CorporateSocial Responsibility

Prospectus 2015

Energy 5Lighting up off-grid/near off-grid homes 6Enhanced energy utilization, productivity improvement & improved industrial safety 10

Health 15Prototypes of footwear device for gait analysis and rehabilitation 16Healthcare Technology Innovation Centre 20Centre for Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology 24

Environment & Sustainability 27CSR Funding for R&D in infrastructure delivery 28On-demand transport service meters as micro-agents for data collection in smart city planning 32Developing sustainable strategies for peri-urban development 36Sustainable water & energy management in agricultural systems 40

Water, Waste Management & Sanitation 45Sustainable hybrid water systems 46Centre for safe water 50Waste water management 54Ensuring water security in the Gadana & Ramanadhi river basins through improved weather forecasting & irrigation water management 58Identifying hotspots of environmental pollution 62

Education 67Capacity building of Producer Companies for better management practices & sustainable growth 68Education through Recorded Theatre 72NIRMAAN - Experience entrepreneurship @ CFI 76Replicating Centre For Innovation to promote technological innovations by students 80An innovative ‘C-4’ model for high school students 84Enhancing the success potential of the marginal entrepreneur 88

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The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities defined in Schedule VII of the Companies Act 2013 are presented below. The activities with the orange color scheme indicate areas in which the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IITM) is active. In this prospectus we have compiled 20 projects that the IITM faculty is active in at various stages of maturity. In continuation of the policy of IITM to increase collaboration and partnerships with industry, CSR is seen as an excellent way to build long term relationships for the betterment of society through advanced technical inputs.

� eradicating hunger, poverty and malnutrition, promoting preventive health care and sanitation and making available safe drinking water

� promotion of education including special education and employment enhancing vocation skills especially among children, women, elderly and the differently abled and livelihood enhancement projects

� promoting gender equality, empowering women, setting up homes and hostels for women and orphans; setting up old age homes, day care centres and such other facilities for senior citizens and measures for reducing inequalities faced by socially and economically backward groups

� ensuring environmental sustainability, ecological balance, protection of flora and fauna, animal welfare, agroforestry, conservation of natural resources and maintaining quality of soil, air and water

� protection of national heritage, art and culture including restoration of buildings and sites of historical importance and

works of art; setting up public libraries; promotion and development of traditional arts and handicrafts

� measures for the benefit of armed forces veterans, war widows and their dependents

� training to promote rural sports, nationally recognized sports, Paralympic sports and Olympic sports

� contribution to the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund or any other fund set up by the Central Government for socio-economic development and relief and welfare of the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes, other backward classes, minorities and women

� contribution or funds provided to technology incubators located within academic institutions which are approved by the Central Government

� rural development projects

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs through notifications and amendments have included ‘promoting health care including preventive health care’, ‘Swach Bharat Kosh’, ‘Clean Ganga Fund’ and ‘slum area development’ as activities eligible for CSR funding under Schedule VII of the Companies Act, 2013. It was clarified that Research and Studies in the areas specified in Schedule VII is allowed under CSR. Donations to IIT Madras are eligible for tax exemptions of 100%, 175% and 200% on a case to case basis.

With regards,Joseph Thomas

Joseph Thomas VP, Development Office IIT Madras Alumni Charitable Trust

Professor R Nagarajan Dean, International & Alumni Relations

IIT Madras

IIT Madras has traditionally enjoyed a strong relationship with industry and corporates, primarily due to its world-class teaching and research capabilities. This link has been enhanced in the recent past with the launch of the IITM Research Park. The recent GoI mandate for CSR spending by companies, viewed in this light, provides one more avenue for IIT Madras and our corporate friends to pursue in teaming to provide solutions to societal challenges.

IIT Madras faculty are active in pursuit of research that leads to products and services that can serve humanity well. However, the translation from laboratory to actualization is frequently a difficult one. Pilot trials are typically required to validate small-scale solutions in a real-life context. Villages need to be adopted, and lab solutions need to be proven on the ground. Schools need to be recruited as partners in evaluating solutions for their feasibility. Every solution for a critical need—be it in water, in energy, in sanitation, in education, in land use—needs to be researched and developed in an academic setting, but eventually implemented in needful communities.

It is in this latter phase that we see a huge need and opportunity for CSR funding, The bridging between the “gown” and “town” can only be faciltated by such a funding mechanism. That last step to achieving a workable solution for one of the “grand challenges” facing India can only be taken with industry/ corporate support.

We have faculty and students with great ideas that have been demonstrated in the lab. Work with us to take these ideas out to the real world.

We can then share in the pride of seeing high-quality research and technology get translated into life-changing ground realities. We will work with you to make this happen.

Thank you for your consideration.

With regards,

Prof. R. Nagarajan

} Prof. Ashok Jhunjhunwala - Lighting up off-grid / near off-grid homes using ‘Off Grid Homes’ (OGH), a Solar DC solution by IITM Madras

} Prof. Mahesh V Panchagnula &Prof. Raghunathan Rengasamy - Center for Industrial Assessment at IIT Madras geared towards enhanced energy utilization

Energy

ProjectOGH has been implemented on a pilot basis at small hamlets. In addition to these pilots, IITM proposes to light up 100,000 homes in villages across the country with zero / limited access to electricity, using OGH or OGH-Grid and maintain it for 5 years post which it will be transferred to the user. Financing will be through a combination of central government / state government and CSR funding. Wherever affordability exists, a small part (25% or so) will be recovered from the household through a combination of upfront and periodic payments. Central government funding will be by way of subsidy (30%). The balance 45% is proposed to be funded through State Government / CSR / Others.

Brief Methodology } IITM will identify suitable locations in association with all stakeholders

} Each home will be equipped with 1 LED tubelight, 1 LED bulb, 1 Brushless Direct Current motor (BLDC) fan, a remote control to operate fan and light, 1 socket and 1 mobile charger, 125 W solar panel, 800-1200 Wh battery and the OGH controller. The OGH – solar panael – battery combination may be used for more than 1 home depending on load

} The lights, fans, remote, chargers, sockets, solar panel have been developed by IITM (in association with manufacturers) for this purpose, focusing on high efficiency and low cost. Specifications for these will be made public and any manufacturer who can manufacture to specifications will be eligible to participate in a tender to supply these products

} IITM will ensure the manufacture of OGH and OGH-Grid, which have been conceptualised and developed at IITM to meet the requirement

IntroductionThe demand-supply gap for power in India has been widening. This has resulted in power shortages for all in varying degrees, with the homes at the bottom of the energy ladder having no grid connectivity. There are 60-70 million off-grid homes in India today, plus an additional 30-40 million near off-grid homes.

Off Grid Homes (OGH), a solution developed at IIT Madras can light up homes with no access to electricity or limited access using decentralised solar generation to power efficient devices at home. OGH has been designed to maximise usable power from solar at the generation end, which feeds energy efficient DC devices at the consumption end – together this ensures a saving of over 50% of power compared to conventional solutions, making OGH a cost effective, efficient and sustainable alternative.

