The National Institute of Technology, Tiruchi, (NIT-T) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, to promote various technologies developed by BARC and establish DAE Technologies Display and Dissemination Facility (DTDDF) Centre at NIT-T.
The agreement was signed when K. Pal Preeti, G. Ursal and S.B. Ghose visited NIT-T on Monday.
Briefing salient features of the MoU, G. Kannabiran, Director-in-charge, NIT-T, said that it was the first institute in the State to ink pact on collaboration with BARC. The collaboration would happen at three levels - academic, research and outreach.
The pilot project will be used to demonstrate the benefits of bio-gas plant to the villages and towns. It was proposed to set up bio-gas plants in five villages adopted by NIT-T under Unnat Bharat Abhiyan scheme of Prime minister of India.
As per the DTDDF centre project, Mr. Kannabiran said the BARC would install, demonstrate and impart training to farmers and people in nearby villages of NIT on various products such as bio-gas plant, soil organic carbon detection Kit (SOCDK), domestic water purifier (DWP), foldable solar dryer (FSD) and vibro thermal disinfestor (VTD) and fluoride detection kit (FDK).
It would cost Rs.42.20 lakh. While the BARC would fund the project, the NIT would offer space and two skilled manpower for five years. A bio-gas plant would be established in one of the hostels of NIT. Students would be encouraged to undergo research on these technologies.
Mr. Kannabiran said the BARC team held a discussion with V. Mariappan, T. Sivasankar and A. Sreekanth of the NIT and identified location to provide demonstration and training of the DTDDT technologies. For the bio-gas plant, the team had visited three places including Mega Mess-II. It was found suitable to collect food waste so as to use it as raw material for producing gas. It would be in turn carried via pipe to the hostel for cooking.
