritage(KDH) using Geo- spatial and 3D Laser scanning technologies” by scanning important historical monuments of heritage sites of Karnataka.
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LASER SCANNING OUTPUTS
3D Point cloud data of Balakrishna Temple in Hampi
3D Laser scanning of Stepped Well (Kalyani) in Hampi
3D Point cloud data of Stepped Well (Kalyani)
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Principal Investigator: Mr. A.R. Shivakumar, Principal Scientific Officer Supported by: DST, GOK 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.
Progress for the Period: April 2016 to March 2017.
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. Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology, Bengaluru. 2. Karnataka Science and Technology Academy, Bengaluru. 3. Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, Bengaluru. 4. Government Buildings, Faizabad Dist., Uttar Pradesh. 5. Sri Basaveshwara Students Hostel, Tumakuru. 6. Village Homes, Mandya. 7. Residential Apartment, Karnataka Forest Dept., Bengaluru Range, Bengaluru 8. Prestige Oasis, Rajanukunte, Bengaluru. 9. Bhagyashree Royale Layout, Rachenahalli, Bengaluru. 10. Wipro Enterprises, Tumkur.
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11. Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana Prashanti Kutiram University Campus, Jigani, Bengaluru. 12. Sri Jayachamarajendra Institute of Indian Medicine, Bengaluru. 13. Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, New campus, Jakkur, Bengaluru.
Hands on training along with field visits were organized to provide practical exposure on the cost effective and sustainable RWH technologies.
Lectures and Presentation:
1. Radio Programme on Vividhabharathi FM Channel at 08:15 am on 03.04.2016 in collaboration with Bangalore Water Supply and Water Supply and sewerage Board (BWSSB) and K.S.C.S.T. on Rainwater and Water Conservation. 2. Television Interview on “Bangalore Water Publications” between 07:00 pm – 07:30 pm on ETV Kannada News Channel on 06.04.2016. 3. Radio Programme on FM Rainbow Channel at 08:02 am on 07.04.2016 in collaboration with Bangalore Water Supply and Water Supply and sewerage Board (BWSSB) and K.S.C.S.T. on Rainwater and Water Conservation. 4. Meeting with Mr. Prasad, Mr. Riyaz from Gubbi Labs, Dr. Sanket Salvi, Asst. Prof. Dept. of Information Science, Nitte Meenaxi Institute of Technology and Mr. A. R. Shivakumar, PI-RWH UNESCO to review Software and its functioning Prof M. A. Sethu Rao Conference Hall, K.S.C.S.T., Bengaluru on 07.04.2016. 5. Radio Programme on Vividhabharathi FM Channel at 08:15 am on 10.04.2016 in collaboration with Bangalore Water Supply and Water Supply and sewerage Board (BWSSB) and K.S.C.S.T. on Rainwater and Water Conservation. 6. Radio Programme on FM Rainbow Channel at 08:02 am on 14.04.2016 in collaboration with Bangalore Water Supply and Water Supply and sewerage Board (BWSSB) and K.S.C.S.T. on Rainwater and Water Conservation. 7. Talk on Rainwater Harvesting - Bangalore Experience by Mr. A. R. Shivakumar, PI- RWH Cell, K.S.C.S.T., at Three Day Orientation Workshop on key aspects of governance and development issues, comprehensive view on social challenges, policy frameworks and approaches organized by Administrative Staff College of India at Pragati Resorts, Shankarpally, Hyderabad on 13.04.2016 for newly elected Representatives of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation. 8. Radio Interview on “Solar Panels for Industrial Workers” at 03:00 pm on All India Radio, Bengaluru on 20.04.2016. 9. Mr. A. R. Shivakumar, PI-RWH Cell, K.S.C.S.T. delivered Two Lectures on “The need for Harvesting” from 10:00 am – 11:30 am and “The eco-friendly house: Sourabha” from 11:45 am – 01:15 pm for staff and students of Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology, Bengaluru at Workshop on “The Challenges in Water Resource Management, Rainwater Harvesting & Groundwater Recharge” organized by Dept. of Civil Engineering, Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology on 28.04.2016 at Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology, Bengaluru. Around 100 students and faculty from college participated in program. 10. Field visit to Manasram Achitects, Srirampura, Jakkur, Bengaluru, for designing Rainwater Harvesting on 28.04.2016. 11. Mr. A. R. Shivakumar, PI, RWH Cell participated in Workshop and panel discussion for Rejuvenation of “Bellandur Lake” organized by Bangalore Development Authority at conference hall, Vidhana Soudha, Bengaluru on 05.05.2016.
KSCST - Activity Report : 2016 – 2017 75 12. Television Live Phone in Programe “Jeevana Datshana” on “Water Conservation” between 12:00 noon – 01:00 pm on DD Chandana Channel on 13.05.2016. Over 20 people from all over Karnataka interacted with through telephone with Mr. A. R. Shivakumar, PI, RWH Cell and clarified their queries about Rainwater and water conservation. 13. Demonstration of “Application on Web and Mobile phone on Rainwater Harvesting: RWH Advisor” by Dr. Sudheera from Gubbi Labs, with Mr. A. R. Shivakumar, PI-RWH UNESCO, Mr. Hemanth, Fellow, KSCST and Dr. U. T. Vijay, Fellow, KSCST, Mr. S. N. Sondur, Fellow, KSCST, and staff of RWH Cell at Training Center, K.S.C.S.T., Bengaluru on 30.05.2016. 14. Mr. A. R. Shivakumar, PI-RWH Cell participated in the Rotary meet as Guest Speaker for the members of Rotary Club of Bangalore Cantonment on 02.06.2016 at Rotary House of Learning, Cooke Town, Bengaluru. 15. Field visit to Karnataka Science and Technology Academy and Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology, Bengaluru for designing Rainwater Harvesting for their campus on 03.06.2016. 16. Talk on “Rainwater Harvesting and Eco-friendly house - Sourabha” by Mr. A. R. Shivakumar, PI-RWH Cell on the occasion on Platinum Jubilee celebrations organized by Hymanshu Jyothi Kalapeetha, Malleshwaram on 04.06.2016. 17. Presentation by Mr. A. R. Shivakumar, PI, RWH Cell on “Environment & Groundwater” on the occasion of World Environment Day - 2016 on 05.06.2016 was organized by Swami Vivekananda Abhyudaya Prathishthana, Judicial Layout, Bengaluru at Judicial Dept. Employees Housing Society Building, Judicial Layout. Sri K. B. Koliwad, MLA, Chairman, Lake Encroachment Committee, Govt. of Karnataka and around 40 residents of Judicial Layout participated in program. 18. Presentation by Mr. A. R. Shivakumar, PI, RWH-Cell on “Rainwater Harvesting & Water Conservation measures” at Technical Training Centre, Rail Wheel Factory, Yelahanka, Bengaluru on 06.06.2016. Around 80 officers from the factory participated in the program. 19. Presentation by Mr. A. R. Shivakumar, PI, RWH-Cell on “Rainwater Harvesting & Water Conservation measures” for Engineers and officials of Faizabad District on 08.06.2016 at Deputy Commissioners office, Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh. Around 150 officials participated in the programme. PI-RWH Cell visited heritage structures of water near Ayodhya, Ramkund and suggested rejuvenation plan. Site inspection by PI- RWH Cell with officials was carried out on 09.06.2016 for designing rainwater harvesting at: a. Chief Develpment Officer's office. b. Deputy Commissioner‟s office. c. Zilla Panchayat office. 20. Lecture on “Rainwater Harvesting and Eco-friendly house: Sourabha” by Mr. A. R. Shivakumar, PI-RWH Cell at “Teacher’s Enrichment Programme” organized by KSCST and Anubhava Science Foundation, Bengaluru on 16.06.2016. Fifty teachers from Government and aided schools from Bengaluru participated in the programme. 21. Mr. A. R. Shivakumar, PI-RWH Cell participated as an invited expert in the meeting to discuss Encroachment of Lakes in Bengaluru and its conservation by Bengaluru Lake Encroachment Committee, Govt. of Karnataka at Vidhana Soudha on 25.06.2016. Bangalore Development Authority organized the workshop participated by around 150. Several ministers and experts in the field participated.
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22. Field visit to Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Rural Energy & Development, Bengaluru for preparing plan for revival of Rainwater Harvesting structures and make the structures more efficient on 29.06.2016. 23. Exhibition and Awareness building at “MY GREEN 2016” by displaying RWH charts to create awareness amongst citizens of Mysuru and motivate them to adopt environment friendly lifestyle organized by Builder’s Association of India, Mysuru Center, from 01.07.2016 to 03.07.2016 at Jayamma Govindegowda Kalyana Mantapa, Kuvempunagar, Mysuru. 24. Field visit to Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, Bengaluru for designing Rainwater Harvesting for their campus on 05.07.2016. 25. Seventieth Training Program was organized by K.S.C.S.T. on 08.07.2016 for Engineers, Architects, Contractors and Plumbers at Training Center, K.S.C.S.T. IISc, Bengaluru. Seventeen participants participated in the Training Program. 26. Mr. A. R. Shivakumar, PI-RWH Cell participated as Chief Guest at the International JAWA Day 2016 celebration and addressed about 200 bike owners on Rainwater Harvesting and water Conservation at Bowring Institute, Bengaluru on 09.07.2016. 27. Talk on “Rainwater Harvesting and Eco-friendly house - Sourabha” by Mr. A. R. Shivakumar, PI-RWH Cell on the occasion of July monthly meet organized by TEDxBangalore at Puma Social Club, Indiranagar on 16.07.2016 from 15:00-16:00. 28. Radio Programme on Radio Mirchi 95.4 FM Channel from 10:00 am – 11:00 pm on 25.07.2016 on Rainwater and Water Conservation. 29. Presentation by Mr. A. R. Shivakumar, PI, RWH-Cell on “Rainwater Harvesting & Eco Friendly Living” on the occasion of Faculty Development Program on “Sustenance of Energy and Environment – Challenges and research dimension” organized by Dept. of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering, Mysuru at Golden Jubilee Block , JSS Technical Institutions Campus, Mysuru on 25.07.2016. Around 75 faculties and researchers from various engineering colleges & research institutes across the state participated in the program. 30. Radio Programme on Radio City FM Channel at 08:15 am - 08:30 am on 01.08.2016 on conservation and flooding. 31. Lecture on “Rainwater Harvesting, its methodology and importance” by Mr. A. R. Shivakumar, PI-RWH Cell for young journalists at Prajavani, Head Office, M. G. Road on 06.08.2016 from 13:30 – 15:00. 32. Field visit to Dept. of Horticulture, Dabaspete, Tumkur for designing Rainwater Harvesting on 09.08.2016. 33. Mr. A. R. Shivakumar, PI-RWH participated in a Meeting organized by “Lakes Conservation and Encroachment Committee”, Govt. of Karnataka constituted by Sri K. B. Koliwad, Hon‟ble Speaker, Karnataka Legislative Assembly at Vidhana Souda, Bengaluru on 11.08.2016 at 15:00, 12.08.2016 and 13.08.2016. 34. Presentation by Mr. A. R. Shivakumar, PI, RWH-Cell on “Water Conservation and Rainwater Harvesting” on the occasion of International Conference & Exhibition on best practices for “Sustainable Water, Wastewater & Energy Management – SWWEM-2016” organized by SWWEM at J N Tata Auditorium, IISc, Bengaluru on 17.09.2016. Around 500 participated in the program. 35. Television Programme on Janashree News Channel on 11.09.2016 on Rainwater Harvesting and water conservation measures. 36. Radio Programme on FM Rainbow FM Radio Channel at 11:30 am on 13.09.2016 on solar energy use. 37. Lecture on “Rainwater Harvesting and Eco-friendly living” by Mr. A. R. Shivakumar, PI-RWH Cell on occasion of “Engineers Day Celebration” organized by
KSCST - Activity Report : 2016 – 2017 77 Dept. of Civil Engineering, East West Institute of Technology for students of East West College at Sir M V Seminar Hall, East West Institute of Technology, Bengaluru on 15.09.2016. 38. Lecture on “Sustainable Water Management” by Mr. A. R. Shivakumar, PI-RWH Cell in a One week compulsory refresher course on “Energy Conservation – Alternate Energy Technology” for Indian Forest Service (IFS) officers from different states at Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Rural Energy and Development (MGIRED), Jakkur, Bengaluru on 21.09.2016 from 15:00 to 17:00. Around 30 participants participated in Training Program. Programme was organized at Sir M Visvesvaraiah Rainwater Harvesting Theme Park, Jayanagar, Bengaluru. 39. Meeting with Miss. Ramya, former MP, Mandya from NGO for implementing rainwater harvesting system in village homes of Mandya at Brigade Odyssey, Convent Road, Bengaluru on 23.09.2016. 40. Presentation by Mr. A. R. Shivakumar, PI, RWH-Cell on “Methodologies to Harvest Rainwater” organized by Dell’s R&D Center in Bangalore for engineering managers and technologists at Dell R&D Center, Bagmane Tech Park, Bengaluru on 27.09.2016. Around 200 participated in the program. 41. Lecture on “Low Cost Technology on Rainwater Harvesting” by Mr. A. R. Shivakumar, PI-RWH Cell in a training programme on “Low Cost Technology on Rainwater Harvesting” for officers and citizens of West Jaintia Hills District organized by District Basin Development Unit (DBDU) at West Jaintia Hills, Jowai District, Meghalaya on 29.09.2016. Around 150 participants participated in Training Program. 42. Meeting to discuss encroachment of lakes in Bengaluru and its conservation by Bengaluru Lake Encroachment Committee, Govt. of Karnataka, organized by Bangalore Development Authority. Several ministers and experts in the field participated in the meeting at Vidhana Soudha, Bengaluru on 03.10.2016. 43. Field visit to Manyata Tech Park, Bengaluru and meeting with advisor and team members of Manyata Tech Park, Bengaluru to implement Rainwater Harvesting to Manyata Site Office, Manyata Tech Park Residents Association, Nagawara, Bengaluru on 07.10.2016. 44. Meeting to discuss encroachment of lakes in Bengaluru and its conservation by Bengaluru Lake Encroachment Committee, Govt. of Karnataka, organized by Government of Karnataka at Vidhana Soudha, Bengaluru on 13.10.2016. 45. Lecture on Rainwater harvesting and water conservation measures by Mr. A. R. Shivakumar, PI-RWH Cell in a One week compulsory refresher course on “Energy Conservation – Alternate Energy Technology” for Indian Forest Service (IFS) officers from different states was organized by Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Rural Energy and Development (MGIRED), Jakkur, Bengaluru on behalf of Ministry of Environments and Forests (MoEF), Government of India on 14.10.2016. Around 30 participants participated in training program at Sir M Visvesvaraiah Rainwater Harvesting Theme Park, Jayanagar, Bengaluru. 46. Field visit to Mandya with Miss. Ramya, former MP, Mandya from NGO for implementing rainwater harvesting system in village homes in Mandya on 17.10.2016. 47. Telephonic interview on “Water supply scenario in Bengaluru” and Rainwater Harvesting with Ms. Jaione Belza Guede, Journalist, Vancouver, Canada on 25.10.2016. 48. Meeting to discuss encroachment of lakes in Bengaluru and its conservation by Bengaluru Lake Encroachment Committee, Govt. of Karnataka, organized by Government of Karnataka at Vidhana Soudha, Bengaluru on 27.10.2016.