Lighting up off-grid / near off-grid homes using “Off Grid Homes” (OGH),

a Solar DC solution by IIT Madras

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Anticipated BenefitsThe OGH solution has several advantages over the conventional solution:

} In areas with low population density, this solution is cheaper to implement and maintain

} It eliminates losses by use of energy efficient appliances and promotes the use of these devices as well as solar installations as the gains are reflected as tangible economic benefits

} Since this is a predominantly decentralised solution, transmission and distribution losses are eliminated

} The remote can be used to dim the light and reduce fan speed which can significantly reduce the energy consumed. In conventional devices this is not possible

BudgetTotal Cost of lighting up 100,000 homes: ̀ 30,000 lakhs

Amount to be raised from CSR / other sources (45%): `13,500 lakhs

Prof. Ashok JhunjhunwalaDepartment of Electrical Engineering

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BackgroundThe backbone of a modern economy is the manufacturing sector. The manufacturing sector usually creates millions of jobs and has the potential to catapult the country to a premier position in the world economy. Several challenges need to be addressed before the potential is realized. For example, the foundry industry in India has a rejection rate of 8-10% while it is less than 1% in the West. A domino effect of this poor quality control is the concomitant increase in pollution rates and ineffective utilization of utilities. The current situation stems from the lack of systems for structured assessment of industrial operations.

It is proposed to establish a center at IIT Madras for industrial assessment of mid-scale industries in Tamil Nadu, largely modeled along the successful Department of Energy (DOE) program in the USA that has been operational for several years.

Center for Industrial Assessment at IIT Madras geared towards

enhanced energy utilization, productivity improvement & improved industrial safety

Proposed India modelSeveral IIT Madras and other university faculty members will be part of the center. The center will acquire necessary equipment and infrastructure to assess industrial energy efficiency and performance as well as to perform safety audits. Mid-scale industries where the annual utility bills range from ̀ 1-10 crore will be targeted. These audits will focus on identifying inefficiencies in energy utilization, process operations and safety related concerns. Each audit team will consist of a faculty, graduate and undergraduate student. The audits will be done free of cost to the companies. The free audit will only be offered to pre-qualified and committed companies. The final outcome of the audit will be a set of recommendations and quantification of benefits if these recommendations were to be followed. The recommendations (in a detailed report including cost-benefit analysis) will include: best operational practices, identification of additional equipment, suggestions for deployment of new technologies that can improve process operations, safety and so on.

Overview of the US Industrial Assessment Center Program funded by the DOE25 Industrial Assessment Centers are currently in operation at various university locations in the USA. The program is over 30 years old. Over 15,000 assessments have been completed and over 125,000 recommendations generated for energy efficiency improvement as well as pollution abatement. Over 45% of these recommendations have been implemented. At least 10% of the energy cost has been reduced (on average) as a result of each assessment. The investment payback on the recommendations implemented is typically less than 1.5 years.

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Center operational philosophy and visionThe assessments are intended to be done free of cost, so as to cover a large base of manufacturing businesses. Any industrial donor, while fulfilling their corporate social responsibility, will impact citizens in all walks of life—engineering students, employees as well as people living near the manufacturing facilities. The ultimate vision for the IIT Madras center is to disseminate the knowledge gained and use a cookie-cutter model to establish such centers in various IITs and NITs so that the whole nation can be served. Our vision is to scale up to 25 centers in India in five years. This scale up will initially focus on densely industrialized areas leading to tier-II and tier-III areas.

Budget`400 lakhs, over 3 years. Primarily towards equipment and operational costs.

Prof. Mahesh V PanchagnulaDepartment of Applied Mechanics

Prof. Raghunathan RengasamyDepartment of Chemical Engineering

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} Prof. Prathap Haridoss - Prototypes of footwear device for gait analysis and rehabilitation

} Prof. Mohanasankar Sivaprakasam - Healthcare Technology Innovation Centre

} Prof. Anil Prabhakar - Centre for Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology

Health

Development carried out so farAn initial prototype of the device has been developed and demonstrated, and a patent application has been filed for the same. The hardware of the system consists of slippers, which are to be worn by the user for data acquisition. Each slipper is fitted with several push button switches to obtain the contact points of different parts of the foot. These push button switches act as contact sensors with only two states. The on time and off time of each of these buttons is analyzed to obtain information about the gait cycle. An embedded system is designed to obtain data from each of the contact points and send the information to the central computer over wireless for further analysis. The data transmitted by the embedded system is analyzed and displayed by a guided user interface designed for real time feedback. The interface shows a picture of the soles of the left and right foot with a dynamically changing colour pattern of red and green on contact points based on whether pressure is applied or otherwise. This gives effective feedback and enables the user to correct the stance in real time and perform load bearing exercises effectively.

The data is used to further analyze the time distribution of contact points on each foot during the gait cycle for more accurate diagnosis of the problem. The time spent on the heel, chip, mound and toes can be evaluated to identify any issues during the gait cycle. With the use of a combination of on / off switches and compressible footwear, the device developed is vastly cheaper than transducer based devices.

Background:Rehabilitation of a lower limb, in instances such as post fracture, stroke, and possibly development defects, is a significant challenge for physiotherapists. One major issue in the rehabilitation process is the development of a limp while walking which may not to be rectified in time. The development of a limp alters the bone structure while healing, leading to permanent changes in the gait cycle of a person. It is therefore imperative to prevent the development of a limp as any alteration in the gait cycle can permanently hinder recovery of the person.

It is necessary to develop a device that can display the contact points of the foot of a person during various activities such walking, running etc. The device should enable real time monitoring of the stance and the load on the foot. This gives the required feedback to the physiotherapist who can suggest suitable exercises and operations to aid complete healing of the fracture and prevent abnormalities in the patient’s gait cycle. Existing devices for similar use are extremely expensive due to the use of transducers. The present device eliminates the use of transducers and uses contact points and properties of the footwear to enable analysis of gait.

Prototypes of footwear device for gait analysis

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Development activities proposedBased on the extent of the development of this device, it is now necessary to build improved prototypes that can be tested by physiotherapists and other professionals and organizations to understand its utility, to suggest improvements and take advantage of its benefits. Such improvements will include efforts to incorporate the switches and wires into the footwear design itself or organized such that they do not interfere with the user. It is also of interest to see if the idea can be extended to a mat which can assist in rehabilitation issues associated with crawling.

Budget`9.48 lakhs

Prof. Prathap HaridossDepartment of Metallurgical and

Materials Engineering

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HTIC of IIT Madras is an R&D centre established through a joint initiative of IIT Madras, the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and the Government of India to develop affordable healthcare technologies. Since its inception in 2011, HTIC has grown into a leading R&D center in this area. Several technologies in the areas of cardiovascular, ultrasound, neonatal, oncology, intensive care, ophthalmology, and diagnostics are under development in collaboration with leading organizations. Going forward, HTIC envisions becoming a national asset of global standards in affordable healthcare technology innovation. It aspires to create an impact in healthcare.

Strong industry partnerships are one of the defining characteristics of HTIC & integral to its strategy and operations. HTIC works with a wide range of industry players ranging from large companies to dynamic start-ups (Becton Dickinson, EMRI, Forus Health, GE Healthcare, InnAccel, J Mitra, National Instruments, Perfint Healthcare, Phoenix Medical Systems, Sasken, Stryker, TataElxsi). HTIC’s latest partnership with GE Healthcare (a first-of-its-kind for GE Healthcare) for developing affordable technologies for resource constrained markets like India in collaboration with an in-country R&D partner, underscores firstly the success of the HTIC model of bringing together various players of the healthcare chain to create an innovation ecosystem, and secondly the importance of partnerships in this highly complex area.

