During the fag end of 2015, Chennai experienced severe floods resulting in the death of about 500 people and economic losses of about INR 50,000 crores. The flooding stranded the city and was termed a 'man-made disaster' resulting from irresponsible water management and rapid urbanisation. The northeast monsoon of the year left most parts of South India marooned, exposing how vulnerable our cities are to such catastrophes. That's when the Office of the Principal Scientific Advisor took a major initiative to develop a real-time, integrated, urban flood forecasting system that was non-existent in our country. Soon after, a team of scientists from various institutes across the country, swung into action to develop the first-ever expert system in India to forecast floods. In a recent study, published in the journal Current Science, the researchers shed light on the development of the automated flood forecasting expert system.
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Bengaluru |
Sep 17, 2019
General, Science, Technology, Engineering, Health, Society, Deep-dive
Carbaryl is one of the commonly used pesticides for agricultural as well as non-agricultural use. But like any other insecticide, higher concentrations of Carbaryl in the soil can have adverse effects on humans and other organisms. The need to completely remove it from the environment or break it down into less harmful substances is of primary importance. Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay), and Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (CSIR-IGIB), Delhi, have achieved a significant breakthrough in identifying bacteria which can clean up this pesticide from the environment and understanding exactly how the breakdown occurs.
Bengaluru |
Apr 8, 2019
General, Science, News
In a ceremony held at the Vigyan Bhavan in Delhi, the President of India, Shri. Ramnath Kovind announced the NIRF and ARIIA rankings for 2019. The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranking evaluates India’s institutes, both public and private, based on five parameters and in seven categories. The Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA), established to rank all major higher educational institutions and universities in India on its innovation and entrepreneurship development, made its debut this year.
Mumbai |
Mar 20, 2019
General, Science, Society, Deep-dive
Researchers compare how the Greek and Indian mathematicians measured the surface area of a sphere.
Mumbai |
Mar 5, 2019
General, Technology, Engineering, Deep-dive
A theoretical study from IIT Bombay can help make our military communication more robust.
Mumbai |
Nov 13, 2018
General, Science, Technology, Health, Deep-dive
Scientists develop a carrier that can deliver drugs more efficiently when triggered by ultrasound.
Mumbai |
Sep 20, 2018
General, Science, Technology, Engineering, Health, Deep-dive
Researchers from IIT Bombay build low cost, easy to maintain arsenic filters for rural communities.
Mumbai |
Jul 9, 2018
General, Science, Ecology, Society, Deep-dive
The variability of monsoon rains due to climate change affects Marathwada and Vidarbha regions the most, says a district level study.
Mumbai |
Jul 3, 2018
General, Science, Technology, Deep-dive
Researchers suggest a method for comparing battery systems as power backup in India.
Mumbai |
Jun 28, 2018
General, Science, Engineering, Health, News
IIT Bombay student develops a device to locate veins before drawing blood.
For many of us, the thought of being pricked by a needle to draw blood or inject drugs is horrifying, right? What if you had to be pierced many times because the right vein could not be identified? Nightmarish you say? Soon, this could be the thing of past, thanks to an award-winning ‘vein tracer’ by Mr. Trivikram Annamali, a student of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.