Project Booklet 2018 Editor : Gayathri Thakoor Media Team: Mrunal Phansalkar Umesh Jambure Romit Patil

Tata Centre for Technology and Design IIT Bombay INDEX

AGRICULTURE AND FOOD

Financial analysis of agrarian 18 families to identify the crisis in agrarian society

Does inefficient agriculture supply 19 chain cause ‘distress sale’? Learnings from the experience of Maharashtra

Evaluation of the performance 20 of traditional seed storages and design and development of seed storage system for community level seed banks and marginal farmers

Value addition of cashew 21 apple through processing and preservation

Study of pre-treatment 22 (bio-chemical and steam) of cotton-stalks for beneficiation as animal-feed

Feasibility study of jaggery making 23 and related products Technology needs assessment and 24 identification for intervention for a block, Maharashtra

Enabling livelihood generation in 25 tribal & marginal farmers through a commercialization project on utilization of agro residue to grow edible mushrooms

Ergonomics assessment and 26 design intervention on removing drudgery in jaggery making

Design and development of 27 deshelling process for marking nut

EDUCATION

BodhiTree: A platform for improving 30 learning outcomes using online interactive courses and assessed labs

Accessible and affordable digital 31 learning aids for children in rural communities

VMOCSH: Voice based mobile 32 crowd sourced helpline Spoken language training on 33 mobile device

A digital aid for language (Hindi) 34 teaching and learning

Active learning in electronics and 35 power electronics with simulation app

LETS Learn English through stories 36

Telling it together: Collaboration 37 between designers and craft communities

ENERGY

Design of puncture proof tires and 40 tubes

Design, development, and testing 41 of aerogel-based steam generation system and solar cooker

Design and development of 42 box-cooker equivalent solar PV powered electric cooker for indoor applications Adjustable thermoelectric power 43 generator belt for rural communities

Mini storage system for vaccines/ 44 medicines in rural India using renewable energy resource

Moist membrane based technology 45 for biogas upgradation

Developing a context appropriate 46 treadle pump for irrigation of small farms in a tribal region of Palghar district

Study on local solar 47 entrepreneurship in India: Mixed method approach

Assessment of acceptance levels 48 of potential solutions disseminated through participatory and non- participatory approaches for rural development

Triboelectric generators (TEG) for 49 wind energy harvesting

Development of indigenous screen- 50 printable silver paste for solar PV Energy efficient jaggery maker 51

Compact efficient modular water 52 based biogas scrubber

Design and fabrication of power 53 electronic controllers for certain home appliance motors

Low cost and rugged solar PV 54 microinverter

Rural and urban employment 55 generation to cater to potential e-cycle market opportunity in India

Flutter based wind energy 56 harvesting

Modular mass transit using 57 platoons of battery assisted human powered vehicle

Through the earth communication 58 for underground mines

Development of coloured cool 59 coatings

Low-power transceivers for 60 wireless communication HEALTHCARE

Development of a sensitive blood- 62 based biochemical assay for diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease at the pre-motor stage

Wearable arm band for 63 non-invasive blood glucose monitoring using EM waves

Affordable tinnitus detection device 64 and affordable tinnitus treatment - E medicine

Automated aid for screening of oral 65 cavity lesions – A feasibility study

Development of multisensory 66 technique for intervention of developmental dyslexia: an electrophysiological and behavioural approach

Experimental study to evaluate 67 emissions from cook stoves using solid fuels with a focus on reduction of exposure Smart phone based remotely 68 excited flexible microwave resonator patch array prototype development for high resolution dielectric contrast mapping of skin tissue

Translation to pre-clinical and 69 clinical trials of low cost bone and near net shape graft for dental and orthopedic bone reconstruction

A mobile phone microscope with 70 applications in point-of-care diagnostics and health education

Billiscope: Jaundice detection in 71 neonates

Upliftment of nutritional status of 72 vulnerable population in Dharavi slums of Mumbai

Development of a telepathology 73 framework

Digital automated wellness 74 management platform for Indian infants and children Microcrystalline silicon piezo- 75 resistive sensor for wide ranging pressure applications - PHASE - ll

Ergonomics intervention in 76 traditional brick making industry on removal of drudgery and developing safe work conditions towards enhancement of productivity

Developing CAR-T cell technology 77 platform for cancer immunotherapy

Hemosorb- Haemostatic dressing 78 for trauma care

Development of a point-of-care 79 test for the detection of pathogens causing urinary tract infections

Home based nutrition counseling 80 program

Cervical cancer screening 81

Functional nanohybrids for cancer 82 treatment

Non-invasive delivery of non- 83 steroidal drugs Point-of-care devices for detection 84 of biochemical markers

Product for voice prosthesis 85

HOUSING

Improved kitchen air quality in 88 Mumbai’s Dharavi slum

Innovative financial models for 89 affordable housing segment

Development of noise damping 90 coatings

Fitting more in volume 91

Mass produced components for 92 affordable housing

WATER

Evolving and articulating 94 technology-based innovations for enhancing access to water and sanitation of BoBoP (Bottom of the Base of Pyramid) sections of society in the Mumbai city EIS platform for bacteriological 95 monitoring of water

Characterization of grey water and 96 development of a cost effective system for grey water recycling

Heavy metal sensing in water using 97 optical fiber sensors

Comparison of various available 98 domestic water purifiers and building the basic understanding and knowledge data base

Detection and sensing of arsenic in 99 drinking water

Humidification-dehumidification 100 desalination system

Extraction of water from air for 101 rural household drinking water requirements

Development of a cheaper and 102 reliable method for concentration and detection of enteric viruses in potable water Development of clay-based water 103 purifier considering local needs, skills and materials

WASTE MANAGEMENT

Electrospray based indoor air 106 cleaner development

Integrated Waste Management 107 facility at IIT Bombay campus

Process design for the reclamation 114 of waste sand from small foundries

Utilization of waste tire rubber and 115 waste plastic for construction of roads

Engineered bioreactor landfill for IIT 116 Bombay

Municipal solid waste 117 characterization and monitoring of existing solid waste management systems in IIT Bombay campus ACROSS DOMAINS

Facilitating diffusion and adoption 120 of TCTD’s innovation projects: Applying diffusion and design theories

Enhancing development impact 121 by facilitation of participatory exercises at TCTD AGRICULTURE AND FOOD

Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 17 Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 18 AGRICULTURE AND FOOD AGRARIAN SOCIETY FAMILIES TOIDENTIFYTHECRISISIN FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OFAGRARIAN in agrariancrisis. better policies forlong-termimprovement better decisionmakingand developing the area andthereby ofconcern helpin empower marginal farmersin identifying of expenditure. Theproposed workisto the problems ofallocationandpriority of marginal agrarianfamilyforidentifying study istounderstandthefinancialpattern production. Theaimofthiswhitepaper weather, andreduced agriculture vulnerable marketcondition,susceptible terms offarmers’suicide,indebtedness, Agrarian crisisinIndiaisbeingreflected in Science andEngineering Prof. Shireesh BKedare Prof. BakulRao FACULTY: , CTARA, , Dept.ofEnergy EXPERIENCE OFMAHARASHTRA SALE’? LEARNINGSFROMTHE SUPPLY CHAINCAUSE ‘DISTRESS DOES INEFFICIENTAGRICULTURE products. processing, and marketingofagricultural corresponding toproduction, distribution, inefficiencies around the functionalareas, interventions tomitigatethe existing approach andconsequentlysuggests This studyintegratesavalue chainbased “distress sale”ofagriculture produce. the agriculture supplychaininfluences study towhatextenttheinefficiencies in on asustainedbasis.Itisrelevant to remunerative pricestofarmers’produce, livelihood andthemechanismstoensure agriculture asaprincipalsource of There isagapbetweenpromoting Dr. DishaBhanot of Management, Prof. Kathuria Vinish FACULTY: , TCTDproject staff , ShaileshJ.MehtaSchool

Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 19 AGRICULTURE AND FOOD Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 20 AGRICULTURE AND FOOD FARMERS LEVEL SEEDBANKSANDMARGINAL STORAGE SYSTEM FORCOMMUNITY DESIGN ANDDEVELOPMENTOFSEED OF TRADITIONALSEEDSTORAGESAND EVALUATION OFTHEPERFORMANCE and communitylevelseed banks. conservatory formarginal scalefarmers design anddevelopalow cost,seed methods conductedbythefarmers,and performance oftheexistingseedstorage The present studyistoevaluatethe Prof. Narendra Shah Engineering, Prof. UpendraBhandarkar FACULTY: , CTARA , Dept.ofMechanical PRESERVATION APPLE THROUGHPROCESSINGAND VALUE ADDITIONOFCASHEW astringency oftheproduce. apple, andsimultaneously minimizethe help improve theshelflifeofcashew membrane separationprocess) whichcan integrated process (pre-treatment assisted present project isproposed todevelopan not affect thequalityofproduct. The cost effective, where theprocessing does handle, rapid,lessenergy-intensive and technique whichisclean,safe,easyto essential. There isaneedtodevelop processing andpreservation methodsis apple juice,theknowledgeofits To explore thefullpotential ofcashew Dr. AmitArora FACULTY: Cut andcrushedintoJuic • Stor • Quality(pH,Sug

abilit , CTARA Pa y th a Cashew Apple(Wholefruit e ar , ColourandT Pa annin cont th b Cut andcrushedintoJuic ) ent) e

Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 21 AGRICULTURE AND FOOD Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 22 AGRICULTURE AND FOOD AS ANIMAL-FEED COTTON-STALKS FORBENEFICIATION (BIO-CHEMICAL ANDSTEAM)OF STUDY OFPRE-TREATMENT as animalfeed. treatment on beneficiationofcotton stalk investigated foritsefficacy ofthebio- cotton stalk.Thelattermethod isbeing significantly compared tountreated the formermethodimproved digestibility project, in-vitro testshave indicatedthat of pre-treatment ofcotton-stalks.Inthis “in-vitro” testingofthenutritionimpact agri residue intoanimalfeedandforthe physical methodsare neededtoconvert The combinedeffect ofbio-chemicaland Dr. SuhasZambre Prof. Narendra Shah Engineering, Prof. MadhuVinjamur FACULTY:

, TCTDproject staff , CTARA , Dept.ofChemical Cotton stalk sample FACULTY: MAKING ANDRELATED PRODUCTS FEASIBILITY STUDY OFJAGGERY requirement. product quality withminimumlabor This process wouldensure consistent produce jaggeryatascaleof1ton/day. developed acontinuousprocess to a qualityproduct. Theproject teamhas interventions made,anddoes notensure unhygienic, hasnotechnology of jaggerymakingislabordependent, industries. Thisconventionalprocess the sameunorganized wayincottage sweetener -isbeingmanufactured in For thepastyears,jaggery–anutritious of Management Prof. Kathuria Vinish Prof. Narendra Shah Engineering , Prof. SanjayMahajani , , ShaileshJ.MehtaSchool CTARA , Dept.ofChemical

Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 23 AGRICULTURE AND FOOD Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 24 AGRICULTURE AND FOOD institutional requirements ofvarioussocio- technological, marketingandother This studyaimstospelloutthe Social Sciences Prof. K.Narayanan FACULTY: MAHARASHTRA INTERVENTION FORABLOCK, AND IDENTIFICATION FOR TECHNOLOGY NEEDSASSESSMENT also beexaminedaspartofthisproject. such supporttothetarget groups would economic benefitsarisingfrom extending area ofruraldevelopment.Thesocio- local bodies,andotheragenciesinthe the existingschemesofgovernment, incorporate theproposed supportunder area. Attemptswouldalsobemadeto economic groups inthechosenrural

, Dept.ofHumanitiesand MUSHROOMS RESIDUE TOGROWEDIBLE PROJECT ONUTILIZATION OFAGRO THROUGH ACOMMERCIALIZATION IN TRIBAL&MARGINALFARMERS ENABLING LIVELIHOODGENERATION entrepreneurship development. and outlines a sustainableapproach for lime, whichare lowcostandabundant, resources suchasagro residue and studies. Theproject useslocallyavailable fromlearning pastcultivationfailure developed atIITBombay, basedonthe mushrooms. Arobust protocol hasbeen agricultural wastesintohighquality micro entrepreneurs by convertingtheir aims tohelpmarginal farmersinbecoming This solutionofmushroom cultivation Chandrakala Sharma Engineering, Prof. SanjayMahajani FACULTY: , TCTDproject staff , Dept,ofChemical

Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 25 AGRICULTURE AND FOOD Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 26 AGRICULTURE AND FOOD DRUDGERY INJAGGERY MAKING DESIGN INTERVENTIONONREMOVING ERGONOMICS ASSESSMENTAND shortages’. in workingunitstoaddress the`labour this studyistotestthesolutions possibly process labour-friendly. Theobjectiveof considerable improvement ismakingthe rural sector, oneoftheareas thatneeds providing employmenttomillionsinthe hardships. Foralabour-intensive industry assistive aidstoreduce theworkers’ and designtesttheprototypes of production processes ofjaggery-making, The project aimstoremove drudgeryinthe Engineering Prof. SanjayMahajani Prof. G.Ray Prof. Narendra Shah FACULTY: , IDCSchoolofDesign, , CTARA, , Dept.ofChemical

NUT DESHELLING PROCESSFORMARKING DESIGN ANDDEVELOPMENTOF de-shelling of themarkingnut. tribal women workinginthiswiththe technology thusimproving thelivelihoodof objective hasbeentodevelop abetter to improvise thede-shellingprocess. The to reduce thephysicalpain,drudgeryand de-shelling deviceshavebeen developed and neckache.Fivedifferent to oilspills,blistersontheskin,andback manual de-shellingprocess whichhasled wastage, andeasingouttheprolonged safety andahighrateofshellingwithout the markingnut.Itfocussesonensuring mechanised de-shellingprocess ofBibba, This project proposes anefficient and Mechanical Engineering Prof. UpendraBhandarkar FACULTY: , Dept.of

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Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 29 Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 30 EDUCATION AND ASSESSEDLABS USING ONLINEINTERACTIVECOURSES IMPROVING LEARNINGOUTCOMES BODHITREE: APLATFORM FOR teaching infrastructure. in highereducation, insettingswithpoor andeffectivelearning teaching,especially be arevolution inthecontextofstudent- support, thisinteractiveplatform would continuous (auto)assessment andlab taken independentlybystudents. With manner bylocalcollegeinstructors,or be adaptedascoursesinacustomized assisted exercises andlabs,whichcan with associatedauto-graded,orgrading- for hostingofmultimediainteractivebooks compelling andfeature-rich onlineplatform The BodhiTree solutionaimsto offer a Science &Engineering Prof. BhaskaranRaman Prof. KameswariChebrolu, Prof. Varsha Apte, FACULTY:

, Dept.ofComputer RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL LEARNING AIDSFORCHILDRENIN ACCESSIBLE ANDAFFORDABLE DIGITAL experience ofthetribal/rural students. the qualitiesofARtoenhance thelearning to thestudents.Theproject willfocus on aidsarebased learning to beintroduced use oftechnology, AugmentedReality(AR) school premises. To bring insimplicity to studycontentbeyondthescopeof aswell asaccess collaborative learning across multipledevices.Thisallowsfor customizable/reusable intermsofsoftware standards withinthesameschool,and reusable intermsofhardware bymultiple The proposed solutionwouldbe Dr. JayeshRPillai FACULTY:

, IDCSchoolofDesign Activity basedlearningusingseveral teaching aids Unutilized resourses

Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 31 EDUCATION Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 32 EDUCATION FACULTY: CROWD SOURCEDHELPLINE VMOCSH: VOICEBASEDMOBILE is illiterateandpoor. access toinformationfor a populationthat suaveness. Thehelplineaims toprovide independent ofliteracylevel ortech based andutilizestheservices ofall, based onmobilecrowd-sourcing, voice- etc. Theplannedhelplineisasynchronous, education, agriculture, judiciary, finance in different domainssuchashealth, can catertoavarietyofinformationneeds access toinformation.Thesamehelpline sourced helpline”thatcanprovide similar generic “voice-basedmobile-crowd- The goalofthisproject istocreate a Science &Engineering Prof. KameswariChebrolu , Dept.ofComputer FACULTY: MOBILE DEVICE SPOKEN LANGUAGETRAININGON experts. proficiency levelsasannotatedbyhuman from thetarget group ofchildren ofvarious large datasetoforalreading recordings assessment systemisdeveloped usinga pronunciation andfluency. Theautomatic means toobtainimmediatefeedbackon with automatic help strugglinglearners and scalabletechnologysolutionthatcan the problem bytargeting anaffordable schools. Theproject seekstoalleviate in spokenEnglishforchildren inrural school contributetoalackofpractice of speakingopportunitiesoutside A shortageofteachersandabsence Prof. Preeti Rao

, Dept.ofElectricalEngineering

Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 33 EDUCATION Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 34 EDUCATION FACULTY: TEACHING ANDLEARNING A DIGITAL AIDFORLANGUAGE(HINDI) input. dictionary and thesaurus,withaudio-visual Hindi language,andwillalso serveasa vocabularyandgrammarofthe and learn abstraction. Thisplatform willhelptoteach each layercapturingtheright levelof of lowerclassesuptothehigherlevel, a layered mannersuitableforstudents WordNet informationwillbedisplayedin environment.teaching andlearning The will beremodelled tosuittheschool In thisproject, theHindiWordNet data Prof. AniruddhaJoshi Engineering, Jyothi Prof. PushpakBhattacharyya, Prof. Preethi Social Sciences, Prof. MalharKulkarni , Dept.ofComputerScienceand

, Dept.ofHumanitiesand , IDCSchoolofDesign traditional methodwhere studentsare is knowntobemore effective thanthe by participatinginanactivitytheclass, inwhichstudentslearn Active learning, Dept. ofElectricalEngineering Prof. MaheshPatil FACULTY: SIMULATION APP AND POWERELECTRONICSWITH ACTIVE LEARNINGINELECTRONICS effect oncircuit performance. change circuit parametersandviewtheir simulate specificcircuits andalsoto and BScstudents.Itallowstheuserto at IITBombayandismeantforengineering on thecircuit simulatorSEQUELdeveloped electronics andpower. Theapp isbased promote intheareas activelearning of a mobileapphasbeendevelopedto presented bytheteacher. Inthisproject, passive recipients ofknowledgebeing

, Prof. SuryanarayanaDoolla ,

Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 35 EDUCATION Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 36 EDUCATION Prof. AlkaHingorani FACULTY: STORIES LETS LEARNENGLISHTHROUGH consumer—on theirheads. relationships—teacher/learner, creator/ and literature accepted inwaysthatturn collaborative, meldingart and language are inprintstage.Theproject isintensely graded levelseach(atotalof12books) the present time,fourstorytitlesatthree structured Englishlanguageclassroom. At outsideofa and two,toenablelearning creators ratherthanmere consumers, to reinforce therole of children ascontent primary motivationsforthisproject, one, the children themselves.There are two with storieswrittenandillustratedby environments through engagement inresourcelanguage learning constrained The project aimsatfacilitatingEnglish