Healthcare Technology Innovation Centre

Some of the notable successes of HTIC are described below:

} Mobile Eye Surgical Unit, MESUTM, first-of-its-kind technology in the country, targets the huge unaddressed need for cataract surgeries in rural India. The MESU is an innovative engineering solution which enables a stable, self-sufficient and mobile platform which can provide a controlled and sterile environment for performing high quality cataract surgery even in rural locations with no basic amenities. MESU has successfully completed over 1100 surgeries and is continuing its operations in rural areas of TN

} Eye PACTM is an ophthalmic image computing technology for eye screening. This image computing platform achieved the goal of eye screening without dilation, and in partnership with industry, has reached 500 locations in more than 12 countries

} ARTSENSTM, an image-free technology that non-invasively measures the stiffness of carotid artery, an indicator of vascular health, also reduces cost (~20X of current imaging equipment) and removes skill barriers (requires one week training). The technology uses an ultrasound sensor that the operator places over the carotid artery on the neck of the subject. It yields arterial stiffness within a minute through intelligent algorithms

} In collaboration with EMRI, the largest emergency service provider in the country and the Tamil Nadu Government, HTIC has developed a neonatal ambulance design and the technical specifications for neonatal ambulances in the state

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Budget `2,000 lakhs (5 years)

In the coming months, HTIC would be expanding its current activities and adding two new components:

} dedicated med-tech core facility with a host of prototyping & testing equipment

} incubation facilities for med-tech entrepreneurs & start-ups

Prof. Mohanasankar SivaprakasamDepartment of Electrical Engineering

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TechnologiesThe centre has a focus on creating solutions using mechanical and embedded systems for persons who are differently abled. The centre provides a common platform for schools, NGOs, rehabilitation workers and doctors to engage with academia and industry.

} Non-contact switch to enable access to computers for persons with motor disability (ADITI)

} Alternative and augmentative communication (AAC) device for the non-verbal (KAVI) with software in English and local languages

} Inertial motion unit to monitor compliance of occupational therapy. iGest also acts as an AAC device for children with cerebral palsy

} Gait analysis footwear

} Lightpad for people with poor vision

} Tactile images on demand for children with visual impairment

} Self-driven electric car for wheelchair users

Centre for Rehabilitation Engineering

& Assistive Technology

Prof. Anil PrabhakarDepartment of Electrical Engineering

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Budget `300 lakhs

Environment & Sustainability

} Prof. Ashwin Mahalingam - CSR funding for R & D in infrastructure delivery

} Prof. Shankar Narasimhan &

Prof. Raghunathan Rengasamy - On-demand transport service meters as micro-agents for data collection in smart city planning

} Prof. Sudhir Chella Rajan - Developing sustainable strategies for peri-urban development

} Prof. KP Sudheer, Prof. Balaji Narasimhan &

Prof. BS Murty - Sustainable water & energy management in agricultural activities

CSR funding for R&D in infrastructure delivery

BackgroundInfrastructure is a key determinant of economic growth and human prosperity. It is therefore vitally important that we are able to deliver infrastructure services in India in a timely and effective manner. Ready access to clean water and sanitation facilities is a key requirement for the entire population of the country. Since a large portion of Indians live in villages, the quality of rural infrastructure will be a critical constraint in our economic growth story. As the natural environment is converted to the built environment it is important to ensure that environmental balance is maintained and the assets created are resilient in the face of environmental and climate changes.

This proposal attempts to harness CSR funding to develop tools and frameworks that will help practitioners and policy makers develop good quality projects in the water supply, sanitation and rural infrastructure sectors with a view towards minimizing environmental damage and climate change impacts. Good quality water and clean sanitation is related to a reduction in the incidence of diseases, increased productivity and improved quality of life.

R&D Areas } Project Appraisal: Current project appraisal techniques are highly deterministic and do not take into account the uncertainties associated with long-term infrastructure projects. There is a need to develop tools and frameworks in the Indian context that can deal with these uncertainties

} Project Procurement and Design: Very often project outcomes are linked to the procurement process. Stringent processes such as the existing ‘lowest bidder wins’ system, encourages gaming behaviour on the part of project participants. It is therefore necessary to explore the use of different procurement methods, incentive schemes and governance strategies that can lead to the development of successful projects

} Environmental sustainability: Sustainability concerns are often not prevalent in the design and construction of rural as well as water and sanitation infrastructure systems. It is important to understand the impact of environmental damage caused by the development of an infrastructure system (e.g life cycle analysis of CO

2 emissions from use of building materials) as well as linkages

between resource flows.

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Expected OutcomesThe following outcomes are expected from this research effort:

} A model for appraising infrastructure projects that includes the effect of climate change, demand variation and technology change.

} An expert system that helps select project governance strategies contingent on environmental, institutional and project parameters.

} A framework for evaluating the socio-environmental impact of infrastructure projects taking into consideration elements such as stakeholder involvement, GHG emissions, etc.

} A series of case studies that can be used for teaching purposes

BudgetGiven the diversity of research topics presented, the objective of this exercise is to establish a Center for Infrastructure Research. Initial

funding expected is `100 lakhs to be spread over a 2 year period. Funds will be used to sponsor projects selected by the Center in collaboration with donors.

Prof. Ashwin MahalingamDepartment of Civil Engineering

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Technological institutions like the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, need to be involved in activities for the adoption of technology for societal problems. One such endeavour is the development of an Intellimeter by IIT Madras in collaboration with Gyan Data Private Limited, an IIT Madras incubated company, to address problems ailing the auto rickshaw sector in metropolitan cities.

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The Intellimeter is based on two ideas that solve the problems related to metering and recalibration. The first is to make the fare structure dynamic. Instead of determining the fare based only on distance travelled, the fare structure should be related to both the distance travelled and market fuel price. This idea cannot be implemented in the existing meters.The second idea is that the fare recalibration rules should be transmitted through wireless technology to the meters, without the need for the auto meters to be recalibrated physically at government approved vendor locations only. Compliance is automatically guaranteed, since the control of recalibration rests with the government and not with the auto driver. The locations pertaining to the vehicle movement are transferred wirelessly to a secure server. the GPS data to identify tampering. Further, because of continuous tracking, passenger safety related aspects can be included in the overall system.

This helps in tracking the vehicles through their journey and also calculating the total distance travelled by the vehicle. The locally computed distance and fare using the odometer readings can be cross-verified using the odometer readings can be cross-verified using the GPS data to identify tampering. Further, because of continuous tracking, passenger safety related aspects can be included in the overall system.

Since the Intellimeter has a micro-computer on-board, several other interesting functionalities can be easily added. It is proposed that the auto meter be viewed as a micro-agent for collecting spatially and temporally distributed disparate data. Some of the data that can be collected are: noise, dust, pollution, video feeds and so on. This data can be directly used in smart city planning through the development of dynamic noise, pollution, dust, and traffic maps for the city.