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49. Meeting to discuss encroachment of lakes in Bengaluru and its conservation by Bengaluru Lake Encroachment Committee, Govt. of Karnataka, organized by Government of Karnataka at Vidhana Soudha, Bengaluru on 11.11.2016. 50. 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 13.11.2016 to 14.11.2016 at Cubbon Park, Bengaluru. The programme was inaugurated by Hon‟ble Chief Minister, Sri Siddaramaiah, Smt. Umashree, Minister for Women and Child Development, Govt. of Karnataka. 51. Talk on Water Security: Rainwater harvesting Groundwater Recharge by Mr. A. R. Shivakumar, PI-RWH Cell in a Thematic Seminar series on “Environment Security” as one of the speakers in a panel on Role of Science and Technology in Resolving Environment Security Threats in India. The Seminar was organized by Manipal Advanced Research Group and ADELPHI and supported by German Foreign Office at Manipal University, Manipal on 14.11.2016. Around 300 participants participated in seminar. 52. Meeting to discuss encroachment of lakes in Bengaluru and its conservation by Bengaluru Lake Encroachment Committee, Govt. of Karnataka, organized by Government of Karnataka at Vidhana Soudha, Bengaluru on 22.11.2016. 53. Field visit to Residential Apartment, Karnataka Forest Department, Malleshwaram with Sri. V. Ganesh, Range Forest Officer, Bengaluru Range for implementing rainwater harvesting system to residential apartment on 23.11.2016. 54. First Quiz and Debate programme for School on RWH and water conservation measures was organized by Karnataka State Council for Science & Technology on 24.11.2016 at 13:30 at Bishop Sergeant Central School, Lottegollahalli, Bengaluru. Nearly 350 students, 8 teachers and 2 volunteers from Nisarga Mahila Samaja, Vijayanagar participated in the program. 55. Meeting to discuss encroachment of lakes in Bengaluru and its conservation by Bengaluru Lake Encroachment Committee, Govt. of Karnataka, organized by Government of Karnataka at Vidhana Soudha, Bengaluru on 01.12.2016. 56. Radio Programme on FM Channel Red FM at 08:45 am on 13.12.2016 on Rainwater and Water Conservation. 57. Meeting to discuss encroachment of lakes in Bengaluru and its conservation by Bengaluru Lake Encroachment Committee, Govt. of Karnataka, organized by Government of Karnataka at Vidhana Soudha, Bengaluru on 19.12.2016. 58. Exhibition and Awareness building at “9th Annual Conference” by displaying RWH Working Model with theme “Science, Technology and Innovations in 21st Century” organized by Karnataka Science & Technology Academy, Bengaluru from 20.12.2016 to 21.12.2016 at Christ University, Hosur Road, Bengaluru. 59. Seventy First Training Program on Rainwater Harvesting was organized by K.S.C.S.T. on 22.12.2016 for Engineers, Architects, Contractors and Plumbers at Sir M Visvesvaraya Rainwater Harvesting Theme Park, Jayanagar 5th Block, Bengaluru. Forty One participants participated in the Training Program. 60. Meeting to discuss encroachment of lakes in Bengaluru and its conservation by Bengaluru Lake Encroachment Committee, Govt. of Karnataka, organized by Government of Karnataka at Vidhana Soudha, Bengaluru on 26.12.2016. 61. Lecture on “Rainwater Harvesting” by Mr. A. R. Shivakumar, PI-RWH Cell in a One Day Training Programme on “Renewable Energy, Energy Conservator , Rainwater Harvesting” for Deputy Conservator of Forest / Assistant Conservator of Forest from Karnataka at Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Rural Energy and Development
KSCST - Activity Report : 2016 – 2017 79 (MGIRED), Jakkur, Bengaluru on 26.12.2016 from 15:00 to 17:00. Around 30 participants participated in Training Program. 62. Field visit to Bhagyashree Royale Layout, Rachenahalli with Residents of layout for implementing rainwater harvesting system to residential layout on 28.12.2016. 63. Meeting to discuss encroachment of lakes in Bengaluru and its conservation by Bengaluru Lake Encroachment Committee, Govt. of Karnataka, organized by Government of Karnataka at Vidhana Soudha, Bengaluru on 29.12.2016. 64. Meeting to discuss encroachment of lakes in Bengaluru and its conservation by Bengaluru Lake Encroachment Committee, Govt. of Karnataka, organized by Government of Karnataka at Vidhana Soudha, Bengaluru on 02.01.2017. 65. Meeting to discuss encroachment of lakes in Bengaluru and its conservation by Bengaluru Lake Encroachment Committee, Govt. of Karnataka, organized by Government of Karnataka at Vidhana Soudha, Bengaluru on 16.01.2017. 66. Second Quiz and Debate programme 2016-17 for College on RWH and water conservation measures was organized by Karnataka State Council for Science & Technology on 17.01.2017 at 02:30 at Maharani Lakshmi Ammanni College, Malleshwaram, Bengaluru. Nearly 300 students, 10 teachers and 2 volunteers from Nisarga Mahila Samaja, Vijayanagar participated in the program. 67. Meeting to discuss encroachment of lakes in Bengaluru and its conservation by Bengaluru Lake Encroachment Committee, Govt. of Karnataka, organized by Government of Karnataka at Vidhana Soudha, Bengaluru on 18.01.2017. 68. Field visit to Prestige Oasis, Royal villas, Rajanakunte, Bengaluru for implementing rainwater harvesting system to Residential Apartment on 20.01.2017. 69. Lecture on “Rainwater Harvesting” by Mr. A. R. Shivakumar, PI-RWH Cell in a One Day Training Programme on “Renewable Energy, Solid Waste Management and Rainwater harvesting” for different Board Chairman‟s at Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Rural Energy and Development (MGIRED), Jakkur, Bengaluru on 20.01.2017 from 14:30 to 15:15. Around 30 participants participated in Training Program. 70. Third Quiz and Debate programme 2016-17 for School on RWH and water conservation measures was organized by Karnataka State Council for Science & Technology on 24.01.2017 at 10:30 at Government High School, Govindarajanagar, Bengaluru. Nearly 100 students, 4 teachers and 2 volunteers from Nisarga Mahila Samaja, Vijayanagar participated in the program. 71. Field visit to Wipro Enterprises, Tumkur for implementing rainwater harvesting system to Wipro Factory, Tumkur on 25.01.2017. 72. Fourth Quiz and Debate programme 2016-17 for School on RWH and water conservation measures was organized by Karnataka State Council for Science & Technology on 31.01.2017 at 10:30 at Government High School, K Gollahalli, Bengaluru South. Nearly 150 students, 4 teachers and 2 volunteers from Nisarga Mahila Samaja, Vijayanagar participated in the program. 73. Fifth Quiz and Debate programme 2016-17 for School on RWH and water conservation measures was organized by Karnataka State Council for Science & Technology on 31.01.2017 at 02:30 at Government High School, Kaggallipura, Bengaluru South. Nearly 200 students, 6 teachers and 2 volunteers from Nisarga Mahila Samaja, Vijayanagar participated in the program. 74. Mr. A. R. Shivakumar, PI-RWH Cell participated in the 4th Water India 2017 – “Water for All” International Exhibition and Conference on Water & Waste Water Treatment Solutions, Technologies & Services” organized by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) at Pragathi Maidan, New Delhi on 02.02.2017 and 03.02.2017.
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75. Training Program on Rainwater Harvesting was Jointly organized by KSCST and UltraTech Cements Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru on 09.02.2017 for Engineers, Architects, Contractors and Masons at Sir M Visvesvaraya Rainwater Harvesting Theme Park, Jayanagar 5th Block, Bengaluru. Twenty Eight participants participated in the Training Program. 76. Programme on Rainwater Harvesting was by organized by Lions International, Bengaluru on 12.02.2017. Mr. Manjunath Prasad, IAS, Commissioner, BBMP and Mr. A. R. Shivakumar were felicitated at Vasavi auditorium, V V Puram, Bengaluru. 77. Presentation on “Domestic roof water harvesting” at the Workshop on “Low Carbon materials and building systems” on 17.02.2017 at Centre for Sustainable Technologies, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in a session between 10:45 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. 78. Lecture on “Rainwater Harvesting” by Mr. A. R. Shivakumar, PI-RWH Cell in a One Day Training Programme on “Renewable Energy, Rain Water Harvesting & Solid Waste Management” for Chief Executive Officers of Zilla Panchayat at Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Rural Energy and Development (MGIRED), Jakkur, Bengaluru on 20.02.2017 from 12:45 to 13:30. Around 30 participants participated in Training Program. 79. Presentation on “Rainwater Harvesting – Importance, advantages, utilization, installation, schemes and subsidies” at the Two day workshop on “Resource Conservation & Management (Energy, Water & Waste)” was organized by Centre for Sustainable Development (CSD), Indiranagar, Bengaluru on 21.02.2017 at Karnataka Administration Service Officers Association(KAS), Infantry Road, Bengaluru in a session between 10:45 a.m. to 12:00 noon. 80. Field visit to Jawahlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Jakkur, Bengaluru for implementing rainwater harvesting system to JNCASR, Jakkur on 22.02.2017. 81. Presentation on Rainwater Harvesting and Water Conservation on 26.02.2017 at Jain College, Jayanagar Campus, Bengaluru organized by Dr. Bharath Chandra Foundation. Around 120 People participated between 10:00 am to 12:00 noon. 82. Talk on Water Conservation, Useful Used Water on the occasion of World Water Day celebrations at awareness programme with theme “Water and Wastewater” jointly organized by Shrishti Eco-Club, Bangalore DC and Infosys, Bengaluru at Infosys, Bengaluru on 27.02.2017. Around 300 people participated in the programme. 83. Sixth Quiz and Debate programme 2016-17 for College on RWH and water conservation measures was organized by Karnataka State Council for Science & Technology on 28.02.2017 at 02:30 at Dayanad Sagar Institute of Technology - Polytechnic, Kumara Swamy Layout, Bengaluru. Nearly 200 students, 8 teachers and 3 volunteers from Nisarga Mahila Samaja, Vijayanagar participated in the program. 84. Field visit to Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana Prashanti Kutiram University Campus, Jigani, Bengaluru for implementing rainwater harvesting system on 03.03.2017. 85. Awareness Building on Rainwater harvesting and water conservation by displaying RWH model, RWH Pull-up Boards, Charts and Documentary on RWH on the occasion of Open Day-2017 at K.S.C.S.T., IISc, Bengaluru on 04.03.2017. 86. Principle Investigator – RWH Cell participated as member in Five Meetings to discuss Save Water Save Bangalore Campaign by BWSSB at Cauvery Bhavan, Bengaluru on 10.03.2017, 15.03.2017, 16.03.2017, 21.03.2017 and 23.03.2017.
