From low-cost ventilators, indigenous RT-PCR kits, low-cost oxygen supplementing products to mobile medical units, the IITs, NITs, IISERs and IIITs have come up with their new innovations to meet the challenges thrown by the COVID-19.
Education ministry hails IITs, NITs, IISERs, IIITs' contribution in fight against Covid-19
The Ministry of Education has released a COVID-19 e-book highlighting the contributions of centrally funded technical institutes (CFTIs). From low-cost ventilators, indigenous RT-PCR kits, low-cost oxygen supplementing products to mobile medical units, the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT), National Institutes of Technology (NITs), Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs) and Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) have come up with their new research products and innovations to meet the challenges thrown by the COVID-19 and to meet the demand of the society.
Ministry of Education e-book: Details
In wake of the outbreak of the COVID-19 in March 2020, the department of higher education had urged the CFTIs to come up with alternative technology and products to meet the new challenges posed by COVID-19 and to help the society and medical community. Low-cost ventilators, indigenous RT-PCR kits, low-cost oxygen supplementing products, automatic screening equipment, mobile medical units have been successfully brought out by these institutes.
“Many of these were commercialised by the start-ups in these Institutes or placed at the services of state government, local administration. Besides, start-ups under CFTIs have produced low-cost three-layered masks, PPE Kits, sanitizers, hand wash, thermal scanners, oximeters as a market-interventions strategy in a short span of time to check the rising cost of these products in the market. These Institutes made available these items to the local administration for their use on daily basis,” the Covid-19 e-book released by the education ministry read.
Despite the COVID-19 induced lockdown, the IITs, IISERs, IIITs and NITs came up with different new technologies to help the country to cope up with the pandemic and the medical emergency.
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