IIT Delhi showcases over 80 plus technologies developed by its researchers at 4th Industry Day

New Delhi:  IIT Delhi’s flagship industry-academia partnership event “Industry Day” held on Saturday 10 December 2022 focussed on future-ready solutions in the field of healthcare technologies, electric vehicle research, communications, and sustainable clean energy and environment. The technologies showcased within each of these themes also include those which are being developed in collaboration with industry partners. IIT Delhi is engaging with industry through centers of excellence in specified areas of research like oil technology, smart technology-enabled manufacturing, waste to wealth, sustainable infrastructure, climate change and air pollution, energy and environment, 5G and artificial intelligence.

Inaugurating the 4th Edition of Industry Day, Mr Anant Krishnan, Executive Vice President and CTO, TCS,  who was also the chief guest at the Industry Day 2022 said: “No industry can survive in isolation and Industry needs to work with academia for exploratory works. Addressing the gathering of researchers, business leaders and students at IIT Delhi, he emphasised the need to create more future-ready solutions from IIT Delhi and how the four themes of the Industry Day are interlinked to India’s mission of “atma nirbharta”. He also highlighted TCS’s collaboration with IIT Delhi’s research ecosystem and its commitment to further strengthen partnership going forward.

Underlining the importance of Industry-academia collaboration Prof. Rangan Banerjee, Director IIT Delhi, said, “Industry can benefit in multiple ways when it partners with premier technology institutions like IIT Delhi. Industry gets access to world-class research facilities, access to a vibrant research ecosystem of IIT Delhi, access to global research and innovations,an opportunity to look at the problems from a new perspective and find path-breaking solutions. On the other hand, Industry leaders can have a role in shaping the future generations when they engage with academia. The short term and long-term problems of industry can be solved with different perspectives by interfacing with students and researchers. To make India atma nirbhar (self-reliant), our Industries need to be globally competitive and we are committed to working with industry so that we can make a difference through our research and knowledge.” Prof.Banerjee urged industry leaders to participate in the ongoing process of curriculum review at IIT Delhi.

The daylong event proved to be the perfect opportunity for the industry to have a sneak peak into IIT Delhi’s research and technologies that are being designed to address unwavering challenges.

The annual event saw a display of the best of IIT Delhi’s collaborative and interdisciplinary sharing through the breadth of the research that was presented. Over 80 cutting-edge technologies developed by IIT Delhi researchers were showcased as product demonstrations at the Industry Day event. 130+ industry-relevant concept posters created by the students of IIT Delhi were also on display.

A Microsoft Halolens-based Augmented Reality (AR) platform for early intervention and  joint attention training-based rehabilitation for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), wearable Sensors for real-time Healthcare Monitoring, Infection-resistance Polymeric Scaffolds for Wound Healing, bio-medical implant applications were just a few of the many innovations being developed at IIT Delhi that caught the attention of business leaders attending the Industry Day.

Other technologies discussed at the event were in-built solar charge controllers for refrigerators, waterless urinals, plasma gasification technology for municipal solid waste treatment and energy recovery, a smartphone-based rapid diagnostic-test reader for albuminuria; surveillance drones developed in India; two-wheelers running on compressed biogas; SARS COV2 RTPCR assay for COVID-19; Using methods of Machine Learning, and developing an understanding of How Social Media Can Help With Digital Mental Health.

In addition, the use of a bacterial biosorbent for lead recovery, the creation of a reusable porous alumina-based device for the removal of heavy metal ions from water bodies and affluents discards, and the investigation of a neuromorphic approach for hand prosthetics were other projects that were also showcased and generated interest alongside charging of electric vehicles wirelessly, using coexisting communication over the TV broadcast spectrum,the development of the OpenAirInterface software designed for cutting-edge 5G wireless, Industry 5.0 and its implications for food safety and security in the post-COVID age, as well as the state of wireless research and standardisation beyond 5G, the development of underwater visible light communication.

A few examples of the cutting-edge research by IIT Delhi that were a part of discussions and deliberations included an artificial intelligence-based portable device for rapid detection of epilepsy, extremely cold climate clothing for defense personnel, a means of providing power to biomedical devices and healthcare systems, electric vehicle power converters, a hand exoskeleton for paralytics, recyclable syringes for wastewater treatment, technologies for electric vehicles, and several more.

Sponsored research has been a key driver for research and an innovative ecosystem at IIT Delhi. In  2021-22, 286 sponsored projects were undertaken with sanctioned funds worth Rs 351.9 crore.  In this period, IIT Delhi took 346 consultancies and signed 14 MoUs with eminent institutions.  In 2021-22, 148 patents were filed by IIT Delhi and in 2021, 3513 research papers were published.

The inaugural session was attended by faculty, senior representatives from industry, research sponsoring partners and students.

For more details on Industry Day 2022, please visit: https://corprel.iitd.ac.in/id2022/

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