Intellimeter work was motivated by the problems related to auto rickshaw services in Chennai and other cities in India. Autos in Chennai do not adhere to a standardized fare structure, are unwilling to make short trips and often tamper with meters. When a new fare structure is accepted, the existing meters have to be recalibrated. This is both time consuming and expensive.

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The Intellimeter developed by IIT Madras and Gyan Data is designed for such data collection. Through open USB ports in the meter and the integration of various sensors through USB ports, we have made the common-place auto meters micro-agents for data collection. Currently, we have developed a few prototypes of the meter and have tested it. In the next step, we are looking at deploying 200 such Intellimeters in Chennai autos in two phases to collect data and validate the Intellimeter concept.

Budget`200 lakhs.

Prof. Raghunathan RengaswamyDepartment of Chemical Engineering

Prof. Shankar NarasimhanDepartment of Chemical Engineering

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Developing sustainable strategies for peri-urban

development: The case of Sriperumbudur -

Indo-German Centre for Sustainability (IGCS)

BackgroundRapid development, shifting patterns of production and poor capacity for governing the areas beyond urban boundaries have resulted in significant pressure on land, resources, infrastructure, social structures and the economy. In India, these areas are typically the sites of fastest growth in the borderlands of metros and the larger Tier-II cities. In the face of climate change and other pressures, it has become imperative to assess and steer the development process in these regions in order to ensure their sustainability and resilience. Generating an integrated assessment framework to develop alternative scenarios of the social, spatial, economic and physical resources and constraints in these regions would be useful to identify the critical points of entry for policy-makers to effect shifts towards sustainability.

GoalThis project’s overall goal is to understand the opportunities for building climate resilience in rapidly changing peri-urban regions in India, which face the intertwined challenges of rapid spatial and economic growth and climate change. The findings will be used to identify best practices that enhance and generate higher levels of resilience in peri-urban areas, as well as natural changes, socio-economic processes and cultural practices that pose obstacles to resilience. We will choose Sriperumbudur taluk and the micro-catchment around it as the location for this action-research.

TasksIGCS has already developed base maps of the region and analysed demographic, land-use development, industrialisation and hydrological trends during the past 2 decades and is preparing models of future growth in the region. It has also begun a processfor engagement with stakeholders in Sriperumbudur and Chennai for developing alternatives. Funding for the following additional R&D tasks is now being sought:

} Detailed assessment of wastewater and solid waste streams through materials and resource flow analysis from geo-coded primary data collection

} Engagement with TN State Planning Commission, local waste and scrap dealers to identify the potential for streamlining solid waste management using best practices from India and Germany as guideposts

} Engagement with town panchayat and district headquarters, technology developers and entrepreneurs to identify options for integrating sanitation infrastructure with best practices in decentralised options towards sanitation and wastewater management

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Expected OutcomesSustainable waste management practices for a rapidly developing peri-urban region in Tamil Nadu that could generate important lessons for similar but poorly understood areas elsewhere in India

Budget`150 lakhs for 2 years

Prof. Sudhir Chella RajanDepartment of Humanities and

Social Sciences

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Sustainable water & energy management in

agricultural activities

BackgroundIndia is making significant progress in many sectors and is poised to become one of the most influential nations in the world. However, rapid population growth, industrialization and urbanization have put tremendous stress on the infrastructure, particularly in relation to water availability. Water availability in India will reduce from 1902 m3 per capita per year to 1341 m3 in 2025. The anticipated demand in year 2025 will be 1093 billion cubic meters (BCM). Percentage of water demand in various sectors in the year 2025 will be: Irrigation 83%; Domestic 4.8%; Industries 2.1%; Power 13.7%; others 6.6%. As more than 80% of the demand for water comes from agricultural sector, it is essential to focus our attention on proper development of water resources in rural areas.

At present irrigation efficiency is only 35-40% for surface water sources and 65-70% for groundwater sources. These inefficiencies are arising out of poor on-farm application of irrigation water, as also unscientific methods used for timing and the amount of irrigation applied. Improved irrigation efficiency can preserve good soil conditions. It will also minimize the contamination of both surface and groundwater bodies by fertilizers and pesticides because of excessive run-off and seepage. There is also issue of availability of grid power for pumping of irrigation water. Several attempts are currently being made for utilization of renewable energy sources in the agricultural sector. This project aims to demonstrate the approaches that can be adapted for achieving sustainable water and energy usage in agricultural activities.

Anticipated BenefitsOne or two acres in a village will be adopted as pilot for demonstrating the concepts of sustainable water and energy management in farming activities. Anticipated benefits for the adopted village are:

} Better utilization of available water for irrigation, thereby increasing the irrigated land area

} Protection of surface and ground water sources from agricultural pollution

} Improvement in income source due to increased area under irrigation

} Non-dependence of grid power for irrigation

} These farms will be model farms for others to emulate

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Brief Methodology } Awareness programs will be conducted for farmer driven management systems

} Condition of field channels to be improved to reduce the seepage losses during irrigation

} On-farm rain water harvesting will be introduced

} Inexpensive and easy to use sensors for information on moisture conditions in the farm

} Based on moisture data and type of crop, simple Decision Making Tools will be used for advising on the timing and amount of irrigation. Farmers will be trained on this.

} Energy efficient and solar power based systems for on-farm application of water

Budget`50 lakhs [30+10+10, 3 years]

Prof. BS MurtyDepartment of Civil Engineering

Prof. Balaji NarasimhanDepartment of Civil Engineering

Prof. KP SudheerDepartment of Civil Engineering

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Water, Waste Management & Sanitation } Prof. Shankar Narasimhan,

Prof. Sridharakumar Narasimhan, Prof. BS Murty & Dr. Jessica Seddon - Sustainable hybrid water systems

} Prof. T Pradeep - Centre for Safe Water

} Prof. Ligy Philip & Prof. Srinivasa Reddy - Waste water management (four technologies) y Sustainable waste management & resource recovery for

clean & healthy villages y Development of sustainable onsite wastewater treatment plant

for resource recovery y Development of a sustainable septage management process y Development of self-sustaining & zero waste toilet

} Prof. Balaji Narasimhan & Prof. BS Murty - Ensuring water security in the Gadana & Ramanadhi river basins through improved weather forecasting & irrigation water management

} Prof. Indumathi Manivannan Nambi - Identifying hotspots of environmental pollution

BackgroundThe alarming decrease in the availability of fresh water supplies in recent years has led to increased focus on the conservation, reuse, and equitable distribution of this scarce resource. While agricultural and industrial use is the largest by volume, potable water for India’s settlements is economically, socially, and politically important and an area where innovation in socio-economic-infrastructural systems (SEIS) can have important development impacts. This project focuses on combinations of technology and institutional design to integrate and inform governance of actual and potential sources of water for India’s settlements.

ObjectiveThe main objective of this project is to create a detailed, user-friendly toolkit and dashboard for large towns and smaller cities to plan and implement sustainable hybrid water systems (SHS). SHS are defined as systems that leverage ground water, surface water, rainwater, and recycled water through a combination of borewells, networks, and larger reservoirs (tanks, reservoirs) that deliver 24x7 fit-for-purpose water at the lowest financial, energy, and net water inflow (from outside the ecosystem) cost. As part of this toolkit, we will develop an assessment tool that will provide decision-relevant metrics on energy requirement, environmental impact, and cost for SHS for key stakeholders including households, utilities and other providers, planners, and regulators.

