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IIT Kharagpur has launched Impact RISE — an initiative aimed at promoting sustainable technology, innovation, skill development and entrepreneurship to support large-scale societal transformation.
Description:
What is Impact RISE?
- Impact RISE stands for: Research, Innovation, Skilling & Entrepreneurship.
- It aims to integrate deep tech, management practices, and community-focused applications.
Key Pillars of the Initiative:
Key Focus Areas:
- Climate resilience in the Sundarbans
- Water purification (arsenic removal)
- Women’s health diagnostics
- Rural micro-grids
- Smart farming systems
- Affordable cancer screening tools
Arsenic Filters:
Technologies to remove arsenic contamination from groundwater — a major issue in parts of West Bengal and Bihar. West Bengal faces severe groundwater arsenic contamination, especially in districts along the Ganga–Brahmaputra alluvial belt, where natural geogenic processes release arsenic from sediment into tube wells.
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