KSCST - Activity Report : 2016 – 2017 81 87. Training Program on Rainwater Harvesting was jointly organized by KSCST and UltraTech Cements Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru on 14.03.2017 for Engineers and Contractors from Tumakuru and Doddaballapura at Sir M Visvesvaraya Rainwater Harvesting Theme Park, Jayanagar 5th Block, Bengaluru. Twenty participants participated in the Training Program. 88. Presentation on Rainwater and water conservation by Mr. A. R. Shivakumar, PI-RWH Cell on the occasion of “Save Water Save - Bengaluru” Campaign jointly organized by BWSSB and The Bharat Scouts and Guides (Karnakata) at Shanthi Gruha, Palace Road, Bengaluru on 20.03.2017. Sri P.G.R. Scindhia, Chief Commissioner, Bharat Scouts and Guides (Karnataka), Smt. Sarala Devi, PRO, BWSSB and other guests with around 150 students participated in the programme. 89. “Save Water Save - Bengaluru” Campaign was held on 22.03.2017 on the occasion of “World Water Day” at Vidhana Soudha, Bengaluru. Honorable Chief Minister Sri Siddaramaiah with Minister Sri K. J .George, Sri Tushaar Girinath, IAS, Chairman, BWSSB, Sri Kemparamaiah, Engineer in Chief, BWSSB, Sri A.R. Shivakumar, PI, RWH, KSCST, IISc , Sri P. N. Ravindra, Additional Chief Engineer, New Initiatives and Public Outreach, BWSSB, Sri. P. G. R. Sindhia and others inaugurated the awareness campaign organized by BWSSB and Government of Karnataka. He also flagged off a 4 km rally to create awareness about water conservation. Over 300 participated in the campaign. BWSSB Team, KSCST Team, Scouts and Guides team, Children from various schools, NGOs, Press, and Media were present. 90. Television Programe on “Rainwater Harvesting at Sourabha” on NDTV Channel on 27.03.2017. 91. Lecture on Rainwater Harvesting and water conservation at Zilla Panchayat, Udupi on the occasion of “World Water Day” at Zilla Panchayat Auditorium, Udupi for District level officers on 27.03.2017. 92. Radio Programme on Red FM Channel from 06:30 pm – 07:00 pm on 28.03.2017 on Rainwater and Water Conservation.
Articles in Newspaper: 1. Deccan Herald – Thursday, 21st April, 2016: “Rainwater harvesting must for buildings in city”. th 2. ಪ್ರಜ ವಣಿ – Sunday, 24 April, 2016: ಬರ ನೀ岿ಸಲು ಮಳೆ ನೀರು ಸಂ峍ರಹವಂದೆ ಪ್삿ಹರ. 3. The Hindu – Monday, 25th April, 2016: “High time city reaped its rain”. 4. Deccan Herald – Monday, 25th April, 2016: RWH violators to pay fines from 1st May th 5. ವಿಜಯವಣಿ – Monday, 25 April, 2016: ಮಳೆನೀರು ಕೆೊಯ್ಲಿಗೆ ಆಂದೆೊೀಲನ. 6. Deccan Herald – Saturday, 04th June, 2016: “BWSSB starts fining properties without RWH facility”. 7. The Economic Times – Thursday, 30th June, 2016: “Harvesting Rainwater Likely to Solve Twin Problems of Shortage, Flooding”. 8. The Economic Times – Friday, 08th July, 2016: “The Green Agents”. th 9. ಪ್ರಜ ವಣಿ – Friday, 08 July, 2016: “ಮಳೆಗಲ ನೀರು ಉಳಿಸು ಕಲ”. th 10. ಪ್ರಜ ವಣಿ – Tuesday, 12 July, 2016: “ಊರರೆೀ ಕಟ್ಟಿದ ಕೆರೆ ಇದು”. 11. Deccan Herald – Thursday, 14th July, 2016: “Every drop counts”. 12. Deccan Herald – Friday,15th July, 2016: “Rule on rainwater harvesting amended to fix loophole”. th 13. ವಿಜಯ ಕನಾಟಕ – Tuesday, 19 July, 2016: ನೀರು ಉಳಿಸಿ ಇಲಿ颿ದದರೆ ದಂಡ ತಿಸಿ. st 14. ಪ್ರಜ ವಣಿ – Monday, 01 August, 2016: “ಮಳೆನೀರು ಸಂ峍ರಹ ಮಹಿತಿಗೆ ತಂತರಂವ”.
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15. The Economic Times– Wednesday, 03rd August, 2016: “Down the Drain”. th 16. ಪ್ರಜ ವಣಿ – Tuesday, 09 August, 2016: “ಜಲ ಸಕ್ಷರತೆಗೆೊಂದು 颿ಟಿ ಹೆಜೆ”ೆ . 17. Deccan Herald – Tuesday, 23rd August, 2016: “RWH rule violators pay Rs 30 Lakh in fines”. 18. The Hindu - Tuesday, 27th August, 2016: “If you do not harvest rainwater, pay penalty”. 19. The Week: Weekly Magazine – 25th September, 2016: “We don’t respect water”. Guest Column by Mr. A. R. Shivakumar. 20. Deccan Herald – Thursday, 08th September, 2016: “Report on Lake Encroachment in 64 volumes, says Koliwad”. 21. The New Indian Express – Saturday, 17th September, 2016: “Look Beyond Cauvery for Water”. 22. The New Indian Express – Sunday, 18th September, 2016: “The Catcher of the Rain”. 23. The New Indian Express – Sunday, 18th September, 2016: “Lakes hold key to City‟s Water Needs”. 24. Deccan Chronicle – Sunday, 25th September, 2016: “The Water Diviner: Who didn‟t need Cauvery”. 25. The Hindu – Friday, 28th September, 2016: “The Green Solution”. 26. The Economic Times – Monday, 03rd October, 2016: “Treated Sewage the Way Ahead”. 27. Bangalore Mirror – Thursday, 13th October, 2016: “Rain Alone Can Quench Bengaluru‟s Thirst”. 28. The Economic Times – Thursday, 20th October, 2016: “Down the Drain - Seat of Power Flushes Water without a Care”. 29. The Economic Times – Monday, 24th October, 2016: “Lawns are Nothing but Green Deserts: Expert”. 30. The Economic Times – Tuesday, 28th February, 2017: “Summer‟s Here. How to Save Water”. 31. The Economic Times; Namma Bengaluru – Friday, 10th March, 2017: “Water:Woefully Short”. 32. Prajavani – Tuesday, 21st March, 2017: “ಶೌಚಲಯದ ಫ್ಲ� ಗೆ ಶೆೀ ೨೭ ವುದಧ ನೀರು ಪೀಲು”. 33. The Indian Express – Wednesday, 22nd March, 2017: “Revive Lakes, See Ripple Effect”. 34. Prajavani – Wednesday, 22nd March, 2017: “ಮಳೆ ನೀರು ಬಳಕೆಗೆ ಇಲ ಿ ಧಂತ”. 35. The Indian Express – Thursday, 23rd March, 2017: “North Karnataka Shows the Way to Reviving Groundwater”. 36. The Better India – Wednesday, 23rd Match, 2017: This Scientist Hasn‟t Paid a Water Bill in 23 Years, & his Ideas Could Solve Bengaluru‟s Water Woes. 37. Prajavani – Tuesday, 28th March, 2017: “ಮಳೆ ನೀರ : 35 ಸಂ峍ರಹ ಸವಿರ ಜನ삿ಗೆ ಮಹಿತಿ”. 38. The Times of India – Thursday, 23rd March, 2017: “Water Woes Plague City”.
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World Water Day Celebration on 23rd March 2017
VIPs from NJS consultants visited Sir M Visveswaraya Rainwater Harvesting Themepark on 9/6/2016
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Students from Gurukula school visited Sir M Visveswaraya Rainwater Harvesting Themepark on 18/7/2016
Students of Maharani Lakshmi Ammanni College, Malleswaram participated in the quiz and debate program on 17th Jan 2017
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Prof. Asha, Principal of DSIT Polytechnic and Sri AR Shivakumar distributing Prize to the Winners on 28th February 2017
Students of Government High School, K. Gollahalli participated in the quiz and debate program on 31st January 2017
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5) BIOFUEL CELL AT KSCST Principal Investigator: Mr. S. N. Sondur, Principal Scientific Officer Supported By: KSBDB, GoK
KSCST is coordinating the activities of 32 Biofuel Information and Demonstration centres in State through regular interactions, meetings and workshops. Biofuel Cell is also promoting R & D in biofuels through Student Project Program (SPP) of KSCST and faculties of Engineering Colleges. The Cell has also setup a laboratory for carrying out experiments on Biofuels.
MNRE Biofuel Workshop: A National level workshop on “Biofuel Feedstock Value Chain (with specialemphasis on Bio -Diesel production) In India and Creating an Action Plan” was held at NIAS, Bengaluru on 18th and 19th April, 2016. The workshop was organized jointly by KSCST, KSBDB, UAS, Bengaluru and sponsored by Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India. The two days workshop was held to chalk out long term plans for the development of Biofuel in the national level based on the Karnataka model. Experts from different parts of the country were invited for this workshop to share their expertise and experience. Shri.Annasaheb M.K. Patil Chairman, Biofuel Committee, MNRE, GoI and Shri.Y.B. Ramakrishna, Chairman, National Biofuel Task Force, Ministry of Natural Gas and Petroleum, GoI. Smt. Varsha Joshi IAS, Joint Secretary, MNRE were present on the occasion
MNRE Biofuel workshop held at NIAS, Bengaluru on 18th and 19th April, 2016 National Science day Celebration: National Science day was celebrated at Maharanis Science College for Women, Bengaluru on 26th February 2016. The event was marked by exhibition of S & T models on the theme „Application of Science in Green Energy‟ by post graduate and under graduate‟s students of MSCW. The event was marked by exhibition of models by students and special lecture by Prof. BalkrishnaGowda, Department of Forestry and Environment Sciences, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru. Dr. S.G.S Swamy , Executive Secretary, KSCST graced the occasion and give away the prizes for best models. 39th Series Student Project Programme – Biofuel Projects During the year 2015-16 KSCST had sanctioned approval for 68 projects (BE 39,M.Tech 9, MSc 15, and MBA 9 Projects) after the approval of the expert committee. The projects were sponsored by KSBDB. The State Level Seminar and Exhibition for the 39th series SPP was held at BLDE college of Engineering, Vijaypura on 19th and 20th of August 2016. 50 biofuel projects were selected for this Seminar and Exhibition. Awards were given to 8 best projects (4 - BE, 1 - MBA, 1- M.Tech, 1 – MSc and 1 – Exhibition).
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State Level Seminar and Exhibition for the 39th series SPP at BLDE College of Engineering, Vijaypura on 19th and 20th of August 2016 Biofuel Workshop As per the action plan of Biofuel Cell for 2016-17 a two days‟ workshop was organized for the Coordinators and staff of all the Biofuel Information and Demonstration district Centers.The workshop was held on 28th and 29th September 2016 at SIT Tumkuru.
th th th Inaugural Function of SPP 39 Series Seminar and Biofuel workshop was held on 28 and 29 Exhibition September 2016 at SIT Tumkuru
The programme was inaugurated by Shri. K.G. Shantaram, IAS, Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Panchayath, Tumakuru and presided over by Prof. M.N. Channabasappa, Director SIT Tumakuru. Dr. R. Shivakumaraiah, Principal, SIT, Tumakuru and Dr. S.G.S. Swamy Executive Secretary, KSCST were the Chief guests. The programme included presentations by the Coordinators regarding the status of their respective centers and future plans and also hands on training for the staff of BIDC. R& D Activities - Biofuel Cell Coordination with University and Institutions: Experiments were conducted in the Biofuel Cell lab for degumming the non-edible oil to reduce the viscosity for better combustion. Experiments were also carried out on the application of non-edible oil cake to improve the nutritional value of the vermin compost. Trials are being conducted on agricultural crops and the results are awaited. As part of the internship programme experiments were conducted by student from Manipur University, Imphal on value addition to glycerol, a by-product of biodiesel production. The experiments were carried out in collaboration with NDRI to explore the potential of glycerol as animal feed.
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Faculty project programmes: During 2015 -16 Biofuel cell collaborated with Jain University for R&D projects on Biodiesel and by-product. The projects were sponsored by KSCST under the faculty programme. The following projects have been carried out by Jain University Identifying unique properties of proteins in non-edible oil meals Production of fatty acid methyl ester from non-edible oil seeds using different techniques 1. Similarly another faculty project was sponsored for JNN College of Engineering Shivamoga on “Testing of diesel engine for 1000 hrs with Straight Vegetable Oils (SVO)” Technical Lectures on Biofuels: Three technical lectures on Biofuel were organized at Acharya Institute of Technology, MS Ramaiah Polytechnic Institute and NMKRV College for Women respectively on the topics “Biofuels- A Promising Alternative Fuel” and “Research opportunities in Biofuel”, respectively. Orientation Programmes: Orientation programmes for college students were conducted with an objective to promote R&D activity in biofuels and also provide training on the Biodiesel production for capacity building. Five such programmes were conducted in the Biofuel Information and Demonstration Center located in the University Agriculture Sciences Bengaluru.A total og 150 students participated in the programme along with faculties.
Orientation Programmes held at Biofuel Information and Demonstration Center located in the University of Agriculture Sciences Bengaluru
New Project KSCST had submitted a project proposal on “Utilization of crude glycerol obtained in biodiesel production as an alternative to glycogenic feed supplement for dairy cows” to DST GoI for approval. In the recently held PAC meeting of DST GoI the above project has been approved for total budget of Rs. 55,88,000/-This project will be executed in collaboration with NDRI.
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Background Patent Information Centre was started at KSCST in 2005, 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 even for Incubation Centres and Start ups. Activities : A. IPR Awareness Programmes During this period IPR Awareness Programmes were organized at various engineering colleges in Bangalore and Mysore. 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 were mainly on Introduction to IPR and on Patenting Mechanism and Procedure in India. The few other topics covered are IP Valuation, computer software Copy Right, 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 1800 participants were benefited from the workshops. The IPR Awareness programme was held at the following institutes during this year.