Sustainable hybrid water systems

MethodologyA town of the sponsor’s choice will be selected as the basis for developing and piloting the use of the proposed toolkit.The requisite data for the selected town such as rainfall, surface water and ground water availability, population data and usage, infrastructure availability, lifetime cost of building new infrastructure systems etc., will be obtained through field trip surveys and existing available information. Different possible hybrid strategies for water supply will be assessed in collaboration with stakeholders.

Relevance to CSRThe proposal deals with the important problem of conservation of a fast depleting natural resource – fresh water – as well as social innovation to support public health goals. It matches the CSR focus on providing safe drinking water and contributing to rural development, since many of India’s fastest-growing settlements are in rural areas. These settlements are also important potential contributors to the sustainable transition from agriculture to other sources of employment and growth.

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Projected outcome / deliverableA toolkit which will include both technical and institutional information: for example, guides to open-source and proprietary planning software, content management systems with guidelines on information for planning, checklists for assessing the water governance needs from planning to enforcement, as well as mini-case studies of relevant institutional successes and lessons from experiments in similar local government contexts.

BudgetEstimated cost of manpower for developers, research assistants

and adjunct faculty time for three years is around `25 lakhs. Additional cost of field work and survey will depend on the selected town where the proposed solution will be tested.

Prof. Shankar NarasimhanDept of Chemical Engineering

Prof. Sridharakumar NarasimhanDept of Chemical Engineering

Dr. Jessica SeddonAdjunct Faculty

Centre for Technology and Policy

Prof. BS MurtyDepartment of Civil Engineering

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BackgroundIndian Institute of Technology Madras is a premier educational and research institution of India known for its technologies in the clean water sector. Safe drinking water availability at point of use can save over 2 million human lives, can avoid over 2 billion diarrheal infections, and can contribute over $4 billion to the global gross domestic product. While microbial contamination is significant in several parts of the world, organic molecules, heavy metals, anions, radionuclides and several others can cause debilitating and irreparable damage to human health especially during pregnancy and early childhood.The principal problem in providing clean water in an affordable and sustainable manner can be correlated to the use of advanced materials. Creating nanostructured materials and preserving such metastable materials in wet conditions with enhanced scavenging capabilities and with no human toxicity enables the development of advanced and affordable solutions for several health related contaminants.

These materials and technologies are now delivering clean water to 150,000 people in the arsenic-affected regions of West Bengal at a cost of 5 paise per litre of water. The quality of output water using our materials meets international norms (EPA norms of <10 ppb of arsenic, often below 2 ppb in the field). These solutions are implemented at various levels - domestic, stand-alone community and municipal water distribution systems. By combining such solutions with ICT enabled delivery systems, state-of-the-art solutions can reach all affected regions reliably.

Centre for Safe WaterObjectiveIn this proposal, making one district arsenic-free would be a prime objective. Integrated waste management, on-line evaluation of water quality and the quantity collected by the user will be assessed. Appropriate public awareness campaigns will be developed and gradually, arsenic and safe water will be brought into the curriculum in primary schools.Such an implementation followed up with an assessment of the benefits on health, education and overall well-being of the population will provide the much needed data to implement solutions in other parts of the world, besides providing a strong impetus for welfare measures.

Mechanism of serviceIn the course of implementation so far, we have established contacts with the district administration at the district magistrate level and they are ready to see this implemented at various levels. The critical need right now is advanced technology coupled with seamless implementation. A suitable water quality network and training programme will be evolved so that the solutions function even after the service period.

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InvestmentVariable; funding for the whole or part is possible; chair professorships, implementations in specific regions, technology development, creation of labs, sponsoring students, faculty visits, etc., are possible.

Expected investment for a district free of arsenic`2,000 lakhs. Creation of an international centre for safe water will need an investment of `10,000 lakhs. A building is nearing completion; it needs to be equipped and appropriate plans have to be initiated.

Prof. T Pradeep Department of Chemistry

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Waste water management

BackgroundWaste management is a major problem in India as well as in any developing country. Of late, a lot of attention is being paid through Swacch Bharath Campaign. However, not much improvement is being seen in terms of hygiene, cleanliness and sanitation in rural and peri-urban areas. Hygiene and sanitation are very closely related to human health and well-being. Hence, there is an urgent need of improving the hygiene and sanitation conditions through sustainable waste management practices. Though there is a misconception that waste is a problem, actually waste can be viewed as a resource. Through innovative and sustainable waste management one can improve the hygiene and sanitation conditions and thereby improve the health and reuse the recovered resources. The following projects aim to demonstrate the approach for achieving the above goals:

Project-ISustainable waste management and resource recovery for clean and healthy villages

An entire village will be involved in a pilot for demonstrating the management and resource recovery concepts. Aside from benefits of cleanliness, hygiene, improvement in income through resource recovery (compost, biogas and treated wastewater for agriculture), water sources will be protected. These villages will be model clean and healthy villages for others to emulate.

Budget: `200 lakhs (3 years)Faculty: Prof. Ligy Philip & Prof. BS Murty

Project-IIDevelopment of sustainable onsite waste water treatment plant for resource recovery

More than 60% of the population depends on septic tanks or soak pits for their black water treatment. The effluents coming out of septic tank is rich in organic matter and pathogens. As a result, many of the ground water sources are getting contaminated

This project delivers a sustainable onsite waste water system. Based on the developed process, a pilot scale plant will be installed in a residential area to treat waste water coming out of 10 to 30 houses

Budget: `50 lakhs (2 years) Faculty: Prof. Ligy Philip

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Project-IIIDevelopment of a sustainable septage management process

Septage, the sludge from septic tanks, is collected by various agencies on request by the house owners and disposed into existing water bodies or nearby drains, without any control. Septage is a source for millions of pathogens, organic matter and pollutants. A Septage treatment plant will be installed in the selected town and operated for a year;

Budget: `200 lakhsFaculty: Prof. Ligy Philip

Project-IVDevelopment of self-sustaining and zero waste toilet

The waste generated in the toilet will be converted into resource for the day to day operation of the toilet with minimal water and energy input. Toilet works solely on solar energy and the solids generated from the toilets will be free of pathogens and can be used as organic manure. There will be no septic tanks and no septage management problems.

Budget: `100 lakhs (2 years)Faculty: Prof. Ligy Philip & Prof. Srinivasa Reddy

Prof. Ligy PhilipDepartment of Civil Engineering

Prof. Srinivasa Reddy Department of Mechanical Engineering

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Prof. BS MurtyDepartment of Civil Engineering

Ensuring water security in the Gadana & Ramanadhi

river basins through improved weather forecasting

& irrigation water management

BackgroundMore than 80% of available water is utilized in the Indian agriculture sector to grow crops and ensure food security. However, water scarcity is a major problem in several arid and semi-arid areas of our country. Especially, closer home, several districts in the southern part of Tamil Nadu face acute water problems. In light of this issue, the available water needs to be utilized with utmost efficiency. The proposed project addresses this issue.