, IDCSchoolofDesign FACULTY: AND CRAFTCOMMUNITIES COLLABORATION BETWEENDESIGNERS TELLING ITTOGETHER: craft awareness. opportunities forcraftdevelopment and through digitalmedia.Thisistocreate merchandize andbooksfore-learning like films,board games,mobileapps, transformed intodesigned mediaartefacts form ofpaintingandnarratives,canbe Madhya Pradeshthathasitsownunique and collaboratewiththeBhilcommunityof community. Theobjectiveistoengage and economicopportunitiesforthis artefacts todevelopnewaudiences collaboration tocreate multiplemedia and unknown.There ispotentialfor of oralnarrativesthatremains untapped The Bhilcommunityhasarichresource Prof. NinaSabnani

, IDCSchoolofDesign

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Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 39 Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 40 ENERGY of theapproaches toitsmitigationis conditions isachallengingtask.One its occurrence underexisting road on Indianroads andsolutionstoreduce Tire puncture is a commonoccurrence Engineering Juvekar, Prof. JyotiRSeth Prof. MaheshSTirumkudulu, Prof. A Vinay FACULTY: AND TUBES DESIGN OFPUNCTUREPROOFTIRES before embarkingoncommercialization. be extensivelytestedontires andtubes through thelifespanoftire. Thesewill to 80 operating temperature rangeof-­ than 8mm(preferably 9mm)andhasan that iseconomical,sealsholesgreater tire sealants, fortubeandtubelesstires, project proposes todesign/synthesize the use of tire/tube liquidsealant.The o C andmustcontinuetofunction

, Dept.ofChemical - 50 o C COOKER GENERATION SYSTEM ANDSOLAR TESTING OFAEROGEL-BASEDSTEAM DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, AND suitable affordable solution. tested atMIT Bostonwhichseemstobe a of aerogel ispresently developedand thermal (infrared) wavelengths.Thiskind wavelengths andlowtransmissivity for aerogel withhightransmissivityforoptical but withlowconductivity glazing madeof typically usedforflatplatewaterheaters, tube absorber, havingaselectivecoating thermal system,withsimplecopper-finned concentrator basednon-trackingsolar concentrating compoundparabolic The project proposes todevelopalow MIT, USA Laboratory, Dept.ofMechanicalEngineering, Prof. EvelynWang Dept. ofEnergy Sciences, Prof. AnishModi,Prof. Shireesh B.Kedare FACULTY:

, DeviceResearch system generation solar steam diagram of Schematic ,

Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 41 ENERGY Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 42 ENERGY FACULTY: INDOOR APPLICATIONS PV POWEREDELECTRICCOOKERFOR BOX-COOKER EQUIVALENT SOLAR DESIGN ANDDEVELOPMENTOF power. for cookingbyboiling,which useslow quantum. Thedesignuses resistive circuit to fulfillthecookingneeds ofvarious electric cookerwillbemodular indesign with SolarPVmodules,thepowered by boiling.Designedtogenerateelectricity electric cookercanbeusedforcooking and theassociatedcosts.Thissolar vessels inorder toreduce required power electric cookers,withintegratedinsulated The project proposes todevelopsolar Science andEngineering Prof. ChetanSinghSolanki Industrial EngineeringandOperationResearch, Prof. JayendranVenkateswaran Heating element

Heating withheat transfer material , Dept.ofEnergy , Dept.of Experimental set up (cooking rice) Prof. SudarshanKumar, Prof. AsimTewari FACULTY: COMMUNITIES POWER GENERATOR BELT FORRURAL ADJUSTABLE THERMOELECTRIC energy solutions. maintenance unlikeother renewable of weatherconditionsand requires low the conventionalchulhas. Itisindependent kind ofstoveorvessel,without replacing adjustable design,itcanbe placedonany energy andgenerateelectricity. Duetoits heated vesselstoutilizethewastedheat they canplaceitaround theirstovesor use chulhasforcookingthriceaday, phone. Sincehouseholdsintheruralareas to powerupaLedlamporcharge amobile device andcangenerateenoughelectricity which canbeplacedaround anyheated and portablethermoelectricgeneratorbelt The proposed solutionisanadjustable Dept. ofAerospace Engineering ,

Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 43 ENERGY Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 44 ENERGY RENEWABLE ENERGYRESOURCE INDIAUSING MEDICINES INRURAL MINI STORAGESYSTEM FORVACCINES/ electricity-dependent. or water)sothatoperation willnotbe will berenewable energy powered (wind has crossed itsusagelimits.Thissystem help userstoidentifywhether thevaccine that particularvaccine/medicine. Thiswill below prescribed temperature rangefor iftemperaturegenerate warnings goes feedback control mechanism.Itwillalso mini storagesystemwillhavetemperature technicians easilyintheirbag-pack.This is lightweightandcanbecarriedbyhealth energy powered ministoragesystemwhich The solutionisaportablerenewable Aerospace Engineering Prof. AsimTewari, Prof. PKumaresan FACULTY:

Sketch ofproposed solution , Dept.of FOR BIOGASUPGRADATION MOIST MEMBRANE BASED TECHNOLOGY Prof. JayeshBellare, Prof. AKSuresh FACULTY: environmental benefits. diesel, andLPG,leadingto monetaryand petroleum basedfossilfuelssuchaspetrol, is expectedtoresult inreduction inuseof membranes, inthisproject. Theresearch separation performanceofwaterswollen will bedevelopedtoenhancetheCO conditioning. Novelhydrophilic membranes water absorptionisselectedforbiogas based onmembraneseparationand In thepresent work,ahybridprocess not scalableandrequire hugespace. globe. Butmostofthetechnologiesare widely utilizedinIndiaandacross the Biogas technologyiscurrently being Chemical Engineering construction Set-up under , Dept.of 2

Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 45 ENERGY Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 46 ENERGY PALGHAR DISTRICT SMALL FARMS INATRIBALREGIONOF TREADLE PUMPFORIRRIGATION OF DEVELOPING ACONTEXTAPPROPRIATE the treadle pumpandfield-leveltesting. approach involvinganalyticalmodelingof in thehillyregions through asynergistic develop anoptimalpump fortribalfarmers worldwide. Thisproject aimstodesignand designs thatare manufactured andsold farms. However, there existonly afew treadle pumpsformanuallyirrigatingtheir number ofvillageslargely dependon Maharashtra, marginal farmersfrom a In thetribalbeltsofKonkanregion in Bhandarkar Prof. DeepakMarla,Prof. Upendra FACULTY:

, Dept.ofMechanicalEngineering A farmer usingatreadle pump dissemination programs. that maybeusedbyvarioussolarproducts prospective measures atthepolicylevel entrepreneurs. Thisstudywillsuggest or facilitatorsforlocallytrainedsolar livelihood opportunitiesandkeybarriers trained solarentrepreneurs ontheir impact ofskill-developmentlocally The proposed workwillidentifythe by usingamixedmethodapproach. entrepreneurship forsolarenergy access and analyzethedynamicsofsolar This whitepaperproposal aimstoquantify Science andEngineering Prof. ChetanSinghSolanki , Dept.ofEnergy Engineering andOperationResearch, Prof. JayendranVenkateswaran, Industrial FACULTY: METHOD APPROACH ENTREPRENEURSHIP ININDIA:MIXED STUDY ONLOCAL SOLAR

Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 47 ENERGY Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 48 ENERGY DEVELOPMENT APPROACHES FORRURAL PARTICIPATORY &NON-PARTICIPATORY DISSEMINATED THROUGH LEVELS OFPOTENTIAL SOLUTIONS ASSESSMENT OFACCEPTANCE their success. to significantly increase theprobability of improved-chulha disseminationprograms, and guidelinesmaybeused byvarious impact assessmentstudies, thelearnings Through detailedfieldsurveysand and thenon-participatory approaches. disbursed through theparticipatory of thevarioustechnologicalsolutions between thesocialacceptancelevels quantifying andanalysingthedifference This whitepaperproject aimsat Dept. ofEnergy ScienceandEngineering Prof. AnishModi,Prof. Shireesh BKedare, FACULTY: FOR WINDENERGYHARVESTING TRIBOELECTRIC GENERATORS (TEG) and healthcondition. every incomerange,location, gender, age targets avastrangeofpopulation from proposed windenergy harvestingdevices ambient energy sources around us.The phone byextractingenergy from the any smallelectronic gadget,likeamobile device whichshouldsufficiently charge zero emission,portableenergy harvesting designing abudgetfriendly, sustainable, the larger populationisaddressed by In thisproject, thisenergy crisisfor Science andEngineering Prof. Shireesh BKedare, Dept.ofEnergy Prof. DiptiGupta FACULTY: Engineering andMaterialsScience, , Dept.ofMetallurgical Wind energy harvesting TEG (concept)

Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 49 ENERGY Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 50 ENERGY SOLAR PV SCREEN-PRINTABLE SILVER PASTE FOR DEVELOPMENT OFINDIGENOUS India. supply chainforsolarcell manufacturing in indigenously, whichwouldthensecure the the possibilityofdeveloping thispaste totally uncompetitive.This project studies makes solarcellmanufacturinginIndia annually. Highdependenceonimports present importsseveraltonsofsilverpaste after thesiliconwaferitself.Indiaat component insolarcellmanufacturing, important andcostlyrawmaterial in thesolarcell–issecondmost Silver paste-usedforthefront contacts Engineering andMaterialsScience Prof. ParagBhargava,Dept.ofMetallurgical FACULTY: Dept. ofMechanicalEngineering Prof. MilindV. Rane,InstituteChairProfessor, FACULTY: ENERGY EFFICIENTJAGGERY MAKER recover potablewater. will eliminatebagassefiringaltogetherand proposed vapourrecompression system required tosetupajaggeryunit.The jaggery, andreduce thespaceandcost of theoperators,improve thequalityof sugarcane, improve theworkingconditions production, eliminatethetransportationof improve theeconomicsofjaggery efficient mobilejaggerymakerscan Development ofsmallcapacityenergy

Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 51 ENERGY Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 52 ENERGY to scrubCH BASED BIOGASSCRUBBER COMPACT EFFICIENTMODULAR WATER Raw biogasmainlyconsistsofCH and atraceamountofH integration of thefirstunitisunderway. and diefordisksPPare ready. The gas. Thedesignofthelaboratory prototype form ofBio-CNGandhousehold cooking engines, compressing andbottlinginthe in different applicationssuchasrunning pressure andproduce bio methaneforuse could scrubCO rotating diskbasedmassexchangerwhich develop acosteffective, modular, scalable The objectiveofthecurrent workisto of thebiogasanditsuseasBio-CNG. FACULTY: Dept. ofMechanicalEngineering Prof. MilindV. Rane,InstituteChairProfessor, 4 andH 2 atnearatmospheric 2 S toenhancetheutility 2 S. Itisdesirable 4 , CO 2

CERTAIN HOMEAPPLIANCEMOTORS ELECTRONIC CONTROLLERSFOR DESIGN ANDFABRICATION OFPOWER efficiency, lownoisesystems. leading tocompact,highPF, high MIT forapplicationsinhome appliances, that havebeenproposed byresearchers at power electronics fornovelACmotors intends todesigneffective andefficient of moneyforcompensation.Thisproject require theutilitytospendlarge amounts source, lowpowerdensityandnoise,they efficiency, poorpowerfactor(PF)atthe Suffering from drawbackssuchaspoor extensively usedinhomeappliances. Single phaseinductionmotorsare Engineering Prof. Agarwal,Dept.ofElectrical Vivek FACULTY:

Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 53 ENERGY Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 54 ENERGY FACULTY: MICROINVERTER SOLARPV LOW COSTANDRUGGED Indian gridconnections. applications, attemptingto conformto grid connectedsystemsand stand-alone monitoring. Thesewillbe suitable forboth compact micro-inverters withremote project proposes tobuild highlyreliable, along witheasyfaultmonitoring.This modularity, scalabilityandmassproduction electrically safer, andrender themselves to homes, smallindustriesetc.Theyare of smallinstallations.e.g.ruralareas, economy intermsofmeetingenergy needs compactness, highreliability andhigh having thepotentialofhighefficiency, connected orstand-aloneinverters Micro-inverters are lowpowergrid Engineering Prof. Agarwal Vivek

, Dept.ofElectrical Sujay Sirur(Eaton) Engineering, Prof. DebrajChakraborty , Dept.ofElectrical Mechanical Engineering, Prof. ArindrajitChowdhury , Dept.of FACULTY: INDIA E-CYCLE MARKETOPPOR GENERATION TOCATER TOPOTENTIAL ANDURBANEMPLOYMENTRURAL worked upon. innovative meansarethekeyareastobe the ownership/operatingcostsbyusing Indian customersandreducingorsharing Developing featuresthatareimportantto up) tocustomizeforIndianconditions. kits canberedesigned(likelyfrombottom- the lowerstrataofsociety.Theexisting cost-effective meansoftransportationfor urban andruralyouth,aswellpromote bicycle cancreateemploymentforsemi- Developed asakit,theproposedelectric TUNITY IN

Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 55 ENERGY Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 56 ENERGY FACULTY: HARVESTING FLUTTER BASEDWINDENERGY in thelowincomegroup. energy toindividualsandsmall businesses to provide betteraccessofrenewable small-scale applications.This haspotential mechanism whichcanaddress theissueof harvesting. Thisproject looksatsucha can bemitigatedwithflutter-based respect towinddirection andmagnitude generator. Issuesrelated tosensitivity with totherotary-basedalternative windenergy vibrations (Flutter)canbeusedasan has remained achallenge.Windexcited conversion ofwindenergy toausableform source ofrenewable energy, theeffective Inspite ofwindbeinganabundant Prof. V. Kartik

, Dept.ofMechanicalEngineering HUMAN POWEREDVEHICLE PLATOONS OFBATTERY ASSISTED MODULAR MASSTRANSITUSING quality, congestion andassociatedevils. address challengessuchasunhealthyair powered masstransitsystemwhichshould a modularelectricity-assisted human- diseases. Thisproject aimstodevelop widespread obesityandrelated lifestyle mass transitvehicles.Thishasledto typical commuterequires complementing comfort. Unlessextremely fortunate,a cities are limitedinreach, frequency and Most ofthemasstransitsystemsinIndian Engineering Prof. DebrajChakraborty FACULTY:

, Dept.ofElectrical

Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 57 ENERGY Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 58 ENERGY FACULTY: FOR UNDERGROUNDMINES THROUGH THEEARTH COMMUNICATION required tobedesigned andmanufactured. sensitive receiver, 1MHzantennais at 1MHz.Aftermanufacturing thishigh make ahighsensitivityreceiver working earth. Theobjectiveoftheproject isto in whichthewavescantravelthrough the project proposes acommunicationsystem of theaccidentisveryessential.This the trappedminersandexactlocation mining accidents,theinformationabout order toenhancerescue operationsduring communication systeminsidemines.In It isessentialtodeployagood Engineering Prof. JayantaMukherjee , Dept.ofElectrical FACULTY: COATINGS DEVELOPMENT OFCOLOUREDCOOL pigments, whichdeflectIR radiation. by thecombinationofIRreflecting coat andcooltopcoatwill beformulated cool pigments.TheNIRreflective base coloured NearInfraRed(NIR)reflecting/ the surface.Thecoolpaintswillhavedark difference oftemperature afterapplyingto are beingdevelopedgivesubstantial air-conditioners. Thecoolpaintsthat cutting downonthecostsincurred on the thermaldiscomfortsforpeopleand paints’ showsgreat potentialinreducing In thisproject, thedevelopmentof‘cool Engineering andMaterialsScience Prof. AnandSKhanna,Dept.ofMetallurgical

Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 59 ENERGY Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 60 ENERGY FACULTY: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION LOW-POWER TRANSCEIVERSFOR developed. circuits (primary prototype) wouldbe consisting ofthereceiver andauxiliary consumption. Posttesting, thesystem medical devices,achieving reduced power communications associated withimplanted This bandisdedicatedfor wireless Service (MICS)bandhasbeendesigned. for MedicalImplantCommunications and IntermediateFrequency (IF)stage fabricated chip.Thereceiver front-end for thecomprehensive testingofthe Currently, aframeworkisbeingdeveloped potential useinbiomedicalapplications. communication whichwouldfind low powertransceiverforwireless The project aimsatdevelopinga Engineering Prof. JayantaMukherjee

, Dept.ofElectrical HEALTHCARE

Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 61 Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 62 HEALTHCARE diagnose Parkinson’s disease(PD),well biochemical blood-basedassayto This project aimstodevelopasensitive Bioengineering Prof. SamirMaji FACULTY: AT THEPRE-MOTOR STAGE DIAGNOSIS OFPARKINSON’S DISEASE BASED BIOCHEMICAL ASSAY FOR DEVELOPMENT OFASENSITIVEBLOOD- for PDdetectionatearlystages. standard diagnostictestwouldbe available sensitive andspecificassay, agold- various stagesofPD.Using thishighly range ofprotein aggregates present at helpful indefiningthecriticalconcentration protein aggregates. Thestudywouldbe our laboratory)foramplificationofthese the useofanovelsubstrate(developedin reaction. Thetechniquewouldinvolve based ontheprincipleofpolymerasechain them inatesttubeusingtechnology blood stream. Theobjectiveistoamplify leaked from thebrainintocirculating disease-associated protein aggregates assay wouldbebasedondetectionofthe before the clinicalmanifestations.This , Dept.ofBiosciences& MONITORING USINGEMWAVES NON-INVASIVE BLOODGLUCOSE WEARABLE ARMBANDFOR changes inglucose concentration. in theblooddielectricconstant dueto monitoring willinvolvemeasuring change The proposed methodofbloodglucose change inthedielectricconstant ofblood. arm. Changeinbloodglucose levelscause electromagnetic wavesthrough thehuman the reflection andtransmissionof of thebloodcontinuouslybymeasuring this bymonitoringthedielectricconstant glucose continuously. Theaimistoachieve to bereplenished andcanmonitorblood is non-invasive,doesnotneedmaterials It isproposed todevelopasystemwhich Engineering Prof. JayantaMukherjee FACULTY:

, Dept.ofElectrical

Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 63 HEALTHCARE Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 64 HEALTHCARE TREATMENT -EMEDICINE DEVICE ANDAFFORDABLE TINNITUS AFFORDABLE TINNITUSDETECTION explored for tinnitusmanagement. Multimodal treatment hasnotyetbeen approach totreat tinnitus patients. detection deviceandmultimodal treatment attempt todevelopaffordable tinnitus symptoms. Thepresent proposal isan is successfullyreducing thetinnitus However, nosingletreatment approach techniques havebeenpropounded. tinnitus patientsseveralintervention terms ofqualitylife.Inorder tohelp a demoralizingimpactonthesufferer in the presencesound.Ithas ofanexternal Tinnitus isanauditoryperception without Dept. ofElectricalEngineering Mr. Neeleshkumar Pandit Prof. MaryamShojaeiBaghini, FACULTY:

, Project Manager, affordable andscalablesolution. will bethebackboneofasubsequent inference serveroverthemobilenetwork transmitting imagestoaheavy-dutyAI light AI-basedinference engineorby Using anappwithacomputationally lighting totakeimagesoftheoralcavity. of smartphoneswithcamerasandLED zeroed inuponduetotheready availability The ideaofasmartphoneapphasbeen worker canbetrainedinafewhours. cancer, onwhichaprimaryhealthcare (AI) toflagcandidatesforbiopsyoforal app powered byartificialintelligence the feasibilityofdevelopingasmartphone The project teamproposes todetermine Dr. AmitSethi , Dept.ofElectricalEngineering FACULTY: STUDY ORAL CAVITY LESIONS–AFEASIBILITY AUTOMATED AIDFORSCREENINGOF

Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 65 HEALTHCARE Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 66 HEALTHCARE Engineering Prof. AbhishekGupta,Dept.ofMechanical Social Sciences, Prof. AzizuddinKhan,Dept.ofHumanitiesand FACULTY: BEHAVIOURAL APPROACH AN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL AND OF DEVELOPMENTAL DYSLEXIA: TECHNIQUE FORINTERVENTION DEVELOPMENT OFMULTISENSORY facility fortreatment. as subjectscanvisitacentraltraining explored. Thesolutionshouldbeaffordable treatment ofdyslexiahasnotbeen through virtualreality interfaces,for intervention technique.Hapticintervention, to developamultimodaltechniqueasan tactile modality. Thepresent project aims dearth ofinterventiontechniquesusing visual modalitiestogether, butthere isa Researchers haveusedphonologicaland in improving dyslexicsymptoms. Multimodal treatments are effective Design Endeavour(TIDE),Bengaluru Ms. SvatiBhogle,Technology Informatics Science &Engineering, Prof. Shireesh B.Kedare, Dept.ofEnergy Prof. SatishB.Agnihotri , CTARA, Mechanical Engineering, Prof. UpendraBhandarkar , Dept.of Prof. Virendra Sethi,CESE, FACULTY: REDUCTION OFEXPOSURE USING SOLIDFUELSWITHAFOCUSON EMISSIONS FROMCOOKSTOVES EXPERIMENTAL STUDY TOEVALUATE activity. air pollutionlevelsfrom thisbasichuman work isintendedtoaddress reduction of for mitigationmeasures. Theproposed the relative importancetobeattributed of suchemissionsisessentialtoassess ambient airpollution,andquantification Further, cookstovescontributetothelocal exposure tosmokeandCOinkitchens. emissions, andthereby reduce the tuning isintendedtoleaddecreased prevalent inIndia.Thematchingandfine various designsofcookstovesthatare to matchlocallyavailablesolidfuelswith The studywilltakeapragmaticapproach

Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 67 HEALTHCARE Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 68 HEALTHCARE Dr. KTuckley , Dept.ofElectricalEngineering and Bioengineering, Dr. Sanjeeva Srivastava,Dept.ofBiosciences Electrical Engineering, Prof. SiddharthaPDattagupta , Dept.of FACULTY: SKIN TISSUE DIELECTRIC CONTRASTMAPPINGOF DEVELOPMENT FORHIGHRESOLUTION RESONATOR PATCH ARRAY PROTOTYPE EXCITED FLEXIBLEMICROWAVE SMART PHONEBASEDREMOTELY access to(skintissue)scanning facilities. suburban areas where there is uneven target willbepopulationsinrural and primary health-care centers.Theprimary operability suitableforremotely located operation istoenableplugandplay example, breast). Smartphonebased of placementoncontoured surfaces(for The flexiblepatchdesignensures ease dielectric contrastmappingofskintissue. can provide real-time, highresolution low-maintenance prototype unitthat The objectiveistodeveloplow-cost, RECONSTRUCTION FOR DENTAL ANDORTHOPEDIC BONE BONE ANDNEARNETSHAPEGRAFT AND CLINICAL TRIALSOFLOWCOST TRANSLATION TOPRE-CLINICAL conditions. bone structure, fordentalandorthopedic to repair large andcompleterestoration of every patientofanyageand willbeable The technologywillbecustomized to the livesofpeoplehaving low incomes. allowing penetrationofthese products to times lowerthanotherproducts available, pyramid bybringingthecosttoatleast10 effective treatment forthebaseof this translationalproject istoprovide an and isbeingfurthertested.Theaimin A novel3Dscaffold hasbeendeveloped Engineering Prof. JayeshBellare, Dept.ofChemical FACULTY:

Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 69 HEALTHCARE Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 70 HEALTHCARE DIAGNOSTICS ANDHEALTH EDUCATION APPLICATIONS INPOINT-OF-CARE A MOBILEPHONEMICROSCOPEWITH on malariaandsicklecell disease. samples infieldsettings, with specialfocus validating itwithalarge number ofclinical a market-ready device.Italsoinvolves prototype ofthemobilemicroscope, into project focusesontranslatingalaboratory high resolution slideimages.Thecurrent magnify, capture, store andtransmit all-in-one systemwhichcandisplay, been developedisaportable diagnosis rapid.Theprototype whichhas make theprocess ofdetectionand Taking themicroscope tothefieldwill Bioengineering Prof. DebjaniPaul FACULTY: , Dept.ofBiosciencesand FACULTY: NEONATES BILLISCOPE: JAUNDICEDETECTIONIN interface. measurement, onanNICU-friendly attempts toreport arelative hyper-bilirubin which supportsaone-touch workflow, device combinedwithamobileapp tone, bloodflowetc.Thehandheld remove confoundingeffects ofskin estimate theamountofBilirubin,and developed theBiliscopewhichcan technique, thistranslatedproject has levels. Usingthemulti-spectralimaging requires frequent monitoring ofbilirubin highly prevalent conditioninnew-borns, Monitoring ofNeonataljaundice,a and Bioengineering Prof. SoumyoMukherji ,

Dept. ofBiosciences

Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 71 HEALTHCARE Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 72 HEALTHCARE DHARAVI SLUMSOFMUMBAI OF VULNERABLEPOPULATION IN UPLIFTMENT OFNUTRITIONALSTATUS public health machinery. strategies inaddressing malnutritionbythe outcome willbeusefulindevising Dharavi block,Maharashtra, theproject NGO) andtheCDPO-ICDS office in (Sion-Hospital), SNEHA(Mumbai based institutions –PediatricsDept in children. Undertakenwith3other identified locations,toaddress malnutrition supplied toselectedAnganwadisin and developsformulationsthatcanbe solution thatstudiesfood-habits,tastes This project planstocreate asustainable and SocialSciences Prof. D.Parthasarathy Prof. Narendra Shah FACULTY: , CTARA, , Dept.ofHumanities FACULTY: FRAMEWORK DEVELOPMENT OFATELEPATHOLOGY diagnosis forpatient. discussion onthecasein hand andfaster This willenablemore comprehensive different pathologistsforsecondopinion. used toshare complicatedcasesbetween all studentsinoneplace.Itcanalsobe hold atrainingsessionwithoutgathering based applicationletsaseniorpathologist rural andurbanlaboratories.Thisweb- and tofacilitatecommunicationbetween for trainingpathologistsinremote locations This project isdevelopinganecosystem Engineering Prof. SantoshNoronha , Dept.ofChemical

Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 73 HEALTHCARE Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 74 HEALTHCARE INFANTS ANDCHILDREN MANAGEMENT PLATFORM FORINDIAN DIGITAL AUTOMATED WELLNESS manage wellnessinkids. can alsobeusefultocreate protocols to and quantificationmethodology developed management inIndianchildren. Themodel lifestyle interventionstowards wellness data, predict thehealthstatusandadvise mobile appwhichcanbeusedtocollect digitally through awebportaland children. Thismodelisimplemented effect oflifestyleonthehealthIndian mathematical modelthatcaptures the The project proposes aphysiological Engineering Prof. Kareenhalli Venkatesh FACULTY:

, Dept.ofChemical PHASE -II RANGING PRESSUREAPPLICATIONS - PIEZO-RESISTIVE SENSORFORWIDE MICROCRYSTALLINE SILICON of footplantardiabetic patients. will beusedtomapthepressure contours device, asa3Dpressure map.Thisarray be received onadisplay, PCorAndroid Phase I.Theoutputofthissensorarraywill array ofpressure sensors,fabricatedin sensor. Theproject aimstodevelop an plantar pressure measurement isthe The mostimportantcomponentofthe Engineering andMaterialsScience Prof. RajivDusane FACULTY: , Dept.ofMetallurgical

Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 75 HEALTHCARE Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 76 HEALTHCARE human. proposal isaimedatmakingtheworkmore occupational healthandsafety, thepresent of bothworkersandmanagement on work related drudgeryandawareness system complexity, workers’literacylevel, and unorganised industry. Consideringthe Brick manufacturinginIndiaisatraditional design Prof. N.Sadhu,Prof. G.Ray FACULTY: OF PRODUCTIVITY CONDITIONS TOWARDS ENHANCEMENT AND DEVELOPINGSAFEWORK INDUSTRY ONREMOVAL OFDRUDGERY TRADITIONAL BRICKMAKING ERGONOMICS INTERVENTIONIN , IDCschoolof IMMUNOTHERAPY TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM FORCANCER DEVELOPING CAR-T CELL relapse andrefractory in B-ALLpatients. cells workveryeffectively intreating developing theCAR-Tcell platform;CAR-T especially B-ALL.Thisproject isaimedat in treating haematologicalmalignancy therapy hasshownremarkable results Chimeric AntigenReceptor(CAR)T-cell haematologists andoncologists.Recently, (‘cancer’) thatare treated by malignancies are malignantneoplasms common inchildhood.Haematological malignancy orleukemia,whichismost (B-ALL) isaformofhaemotological B cell-AcuteLymphocytic Leukemia Bioengineering Prof. RahulPurwar FACULTY: , Dept.ofBiosciences&

Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 77 HEALTHCARE Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 78 HEALTHCARE FOR TRAUMACARE HEMOSORB- HAEMOSTATIC DRESSING out ofthisproject. hemorrhage, would bethefinalprototype muco-adhesive materialfor control of pocket sizedevicecontaining non-toxic with agoodbiocompatibility. A portable medical aidisdelayedand oflowcost sustainable forseveralhours ifemergency even byanon-professional personnel,is being testedtobeeasyadministered prototype thathasbeendevelopedis minimize the timeframe.Theproduct a widerangeofconditionsandtryto rapid effective control ofbleedingin haemostatic devicewhichwillachieve The proposed solutionistodevelopa and Bioengineering Prof. RohitSrivastava FACULTY: , Dept.ofBiosciences INFECTIONS PATHOGENS CAUSING URINARY TRACT CARE TESTFORTHEDETECTIONOF DEVELOPMENT OFAPOINT-OF- in thedeveloping countries. large scaledevelopmentofdrugresistance patients, solvingtheproblems related to way forarationaldrugtherapy tothe test results. Theproject would pavethe travel toapathologycentre andwaitfor thereby doingawaywiththeburden to infections inruralandsemi-urbanareas, pathogens forpatientswithurinarytract that willresult inquickdetectionofurinary aims todevelopapoint-of-care device and riseincostsoftreatment. Thisproject has resulted inincreased drugresistance prescription ofantibioticsbythephysicians Treatment ofUTIsbynon-evidence based Bioengineering Prof. RintiBanerjee FACULTY: , Dept.ofBiosciencesand

Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 79 HEALTHCARE Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 80 HEALTHCARE FACULTY: PROGRAM HOME BASEDNUTRITIONCOUNSELING behaviour of the mother. change techniquesinterms ofthefeeding developed thatwillincorporate behaviour nutritional counsellingprogram willbe As apartofthisproject, ahome-based child’s physicalandmentaldevelopment. weight, whichisapotentriskfactorforthe likely togivebirthbabieswithlow in thereproductive agegroup are very In addition,womenbeingunderweight and impaired cognitivedevelopment. indicated arelationship betweenstunting below 5,worldwide.Various studieshave 35% ofthediseaseburden ofchildren child deathsandisalsoresponsible for Malnourishment islinkedtohalfofall and SocialSciences Prof. MrinmoyiKulkarni , Dept.ofHumanities Prof. SantoshNoronha FACULTY: CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING advise women atthecommunitylevel. village levelhealthworkers toscreen, and slides accurately. Itwouldalsobeusedby cyto technicianstointerpret pap-smear would bedevelopedtofacilitate training video tutorialsaround thefinalproduct the needforrepeating thetest.Inaddition, to ahigherlevelfacility, inorder toavoid or electronically sendthecerviximages cervix. Thedevicewouldbeabletoprint transferrable high-resolution imageofthe that willcapture aprintable/electronically project aimstodesignaninspectiondevice community-level screening system.This cervical canceristheabsenceofa One ofthechiefproblems ofaddressing Engineering , Dept.ofChemical

Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 81 HEALTHCARE Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 82 HEALTHCARE CANCER TREATMENT FUNCTIONAL NANOHYBRIDSFOR tumour model invivo. combination withhyperthermia overthe effect ofthedrugloadednano-particlesin project aimstoseethecombinatorial tagged tumourxenografts model.The the developednano-particles inluciferase use ofopticalimagingwillhelptoevaluate deficient nude/SCIDmice.Inthisstudy, the efficacy ofthesenano-materialsinimmune reporter) tomonitorthelocalisationand expressing luciferase,abioluminescent model ofovariancarcinoma (stably to usesub-cutaneoustumourxenograft As aproof ofprinciple,theproject intends Engineering andMaterialsScience Prof. Dhirendra Bahadur FACULTY: , Dept.ofMetallurgical any requirement forhumaninterventionin for aprolonged periodoftimewithout system toadministerpainrelieving drugs affordable non-invasivedrugdelivery The project proposes todevelopan and Bioengineering Prof. RohitSrivastava FACULTY: NON-STEROIDAL DRUGS NON-INVASIVE DELIVERY OF for thedrugmolecules. size ofpores inskin,tocreate apassage create areversible effect ofincreasing the waves intheultrasonicfrequency rangeto sonophoresis, thesystemwilluseacoustic or osteoarthritis.Basedonprinciplesof patients suffering from rheumatoidarthritis , Dept.ofBiosciences

Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 83 HEALTHCARE Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 84 HEALTHCARE FACULTY: DETECTION OFBIOCHEMICAL MARKERS POINT-OF-CARE DEVICESFOR results. convenient on-sitequantification oftest reader willalsobebuilt,topermit smartphone-based spectrophotometric of multipleBTMsinabloodsample.A which facilitatesimultaneousdetection microfluidic `lab-on-a-chip’POCdevices is tofabricatepaperandPDMS-based the diagnosisofosteoporosis. Theplan markers (BTMs), for for boneturnover multiplexed immunodiagnosticdevice inexpensive point-of-care (POC) This project aimstodevelopan Engineering Prof. SantoshNoronha , Dept.ofChemical Prof. PrasannaGandhi FACULTY: PRODUCT FORVOICEPROSTHESIS trials. functioning, andhasprogressed toclinical The proposed designhasbeentestedfor in caseofcontactlensesanddentures. and cleaningonadailybasis,justlike is tomakethisdeviceeasyforremoval commercially produced. Thebasicidea indigenous prosthetic devicethatcanbe devices, toachievealowcost,long-life by improving onthedesignofexisting of theavailablevoiceprosthetic devices The project aimstoeliminatetheproblems Engineering , Dept.ofMechanical

Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 85 HEALTHCARE Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 86 HOUSING

Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 87 Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 88 HOUSING suspended particulatesassociatedwith design: indoorconcentrationsof that focusesononeelementofsustainable simulation, andengagementcampaign This project proposes ameasurement, Prof. RisheeJain Prof. LeslieNoford Prof. RonitaBardhan FACULTY: MUMBAI’S DHARAVI SLUM IMPROVED KITCHENAIRQUALITYIN acceptable todevelopers. while remaining withinbusinessmodels will improve thelivesofDharaviresidents practicing architects andengineers,that and economicssuitableforuseby appropriate forclimate,culture, technology guidelines andsimulationworkflows among otherelements,includedesign evidence-based designprocess thatcould, this project istodevelopandsupportan of HAP. Theresearch opportunity for cooking whichisoneoftheprimarycauses , Stanford University, USA , MIT, USA , CUSE,

FACULTY: AFFORDABLE HOUSINGSEGMENT INNOVATIVE FINANCIALMODELSFOR energy sector. structure, particularly inthehousingand stable andanenduringmicro-financial beneficiaries withaccess toalowcost, organisations toprovide theintended framework thatcanbeused byvarious This project proposes and discussesa to purchase giventheirfinancialconditions. embrace newinnovationsandtheirinability experience agap,betweentheirdesire to consumers remains achallengeasthey product orientedinnovationsbytheBOP parts ofIndia.Theuseprocess and groups isweakoralmostabsentinmost The financialinfrastructure forlow-income Dr. DishaBhanot Mehta SchoolofManagement, Prof. ShishirKJha,Prof. ArtiKalro , TCTDproject staff , ShaileshJ.

Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 89 HOUSING Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 90 HOUSING FACULTY: COATINGS DEVELOPMENT OFNOISEDAMPING roofs. directly impact thoselivingundersuch applications, theoutcome ofthisworkwill India are madeupofsteelinroofing applications. Sincealotof housesin of thegalvanizedsteelused forstructural to improve thesounddampingproperties under theseroofs better. Thisstudy aims a helpinmakinglivesofpeopleliving people isasteptowards innovationand effectiveness. Providing suchroofs to also helpimprove theirdurabilityand to steelroofs willreduce noiseand Application ofsounddampingcoatings Engineering andMaterialsScience Scientist (Tata Steel),Dept.ofMetallurgical Asst. Prof. SivasambuBohm Engineering &MaterialsScience, Prof. A.S.Khanna , Dept.ofMetallurgical , Hon.Visiting

School ofDesign Prof. Bapat,Prof. Vijay U.Athavankar FACULTY: FITTING MOREINVOLUME housing u\interiors. which willcreate spacesinthevolumetric includes designinganddetailing furniture June 2015.Current worksonthisproject and prototype hasbeendemonstratedin The firststageofthisproject isdone family of4+2inavolume10’X10’X12.5’. aim oftheproject istoaccommodatea design byutilisingvolumeprovided. The providing solutiontothehousing alternate counts alot.Theproject dealswith In thisscenario,thebuildingfootprint unavailability ofLandforHousingpoor. Mumbai andtherisinglandcostsensure There isahugedemandofhousingin , IDC

Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 91 HOUSING Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 92 HOUSING practices andtechniquesused, FACULTY: AFFORDABLE HOUSING MASS PRODUCEDCOMPONENTSFOR while meeting theiraspirations. frugal lifestyle ofthetar pr T 4. techniques. and selectiveuseofmass-manufacturing construction coststhr To developideasforlimiting 3. India orelsewhere. T 2. housing. manufacturing cancontributetoaffor establish howandwhere mass- T 1. This project aimsto: School ofDesign Prof. B.K.Chakravarthy, Prof. Kumaresan , IDC oduct systemsthatcomplement the o developideasforpr o surveyexistingpr o studycurr ent andtypicalconstruction ough meaningful e-fab technologyin get population oducts and dable WATER

Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 93 Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 94 WATER OF SOCIETYINTHEMUMBAICITY OF THEBASEPYRAMID)SECTIONS AND SANITATION OFBOBOP(BOTTOM FOR ENHANCINGACCESSTOWATER TECHNOLOGY-BASED INNOVATIONS EVOLVING ANDARTICULATING governance. entrepreneurship, andparticipatory element, communitymanagement,local integrated combinationoftechnological evolve asetofsolutionsthatwillmakean waste management.Thefocuswillbeto fecal sludgemanagement,andmedical involved inon-sitewastewatertreatment, water andsanitationservicesthose schematic designsoffacilitiesforproviding The proposed solutionwillinclude Prof. PramodKhambete Prof. PradipKalbar Prof. SubodhWagle FACULTY: , CUSE, , CTARA, , IDCSchoolofDesign ImScope +Paperelectrodes FACULTY: MONITORING OFWATER EIS PLATFORM FORBACTERIOLOGICAL which canbe useddirectly inthefield. impedance spectroscopy measurements, setup offrequency response analyzerfor totheavailablebenchtop alternative is todevelopaportabledevice asan is non-specificinnature. Thenextplan detect anybacteriapresent inwaterand plant. Theproposed sensorintendsto both attheinletandoutletof of thetreatment plant,byusingsensors treatment process aswelltheefficiency the qualityofgrey waterafterthe need forasensorthatcandetermine impedance spectroscopy. There isa recycled grey waterusingelectrochemical This project aimsatthequalitycontrol of and Bioengineering Prof. SoumyoMukherji , Dept.ofBiosciences Gold onPaper

Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 95 WATER Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 96 WATER RECYCLING EFFECTIVE SYSTEM FORGREYWATER AND DEVELOPMENTOFACOST CHARACTERIZATION OFGREYWATER campuses and housingsocieties. and benefitother residential university the residents ofIITBombayCampus, results ofthisstudymaybeshared with through thefindingsofthisproject, the Once thestatusandpotential are identified strategies forpromoting grey waterreuse. and formulatecosteffective treatment It isessentialtocharacterizegrey water tide overthewaterscarcity problems. potable usesanditsrecycling canhelp grey waterrecycling optionsfornon- There ismuchincentiveforexploring Chaudhari, Prof. AnuragGarg Prof. Mukherji, Suparna Sanjeev FACULTY: , CESE FACULTY: USING OPTICAL FIBERSENSORS HEAVY METAL SENSINGINWATER highly sensitive heavymetalsensor. properties ofpolyaniline,todevelopa step towards theutilizationofoptical techniques. Thisstudywill beasignificant rapid, sensitiveandin-situ monitoring driven bycontinuousdemand forsimple, and improvement ofopticalsensorsare if present, inwater. Thedevelopment even atraceamountofheavymetal, optical sensorwhichwillbeabletodetect current studywilldevelopahighlysensitive with verylowlimitofdetection(LOD).The detect thetoxicheavymetalionsinwater, portable, user-friendly biosensorwhichcan It isveryessentialtodevelopalow-cost, and Bioengineering Prof. SoumyoMukherji , Dept.ofBiosciences

Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 97 WATER Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 98 WATER This project aimstoestablishawaterlab Research Academy Dr. MuraliSastry Mechanical Engineering, Prof. UpendraBhandarkar FACULTY: AND KNOWLEDGEDATA BASE BUILDING THEBASICUNDERSTANDING DOMESTIC WATER PURIFIERSAND COMPARISON OFVARIOUS AVAILABLE be usedforbaselinestudies,inthefuture. products marketandcreate adatabaseto insight intotheexistingwaterfiltration rating oftheproducts. Thisstudywillgive guideline forselectionanddecidingthe data forthesepurifierscanbeusedasa quantitative andqualitativeperformance reliability. Attheendofstudy, the purifiers are testedforperformanceand at Tata Centre, where theexistingwater , CEO,IITB-Monash

, Dept.of FACULTY: IN DRINKINGWATER DETECTION ANDSENSINGOFARSENIC be implemented forspecifictarget groups. will bepartnered withandthemethodswill success ofthisproject, otherorganizations of arsenicautomatically. Basedonthe sensing platformthatcan do thesensing of thehouristodevelopa highlyspecific interference duetootherions.Theneed analyzing real samples.There isalarge all suffer from the specificityproblem when sensing techniquesare reported, however detection andmeasurement. Various will investigatethemethodofarsenic and othernations.Theproposed project health hazards inmajorareas ofIndia Arsenic isamajorproblem leadingto Chemical Engineering Prof. RajdipBandyopadhyaya , Dept.of

Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 99 WATER Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 100 WATER Engineering Prof. ShankarKrishnan,Dept.ofMechanical FACULTY: DESALINATION SYSTEM HUMIDIFICATION-DEHUMIDIFICATION natural raincycle. technology. HDHtechnologymimicsthe promising anddecentralizeddrinkingwater technology appearstobe anextremely dehumidification (HDH)desalination available technologies,humidification- cost andmaintenance.Amongthemany no partswhichrequire extensivecapital desalination applications.Thisincludes in thisstudyisidealforsmall-scale heat recovery. Theproposed HDH system dehumidifier componentsandimproved and highperformancehumidifier (HDH) systemusinglow-cost,compact a humidification-dehumidification The goaloftheproposal istodemonstrate

REQUIREMENTS HOUSEHOLDDRINKINGWATERRURAL EXTRACTION OFWATER FROMAIRFOR the transparent (glass)surfaces. from thesunlightwhichthencondenseson made toevaporatedue thetrappedheat Water from the deliquescent saltsolutionis a solarstilltoinducegreenhouse effect. specially designedcompartment similarto collected deliquescentsolutionisputina Duringthedaytime, the early morning. ambient, preferably from lateeveningto salt thatwouldabsorbmoisture from the manner. Theideaistouseadeliquescent water inanefficient andcost-effective that wouldbeabletoprovide safedrinking This project proposes asimpletechnique Engineering Prof. AnilKottantharayil FACULTY: , Dept.ofElectrical

Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 101 WATER Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 102 WATER ENTERIC VIRUSES INPOTABLEENTERIC VIRUSES WATER CONCENTRATION ANDDETECTIONOF AND RELIABLEMETHODFOR DEVELOPMENT OFACHEAPER water purification filters. bodies processes inthemanufacture of monitoring biologicalquality ofwater (Q-PCR). Theprocess shouldbenefitfor quantitative polymerasechain reactions culture assays,immunogenicmethodsor and subsequentlydetectedusingcell using corresponding sugarsolutions from thelectinsepharose matrices of water. Captured virionswillbe eluted (such asrotavirus) from large volumes capture ofwater-borne entericviruses array ofimmobilizedplantlectinsforthe Our project isfocusedontheuseof Prof. SumathiSuresh FACULTY: , CESE SKILLS ANDMATERIALS PURIFIER CONSIDERINGLOCAL NEEDS, DEVELOPMENT OFCLAY-BASED WATER power supply. portable aswellindependent ofelectric design ofwaterpurificationsystemthatis circumstances. Thisproject proposes a the qualityofwaterisquestionableinthese Even ifwaterisavailableintheseareas, affected bynaturalcalamitieslikefloods. problem -inruralareas aswellareas Access tosafedrinkingwaterisamajor Science andEngineering Prof. Shireesh B.Kedare, Dept.ofEnergy Prof. A.B.Rao,CTARA, FACULTY:

Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 103 WATER Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 104 MANAGEMENT WASTE

Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 105 Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 106 WASTE MANAGEMENT particulate pollutionisgeneratedby developing countrieswhere significant respiratory healtheffects isacutein Indoor airpollutionanditseffects on Chemical Engineering Prof. ChandraVenkataraman Prof. RochishMThaokar, Prof. YSMayya, FACULTY: CLEANER DEVELOPMENT ELECTROSPRAY BASEDINDOORAIR public health. thereby contributingtotheimprovement of technology toreduce indoorairpollution, The objectiveistodevelopamitigation affordable operatingcostsofthesystem. enhance theeffectiveness ofremoval at the existingairfiltrationmethodsto based particlecharging ideaswith project aimsatcombiningelectrospray intense andprolonged cookingcycles.The , Dept.of FACILITY AT IITBOMBAY CAMPUS INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT not treated effectively. Theuncontrolled and infectioussolidwastes generated,if known astrashorgarbage, are thetoxic Municipal SolidWaste (MSW)commonly Science &Engineering Prof. SrinivasSeethamraju Engineering, Prof. MindVRane Science &Engineering, Prof. GajananraoJadhav Prof. AnuragGarg Engineering, Prof. SanjayMahajani FACULTY: , CESE , Dept.ofMechanical , Dept.ofChemical , Dept.ofEarth , , Dept.ofEnergy

Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 107 WASTE MANAGEMENT Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 108 of wastewouldbecommissionedatthe different processes dependingonthetype campus asthetestbed.Thesetupfor challenges inMSWconsideringIITB a numberofprojects, addressing various students havebeenactivelyworkingon associated withTata Centre andthe managing thewaste,agroup offaculty bringing inefficient andscientificwaysof and environment. Realisingtheneedfor have adverselyaffected humanhealth and improper dumpingofsuchwastes cities, tierIandIIcities inIndia. in othersimilarcampuses, upcomingsmart a successfulmodelthiscan bereplicated of theequipment.Oncedemonstrated as circumstances suchasbreakdown ofone to treat thewasteincaseofanunexpected used toaddress non-recyclable wasteor for gardens. Thebioreactor landfillwillbe plastic pyrolysis, andgoodqualitycompost gas from pelletgasification,fueloilfrom biogas from biomethanationunit,producer will enableenergy generationintheformof to generateenergy from waste.Thefacility that mayvaryincharacteristicsandalso provide flexibilityinhandlingthewaste The advantageofsuchafacilityisto from thecampuswouldbetransported. integrated facilitywhere theentire waste OIL THROUGHPYROLYSIS CONVERSION OFPLASTICINTOFUEL supported bytheCentre: following technologicalsolutions, The facilityisexpectedtohousethe stream into asource ofenergy, reducing offers theadvantages ofconvertingawaste waste, intofueloilthrough pyrolysis. It polypropylene (PP)andpolystyrene (PS) plastic, predominantly polyethylene(PE), of thisproject istoconvertsuchmixed 20% ofmixedplasticwaste.Theidea solid waste(MSW)hasapproximately upto a necessity, especiallybecausemunicipal recycle valueandsafedisposaloftheseis There are someitemswhichdon’t havea Science andEngineering Prof. SeethamrajuSrinivas FACULTY:

, Dept.ofEnergy

Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 109 Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 110 FOR FOODWASTE RECYCLING COMMUNITY COMPOSTINGSYSTEM DEVELOPMENT OFHOUSEHOLDOR more accessibletoeveryone. pyrolysis process andmakethistechnology use availablecatalystsinthemarketfor considered asawaste.Theproject aimsto creating valueforastream thatisotherwise the amountofwastegoingtoland-fills,and management ofsegregated food waste community compostingsystem forthe This studyaimstodevelop ahousehold/ funds andpoormanagement practices. the developingnations,due tolimited (MSW) isamajorchallenge inmostof Management ofmunicipalsolidwaste Prof. AnuragGarg FACULTY: contro Re actor -1 l 5 cm 32 cm

10 cm Aquarium pump , CESE 5.5 cm T emper Re actor -2 ature sensor decomposition rate. would alsobestudiedonthewaste the effect ofmicrobial inoculumaddition decomposition ofthefoodwaste.Moreover, bin forachievingefficient andodour-free is todesignauser-friendly composting MANAGE GARDENWASTE GASIFIER BASEDCOOK-STOVESTO generated in process industries, andalsoingasification which canbeusedasfuel insmallscale can beconvertedintopellets orbriquettes transportation andhandling, thewaste for betterapplications.For theeaseof use garden wasteandagro-wastes Through thisproject, itisproposed to Engineering Prof. SanjayMahajani,Dept.ofChemical FACULTY:

homes. Themainobjective

Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 111 Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 112 and expertise in burner design. and expertiseinburner Centre atMITisplannedwiththeirfacility producer gas.AcollaborationwithTata for particulates, anddesigningburner would beonminimizingclinker, tarand In thisstageofproject, amajorfocus feedstock specificdesignisenvisaged. new operation-friendly, emissionfree and country’s wastemanagementinitiatives.A LPG. Theworkwouldcomplementthe based cook-stoves,topartiallyreplace with theoperators,technology providers laboratory analysisandin-depth interviews questionnaire, samplecollectionfor includes fillingoutadetailed surveyform/ faced duringitsoperation. Theassessment operational characteristicsandchallenges biogas plantsandunderstanditsdesign, The objectiveistoassesstheMSWbased Prof. MunishChandel FACULTY: INDIA WASTE BASEDBIOGASPLANTSIN ASSESSMENT OFMUNICIPAL SOLID

, CESE water requirement. back intothereactor tominimisethefresh anaerobic reactor torecycle theeffluent being doneonalabscalesinglephase particular requirement. Alsoastudyis conclusion aboutbestsuiteddesignfor of different plantsandcometosome The ideaisalsotocompare theworking economic andoperationalchallenges. and canbebroadly classifiedintosocio- faced bytheplantsare somewhatsimilar and end users. It is observed that problems

Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 113 Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 114 FACULTY: SMALL FOUNDRIES RECLAMATION OFWASTE SANDFROM PROCESS DESIGNFORTHE cost tolessthan thatoffresh sand. conditions and bringdownthereclamation challenge istooptimizethe operating dead binderfrom wastesand.Thebiggest mechanical attritionandimpact, toremove fluidized beds,basedon the principlesof and efficiently -verticalandhorizontal sand withinfoundrieseconomically have beendesignedtousereclaimed sand. Inthisproject, twoprototypes production useshugeamountsoffoundry since therapidrateofgrowth offoundry the reclamation offoundrysandiscrucial For sustainabledevelopmentofIndia, Prof. DasakaMurty Engineering, Prof. SanjayMahajani Sciences, Prof. GajananraoNJadhav , Dept.ofCivilEngineering , Dept.ofChemical , Dept.ofEarth CONSTRUCTION OFROADSCONSTRUCTION ANDWASTERUBBER PLASTICFOR UTILIZATION OFWASTE TIRE be anenvironmental friendlystepforward. waste forconstructionof pavements will is expectedthattheutilization ofindustrial on theeffective useofthesematerials.It generate qualitydatabase andguidelines technique. Thestudyenvisages howto provide asustainableandeco-friendly for highwayconstruction,whichcan of wastetires andwasteplasticmaterials The present studyevaluatesthepotential to utilizethepotentialofindustrialwastes. yet notmanystudieshavebeenconducted types ofindustrialwastematerialsannually, India produces milliontonsofvarious Engineering Prof. DharamveerSingh FACULTY: , Dept.ofCivil

Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 115 WASTE MANAGEMENT Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 116 WASTE MANAGEMENT Prof. D.N.Singh FACULTY: FOR IITBOMBAY ENGINEERED BIOREACTORLANDFILL the functioningofbioreactor landfill. generated tomeetthepower required for and thepotentialityof landfillgases biodegradable materialsfrom theremains extraction ofessentialoilsfrom thenon- being carriedouttocheckthefeasibilityof material andsoilstabilizers.Astudyisalso being studiedtobeusedascompost,filler a solution.Remainsfrom thelandfillare an in-housebioreactor landfillensures the slowrateofdecompositionwaste, solid wastefrom source tothelandfilland huge area ofland,transportationthe landfilling whichinvolveacquisitionofa Unlike existingconventionalmethodsof , Dept.ofCivilEngineering BOMBAY CAMPUS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS INIIT OF EXISTINGSOLIDWASTE CHARACTERIZATION ANDMONITORING MUNICIPAL SOLIDWASTE through actual wasteaudit. IIT Bombaycampushasbeen collected management andcharacterisation inthe dry waste.Theinventoryof solidwaste for wetwasteandmanual sortingfor units likecompostingand biomethanation their transportationtovariousprocessing residential, academicandhostelsources, about collectionofwastefrom all Waste Management,givinginformation GIS basedInformationsystemforCampus This project involvesthedevelopmentofa Prof. AnilDixit FACULTY: Wet waste MSW inIITBombayCampus , CESE Discarded waste

Dry waste Recyclables

Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 117 WASTE MANAGEMENT Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 118 ACROSS DOMAINS Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 120 ACROSS DOMAINS The core ideaoftheproposed project isto Prof. PramodKhambete and Engineering, Prof. Shireesh Kedare Prof. SubodhWagle FACULTY: DESIGN THEORIES PROJECTS: APPLYING DIFFUSIONAND ADOPTION OFTCTD’SINNOVATION FACILITATING DIFFUSIONAND Design andServicetheories. as DesignThinking,andUserCentered Diffusion ofInnovationtheoryaswell literature andpracticebuiltaround the and practicalinsightsemerging from the theories, models,practices,methods, the project willtrytoapplytheconcepts, for theBoPsectionsofsociety. To thisend, various products andservicesinnovated and, thus,enhance,theirsocialimpactof the diffusion andadoptionofinnovations improve efficacy, pace,andsustainabiltyof , CTARA, , Dept.ofEnergy Science , IDCSchoolofDesign

EXERCISES AT TCTD BY FACILITATION OFPARTICIPATORY ENHANCING DEVELOPMENTIMPACT dissemination. projects for technology developmentand and relevant problems leading tomore year. Theproject willalsoidentifynew based ontheexperienceof thefirst under TCTDandmaybeextended further ongoing activityfordifferent projects present project maybetakenupasan problems ofpeople.Inthisrespect, the increase theunderstandingofspecific present activities/projects atTCTDwill Employing participatorypracticesinthe Dr. Honkalaskar Vijay Engineering, Prof. UVBhandarkar and Engineering, Prof. Shireesh Kedare FACULTY: , Dept.ofMechanical , External expert , External , Dept.ofEnergy Science

Tata Centre for Technology and Design / 121 ACROSS DOMAINS ICON INDEX

- Agriculture and Food

- Education

- Energy

- Healthcare

- Housing

-Water

-Waste Management

- White paper

- Closed project