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Joint ventures with other countries? • Bio Medical Waste: These are highly
toxic wastes that need to be handled
We have bilateral understanding with carefully.
44 countries for international scientific • Plastic: plastic waste pose a major bio
programmes. Programmes with USA, UK, hazard problem and DST is exploring
France, Germany, Russia and Japan are very possibilities of handling it.
active. With other countries there is exchange
of scientists and students that adds a lot of 2. Advanced Manufacturing: Material,
value in different ways. mechanics and manufacturing the
three M’s form the basis of this project.
Exposure, collaboration and cooperation… Inspired by the – “Make in India” motto
advanced manufacturing research will
When our students go out for the first time they be in multidisciplinary fields including
realize that the competition is extremely stiff automation etc.
and global and they have to work very hard in
bringing new ideas to the table independent of 3. Clean Energy:
Clean energy derived from coal is another
their advisors. Thus it is necessary to have an area of thrust.
exposure to the wider world. Besides this they
learn about the latest systems, the problems 4. Swasth Bharat: DST is looking at
they have to look at and they also become scientific foundation of yoga & meditation.
culturally enriched, learning a lot of new A group of highly qualified scientists are
things. They also collaborate and cooperate involved in this project and papers will
in writing papers with foreign scientists thus be published in international journals for
adding value to the scientific community. global reach.
Thrust areas 5. Water Technology: Supported by DST
for the last 10 years, IIT Chennai has
This is a dynamic arena where priorities been working on water related problems
are need based. The basic areas of thrust using nanotechnology besides others.
which is handled by Science and Engineering Basic research has led to startups which
Research Board remain the same namely – has received global funding of 18 million
Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics & dollars to come up with innovations that
other countries might buy as water related
Life sciences. These basic areas within them issues are a major concern worldwide.
contain thrust areas which are looked into by
various committees. Priorities of projects and 6. Potable Water: Is and will be a huge
research keep changing. problem in the future and the RO
technology available at present may not
Some of the projects DST is focusing on are: be viable in an area where water is scarce
because:
1. Solid Waste Management • RO systems waste the same amount
of water that it purifies. This rejected
• Electronic waste: Domestic and water is going into the sewage system
imported electronic add up to a sizable in most cases and is lost.
waste issue that needs to be sorted • It needs continuous power supply
out. These wastes contain gold and which is not possible in many of our
lithium (batteries) and other valuable villages.
rare earth elements that need to be • It filters out salt and minerals from
the purified water so that the waste
scientifically processed and recycled to water has more concentration of these
convert waste into wealth. which is put back into the well from
where it came. This is a short term
solution as the well water is becoming
progressively saline and will become
unusable eventually.
• It is very expensive.
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