Brief MethodologyTo ensure better utilization of water in agriculture, one needs to have better prediction of weather and better measurement of flows. Presently a study is being carried out near Sivasailam on the above lines, with funds from Department of Science and Technology. Four agricultural fields have been taken up for the study. One weather station is presently available in the agricultural field near Sivasailam temple. Presently 10 flumes are available for measuring flow in distributary canals.We would like to extend the study to four more agricultural fields in Ramanadhi basin and establish eight more weather stations (new) in: Gadana Dam Site; Paramakalyani College or Research Centre; Kizhambur; Karuthapillaiyur; Ramanadhi dam site; Agricultural field near Vagaikulam tank / Vadakalpathu; Ravanasamudram / Kadayam; Ambasamudram. We would also like to establish ten more flumes in distributary canals in the Ramanadhi basin and six more new river gauging sites.

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BenefitsThe project will develop the Gadana–Ramanadhi system as a live hydrometeorological observatory and a model basin leading the state / nation in irrigation water management techniques. This will lead to improved water security and environmental conditions by better environmental stewardship in conjunction with the PWD, agriculture department and farmers. This can build resilience in agriculture towards climate change impacts.

Participatory approach with the support of local populace can bring in a high degree of success. There will be a possibility of collaboration with the Environmental Research Centre / Paramakalyani college with human resource development and institutional capacity building in water / agriculture related research. This project is in line with the National Water Policy of our country.

Budget`150 lakhs (6 years) Prof. BS Murty

Department of Civil Engineering

Prof. Balaji NarasimhanDepartment of Civil Engineering

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Identifying hotspots of environmental pollution

BackgroundWith ever increasing population and industrialization, environmental pollution is a prime concern. In Chennai, several problems exist—over-exploitation of surface and ground water, unchecked waste water discharge from industries, sewage overflow into Cooum and Adyar rivers—all deserve our attention. When it is becomes necessary to clean up, the existing data on the extent of pollution, source of pollution or quality of water is meagre.

The PWD water resources department monitors the water quantity in reservoirs mainly serving the irrigation requirements. Quality is not given due attention except for the major drinking water sources. Central Ground Water Board and State Ground Water Department in TWAD focus on the quality of water in the pre-established monitoring well locations which are sparsely distributed. Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board focuses mainly on the quality of industrial effluents. Hence, monitoring water bodies’ surface and groundwater in the vicinity of potential sources of contamination has fallen into the crevices of these departments’ priorities. Ground water is currently supplementing every domestic household and industry in rural and urban areas and hence its quality has to be given due importance.

ObjectiveTo develop a database on ground water quality in the vicinity of potential pollution sources and develop strategies for pollution prevention and remediation.

The recent investigation by the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IITM) at Tondiarpet clearly indicated the presence of carcinogenic contaminants in the groundwater. A detailed investigation of the site determined the extent of contamination, risk to population and strategies for remediation. It is imperative to survey the contaminated area with respect to groundwater quality, movement of the contaminant plume, extent of pollution, and identify water quality parameters that are not within the recommended levels. IITM can bring out information regarding depleting ground water resources and their quality; the effect of rampant industrialization and haphazard development on water bodies with a focus on monitoring.

Anticipated social benefits } Real time data on quality of ground water allows immediate remedial action

} Valuable input in environmental planning and management projects

} Protection of inland surface water bodies by avoiding discharge of untreated water

} Developing standards for water quality based on risk to population

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Methodology } Installation of monitoring wells at potential contaminated sites identified by IITM

} Frequent sampling throughout the year

} Analysis and preliminary investigation into water quality of samples

} Developing indices and maps about status of ground and surface water quality

} Reports and recommendations for possible plan of action to the authorities

Projected outcome: } Database on ground water quality available for select sites

Timeline1 year

Prof. Indumathi Manivannan NambiDept of Civil Engineering

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Budget`15 lakhs

Education } CSIE - Capacity building in producer companies

} Prof. Andrew Thangaraj - Education through recorded theatre

} Prof. Mahesh V Panchagnula, Prof. Prathap Haridoss & Prof. Ashwin Mahalingam - NIRMAAN: Experience entrepreneurship at CFI

} Prof. Mahesh V Panchagnula & Mr. James Rajanayagam - Replicating Centre For Innovation (CFI) in engineering institutions in Tamil Nadu to promote technological innovations by students

} Prof. Pijush Ghosh - An innovative ‘C-4’ model for high school students

} Prof. Thillai Rajan A, Prof. Arun Kumar G & Prof. Saji Mathew - Enhancing the success potential of the marginal entrepreneur

IntroductionIndian Institute of Technology, Madras (IITM) is known as a premium institution for engineering and technical education and also serves as a premier centre for consultancy, training and R&D for many industries. The Centre for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CSIE) was founded in August 2010 at IITM with a focus on creating knowledge and to enrich the research related to social enterprises in India. This proposal supports producer companies in Tamil Nadu with training to improve their capacity for self-sustained management. ‘Producer Company’ (PC) is the hybrid between a private limited company and a cooperative society. A Producer Company combines the goodness of cooperatives and efficiency of corporations and presents a unique legal space for grassroots livelihood initiatives. In this entity, each producer is an owner in the company.

Problems / NeedsThere are several functional problems faced by producer companies. These include:

} Social capital formation

} Governance and management capabilities

} Scope and scale of the organisation

} Understanding market landscape

} Ownership issues

} Convergence and mobilization of resources from government and other sources

This project will conduct workshops for capacity building of producer companies so as to enable them to overcome the above mentioned problems. This project will help to build capacity of the company owners so that the producer company is independent of all other hand holding agencies thus delivering the best value to themselves; the owners.

Scope of the Project } To identify the knowledge and capacity gaps and design the programmes to address them

} To provide capacity building through mentorship and training to the stakeholders

} To measure and document the impact and make available the learning as practices that may be adopted in other such instances

Capacity building of “Producer Companies”

for better management practices &

sustainable growth

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ActivitiesThere are 70 Producer companies in Tamil Nadu in which we aim to cover at least 40 PCs in the first year. CSIE shall conduct workshops for 3 persons per PC. The activities will include:

} Identification of capability needs: Capability needs of secondary data will be identified through stakeholders such as Small Farmers’ Agribusiness Consortium, NABARD, etc.

} Capacity Building Workshop: CSIE shall organize six 2-day capacity building workshops during the project period on themes such as entrepreneurial development, finance management, marketing, operations, legal and statutory compliance

Budget`15.92 lakhs for a 3 year period.

Further information can be provided by Mr. James Rajanayagam of CSIE, IITM Mr. James Rajanayagam

Consultant – CSIE

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Education through recorded theatre

IntroductionThere is a mounting need to address the issue of re-educating Indian graduates who continue to be unemployable. The National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras has been in the forefront of using online Web and Video courses in Engineering, Science and Humanities streams for E-learning. Cloud Theatre Company (Cloud Theatre) is a Chennai based organization that develops Recorded Theatre to enable students across geographical boundaries improve English language skills needed for a global career. A joint programme between NPTEL and Cloud Theatre can create innovative enacted modules and use them as Recorded Theatre.