Name of the Institute Dates No of Conducted Beneficiaries 1. IP Cell Launch at Acharya Institute of Technology, 28/04/2016 100 Bangalore 2.MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore 31/05/2016 50 3.RV college of Engineering, Bangalore 08/06/2016 60 4.Institute of Wood Science, Bangalore 20/06/2016 30 5. Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Ananthpur 23/06/2016 200 6.RV College of Engineering,Bangalore 8/07/2016 30 7.BNM Institute of Technology,Bangalore 14/07/2016 30 8.IP Cell Launch,BNM Institute of Technology,Bangalore 18/07/2016 30 9.Dr.Ambedkar Institute of Technology, Bangalore 10/08/2016 100 10.Dayanand Sagar college of Engineering,Bangalore 31/08/2016 100 11.International Innovation Fair,Bangalore 10/09/2016 50
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12.Acharya B School,Bangalore 28/09/2016 50 13.Alva Institute of Technology,Moodbidre 11/11/2016 150 14.Nitte Meenakshi college of Engineering,Bangalore 4/01/2017 50 15.Sapthagiri college of Engineering,Bangalore 19/01/2017 80 16.Brindavan college of Engineering,Bangalore 31/01/2017 150 17.Sri Venkateshwara College of Engineering 16/02/2017 150 18. Sairam college of Engineering,Anekal 21/02/2017 150 19.SJCIT, Chikkabalapur 28/03/2017 150
Few photographs of the Programme
IP Cell Inauguration at Acharya Institute of Technology
IPR Awareness Programme at MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology
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Co-ordinators: Prof. B. V. Venkatarama Reddy, IISc. Mr. H. Hemanth Kumar, Principal Scientific Officer, KSCST
Department of Civil Engineering, Centre for Sustainable Technologies and Karnataka State Council for Science & Technology, the Indian Institute of Science are involved in developing and disseminating large number of low carbon building materials since the last three decades. More than a dozen energy efficient building technologies have been developed and disseminated. Large numbers of buildings have been built using these new materials. Such buildings are energy efficient and result in at least 50% reduction in carbon emissions. There is a demand for the knowledge on low carbon building materials and systems.
Details of the workshop The eleventh workshop under the Energy Efficient Buildings Workshop Series on “Low Carbon Materials and Building Systems” was held during 13 – 18th February, 2017. The Workshop comprised of lectures, hands-on training and demonstration of construction techniques. Faculty from the Department of Civil Engineering, Centre for Sustainable Technologies, Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology, and other invited experts.
Broad topics covered include Energy in buildings, Green building concepts, low carbon building materials (stabilised soil blocks, rammed earth, fly ash bricks, soil based building products, materials from solid wastes, etc.), alternative roofing systems, masonry vaults and domes, Bi-PV and climate responsive architecture. In addition, the afternoon sessions was mainly focused on hands on training and demonstration classes on the production of stabilised soil blocks, fly ash blocks and rammed earth elements, masonry bonding, masonry domes, precast elements, etc. and field visits.
The workshop has generated a good amount of response and there is growing demand for the workshop recently because of the course content and hands on training imparted during the workshop.
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8) ENERGY CELL Principal Investigator: Executive Secretary, KSCST Programme Co-ordinator: Mr. S N Jayaram, Project Engineer KSCST has setup Energy Cell in view to create 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 2016- 17
Workshops and Seminars: Organised one day workshop on Renewable Energy, Energy Conservation, Energy Auditing and Employment opportunities for the budding Engineers. The workshop was organised in the following Engineering Colleges and more than 1500 Engineering students and 150 faculties are benefited.
Nagarjuna Institute of Engineering and Technology at Mudukurki, near Ahuthi of Devenahalli, Bangalore on 24th March 2016. Siddhaganga Institute of Engineering and Technology, Tumkur on 2nd April 2016. Sree Jagdguru Chandrashekhara Institute of Technology, Chikkaballapura on 7th April 2016. Jyothi Institute of Technology Tataguni, Bengaluru on 12th April 2016. Sahyadri College of Engineering, Managaluru on 25th April 2016. Post Graduate Centre of VTU Regional Campus at Kalaburgi on 29th April 2016. Girijabai SAIL Institute of Technology, Karwar on 21st October 2016
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Dignitaries Inaugurating the workshop at Sahyadri Dignitaries on the Dias during the workshop at PG College of Engineering at Mangalore Centre of VTU Regional Campus at Kalaburgi
Students & Faculty Members of Jyothi Institute of Students & Faculty members of PG Centre of VTU Technology at the workshop Regional Campus at Kalaburgi at the workshop
Technical lecture on “Municipal Solid Waste Management” by Dr. S.G.S. Swamy, Executive Secretary, KSCST was organised at one day training programme for DCF/ACF officials of Karnataka at MGRIRED on 26-12-2016.
Field visit for un-electrified village electrifications: In view to set up a micro grid Solar PV Power plant in the un-electrified hamlet and monitor the performance with smart management system developed by Divecha Centre for Climate Change, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. Technical team members from Energy Cell along with the representatives from Divecha centre for climate change, Indian Institute of Science have visited a hamlet near Tippegondanahalli Reservoir, Bengaluru on 9th March 2016 and identified few un-electrified households for electrification through Solar PV lighting kits.
The technical team visited and inspected in Tondemakki village in Byndur Gram Panchayat and Kuduragodu village in Navanda Gram Panchayat in Kundapura taluk of Dakshina Kannada District to study the feasibility for installation HUC powered lighting kits in grid deprived areas. Identified 28 un-electrified households in Tondemakki village and 34 un-
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electrified households in Kuduragodu village for providing lighting using HUC power lighting kits. During the visit, the technical team interacted with the Local Gram Panchayath and beneficiaries also.
Technical Services for Implementation of Renewable Energy Projects. On request of Malai Mahadeshwara Kshetra Development Authority, Technical team has visited the proposed Solar PV project site at M M Hills in Kollegala Taluk on 11/05/2016 and 09/07/16 for preparation of the Detailed Project Report (DPR). The DPR has been prepared and submitted on 25th October 2016. The Executive Secretary, KSCST had represented and briefed about the highlights of the proposed 1.0 MW Solar PV Power for its approval before the Shri Malai Mahadeshwara Swamy Kshethra Development Authority meeting Chaired by the Hon‟ble Chief Minister on 07.02.2017 at Vidhana Soudha, Bangalore. The DPR was accepted by the temple authority and in principal agreed to entrust the technical and management support for implementation of the 1.0MW Solar PV Power plant to KSCST.
Proposed Solar PV Power plant site at M M HIlls
Technical team members Project Engineer, KSCST, Advisor, KSCST and The Chief Engineer, KPTCL have visited MM Hills on 17.02.2017 and studied the power evacuation system at MM Hills. After the field visits, the team had a meeting with the Secretary, Shri Malai Mahadeshwara Swamy Kshethra Development Authority and discussed about the plan of actions for implementation of the 1.0 MW solar PV Power plant. During the field visits the Assistant Executive Engineer, PWD, MM Hills, Junior Engineer, Kaudalli substation KPTCL and Junior Engineer CESC, MM Hills had accompanied and were present in the meeting.
On the request of Institute for Social and Economic Changes (ISEC), the technical team visited the campus and inspected for viability for installation of Roof top Solar PV Power plant. Energy cell has prepared the techno economical feasibility report and submitted to ISEC, Bangalore. Also provided the technical and management services in preparing the
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On the request of Estate Officer, University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur, KSCST has prepared the technical specification for 100 kW roof top Solar PV Power plant and submitted the report.
On the request of Estate Officer, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, KSCST has prepared the technical specification for 200 kW roof top Solar PV Power plant and submitted the report.
Third party Evaluation /Inspection : The CEO, Zilla Panchayat requested KSCST for third party evaluation / inspection of the 190 numbers of Solar PV LED Home lighting kits to be installed at Hakki Pikki Tribal Colony in Bannerughatta Hobli, Anekal Taluk, Bengaluru Urban District. Technical team from KSCST along with Project Engineer, IREP, Zilla Panchayat, Bengaluru Urban District have visited the stores, physically inspected and submitted the inspection report to concerned Zilla Panchayath. On request of CEO, Zilla Panchayath, Bellary District technical team has visited and third party inspection was carried out for the stand alone and centralised Solar PV Street lighting systems installed under Soura Belaku Programme at Kalvi Tanda and Bityana Tanda in Hadagali Taluk of Bellary District. Report is submitted to CEO, Zilla Panchayat, Bellary District.
On request from CEO Zilla Panchayat, Chikkaballapura, Council has provided the Technical specifications for the centralised Soar PV Street lighting systems tender document implemented under Soura Belaku Programmme.
New project proposals:
The Energy Cell of the Council has proposed to take up a new task in the line of skill development so that the ITI trained candidates need not to be un-employed even after completion of their technical course. In this direction two meetings were held at Karnataka German Technical Training Institute also a meeting was convened at council under the chairmanship of Executive secretary. Prepared the detailed project proposal with total budget of Rs. 286.00 Lakhs under CSR Funds and the proposal is submitted to Rural Electrical Corporation Limited (RECL), Government of India.
New project proposal titled “Field Testing of Hybrid Ultra Capacitors (HUC) Powered Solar Lighting Kits and Solar Street Lights for Grid Deprived Rural Lighting in Varying Climatic Zones of India” with a total budget of Rs.80.20 lakhs is prepared and submitted to Department of Science and Technology, Government of India during August 2016. The technical
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presentation is made on the project proposal before the technical experts committee during the PMG Meeting held on 24.01.2017 at Bangalore organised by DST, Govt. of India. The Technical core committee has recommended our proposal for financial support and requested KSCST to submit the revised budget for 1000 Numbers 5W and 10 W capacity HUC Powered Solar lighting kits. Submitted the revised proposal to DST and awaiting the sanction order from the DST, GoI.
Prepared and submitted a new project proposal “Seeking financial assistance for the Energy Cell activities in Karnataka” with a total budget of Rs.31.50/- (Rupees Thirty One lakh Fifty Thousand only) and the same is submitted to the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.
Letters have been initiated to RDPR Department appraising the activities of Energy cell so that they can always avail the technical and management services for implementation of renewable energy programmes. The Energy Cell is now getting many such requests for seeking technical support for implementation of renewable energy programmes by the Zila Panchayaths at the behest of RDPR.
KSCST - Activity Report : 2016 – 2017 97 9) MULTIMEDIA STUDIO CUM VIDEO CONFERENCING FACILITY AT KSCST - “PROF. AMULYA K.N. REDDY S&T VIDEO STREAMING STUDIO” Convener : Executive Secretary Co-ordinator : Mr. K. N. Venkatesh, Project Engineer
The Council has established a Multi-media Studio cum Video Conferencing Centre at the Council (KSCST library building). This facility is being used (i) to stream and record lectures of eminent scientists for access by students in schools / colleges all over the state and beyond (ii) for interactive meets (iii) video conferencing (iv) for interim evaluation of Student Project Programme projects in different nodal centers / institutions and interaction with NRDMS Officials in the districts, and (v) to deliver technical lectures and experiments to the VL schools, etc. With the above said objectives, Council has organized a series of technical talks by Experts / Invitees, Scientists and Engineers of the Council and the details are as follows:
Sl Date Resource Person Title of the Talk / Lecture No. 1. 29th April 2016 Dr. H. N. Chanakya, Living in the era of wastes CST, IISc 2. 13th May 2016 Ms. Brinda Varma Overview of Intellectual Advocate and Patent Property Attorney 3. 27th May 2016 Shri. R. Muralidharan, Inventions – Patentable and Advocate, Law lecturer, Non Patentable Mediator – Patent and Trademark 4. 02nd September Dr. Trivikrama Rao V. New Technologies and 2016 Managing Director Trends Mobile Nerd India Pvt. Limited, Bangalore 5. 30th December High School Science video shooting of high school 2017 Teachers Recognised by science experiments KSTePS, GoK 6. 17th February Dr.Indumati Rao, “Universal accessible design 2017 Regional Advisor, CBR and role of engineers” and Network, Consultative “New career opportunities Status to UN ECOSOC, for engineers in the Bangalore rehabilitation sector” 7. 3rd March 2017 High School Science video shooting of high school Teachers Recognised by science experiments KSTePS, GoK
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Dr. H. N. Chanakya CST, IISc addressing the viewers
Ms. Brinda Varma and Shri. R. Muralidharan addressing the viewers
Dr. Indumati Rao. and Dr. Trivikrama Rao V. addressing the viewers
KSCST - Activity Report : 2016 – 2017 99 10. DEPLOYMENT OF ORACLE 12C AS A CENTRAL FACILITY FOR USE BY ALL THE STATE SDIs Principal Investigator : Mr. H. Hemanth Kumar, Principal Scientific Officer Funded by : DST, GOI
Background: The Natural Resources Data Management Systems (NRDMS) and National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) of Department of Science & Technology (DST) has been continuously supporting developing of National and State SDI's to support geospatial technologies for informed decision-making and to support local self governance. NSDI has been constantly experimenting with various commercial-off-the-shelves (COTS) and open source software products to manage datasets in SDI's. NSDI also encourage and support Geo-spatial technologies, applications development and to provide standards based data, web services and interoperable spatial products. Considering the effectiveness and efficiency of relational database technology in geo-spatial data management, NSDI felt the need to use Oracle12c as a central facility for experimenting with storage of geo-spatial data and provision of data services. The facility will be used by various national data providing agencies and State SDI implementing agencies like State S&T Councils including KSCST, Bengaluru. Considering the benefits associated with Oracle 12c package in effective geo-spatial data management at lower cost, the Expert group of NRDMS, DST - GOI felt that the package should be deployed as a central facility in NSDI for access and use by SDI projects. Expert Group also recommended Karnataka State Council of Science & Technology (KSCST), Bengaluru to facilitate the procurement and deployment of the facility as the Council is the leader in implementing SDI project in the country. Activities: Karnataka State Council for Science & Technology (KSCST) with the funding support of NSDI Division, Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology released RFP for purchase of following Oracle licenses for „Ministry of Science and Technology (NSDI Division)‟ having office at East Block 7, R. K. Puram, New Delhi, PIN 110066. Sl. Product Name Quantity Metric No. 1) Oracle Database Enterprise Edition 4 Processor 2) Oracle Spatial and Graph 4 Processor 3) Oracle Multitenant 4 Processor
The Council constituted a Technical/Advisory committee for procuring the Oracle software under the Chairmanship of Dr G S Srinivasa Reddy, Director, KSNDMC, Bengaluru. The committee has experts from IISc, DST-GOI and other experts. The committee as per the procedures of Karnataka State Government e-tendering process identified the vendor i.e., M/s. Sonata Information Technology Ltd for procuring and installation of Oracle 12c package at NSDI office, New Delhi. The package was successfully deployed at NSDI office during September - October, 2016. Further officers from National mapping agencies were trained during September, 2016 by M/s. Sonata Information Technology Ltd as per MOU.
