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IIT Kharagpur wins at the ADB Knowledge & Innovation Hub’s Transport Technology Innovation Challenge

Collaborations, Engagement, Humans of KGP, InstituteADB Knowledge & Innovation Hub, architecture, BITS Pilani, Innovation Challenge, LocationMind Inc., Mobility, Paratransit Operators, Proof of Concept, Regional Planning, Safe Accessibility, Sustainable Development Goals, technologies, Technology Innovation Challenge, Transport Technology, TUTEM, Urban Transit, Urban Transit Transfer Points, UTTPs

Technology Innovation Challenge Independent verification of the results Publications of lessons learned by all the parties Reference site and report for ADB and development member countries Recommendations for next steps to scale-up the proposed solutions, including for future ADB-funded projects Have a vision, plan and capability for future implementation/commercialization of the innovative technology solutions in DMCs A user-friendly interactive system through the Technologies for Urban Transit to Enhance Mobility and Safe Accessibility (TUTEM) project that aims to enhance the last-mile security & safety of transit passengers in Hyderabad by providing commuters with safe access enroute to transit stations through mobile…

International Workshop on Biodiversity & Climate Change

Engagement, Events, Institute, Study@IITKgpAgroforestry, BDCC, Biodiversity, biotechnology, British Antarctic Survey, Carbon Sequestration, CIFOR-ICRAF, Climate Change, CORAL, Data analytics, environmental geochemistry, Food Provision, Geomatics, Global Cryosphere, Google Earth Engine, ICIMOD, IMD, Indian Meteorological Department, International Workshop, JAMSTEC, Machine Learning, Mission LiFE, Multifaceted Mitigation, Nationally Determined Contributions, Natural Hazards, Ohio State University, Open Source, Panchamrit, SAC-ISRO, Sediment Analysis, Similipal Biosphere Reserve, Species Distribution Modelling, Sundarbans, sustainable development, Sustainable Development Goals, Texas A&M University, Victoria University of Wellington

We are the first generation to feel the impact of climate change and we are the last generation that can do something about it. We only get one home, one planet, there is no plan B. The climate has changed, we have changed, our tolerance and habits have changed. Biodiversity is our most valuable asset but least appreciated resource. Despite our many advances, our environment is still threatened by a range of problems including global climate change, energy dependency on unsustainable fossil fuels and loss of biodiversity. Therefore, there is a need to create an awareness about maintaining ecology among…

Clean India, Healthy India

Environmentchild mortality, Clean India, Clean water, death, diarrhea, environment, faeces, fecal coliform, Groundwater, mortality, OFD, open defecation, pathogen, Potable Water, sanitation, Sustainable Development Goals, Swachh Bharat, UNGA, water, water-bourne diseases

Hindustan Times ET Health World (Economic Times) India Today The Week UNI India Millenium Post Business Standard Republic World Does economic growth have a positive correlation with clean drinking water in India? Researchers at IIT Kharagpur seem to be not only agreeing with this idea but even found concrete proofs. In a recent study published in the Scientific Reports, the link between the influence of economic growth in reducing fecal pathogens in groundwater has been established. These are the pathogens that…