The ProgramCloud Theatre is proposing to provide, through theatre, the missing textures, colors, poetry and drama of life, towards ‘wholesomeness’ in their education; not just to learn lessons, pass examinations and earn a living, but also to live with values, poise and self-respect. The digital library they advocate will take theatre as the 21st century educational methodology across all boundaries and to all grassroot levels of populations, in the shortest, most economical way. Cloud Theatre’s initiative will help provide the missing link in today’s classrooms. Although technically qualified, unemployable graduates lack self-confidence, basic interactive skills and grooming. Cloud Theatre proposes to enable them in ways they can make an impression in the job market and conduct themselves in a multicultural work environment.

Who will benefitAccording to Cloud Theatre, users who aim to improve English language skills as well as augment their communication skills which are considered critical for a global career will find this beneficial. Faculty may also use this as supplementary teaching material in classrooms.

Other incidental benefits: The ‘Recorded Theatre’ will initiate programs and activities for the development of theatrical skills and also take theatre to larger audiences through the internet.

ReachModules are designed for a global digital portal. The material can be made available to the maximum number of students and will cater to students in any country.

Content of Teaching ModulesEnglish grammar, vocabulary, communication skills, values through stories, general knowledge. The enacted modules may be considered supplementary to the regular curriculum and are also designed to suit different learning levels. They may not only be watched from home but also be paused / stopped at any point; users may engage in discussions, quizzes or enactments of their own. These modules are complete units on their own and would form the basis of an assignment or competition or serve as a platform for instructors to try out their own creative ideas and actions. Language & Literature content will be taken from NPTEL syllabus - literary genres, communication skills (IIT Kanpur), listening skills, non-verbal communication & body language, interview skills, group discussion versus debate, etc., will be covered.

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DeliverablesEnacted as Recorded Theatre in units of 20 minutes each, featuring two actors and puppets. Various aids will serve as props. Live music and sound effects will be used as necessary.

BudgetA total cost of `21.75 lakhs for Methodology Creation for 4 pilot units of 20 minute duration. Costs include training and remuneration of actors, studio charges, production charges, legal expenses, etc.

Prof. Andrew ThangarajDepartment of Electrical Engineering

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NIRMAAN: Experience entrepreneurship @

CFI

IntroductionThe Centre for Innovation (CFI), a one-of-its-kind facility in India, is a vibrant centre of motivated students striving to excel in various disciplines of technology. Widely acclaimed by industry, alumni and media, CFI started in 2007; its motto is “Walk in with an idea, walk out with a product”. It supports large team projects, encourages students to learn informally by working for socially and environmentally relevant projects and provides them with a futuristic lab environment. The CFI culture has really picked up, and currently there are 1000 students working on 40 projects and successfully participating in 5 famed competitions, supported by 8 clubs and guided by 14 faculty advisors. (More information is available at cfi.iitm.ac.in )

The incubation eco-system at IIT Madras through the IITM Incubation Cell (IC) is functional and thriving. A pipeline for student led innovation to this Cell is currently missing. This program is to provide this pipeline to student teams to transition from CFI project mode to start-up mode. It is anticipated that in the years to come, IC will support the program.

The Program } We are focused on scalable and commercializable innovation and technology in areas of national importance like education, healthcare, affordable housing, sanitation, waste management, sustainable technology, transportation, agriculture and energy

} Student ideas will be judged by a panel of professors and experts

} Each team can propose up to a maximum of ̀ 2 lakhs for development of prototype and first set of fabricated product as well as other activities necessary for starting up

} Completion of tasks at every review session makes the team eligible for the next round of funding. There will be around 4 rounds of funding in the program, and at each review session with the panelists, the target for the next session will be chalked out. Failure to meet the results by a great margin will result in the team being relieved from the program and someone else taking over the project

} Teams will get office space in CFI, and access to state-of-the-art facilities, mentorship at CFI on the technical aspects of their projects. This infrastructure will be set at CFI/IITM expense. Selected projects graduate to an Incubator (budget from IITM-IC)

} Teams are allowed to induct juniors in this program by employing them as unpaid interns and these students will serve as the source for projects next year

} Teams will interact with stellar entrepreneurs and experts in the fields of national importance. This interactive session will help them learn the business aspects of starting up and also about the technical nuances of their particular project

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ImpactAt least five project teams (out of 30) under this program will graduate into the incubation stage. About 150 students will be directly involved in this program with several hundreds more being impacted by diffusion of information, creating a paradigm shift in student culture from placement-focus towards employment generation and growing innovative independent thinking among students.

Budget`60 lakhs for funding 30 projects (up to `2 lakhs for each project).

Prof. Ashwin MahalingamDepartment of Civil Engineering

Prof. Prathap HaridossDepartment of Metallurgical and

Materials Engineering

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Prof. Mahesh V PanchagnulaDeptartment of Applied Mechanics

IntroductionIndian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) has promoted technology and innovation among its students through a well-developed innovation ecosystem. The ecosystem provides physical infrastructure, access to cutting-edge technologies, access to finance and expertise, and technology commercialization support to innovators and inventors among the students. Centre for Innovation (CFI) and Centre for Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship (CSIE) are two elements within the ecosystem that supports students to develop new technologies and provides research support to students in the areas of innovation and entrepreneurship.

Through this proposal, CFI and CSIE jointly seek support to accomplish some of the activities through grant support for an initial period of 3 years. The support requested is primarily to a) to train faculty and students in innovation, technology development and technology commercialization among other engineering institutions and b) to replicate the innovation ecosystem of the Centre for Innovation (CFI) Lab.

Problem statementEngineering Colleges lack an ecosystem to develop innovative technologies: IITM has incubated 50+ companies till now and the overall success of this can be attributed to the innovation ecosystem at IITM developed over a long period of time. CSIE and CFI have taken the mandate to replicate such an innovation ecosystem in other engineering institutions in Tamil Nadu. Many engineering institutions have expressed their willingness to replicate such an innovation ecosystem that is expected to promote the culture of technological innovations and make the students develop new technologies.

Major activitiesReplicate CFI Lab in engineering institutions through CSIE. CSIE aims to reach out and help establish CFI in 14 colleges over the next three years —3 in the first year, 5 in the second year and 6 in the third year.

Replicating Centre for Innovation (CFI) in engineering

institutions in Tamil Nadu to promote technological innovations by students

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Activities } Document CFI Lab processes and systems

} Identify champions of CFI Labs in other engineering institutions

} Build their capacities

} Facilitate establishment of CFI Labs

} Facilitate identification of technological innovations

} Facilitate incubation support of technological innovations

} Facilitate student interactions

} Repeat previous six steps in other engineering institutions

BudgetThe total amount requested is `215 lakhs and will be managed by CSIE and the requested amount can be disbursed in tranches starting every financial year.

More details are available from Mr. James Rajanayagam, CSIE.

Mr. James RajanayagamConsultant – CSIE

Prof. Mahesh V PanchagnulaDepartment of Applied Mechanics

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IntroductionThe hypothesis of the model states that in a high school, if trained and mentored properly, a student studying in grade or standard ‘C’ can successfully teach a class of students 4 years junior to him / her, i.e., standard ‘C-4’. For example, a student (C) of class VIII, if trained properly and mentored from time to time, can teach class IV students (C-4) successfully.