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C) Technology transfer / demonstration / dissemination
1) WATER PURIFICATION USING NANO TECHNOLOGY
Project Investigators: Dr. U.T.Vijay, Principal Scientific Officer Mr. S.N.Sondur, Principal Scientific Officer Supported by: DST, GoK and HGML, Hutti Background: The council has taken up this water purification to treat the Arsenic affected drinking water source using Nano technology being developed by Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT, Madras to test the technology on pilot scale and get the feedback from the users to upscale or demonstrate the Nano technology for water purification based on the directions from DST, GOK.
Objectives: To identify the rural habitations affected by the Arsenic in drinking water source To implement the Nano water filter technology developed by IIT, Madras in arsenic affected villages in Yadgir and Raichur districts To monitor the functioning of Nano water filter and quality of drinking water for some period
Progress: A. Yadgir district - DST,GOK funded
Nano technology based water purifying unit having the capacity of 2000 lts per day has been installed and commissioned at Halammapur village in Shorapur taluk and handed over the Unit to the Pet Ammapur Gramapanchayath for daily operation and maintenance of the unit. Project Completion Report along with UC/SE have been submitted to KSTePS, DST, GOK. Evaluated the performance of the unit during February 2017 by interacting with the beneficiaries and GP officials. It was observed that the health issues like Joint pain, Knee pain, Skin problems found before the installation unit got improved after consuming arsenic free water from the unit. People expressed their satisfaction about the performance of the unit and quality of the water.
B. Raichur district – HGML funded
Water purifying unit having the capacity of 5000 lts per day has been installed and commissioned at Medhinapur village in Lingasugur taluk with financial support from HGML and handed over the unit to Grama Panchayath, Kota for operation and maintenance.
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Nano technology based water purification unit at Hal Ammapur, Shorapur taluk, Yadgir district.
KSCST team interacting with the residents about the performance of the unit on 20-02-2017 to assess the status of health issues and quality of water at Halammpur village
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2) FIELD TESTING OF HYBRID ULTRA CAPACITOR (HUC) POWERED SOLAR PV - LED LIGHTING KIT DEVELOPED BY SSCU, IISc, BANGALORE Principal Investigator: Executive Secretary, KSCST Co-investigator: Mr. S N Jayaram, Project Engineer Background: Prof. A K Shukla, Solid State Structural Chemistry Unit (SSCU), Indian Institute of Science and MESHA Energy Solutions Pvt. Ltd Bangalore together have developed and demonstrated a Hybrid Ultra-Capacitor (HUC) Technology as energy storage device. KSCST has taken up the responsibility of field testing the performance of the technology in different climatic conditions.
Progress The MESHA Energy Solutions Pvt. Ltd. has designed & developed the HUC powered Solar PV home lighting kits, Lanterns with mobile charger, Street lights and micro-grid applications. KSCST has deployed 150 number of 100F capacity HUC powered Solar PV lanterns in North Eastern States, Jammu & Kashmir, Maharastra, and Karnataka.
New project proposal titled “Field Testing of Hybrid Ultra Capacitors (HUC) Powered Solar Lighting Kits and Solar Street Lights for Grid Deprived Rural Lighting in Varying Climatic Zones of India” with a total budget of Rs.80.20 Lakhs was prepared and submitted to Department of Science and Technology, Government of India in August 2016. Technical presentation is made on the project proposal before the technical experts committee during the PMG Meeting held on 24.01.2017 at Bangalore organised by DST, Govt. of India. The Technical core committee has recommended our proposal for financial support and requested KSCST to submit the revised budget for 1000 Numbers 5W and 10 W capacity HUC Powered Solar lighting kits. Submitted the revised proposal to DST and awaiting the sanction order from the DST, GoI.
KSCST - Activity Report : 2016 – 2017 103 3) IMPLEMENTATION OF VIRTUAL LABORATORY (E-LEARNING CENTRES) TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION IN THE BACKWARD TALUKAS OF KARNATAKA
Principal Investigator: Dr. S. G. S. Swamy, Executive Secretary, KSCST Coordinator: Mr. K. N. Venkatesh, Project Engineer, KSCST
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 establishing Virtual laboratories (E-Learning Centers) in 10 high schools in the backward talukas of Karnataka as a pilot-study. 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: Since two years these E-learning centres are using digital contents, 3D Virtual Experiments & Karadi Path English communication skill package. KSCST has successfully installed 3D Virtual Science Experiments in Kannada Version for all 10 VL High schools. 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 and other IT gadgets KSCST has constituted Sub Committee to develop 3D Virtual Science Experiments for the benefit of high school students and included science teachers from all the VL centres as members of the committee.
A view of Virtual Laboratory and 3D Virtual experiments in Kannada Language
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4) ESTABLISHMENT OF VIRTUAL CLASS ROOMS (VCR) TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION IN THE BACKWARD TALUKS OF KARNATAKA – CSR FUNDS, RURAL ELECTRIFICATION CORPORATION OF INDIA, GOI. Principal Investigator: Dr. S. G. S. Swamy, Executive Secretary, KSCST Coordinator: Mr. K. N. Venkatesh, Project Engineer, KSCST
Background: Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology (KSCST), Bengaluru is implementing Virtual Class Rooms (VCR) in 10 high schools in the backward talukas of Karnataka. The objectives of these Classrooms are to improve the quality and effectiveness of education by collaborative learning and teaching process through IT enabled software and tools. The Rural Electrification Corporation Limited, New Delhi has sanctioned Rs. 174 lakhs to KSCST to implement the above programme.
Progress: KSCST has identified 10 Government High Schools across Karnataka with the help of Department of Education GOK and completed the baseline study of these high schools. The detailed baseline study report has been submitted to the REC, New Delhi and Bengaluru. Project Management Committee (PMC) was constituted for the successful implementation of the programme. The PMC meeting was organised on 2nd November 2016 to finalise the Tender document. The KSCST has finalised the Tender document after the approval from members of the PMC committee and uploaded the same on Karnataka e- Procurement portal - https://eproc.karnataka.gov.in on 8th November 2016. Notification for the same has published on daily News Papers The KSCST has constituted two sub committees for the e-Procurement process namely i). Tender opening committee and ii). Tender evaluation committee The KSCST has organised Pre Bid meeting on 18th November 2016 at KSCST conference hall. The Committee members, invitees, officials and six vendors participated in the meeting. The KSCST opened Technical Bids on 22nd December 2016 at KSCST. The KSCST has organised Tender Evaluation committee meeting for the Proof of concept (POC)/ Technical presentation from the successful Bidder on 11th January 2017. The KSCST has organised Tender Opening committee meeting for the opening of Financial Bids on 16th January 2017. KSCST has also organised the Tender Opening committee meeting for the Negotiation on the price Quoted by the Vendor. The Tender opening committee identified the Vendor M/s. Phoenix Technova for the procurement of Hardware and Sofware for the establishment of Virtual Classrooms.
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A view of Pre Bid meeting on 18th November 2016 at the KSCST Conference Hall
A view of Tender Evaluation committee meeting on the Proof of Concept (POC) from Vendor M/s. Phoenix Technova on 11th January 2016 at KSCST Conference Hall
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List of Selected Government High Schools for Establishment of Virtual Class Rooms under the CSR Funds – REC, GoI
Sl. Selected Schools for the Establisment of Virtual District No Clsaarooms Govt. Composite Pre University College (High 1. Mandya School Section), Malavalli (T), Mandya (D) Government High School, Heskattur, Kundapura 2. Udupi (T), Udupi (D) Government High School, Meghala Hundi, 3. Chamarajanagara Chamarajanagara (T), Chamarajanagara (D) Government Junior College (High School Section), 4. Tumkur I. D. Halli, Madhugiri (T), Tumkur (D) Government Junior College for Girls, Vijayapur 5. Vijayapur (T), Vijayapur (Bijapur)(D) Government High School, Hillur, Ankola (T), 6. Uttara Kannada Uttara Kannada Govt. Composite Pre University College (High 7. Chikmagalur School Section), Koppa, Chikmagalur (D) Govt. Composite Pre University College, 8. Kodagu Suntikoppa, somarpet (T), Kodagu Government P U College for Girls (High School 9. Bagalkote Section), Bagalkote (T), Bagalkote (D) Government Junior College for Girls (High Schools 10. Bellary Section), Hospet (T), Bellary (D)
KSCST - Activity Report : 2016 – 2017 107 5) VILLAGE INFORMATION SYSTEM
Project Investigator: Mr. H. Hemanth Kumar, Principal Scientific Officer Funding: DST – GOI
Background: The concept of Village Information System was identified through a consultative working group meeting held at Andhra University, Vizag during 11-12 November, 2014 coordinated by DST-GOI. Mr. H Hemanth Kumar the PI of this project is a member of the working group. The Village Information System project is envisaged to comprise of spatial data on demography, natural resources, climate, land use land cover patterns and socio economic aspects etc. to aid and support the decision makers and planners to make informed decision-making at village level. The Council is a partner in DST - GOI funded innovative programme on the development, validation and standardization of data structure and the optimum data requirements for providing village information system at cadastral level.
The Council has identified two locations in Karnataka for this R&D project i.e, Awaradi and Hirenandihalli Gram Panchayaths in Bailhongal Taluk, Belagavi district and Bilikere Gram Panchayaths in Mysore districts. Study area is identified based on contiguity of villages and further the selected villages also represent different agro climatic zones.
Activities: The Council brought out guideline for preparing cadastral level base map for villages using existing cadastral maps, High Resolution Satellite Imageries and through field survey. 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. The Council has completed the mapping of nine villages out of 12 villages for containing cadastral (parcel/hissa), 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. The Council has 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 containing 12 villages is under progress. The parcel and settlement mapping is completed for 9 villages. Settlement and asset mapping is under progress and expected to be completed by March, 2017 for all the villages. Necessary inputs were collected from Survey Settlement and Land Records Department for all the three Gram Panchayaths.
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The water sampling and analysis is completed for all the three Gram Panchayath for pre-monsoon period. Collected water samples of post monsoon period. Analysis is underway. Soil samples are to be analysed by the University of Agricultural Science, Bangalore. Procured Laptop, GPS enabled devices and EC/temperature water tracer. Procurement of HRSI from NRSC is under progress. Made a presentation to Zilla Panchayath, Mysuru about the outcome of VIS project taken up in Bilikere Gram Panchayath on 28th January, 2017. The 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. The CEO further requested the Council to submit a proposal for large scale implementation i.e., for entire district.
Presentation to Gram Panchayath staff of Awaradhi and Hirenandihalli Gram Panchayath coming under Bailhongal Taluk, Belagavi district.
• Enabling Unique identification code for land parcels and settlements in a scientific way. The Council has tried two options. • Census revenue village code +c+ parcel id (three digit) - eg.- 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 a easier and better option to locate both land parcels and settlements. • Soil and water quality is also collected from other sources.
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6. DISSEMINATION OF PRIYAGNI STOVES IN KALABURGI REGION
The project “Demonstration and Field testing of Agni Mitra stove in Kalburgi” aims at installing Agni Mitra stove for demonstration purpose in and around Gulbarga University. During the stipulated period of six months the efficiency and suitability of the stoves for commercial cooking was tested. The stove has been designed and developed by Centre for Gasification and Propulsion Laboratory (CGPL), Indian Institute of Science.
As per approval given by KSCST, TIDE has procured three Agni Mitra Stoves and tested them for fuel efficiency. The fuel, basically, is made up of wood chips of a particular size and shape, custom made for the stoves. The stoves were also tested before the KSCST officials for its efficiency and, its application for medium scale cooking, such as, community level cooking has been demonstrated.
The stoves have been installed in the Women‟s Hostel and Physical Education Hostel in Gulbarga University. One more stove will be installed in Vidhya Bharathi School, Sirnoor village, Kalburgi. A sufficient quantity of fuel was also supplied along with the stove for demonstration purpose and the mode of obtaining similar fuel for future use is also being explored in and around Gulbarga.
