Water Conservation

Jun

13

2025

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By Poulami Mondal

IIT Kharagpur Team Secures National Win in Ideas4Life Ideathon for “Save Water”

IIT Kharagpur Team Secures National Win in Ideas4Life Ideathon for “Save Water”

Awards & Accolades, Community, Environment & Social Impact, Expert Insight, Social ImpactAdopt Healthy Lifestyles, Adopt Sustainable Food Systems, citizen-centric, Cleaner Environment, Climate Change, eco-friendly charcoal, energy production, environment, Environmental Sustainability, fertilizers, Forest, growing microbes, Hydrothermal Carbonization, Ideas4Life, Ideathon, IIT Kharagpur, Innovative, Innovative Solutions, Lifestyle for Environment, lignocellulosic hydrochar, microbial fuel cell, Mission LiFE, MoEFCC, process water, Raw Sewage, Reduce E-Waste, Reduce Waste, renewable energy production, Save Energy, Save Water, Say No to Single-Use Plastics, Social Impact, Sustainable Solutions, UNICEF YuWaah, Waste Management, Water Conservation, World Environment Day

A team from IIT Kharagpur comprising Rajarshi Bhar, Joydeepa Taran and Anil, guided by Prof. Brajesh Kumar Dubey from the Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Kharagpur has been awarded the first prize in the Ideas4Life initiative of the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change under the category of “Save Water.” The winners were felicitated on the World Environment Day function on 5th June, 2025 at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi. Shri Bhupender Yadav, Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change applauded the initiative, stating it had successfully surfaced innovative, citizen-centric, and sustainable solutions that pave the way for environmentally…

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May

24

2023

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By Poulami Mondal

IIT Kharagpur Researchers Aids to Green Construction to Reduce Global Warming

IIT Kharagpur Researchers Aids to Green Construction to Reduce Global Warming

Environment, Environment & Social Impact, Research & Innovation, Social ImpactCement Industry, Climate Change, Clinker Production, CO2 Emission, Decarbonize, Electrical Communication Engineering, electronics, Energy Consumption, Global Warming, Green Cement, Green Construction, Green Taxation, Greener Future, Limestone, Nano-Engineered Graphene, Net Zero Emission, OPC, PPC, Slag, Sustainable Growth, Water Conservation

Climate change and green and sustainable growth have found top most importance in India’s G20 presidency this year. Not only India, but all the leading economies have spoken in one voice on it. To revolutionize green construction, a team from IIT Kharagpur, Department of Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering, led by Prof. T.K Bhattacharyya, Scientist Dr. Jhimli Manna, Mr. Ayan Chatterjee, and Dr. Debmallya Das have developed and patented a Nano-Engineered Graphene derivative to reduce clinker factor from cement as well as concrete which can save the CO2 emission upto 25% annually. In addition, it will help to reduce the…

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