Approach for Unnat Bharat Abhiyan by IIT Mandi, HP, INDIA - Dr. Venkata Krishnan Assistant Professor Indian Institute of Technology Mandi
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Approach for Unnat Bharat Abhiyan
by
IIT Mandi, HP, INDIA
Dr. Venkata Krishnan
Assistant Professor
Indian Institute of Technology Mandi
Presentation prepared by
Dr. Arti Kashyap, Coordinator, UBA Cell, IIT Mandi, H.P.
The Himalayan Region
• The states of Himachal, Uttarakand, Jammu & Kashmir
• Largely rural and agrarian
• Tourism of growing importance
• Fragile environment that needs protection
• Green energy: hydropower, geothermal, solar
State 2001 2011
Rural Urban Rural Urban
J&K 75.19 24.81 72.79 27.27
HP 90.20 9.80 89.56 10.04
UK 74.33 25.67 69.45 30.55
Challenges of the Region • Farming aids: • Light-weight plough for steep terraces • Intelligent drip irrigation system • Rain harvesting and micro-irrigation technologies • Economical polyhouses with intelligent monitoring • Low cost vermicomposting pits for organic farming • Low-cost Post-harvest Technologies: • Affordable village-scale cold storage systems • Solar dryers for farm produce • Onsite CO2 generators to enhance shelf life of produce • Packaging material from locally available waste • Information Broadcasting • Govt schemes for farmers, tea growers do not reach • Advisory for the crops • Women Health and higher education outreach
Present Efforts at IIT Mandi
• Innovation through design practicum
• Developed low cost drip irrigation system
• CSTRI Center through DST funding
• Dry pine needle pellatization
• Farmer’s advisory
• Developed in IUATC project
• e-Health and e-Education
• Using low cost mobile devices
• Scientific studies based recommendations to various stake
holders through ISTP
• Direct solar lighting for village houses,
• Eco-tourism in Himachal
• Irrigation in the Himalayas
• Traffic management in congested town of Mandi
Drip-irrigation System
Eco-friendly Utilization of hazardous Pine Needles for social benefits Highly Inflammable and Non-Biodegradable nature of Pine Needles
THE CHALLENGE
20-30% of entire Himalayan Forest Cover*
*28.72% in Uttrakhand and 22.35% in Himachal Pradesh
THE CHALLENGE Pine needles fall on ground from April to June. They prohibit air flow and hinder the growth of grass in the forests. Their degradation is slow due to non-biodegradable nature. They catch fire instantly causing immense threat to biodiversity, forests, environment and local economy.
THE SOLUTION
The Key
To utilize fallen pine needles for making valuable products
Anticipated Benefits
Local livelihood promotion as people would be required for collecting and
transporting pine needles (Expected incomes: Rs 200-250 per day per person)
Reduced Environmental pollution and conserved Forest Biodiversity
Social Benefits from products
Increase in Employment Opportunities in Pine Needle processing units
Sample Equipment for PELLETIZATION
Process and Technical Details
The pelletization unit consists of a chipper followed by a hammer mill followed by a pellet mill
Conversion ratio: 85%
Total power requirement: 45kW
Connected load: 61 HP Chipper Hammer Mill Pellet Mill
Capacity: 400 Kg per hour
Vendor Name: Namdhari Industrial Works, Khanna, PunjabPELLETIZATION
Uses and Benefits
Pellets can be used for domestic
cooking as well as for industrial
applications
The identified technology promises
85% efficiency against 30%
efficiency of presently used
briquetting technique.
Financial Benefits: The use of pellets as fuel in kitchen promises Rs 30 per day households
saving.
Quantity Required: 3 KG of pellets vs 10 KG of wood
Price: Rs 5/KG Pellets vs Rs 4.5 KG wood
Project is approved, sanction letter and funding is awaited.Women-health Using Mobile Devices Pregnancy help App in Hindi with text, pictures and voice: • Complete information on pregnancy • Identify danger signs during pregnancy, birth, and after birth • how to stay healthy during pregnancy • Text-To-Speech Engine in Hindi language (in collaboration with Prof HemaMurthi, IITM)
Women-health Using Mobile Devices
Feedback Survey:
To check practical impact of the developed application in Hindi for the rural women of Himachal
Pradesh, a thorough survey was conducted in 12 blocks of Distt Mandi. The feedback received is
very encouraging. In fact, the demand for more informative application was put forward.
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Question1 Question2 Question3 Question4 Question5 Question6 Question7Information broadcasting and Advisory System for Tea growers
Other efforts • Group started working in telemedicine • DC- Micro grid • Geo-thermal energy • Education domain, particularly school education • Many faculty members are contributing to ISTP
Challenges Lots of ground work has been done but At Institute level • Efforts are sparse • Only a few faculty members are interested • Internal infra-structure is yet to be realized • Simpler procedures for execution are to be evolved Locational challenges • Village in HP means few 100 and sometime less than 100 people • Reaching to remote location is time consuming • Most of the population lives with contentment so very sustained efforts are needed
Plan Ahead- IIT Mandi • Once the CSTRI Center/UB cell is established, efforts can be more coordinated • Pine needle utilization will not only help environment but impact the livelihood, quality of life of women and solve fuel issues • Farmer’s advisory system developed can be used for information propagation • Telemedicine project will benefit people at remote locations • To begin with, we are focusing on cluster of villages (Roonjh, Katindi, Katuala, Navlaya, Kamand) around IIT Mandi, Kamand campus.
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