Young innovators work on tech to manage waste better

There are 6 teams from different parts of the country with different project ideas who will exhibit their prototype working models which will be evaluated by a panel of experts from institutions and industry. 

There are some notable projects like automatic drainage cleaning system by a team that helps clean overflown drainage by electronics based automated system. 

Smart drainage cleaning system by another team is an electro mechanical cleaning system along with toxic gas sensors used for sewage cleaning system. Inaugurating the national event from New Delhi, the HRD Minister, Prakash Javadekar the hardware edition of the hackathon is the largest inter-institutional competition this year.

India is 60th in the world innovation index and is counting on creative innovators to break into the top 25 nations by 2023. 

At the opening of the event, locally, at NIT, Trichy, the Director, Dr. Mini Shaji Thomas, welcoming the gathering highlighted the appropriateness of Tiruchy as the nodal centre for waste management projects as the Corporation has successfully executed several initiatives through public-private participation.