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D) R&D activities taken up with universities / institution / industry
1) KARNATAKA (INDIA) - ISRAEL PROGRAM FOR INDUSTRIAL R&D (KIRD) – COORDINATION WITH INDUSTRIES
Principal Investigator : Executive Secretary Programme Manager : Sri. S.N. Sondur, PSO Budget : Rs. 590 lakhs Funding : DST, Government of Karnataka
Background : Under a Memorandum of Understanding signed between MATIMOP Israeli Industry Center 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. Under this program the industries from Karnataka and Israel have to collaborate on a project of common interest in a specified area or sector. The broad sectors for collaboration have been listed in the Guidelines published by KSCST. The collaborators from Israel and Karnataka have to sign a Bilateral Agreement Form prior to submission of Full Project Proposal (FPP) to KSCST. KSCST will approach experts based on the domain in which the FPP have been submitted. After evaluation by experts the proposals are submitted to the Joint Committee for final approval. One the project are approved ,the funds are released to the beneficiaries. In order to evaluate and monitor the progress of the project, a Monitoring Committee has been constituted. The technical evaluation is also being conducted by visiting the project site. Progress: KSCT had conducted awareness program to encourage MSMEs to take up such collaborative projects and also to identify Israeli industry for the desired collaboration. The first Call applications were announced during 2013-14. 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. Mysuru ,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 amount sanctioned to the respective beneficiaries is 50% of the total project cost and the remaining 50% has to be invested by the respective companies. The device being developed by M/s.Blue Neem Medical Devices Pvt.Ltd. , namely “Contisphere”,is aimed at preventing
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incontinency in women. This project is being collaborated with the Innoventions Ltd. of Israel. The product developed by M/s. Rangsons Schuster Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Mysuru under the project “Development of Aviation flexible hoses with Titanium ends fittings” is aimed at providing high end hoses for aviation industries and is being executed with Y. Schuster of Israel. Financial and Technical progress reports have been received by the two companies which have been evaluated by the experts and also by the Montoring Committee. The funding position for the above two companies is as follows:
Name of the M/s.Blue Neem Medical M/s.Rangsons Schuster Company Devices Pvt. Ltd. Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Topic Contisphere Development of Aviation flexible Hoses with Titanium end fittings. Funding approved Rs.90,00,000/- Rs.2,50,00,000/- 1st instalment credited 35% of approved fund Rs.35% of approved fund Rs. 31,50,000/- Rs.87,50,000/- (May-2015) (March-2015) 2nd instalment Rs.27,50,000/- Rs.60,00,000/-(April-2016) credited (April- 2016) 3rd instalment to be Rs.31,00,000/- Rs.1,02,50,000/- disbursed
KSCST - Activity Report : 2016 – 2017 113 2. DEVELOPMENT OF STEEL MOULD FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF NATIONAL BIOGAS AND MANURE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME Introduction Rural energy issues are complex and require multi-pronged approach to tackle the energy problem in the rural areas. National biogas and manure management programme is an effort proposed in this direction. Currently it is a centrally sponsored scheme taken up by the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RDPR), Govt of Karnataka. The Programme refers to coverage in rural areas.
Biogas plant is being propagated in the entire state, but since the cost escalation of materials such as cement and sand has resulted in escalation of cost for construction of 2 cum biogas plant is Rs 30000/- to 35000/- . In order to reduce the cost and to make farmers to incline towards biogas plants we have to implement approved Ferro cement digester with FRP gas holder .In order to implement the Ferro cement digester of 2 CUM we have to have very skilled masons and skilled manpower which is not available easily if available it will add up to the cost.
To overcome this problem, KSCST supported to Design a steel mould for construction of the plant. Under the guidance of Mr. Murtuza Ali, Project Engineer, Zilla Panchayat Mysore designed and fabricated the steel mould for construction of 2 cum capacity biogas plant, which results in quick construction of biogas plant by saving on labor and materials. By the use of steel mould the cost of the plant can be brought down to around Rs 20000/- Thus the cost would be reduced without sacrificing the quality and measurement parameters. A plant can be constructed in a day time and the constructors are only required to learn how to assemble and disassemble the steel mould. At present the subsidy available is Rs 12500/- .Less subsidy the farmers will have to bear Rs 7500/- plus pit work and assist manually during construction.
Conclusion Using this mould 20 biogas plants have been constructed, further improved the mould for easy to construct the plant within one day and saves time and cost.
Further improvements in the mould can be taken up such that the cost on transportation of the steel mould could be saved and also improvement can be taken up to explore the possibility of construction of different sizes of plants with the same mould using some additional mould pieces.
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Fabrication of moulds Mould up to Ledge
Full mould
List of beneficiaries constructed the biogas plants using the steel mould Sl No Name of Beneficiary Place Village and Taluk 1 Geetha W/o Puttegowda Gagenahalli Gagenahalli Hunsur 2 Siddaraju S/o Shivaiah udduru Uddur kaval Hunsur 3 Rajanaika S/o late Chikkanaika Malangi Malangi Periyapatna 4 Krishnaiah S/o late Balagaiah Mummadi Kaval Malangi Periyapatna 5 Mahadevanaika S/o Devanaika Malangi Malangi Periyapatna 6 Syed Khatib S/o Syed Latif Ankanahalli Koppalu Malangi Periyapatna
KSCST - Activity Report : 2016 – 2017 115 3. IDENTIFYING UNIQUE PROPERTIES OF PROTEINS IN NON-EDIBLE OIL MEALS Principal Investigators : Dr. Narendra Reddy, Jain University Dr. Nagananda, Jain University Shri S. N. Sondur, PSO, KSCST Budget : Rs. 86,316.00 /-
Objectives: To extract the proteins from different non-edible oil seeds To develop regenerated proteins films from the extracted proteins. To assess the antimicrobial property of the proteins extracted from the non- edible oilseeds To evaluate the antioxidant property of the proteins extracted from the non-edible oil seeds To determine the antioxidant property of proteins extracted from non-edible oil seeds meals. To understand the potential of using the protein films for packing. Meals obtained as co-products during production of oil from non-edible seeds such as Neem, Jatropha and Pongamia contain high amounts of proteins that may have unique properties. Currently, oil meals obtained from non-edible seeds do not have industrial use and are disposed as fertilizer at low cost. These meals contain up to 50% proteins that could have antimicrobial, antioxidant and anticancer properties and are potentially useful in food medical and cosmetic applications. In this project we will extract proteins from different types of non- edible oil seeds meals develop films from the proteins. Films formed will be used to evaluate antibacterial, antimicrobial and anticancer properties using standard techniques. Considerable efforts are being made to promote biodiesel production from non-edible oil seeds such as Neem, Jatropa and Pongamia (Shikha, 2012; Ramachandran, 2007). Extraction of oil ( 10-20%) from the oil seeds results in generation of co- products called meals that account for 50-75% of the seed. Oil meals do not have any industrial applications and currently sold fertilizer at Rs 25/ Kg. Such low value addition to a major co-productmakes biodiesel production expensive and economically unviable compared to fossil based biodiesel. Therefore it is necessary to find high value application for the oil meals (Malvivya, 2011) . Developing bio- products from oil meals will not only add value to the oil mrals but will also provide sustainable and renewable source for materials and therefore reduce our dependence on petroleum based products. Oil meals containing 50% proteins that could have unique properties and are available at low cost. Identifying and understanding the properties of the proteins will enable us to develop products for use in food, medical, cosmetic and other areas. Proteins extracted will be made into films which can be used for food packing (Reddy, 2014). Similarly nano and micro particles can develop that could be used for controlled drug delivery to treat cancer and other diseases. Scaffolds (2D and 3D) can also be developed from proteins for tissue engineering and medical applications.
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4. PRODUCTION OF FATTY ACID METHYL ESTER FROM NON-EDIBLE OIL SEEDS USING DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES
Principal Investigators : Dr. Meenakshi H N., Jain University Dr. Anantha Prasad, Jain University Shri S. N. Sondur, PSO, KSCST Budget : Rs.75,000.00 Objectives: Production of biodiesel from non edible seed by conventional transesterification process, ultrasonic and microwave processes Confirmation of the end product by FT-IR spectroscopy and chemical composition analysis by GC technique Characterization of the biodiesel as per ASTM D6751 standard Comparison on the performance and emission characteristics of diesel engine using the produced biodiesels and their various blends with diesel Comparison on the yield percentage, purity, cost and time of various techniques used for the production of the biodiesel. Biodiesels can be produced from any carbon source; the most common being the photosynthetic plants. Biodiesels offer the possibility of producing energy without a net increasing of carbon into the atmosphere as the plants used in the production of fuel removed CO2 from the atmosphere rather than storing beneath the surface for millions of years back like fossil fuels. Thus biodiesel is more carbon neutral and less likely to increase atmospheric concentrations of green house gases. The use of biodiesels reduces dependence on petroleum and enhances energy security. Biodiesel is the most suitable renewable alternative to fossil fuel as its quality constituents match diesel. Typical Biodiesel production involves transesterification process (reacting bio feedstock (oil) with short chain alcohol and a catalyst to produce biodiesel (1&2). In biodiesel production, vigorous mixing is required to create sufficient contact between the vegetable/animal fat and alcohol, especially at the beginning of the reaction. However the current processes available to produce batch biodiesel are time consuming. In order to reduce the processing time, a more advanced system is needed. Therefore, there is necessity to explore potential alternatives to the current biodiesel production methods and to significantly increase the production capacity and product quality while reducing cost and the reduction in the reaction time, thus contributing to biodiesel commercialisation. Researchers have reported ultrasonic and microwave processes for the production of biodiesel with different feedstocks as alternatives to the conventional method. Microwave irradiation accelerates the chemical reaction and high product conversion is achieved within a short time, with a reduced quantity of by-products. Chien-Chih and Tsair- Wang, 2011 have concluded that the two-step process coupled with microwave radiation is an efficient and time-saving method for biodiesel production from crude oil with high FFA value, which might find a practical application in the future. In biodiesel production, vigorous mixing is required to create sufficient contact between the vegetable oil/animal fat and alcohol, especially at the beginning of the reaction. Ultrasound is a useful tool to mix liquids that tend to separate. Ultrasonic waves cause intense mixing at micro-levels and improve mass transfer greatly, so that the reaction can proceed at a much faster rate. Although not currently in wide use, ultrasound is a promising technology for biodiesel production.
KSCST - Activity Report : 2016 – 2017 117 5. TESTING OF DIESEL ENGINE FOR 1000 HRS WITH STRAIGHT VEGETABLE OILS (SVO)
Principal Investigators : Prof. Sreepathi L K., JNNC, Shimoga Shri. S. N. Sondur, PSO, KSCST Duration : 6 months Budget : Rs. 1.2 Lakhs
Objectives: 1. Testing the viscosity, flash and fire point of blends of SVO with petrol 2. Selecting the suitable blend and using the same in diesel engine and run the engine for long duration (Say 1000 hours) 3. Testing the engine components before and after the run. The project was carried out under two categories namely; 1. “Performance Study on Straight Vegetable oil (SVO) blended with Petrol as substitute fuel in CI Engines” 2. “Engine endurance analysis and emission testing using straight vegetable oil (SVO) blended with petrol as substitute fuel in CI engines” The idea of using Straight Vegetable Oils ( SVO) is not new one; Rudolph diesel used peanut oil as fuel in his engine at Paris exposition. SVO‟s have been evaluated as potential substitute for diesel fuel with the depletion in petroleum resources and concerned with co2 emission to cause global warming. The use of straight vegetable oil as a fuel substitute for diesel engine in rural sector is currently being debated upon in our country. The main issue with the usage of SVO in diesel engine is its higher viscosity. SVO can be used in engines with modification like preheating and blending with diesel. Blending with preheating improves the performance and reduces the emission and also reduces filter clogging and ensures smooth flow of oil. It is possible that, blending of SVO with petrol in little proportion (Say less than 5%) also reduces its viscosity. Not much work has been carried out in this direction. The current project aims at studying the long duration performance of the diesel engine using the blend of SVO and petrol. This project taken up to evaluate the performance of Biodiesel in diesel engines in field application. And it is a value addition to the Biodiesel that could be used as alternative to the diesel fuels.
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E) Networking with state / national / international level organization to realize state / national programmes. 1) 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 responsibilities of operationalisation of these awards.
KSCST had invited the nominations for the Scientists and Engineers State Awards for the year 2015 and 2016 during April 2016 through advertisement in regional /National newspapers and also circulation of information through brochures to various institutions as followed in the previous years. The Council has received 167 nominations from various institutions. The Selection Committee met under the Chairmanship of Prof. C. N. R. Rao on 3rd January 2017 at JNC President‟s Office at Indian Institute of Science campus, Bengaluru and selected and recommended the list of eminent Scientists and Engineers for these State Awards for the years 2015 and 2016.
The KSCST has organised the awards presentation function on 12th April 2017 at 5.00 pm at J N Tata Auditorium, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore on behalf of the Department of IT, BT & Science and Technology, Government of Karnataka. Sri Siddaramaiah, Hon‟ble Chief Minister of Karnataka and President, KSCST has presented the awards to the eminent Scientists and Engineers. Bharath Ratna Prof. C N R Rao, FRS, Linus Pauling Research Professor, Honorary President, JNCASR, Chairman, Vision Group on Science & Technology, Government of Karnataka was the Chief Guest and Prof. Anurag Kumar, Director, Indian Institute of Science and Chairman, Executive Committee, and Vice President, KSCST was the guest of honour.