An innovative ‘C-4’ model for high school students

Impact of the modelSocial

} Resource development; many rural schools are short of teachers

} Develop self confidence among C students, particularly in the rural areas

} Improve communication and presentation skills of the C students

} C students will learn to take responsibility from an early age

Academic } Enhance breadth and depth of knowledge

} Develop new arts of teaching

} ‘C-4’ students can feel friendlier with C students than with teachers

} C students become an inspiration for C-4 students and fellow school students

Economical } Scholarship can support some basic education cost; education becomes less expensive

} Teacher-student ratio can be increased

} Scholarship can support some BPL families

A pilot study has already been conducted for one year to evaluate the potential of the ‘C-4’ model. Motivated by the findings and inspired by the responses, the plan is to extend this model all over India making each IIT a hub of the study. However, before taking it to the national level, it is proposed to conduct this study with more schools in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal.The objective of this proposal is to implement this ‘C-4’ model in about 20 more schools. Some more details of the methodology are mentioned below briefly

} The study is planned to be conducted in about 20 schools. Most of the schools will be in the rural areas.The project will be run from 4 centres, with each centre in-charge of about 5 schools

} Each centre will be looked after by a project associate (PA) and a staff. The PAs and staff will be supported from the project fund. Field work will be conducted either by PA or in collaboration with appropriate NGOs working in those areas

} C students will be from class VIII or IX. Besides science and mathematics (as we have done in the pilot study), English is another subject to be taught by the C students

} The C students will be trained through a common workshop. The workshop will be conducted most likely at IIT Madras. The training will be provided by professional trainers, IIT faculty and some selected high school teachers.At the end of the training, a detailed plan will be developed regarding the curriculum and teaching schedule for the C students to follow. This will be done in discussion with the respective headmasters and experts

} Each centre will take the responsibility of mentoring and guiding the schools under them

} The progress of the project will be monitored from time to time through several surveys and evaluation schemes

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BudgetA budget for 80 students from 14 schools has been estimated at a total cost ̀ 24 lakhs for about two years.

Prof. Pijush GhoshDepartment of Applied Mechanics

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IntroductionIt is well recognized that entrepreneurship is the engine of economic growth. Ministry of MSME (Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises) Census has indicated that a large proportion of the entrepreneurial companies are in the “micro” category. Since the availability of capital for business is a major problem for micro businesses, government has formulated various schemes in recent years to promote their growth. The proposal to create “Mudra Bank” in the 2015 India Budget is one such initiative.

However, a problem faced by a majority of entrepreneurs who start and run micro enterprises is the lack of formal training in running a business. While most of them have some degree of domain experience in the areas in which they operate, business skills and knowledge are mostly self-learnt. Given the small size of these businesses, the safety margin is very thin. Any wrong decision has a direct impact on the survival of the business. Given the poor economic conditions of these entrepreneurs, they are not able to access high quality training and development programs, which can substantially improve the survival and growth of these businesses.

Need for the programAny intervention that reduces the mortality of these tiny businesses can have cascading benefits on economic growth. The objective of this proposal is to equip the marginal entrepreneurs with necessary skill sets, knowledge, and insights to enable them to run their businesses in a better fashion. This project would be an attempt to strengthen the backbone of the growth of tiny and household industry sector. Through this program, it is our desire to make modern management insights and knowledge easily accessible to these marginal entrepreneurs.

The main thrust of this proposal would be three fold. Firstly to identify entrepreneurs from rural or non-urban areas involved in tiny or household sector. Second objective would be to design, develop and test a training program with essential supplementary materials. The idea here is to expose them or train them on various entrepreneurial skills. The third objective would be to monitor the progress of the participants over a six month period to gauge the effectiveness of the program delivered.

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Objectives and Scope of the Work } Develop a high quality training program and course material (3 days) for the marginal entrepreneurs, viz., micro and household run businesses and enterprises

} Deliver the program to 500 participants (over a period of three years in multiple batches)

} Half a day follow up and assessment of the impact of the program at the end of 6 months

} Of the participants who have participated in the program, choose about three to five entrepreneurs, and closely mentor them to operate in a more professional pattern and help them grow

} Consolidate the evidence from the program and prepare a case to attract larger funding to run a “Summer and Winter School” for marginal entrepreneurs for the next five years

Specific target segment that will benefitHousehold / family run businesses; micro enterprises; members of self-help groups engaged in commercial activity; borrowers from microfinance firms, and so on.

Budget`15 lakhs (duration three years)

Prof. Arun Kumar GDepartment of Management Studies

Prof. Thillai Rajan ADepartment of Management Studies

Prof. Saji MathewDepartment of Management Studies

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CSR Proposals (Faculty and Title)Cost

(` in Lakhs)Page

Ashok Jhunjhunwala - Lighting up off-grid / near off-grid homes using “Off Grid Homes” (OGH), a Solar DC solution by IIT Madras

13,500 8

T Pradeep - Centre for safe water 10,000 52T Pradeep - Entire District Arsenic free 2,000 52Mohanasankar Sivaprakasam - Healthcare Technology Innovation Centre

2,000 22

Mahesh V Panchagnula and Raghunathan Rengasamy - Center for Industrial Assessment at IIT Madras geared towards enhanced energy utilization, productivity improvement & improved industrial safety

400 12

Anil Prabhakar - Centre for Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology

300 24

James Rajanayagam and Mahesh V Panchagnula - Replicating Centre For Innovation (CFI) in engineering institutions in Tamil Nadu to promote technological innovations by students

215 82

Ligy Philip and BS Murty - Sustainable waste management and resource recovery for clean and healthy villages

200 54

Ligy Philip - Development of a sustainable septage management process

200 56

Shankar Narasimhan and Raghunathan Rengasamy - On-demand transport service meters as micro-agents for data collection in smart city planning

200 34

BS Murty and Balaji Narasimhan - Ensuring water security in the Gadana and Ramanadhi river basins through improved weather forecasting and irrigation water management

150 60

Sudhir Chella Rajan - Developing sustainable strategies for peri-urban development: The case of Sriperumbudur - Indo-German Centre for Sustainability (IGCS)

150 38

Ligy Philip and Srinivasa Reddy - Development of self-sustaining and zero waste toilet

100 56

Ashwin Mahalingam - CSR Funding for R&D in infrastructure delivery 100 30Mahesh V Panchagnula, Prathap Haridoss and Ashwin Mahalingam - NIRMAAN - Experience entrepreneurship at CFI

60 78

Ligy Philip - Development of sustainable onsite waste water treatment plant for resource recovery

50 55

BS Murty, Balaji Narasimhan and KP Sudheer - Sustainable water & energy management in agricultural systems

50 42

Sridharakumar Narasimhan, Shankar Narasimhan, BS Murty and Jessica Seddon - Sustainable hybrid water systems

25 48

Pijush Ghosh - An innovative ‘C-4’ model for high school students 24 86Andrew Thangaraj - Education through Recorded Theatre 21.75 74James Rajanayagam - Capacity building of Producer Companies (PCs) for better management practices & sustainable growth

15.92 70

Indumathi Manivannan Nambi - Identifying hotspots of environmental pollution

15 64

Thillai Rajan A, Arun Kumar G and Saji Mathew - Enhancing the success potential of the marginal entrepreneur

15 90

Prathap Haridoss - Prototypes of footwear device for gait analysis and rehabilitation

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