Indian Institute
of Technology Delhi inaugurated a Centre of Excellence for Research on Clean
Air (CERCA) to help scholars devise solutions to fight air pollution and
promote scientific research in the field.
It has been set
up with the help of institute's alumnus Arun Duggal, who worked for the most
part of his career as a banker at Bank of America and a former chairman of
Shriram Capital. It was inaugurated by Delhi Lt. Governor Anil Baijal.
"The centre
will be a platform for undertaking multidisciplinary research projects by the
faculty of IIT Delhi especially focused to study and resolve clear air issues
in Delhi and NCR region. Besides providing scientific information to
policymakers this will also give feedback on the effectiveness of various
pollution management programmes," said a statement from the institute.
The centre will
also be used to strike collaborations between researchers and the industry to
manufacture the equipment and also for the air pollution reduction programmes
being implemented in China, US, UK, Japan, and South Korea.
"All the
solutions and the answers need a holistic reflection coupled with an approach
that has a strong community participation.
We are being
inundated with all kinds of solutions from zero waste to ozone-based technologies
but they have to be sustainable. We are trying to get pilot projects that are
diversified and localised. I am hopeful that the centre will help in finding
solutions to the mounds of garbage at the landfill sites of Delhi, enumerate
viable tech solution for zero waste in a decentralised manner and management of
silt that gets segregated from the silt waste," Baijal said at the
inauguration.
Terming IIT
Delhi faculty and student body as the "most talented", Duggal said:
"It is my belief that CERCA will become a leading scientific centre for
addressing the air pollution issues not only in India but also in the
world."
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