Recipients of State awards for Scientists and Engineers along with the dignitaries during the awards presentation function
KSCST - Activity Report : 2016 – 2017 119 2. TRAINING PROGRAMME ON SWM FOR NEWLY RECRUITED ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERS OF URBAN LOCAL BODIES The Karnataka State Council for Science & Technology in collaboration with the Directorate of Municipal Administration (DMA), Government of Karnataka has organized 21 days training programme for the 36 newly recruited Environmental Engineers of DMA on "Solid Waste Management (SWM)" starting from 23rd January 2017 to 12th February 2017 at Choksi Hall, IISc. The training programme cover all the important aspects of SWM and administrative procedures. The programme has involved several experts drawn from various institutions working in the area of SWM.
Prof. S. Subramanian, Secretary, KSCST, Mr. Vishal, IAS, Director, DMA, Dr. S. G. S. Swamy, Executive Secretary, KSCST and Mr. Basaraju, DMA during inaugural function
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3. 4TH TIER-2 SCREENING COMMITTEE ON STATE S&T PROGRAMME/ PEG ON STATE S&T PROGRAMME OF DST, GOI
KSCST has organized the PEG meeting on SSTP programme of DST,GOI during 24-25, January, 2017,at Hotel Paraag, Bengaluru based on the request by DST,GOI. The meeting was conducted under the Chairmanship of Dr. Neeraj Sharma, Advisor, DST, Government of India.
Around 25 new Project proposals were screened by the Committee for financial support by DST, GOI.
Around 15 ongoing projects were reviewed by the committee to take stock of the progress made in the respective projects.
KSCST - Activity Report : 2016 – 2017 121 4. INTEGRATED CYBER PHYSICAL SYSTEM (ICPS) REVIEW COMMITTEE MEETING OF ICPS DIVISION, DST, GOI
KSCST has organized the ICPS Review committee meeting of ICPS Division, DST, GOI on 29, November 2016, at KSCST, Bengaluru based on the request by DST, GOI. The meeting was conducted under the Chairmanship of Prof. Rajendra Prasad, Andhra University, Vishakapatnam and Co-Chaired by Dr. Murali Mohan, Advisor, DST, Government of India.
The progress made in IDH-Hampi programme, Geo-ICT on HSRS and Rejuvenation of Koleru Lake programmes were reviewed by the committee to take stock of the progress made in the respective programmes.
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5. A STATE LEVEL ON-THE-SPOT PAINTING COMPETITION ON “DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT”
Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology (KSCST) and Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre (KSNDMC), Department of Revenue (DM) Government of Karnataka jointly organized a State Level “On-the-spot painting competition” on 18th October 2016 (Tuesday) for School children in the age group of 10 – 14 years at J.N. Tata Auditorium, Indian Institute of Science, between 9.30 am & 12.00 noon. The theme of the painting Competition was:
1) Disaster Vs Collective strength
2) Disaster Risk Management begins at Home / School
230 students from different Schools participated in the competition. The faculty members from the Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath, Bengaluru adjudged all the paintings done by the students and the best 3 paintings were selected for the National Level Competition and 10 paintings were selected for Consolation prizes. The National level competition was held at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi on 3rd November 2016.
The list of winners is as follows: Sl. Winner Name & Class School Name No 1. 1st Prize BGS National Public School Ms. Pryadarshe D. - 9th Std. 2. 2nd Prize St. Paul‟s English School Ms. Shruthi Sunder - 9th Std. 3. 3rd Prize Gurushri Vidya Kendra Mr. Darshan Gowda - 8th Std. State level Consolation prize winners 1. Ms. Lavanya N. - 9th Std. Lourdes High School 2. Mr. Dhruv Olavi - 9th Std. St. Paul‟s English School 3. Ms. Nitisha Gorai - 7th Std. Vibgyor High School 4. Mr. Jayanth C. V. - 10th Std. The New Cambridge High School 5. Ms. Bhoomika S. - 9th Std. Lourdes High School 6. Ms. Harshitha S. B. G. S. National Public School 7. Ms. Nidhi Dhiraj - 8th Std. B. G. S. National Public School 8. Ms. Swetha S. Vagdevi Vilas School 9. Mr. Baliga H. St. Paul‟s English School
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Prof. S. Subramanian, Secretary, KSCST addressing the participants
Participants registering for competition
View of participants during competition
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6. CHETANA – EMPOWERING GIRLS WITH TECHNOLOGY
Indian Institute of Science & Karnataka State Council for Science & Technology(KSCST) organized "Chetana – Empowering Girls with Technology" programme for 30 PUC Students from Belgaum and Mysore region from 17th October 2016 to 27th October 2016. The programme was supported by Department of Information Technology, Biotechnology and Science & Technology, Government of Karnataka. During the programme students visited various departments in Indian Institute of Science. The students also visited VITM, ISRO Museum and Bannergatta National park.
KSCST - Activity Report : 2016 – 2017 125 7. NATIONAL LEVEL-BRAINSTORMING WORKSHOP FOR A NEW RADIO SERIAL “SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT” Principal Investigator : Dr. S. G. S. Swamy, Executive Secretary, KSCST Coordinator : Mr. K. N. Venkatesh, Project Engineer, KSCST
The Vigyan Prasar Department of Science & Technology, Government of India and the Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru jointly organized a two day workshop on 3rd and 4th November 2016 at Bengaluru. The main objective of this workshop is to review the outcome of the just completed radio serial on “Understanding and Managing Natural Disaster” and to discuss the structure, format, and content of new radio serial “Sustainable Development”. The Programme producers of All India Radio, Representatives of language coordinating agencies, Script writers, Scientists from Vigyan Prasar and Subject Experts participated in the workshop.
Mrs. B. V. Padma, Station Director, All India Radio, Bengaluru, Dr. S. G. S. Swamy, Executive Secretary, KSCST, Mrs. Sumangala S. Mummigatti, Programme Executive, AIR, Bengaluru Prof S. Subramanian, Secretary, KSCST, Dr. R. Gopichandran, Director, Vigyan Prasar, Dr A. Shekhar, Programme Executive, AIR, New Delhi and Dr B. K. Tyagi, Scientist- E Vigyan Prasar, presided over the function.
Dr. H. N. Chanakya, CST, IISc, Bengaluru delivering a technical talk on “Sustainable Development”
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Dr. R. Gopichandran, Director, Vigyan Prasar addressing the gathering
Dr. Naveen Namboothri, Director, Dakshin Foundation delivering a technical talk on Marine Biology
Dr. B. K. Tyagi, Vigyan Prasar interacting with participants
KSCST - Activity Report : 2016 – 2017 127 8. HELPDESK AND SUPPORT NETWORK FOR RAINWATER HARVESTING, GROUND WATER RECHARGE AND WATER MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME FOR BANGALORE CITY
Principal Investigator : Mr. A.R. Shivakumar, Principal Scientific Officer
Background: The Government of Karnataka realized the importance of harvesting rainwater and as a first step through the BWSSB, RWH has been made mandatory for most of the properties in Bangalore effective from November 2009. The Council in collaboration with BWSSB embarked up on the task of establishing RWH Helpdesk at Council and at Sir M Visveswaraya Rainwater Harvesting Theme Park in Jayanagar, Bangalore.
Objectives: Build awareness among public and skill development through training programmes on Rainwater Harvesting and ground water recharge in Bangalore city limits Preparation of literature for awareness and publicity Documentation and information dissemination on print and electronic media Demonstration plots of Rainwater Harvesting across Bangalore City – BWSSB buildings Demonstration of cost effective and sustainable methods of Rainwater Harvesting and Ground Water Recharge in the local context Influence policy makers, implementers, service providers, opinion makers to promote Rainwater Harvesting and Ground Water Recharge
Progress: This 1.5 acre park on 40th Cross in Jayanagar 5th Block, demonstrates all techniques of harvesting rainwater. It has 26 working models on rainwater harvesting, ground water recharge and water conservation.
The Theme park established by KSCST is the first of its kind in the country, to address frequently asked questions on rainwater harvesting, water collecting systems, filtration and storage systems and groundwater recharge methods.
The helpdesk primarily aims at training the stake holders such as architects, engineers, contractors, plumbers, masons, etc within Bangalore city through several Training Programmes. Awareness Camps are arranged to bring in awareness among the general public regarding Rainwater Harvesting. Information on technical details of RWH and ground water recharge are being provided at RWH helpdesk for those who visit the KSCST or contact through telephone, web and email.
In the first Phase of the project 54 training programmes and 37 awareness camps were organized to conclude the objectives by December 2012. In Second and Third
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Phase, additional 17 Training programs are conducted by KSCST. MOU is signed for the Fourth Phase from January 2017 to December 2018 for the technical support in both helpdesks at KSCST and Themepark.
From November 2016 to February 2017, 559 visitors have availed benefit by visiting RWH help desks. Total of 48 schools and 5 colleges have brought in around 2600 students to Help Desks to build awareness on Rainwater Harvesting and water conservation measures.
People seeking assistance regarding Rainwater Harvesting (RWH) visit RWH helpdesk at KSCST regularly. They are given practical demonstration with the working models and RWH system at the KSCST office by the helpdesk.
Phone-in queries regarding RWH are being attended appropriately through the helpline numbers: 080 6623666, 080 23341652, 080 23348848 and 080 23348849. Various types of questions are convincingly answered. Citizens are also helped to get the contacts of respective plumbers and contractors in their area who execute RWH works. Emails and web enquiries are answered regularly.
Print and electronic media (News papers, TV, Radio etc.) presented several articles in concern with RWH and RWH Helpdesk activities.
RWH helpdesk at KSCST has emerged as a one stop solution and an effort of the Council to conserve water in the city of Bangalore. Rainwater Harvesting is one of the prioritized projects of the KSCST and an important measure to mitigate water scarcity and augment existing water supply.
Rainwater Helpdesk Activities:
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1) MONITORING, EVALUATION, LEARNING AND DOCUMENTATION OF WATERSHED WORKS UNDER IWMP PROGRAMME Project Investigators: Mr. H. Hemanth Kumar, Principal Scientific Officer Dr. U.T.Vijay, Principal Scientific Officer KSCST has taken up the Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Documentation of IWMP programme implemented by Watershed Development Department (WDD) through a competitive bidding process and has been allotted Belgaum revenue division to support WDD as an independent external MEL&D agency for 5 years starting from 2011 to 2016 for Batch I and batch II projects. The Belgaum division has 69 projects covering treatable area of 2, 87,000ha spread over seven districts. The council is providing reports regularly to the department as per the approved deliverables.
The Council as a third party evaluating agency provided timely inputs to the department for possible midcourse correction. The consolidated efforts of all concerned agencies during the implementation of the the projects in all the districts of the state impacted considerably in the outcome of the project and timely progress. The farmers are happy with the outcome of both the biophysical i.e., forestry, horticulture, drainage line treatment and agriculture activities along with socio-economic activities. Impact of EPA in Mannur SWS, Basavana Bagewadi Taluk (About 9 open wells have been rejuvenated in the downstream)
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Impact of Horticulture
Land use change detection using satellite imageries
Reports: 1. Inception report 2. Monthly concurrent process monitoring report 3. Baseline & mid-term evaluation 4. Success stories & thematic studies 5. Half yearly & annual reports 6. Video documentation 7. Mid-term evaluation report
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A) Identification of state specific problems and mobilization of State level organization / line department / socio-economic department (University, College, NGO etc.) for undertaking various project / programs.
1) STUDENT PROJECT PROGRAMME (SPP)
Principal Investigator : Dr. S. G. S. Swamy, Executive Secretary, KSCST Coordinator : Mr. K. N. Venkatesh, Project Engineer, KSCST
The Council organized the 39th Series Seminar and Exhibition on 19th and 20th August 2016 at BLDE Association‟s Vachana Pitamaha Dr. P. G. Halakatti College of Engineering and Technology, Vijayapura. The programme was inaugurated on 19th August 2016 at 10.30 AM by Dr. Vidyadhar Mudakavi, Head, CSIR Fourth Paradigm Institute (CSIR-4PI), NAL, Bangalore and released the SPP Engineering Compendium and Compact Disc. Prof. S. Subramanian, Secretary, Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology addressed the gathering. Prof. B. G. Mulimani, Chief Advisor, Academic Excellence and Research, BLDE Association, Vijayapura presided over the function and released the SPP Biofuel Compendium. Dr. S. G. Sreekanteswara Swamy, Executive Secretary, KSCST and Dr. V. P. Huggi, Principal, BLDE‟s V. P. Dr. P. G. Halakatti College of Engineering and Technology, Vijayapura were also present on the occasion and encouraged the young engineers to take up more R&D related activities. Under the 39th series State level Seminar & Exhibition 120 projects were selected for Seminar and 167 projects for Exhibition. These 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 also arranged during the course of the programme. Shri Sundararajan Srinivasan, Senior Director, Next Generation & Standards Communication and Devices Group, Intel Mobile Communications India, Bengaluru delivered technical lecture on "Innovating in Industry" on 20th August 2016 between 12.00 to 1.00 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 open for students and general public on the above days.
