A generation evolved together on the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur and IIT Bombay has demonstrated to be a path-breaking innovation towards each air pollution and the coronavirus.
The ‘Anti-Microbial Air Purification Technology’ now no longer best purifies the air however destroys germs, as well, thereby making sure entire protection. The generation has been examined at CSIR-IMTECH and has demonstrated so as to deactivate SARS-CoV-2 virus with an efficacy of 99.nine consistent with cent inside simply one minute.
This new generation became evolved through AiRTH, a startup incubated on the Startup Incubation and Innovation Centre (SIIC), IIT Kanpur, and has demonstrated to be pretty an powerful degree on this regard. Now with the CSIR-IMTECH validation, the generation may be termed pioneering in its efforts to fight COVID-19.
Ravi Kaushik, CEO and Founder, AiRTH, realised the constraints withinside the present purification technologies, even as he became pursuing his Masters in Environmental Engineering at IIT Bombay. He nurtured his concept to form it into AiRTH. With steering and assist from Prof. Amitabha Bandopadhyay, Professor-in-price of the Startup Incubation and Innovation Centre, IIT Kanpur, AiRTH became incubated.
The Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, performed a critical function in trying out the prototypes, with validation from relied on and revered laboratories of India like CSIR-NPL, CSIR- CDRI, among others.