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The Valedictory programme cum 39th Series SPP Best Projects of the Year Awards Presentation function of the Seminar and Exhibition was held on Saturday, 20th August 2016 at 2.00 PM at Vachana Pitamaha Dr. P. G. Halakatti College of Engineering and Technology, Vijayapura. Sri K. B. Shivakumar, IAS, Deputy Commissioner and District Magistrate, Vijayapura 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. They distributed the prizes to award winning projects and Colleges. Dr. V. P. Huggi, Principal, Dr. P. G. Halakatti College of Engineering and Technology, Vijayapura, Dr. M. I. Sakri, Chief Co-ordinator, SPP S&E, Professor and Head, Department of Automobile Engineering, Dr. P. G. Halakatti College of Engineering and Technology, Vijayapura and Dr. S. G. S. Swamy, Executive Secretary, Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology, Bengaluru addressed the gathering. The 40th series will be announced during the month of November 2016.
Photographs of the 39th series Seminar Exhibition of Student Project Programme (SPP)
Dignitaries Inaugurating the 39th SPP Seminar & Exhibition and Release of SPP Compendium
Students during 39th SPP Seminar & Exhibition
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Technical talk by the Expert Presenting the “Best Project of the year” Award
Best Performing College Award to VSM Institute of Technology, Nippani, Belgaum district
The KSCST has invited project proposals from the final year engineering students for the 40th series (2016-17) of Student Project Programme (SPP) for the sponsorship. The Council has received 2349 project proposals from various disciplines from 146 institutions in the State. These proposals were scrutinized by experts from Indian Institute of Science, NAL and other R&D institutions. After rigorous processing of the project proposals and evaluation by experts, 541 proposals from 136 engineering colleges were approved for sponsorship. The amount of Rs. 30,91,000/- has been used for sanctioning projects. Approved list of projects, sanctioned under SPP has been announced in KSCST website.
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2. SPACE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY CAMP 2016
Principal Investigator : Dr. S. G. S. Swamy, Executive Secretary, KSCST Coordinator : Mr. K. N. Venkatesh, Project Engineer, KSCST
The KSCST and Cindrebay Nurture Club, Bengaluru jointly organised Space Camp 2016, at Choksi Hall, IISc campus, Bengaluru from 18th to 23rd of April 2016. Around 80 students from Bangalore and other places were benefitted. Prof. U. R. Rao, Former Chairman Space commission was inaugurated the camp and interacted with the students on space research activities. Prof. S. Subramanian Secretary, KSCST has participated in the inaugural function. Dr. B N Suresh, Former Director - VSSC and Director –IIST briefed about Rocket Sciences to the students. To inspire students and to excite them, The Student Satellite Project team members from NITTE Meenakshi Institute of Technology - Yelahanka demonstrated the model of the satellite and interacted with students on the challenges in building a satellite in an academic environment. Also the crew from TEAM INDUS participated in the prestigious Google Lunar X Prize Challenge mission also be demonstrated the model of their Lunar Rover and interact with the students to excite and inspire them. Mr. P J Bhat, Former Deputy Director, ISRO Satellite Centre, Bengaluru explained about theories of Orbital mechanism & control and also he explained about various satellites. Dr. P Sreekumar, Director - Indian Institute of Astrophysics excited the students about physics involved Astronomy with few videos which make students excited. Mr. Mathukutty Sebastian, Former Scientist, ISRO HQ & Former Director, World Space narrated about basic trait of an Achiever. Mr. H Hirianna, Project Director - ISRO Satellite Centre, Bengaluru demonstrated physics experiments with models and also cleared various thoughts in student‟s mind about the life of Astronaut in Space with videos. Dr. K Ganeshraj, Dy Director, ISRO HQ explained about space technology and benefits of space technology to the common man. Mr. H R Madhusudan, Senior Scientific Officer, J N Planetarium explained the importance of Gravitational Waves and about its detection. Besides the exciting sessions, students also visited ISTRAC with great interest and explored more information about rockets and satellite launching. On last day quiz was arranged for the students by Mr. B. R. Guruprasad, Director, PRO, ISRO. Top 3 winners of the quiz were given prizes. Students presented their innovative ideas and 3 were awarded as best idea. Camp concluded with distribution of certificates to the participants. The students in the camp explored the World of Space, the mysteries unravelled and discoveries that has made a difference. They learnt about Satellites and Rockets – Rockets and launch vehicles, satellites and how they influence our daily lives. They gathered the information about Mangalyaan Project – Understanding what's gone into India‟s big step in Space Research. Rules of Life - Earth, Sun and the concepts of Time, motion, gravity, Life Outside Planet Earth - The search for Extra-terrestrials and astro-biology
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Prof. U. R. Rao interacting with students during Space camp 2016 View of participants
Mr. B. R. Guruprasad addressing the students Student presenting his idea
Participants of Space Science & Technology Camp 2016
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3) 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.
Recent Activities:
Formed advisory committee to strengthen the activities of the centre. Regional centre in collaboration with UCITY Computer Academy Kalburgai and Sharnabasveshwar Residential Public School Kalaburagi organised Computer Training Programme for Students from 15/06/2016 to 25/06/2016 at Daddappa Appa Sabhangana, SBR Campus Kalaburagi. Science express – climate action special (SECAS)” at wadi jn station- This express visited at Wadi its 8th phase as “Science Express - Climate Action Special (SECAS)” from 6th to 8th April 2016. KSCST Regional Centre was published in 13(Kannada & English)newspapers and Total visitors around - 27000.Also KSCST RCK had arranged to visit. Renewable energy and energy conservation - The one day Workshop on “Renewable energy and Energy Conservation” conducted by KSCST Renewable Energy Cell Bangalore on 29th April 2016 at VTU Regional Centre Kalaburagi conducted by KSCST Renewable Energy Cell Bangalore. Pre-university mathematic syllabus training for puc lectures on 28th& 29th July 2016. Regional Centre and Stegnoor degree college, Kalaburagi jointly organised free basic computer application training program for govt employees In collaboration with District Science centre, Kalaburagi jointly organized two days workshop on science for high school teachers of kalaburagi 30th – 31st January 2017.
Proposed activities:
. Collaboration with Engineering Colleges to promote S&T . Organize Workshops/Conferences/Seminars in regard with S&T/Teachers Training Programs. . Funds mobilisation from HKRDB for local specific S&T activities. . Organize Lectures on IPR . Organize workshop on RWH/GPS/Mapping Info. . Communication Skill Development Programs for Students. . Training Programme: Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Environment Science(Nature). . Workshop for Teachers: Mathematics, Physics, Biology and Chemistry Workshop on Astronomy. Exhibition conduct on specific Theme.
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1) Rainwater Harvesting technical support for state level implementation for Meghalaya and Uttar Pradesh
Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology initiatives were appreciated by various states. Meghalaya and Uttar Pradesh requested KSCST for providing support for policy and technical aspects of Rainwater Harvesting, Groundwater Recharge and Water Conservation Measures for their respective states.
Principal Investigator of RWH Cell shared the experience and necessary information for establishing RWH activities as required in the local context of the Meghalaya and Uttar Pradesh states.
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3. Special Parameters :
A) No. of General Council Meeting / Executive Council Meetings / Special Meetings organized.
(a) Annual General Meetings : Nil
(b) Executive Committee Meeting : 02;
10th November 2016
30th March 2017.
B) Formulation and implementation of seminars / workshops/ service rules, promotional avenues etc. for the development of Human Resource Development. I) Re-designation of Technical and Administrative posts.
The designations of administrative and Technical Personnel who were recruited during 1980s and 1990s have remained unchanged since their joining the Council, although their payscales underwent a change through performance evaluation process. A proposal was placed before the executive committee on 10th November 2016 for change of designations based on their current pay scales. The proposal was accepted and approved by the Executive Committee.
II) New Rules for undertaking Consultancy projects, trainings, workshops, has been approved by the Executive Committee and implemented.
Considering the new Intellectual Property Regime, KSCST took initiative to promote inventions and innovations at KSCST and accordingly devised the Intellectual Property Policy along with the policy pertaining to the Consultancy projects undertaken by KSCST, obtained the approval of the Executive Committee – KSCST and implemented the same. C) Special efforts for modernizing Council infrastructure issues. KSCST is having the facilities like Conference Halls (2 Nos.), Training Centre, Studio for broadcasting Technical talks and video conferencing, Library, Printers, Computers, UPS, LAN and wi-fi connections. A proposal for new premises for the Council with the state of the art facilities has been submitted to the Indian Institute of Science and the same is under consideration. Proposed to setup of 5kWp Roof Top Solar PV Power Plant at KSCST and Replacement of Tube Lights With LED Luminars.
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S & T Promotion, Popularization Communication Programmes
Celebration of World Biofuel Day 2016:
World Biofuel Day 2016 was celebrated on 10th August 2016 in collaboration with Karnataka State Bioenergy Development Board at Dharwad. The programme celebration was marked by several events to showcase the potential of biofuel and bioenergy and its application.
E) Formulation and Implementation of unique, novel and innovative S&T Programme.
ESTABLISHMENT OF VIRTUAL LABORATORY (E-LEARNING CENTRE) TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION IN THE BACKWARD TALUKAS OF KARNATAKA
Principal Investigator: Dr. S. G. S. Swamy, Executive Secretary Coordinator: Mr. K. N. Venkatesh, Project Engineer
KSCST has successfully executed the following tasks under Virtual Laboratory (E-Learning Center) Programme.
1. The Virtual Laboratory high schools are utilizing the digital contents provided by KSCST in Mathematics, Science and Social science subjects. The teachers and students were requested to provide digital contents for English subject.
2. The Council has installed virtual 3D science experiments of Biology and Physics in each VL High School and training has been provided for teachers for usage and demonstration of science experiments. The students have are being benefitted by the package.
3. KSCST has procured English Magic SLL communication package for all the high schools from Karadi Path Education Company Pvt. Ltd. KSCST and Karadi Path has trained all the teachers about usage of manual in communication English language package. As per the feedback provided from the teachers, the students have greatly benefitted from this package and are interested in participating in this programme.
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4. After successful implementation of Virtual Laboratory (E-Learning Center) Programme, KSCST with the support of Rural Electrification Corporation Limited, New Delhi is implementing Virtual Class Rooms (VCR) in 10 high schools in the backward talukas of Karnataka under CSR support from REC, New Delhi. F) Special grant from State for infrastructure development / manpower development at S&T Council.
Modernisation of Multimedia S&T Studio for broadcasting technical talks and video conferencing. Established 11 Virtual Laboratories in high schools in backwards Districts of Karnataka.
G) Any other special scheme / program on year to year basis- resource materials in the from of print media/multi media, TV, Audio / Video etc. developed and disseminated.
1) NEW RADIO SERIAL - “SUSTAINABLE 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 will be jointly broadcasting the radio serial “Sustainable Development” in Kannada. Each episode of the serial address about the sustainable development of natural resources. Serial will contain 23 episodes of duration 30 minutes each. The script of the same is under development from various eminent Science Writers in the State of Karnataka. The programme will be launched shortly and will be broadcasting every Sunday from 9.05 am to 9.35 am from Air Bangalore, Mysore, Bhadravathi, Dharwad, Gulbarga stations simultaneously.
2) STATE AWARDS FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS FOR THE YEARS 2015 AND 2016
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 responsibilities of operationalisation of these awards.
KSCST had invited the nominations for the Scientists and Engineers State Awards for the year 2015 and 2016 during April 2016 through advertisement in regional /National
KSCST - Activity Report : 2016 – 2017 141 newspapers and also circulation of information through brochures to various institutions as followed in the previous years. The Council has received 167 nominations from various institutions. The Selection Committee met under the Chairmanship of Prof. C. N. R. Rao on 3rd January 2017 at JNC President‟s Office at Indian Institute of Science campus, Bengaluru and selected and recommended the list of eminent Scientists and Engineers for these State Awards for the years 2015 and 2016.
Recipients of Scientist and Engineer State Awards for the years 2015 and 2016
Sir M. Visvesvaraya Award Science and Prof. M. K. Surappa Technology Dean, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru 560012. Founder Director, IIT, Ropar.
Science and Dr. P. Satishchandra Technology Senior Professor, Former Director / Vice Chancellor, Department of Neurology NIMHANS, Hosur Road,
Bengaluru 560029
Dr. Raja Ramanna Award 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.
Bengaluru 560064. Science Education Dr. Siddapura Ramachandrappa Niranjana Vice Chancellor, Gulbarga University, Sedam Road, Jnana Ganga, Kalaburagi-585106.
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Sir C V Raman Award 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.
Medical Sciences Dr. Suresh Bada Math Professor of Psychiatry, Dept. of Psychiatry, Hosur Road, NIMHANS, Bengaluru -560029.
Life Sciences Dr. Ganesh Nagaraju Associate Professor Dept. of Biochemistry Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru -560012
Agriculture Sciences Dr. Raghavendra Bhatta & Animal Director ICAR- NIANP Husbandry National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Adugodi, Bengaluru 560 030
Prof. Satish Dhawan Award Engineering Dr. Sunilkumar S. Manvi Sciences Principal Reva Institute of Technology and Management,
Rukmini Knowledge Park, Kattigenhalli, Yelahanka, Bengaluru - 560064
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Shri. Gaurav Gupta, Principal Secretary, IT,BT, S&T, Government of Karnataka, Prof. Anurag Kumar, Director, IISc, Hon‟ble Chief Minister Shri. Siddaramaiah, Bharat Ratna Prof. C N R Rao, Honorary President, JNCASR and Prof. S. Subramanian, Secretary, KSCST lighting the lamp during State Awards presentation function at J N Tata Auditorium, IISc, Bengaluru.
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