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Cooperation between governments at the local, regional, national, and global levels is essential in addressing water security issues such as scarcity, pollution, and management. Vellore Institute of Technology consistently insists on and promotes initiatives that benefit society, both locally and globally. Vellore Institute of Technology faculty members have collaborated with national and international governments, institutions, and organizations on projects and journal publications focused on water security, aimed at analysing and mitigating local, regional, and national water issues. Equity, sustainability, accessibility, and inclusion are key aspects of successful cooperation. Effective collaboration at all levels is necessary in maintaining long-term, equitable, and sustainable water security.
Local Initiatives :
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The wastewater generation is about 4927 KLD, which is treated in the Sewage Treatment Plants of 8 different capacities and is being recycled for flushing and gardening. The capacity is 21 lakh litres per day. The treated water is used for gardening, toilet flush system and floor cleaning.
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About 60% of the total water demand is being met through the recycled water from the STP’s which is used for toilet flushing, floor cleaning and green belt development within the premises. For this, a dual piping system has been incorporated in the campus.
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Rooftop rainwater harvesting system is implemented in all the buildings in the campus. The collected water is stored in sump of limited capacity and re-used with the provision of a filtration unit. The excess water is connected to groundwater recharge pits.
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The rainwater collected from open paved and landscape area is being collected in the storm water drain which is connected to storm water pond and infiltration pond. Overflow water is being pumped to the external rainwater drainage system and let into the lake.
Rainwater harvesting pond
Rainwater harvesting pit
Regional Initiatives :
Awareness Program on Water Conservation and Quality Parameters for Global Health on 22.02.2023:
On February 22nd, 2023, Quality week celebration was held in VIT Chennai Campus. Guest lecture based on awareness of water conservation and quality parameters for global health was organized on behalf of computer vision and imaging research group. Two resource persons were invited for giving their valuable insights on achieving sustainable development goals. Thiru. P. Subramanian, Hydrogeologist and Mrs. Mageswari T, Assistant Executive Engineer from Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board are the guest speakers. They discussed much useful information about levels of water usage and how to monitor the quality of water, what are the parameters that should be monitored for quality water and much other useful information for global health. The participation was over whelming, and the received feedback was awesome.
Guest speakers delivering the lecture
Thiru. P. Subramanian, Hydrogeologist delivering the lecture
Global Initiatives
| Sl No | Academic Year | Nature of Activity | Collaborating Institute | From Date | To Date | Activity |
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| 1 | AY202223 | Research | University of Delaware, United States of America | 17-04-2023 | 17-04-2023 | We have initiated the research work with J. T. Kirby. At real world scales, viscosity is possibly not the right thing to think of, as turbulence effects would overwhelm any direct viscous effects. At field scale, the ice shields the water column from the direct effect of wind-induced shear in the water column, but the bottom surface of ice sheets is often very rough, and the implications for turbulent wave boundary layers under these rough surfaces are pronounced. A thorough research is on-going based on the topic, Ice compression. |
| 2 | AY202223 | Project Work | Hanyang University ERICA, South Korea | 10-05-2023 | 20-06-2023 | Prof. Jin Ho Bang from Hanyang University, South Korea , Development of alkaline membrane water electrolyzer |
| 3 | AY202223 | Research | South Dakota State University, United States of America | 01-12-2022 | 30-06-2023 | Working on a review article entitled “Application of cellulose based polysaccharide materials for water purification : removal of heavy metals” Collaborator: Srinivas Janaswamy, Ph.D. Department of Dairy and Food Science Berg Agricultural Hall, SAG 108 South Dakota State University Brookings, SD 57007, USA |
| 4 | AY202223 | Research | Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom | 08-03-2023 | 04-07-2023 | The outcome of the research are as follows. 1. UG Student has worked in the research and a paper has been communicated to Environmental Monitoring & Assessment journal 2. An international project proposal is under preparation and will be submitted as soon as possible. 3. An international Conference is in the pipeline and planned to organise in the year 2024. |
| 5 | AY202223 | Research | University of Waterloo, Canada | 31-10-2022 | 31-10-2022 | Research Work on Water Quality |
| 6 | AY202223 | Project Work | University of Waterloo, Canada | 20-09-2022 | 17-04-2023 | Research Work on Aluminium Air battery |
| 7 | AY202223 | Research | University of Technology Sydney, Australia | 31-05-2023 | 31-05-2023 | Prof. Nabin Sharma, UTS, is working with VIT regarding Drone related collaborative projects. We exchanged ideas and discussed developing Hybrid Drones, powering drones through wind and sea water. |
| 8 | AY202223 | Research | National Institute of Ocean Technology, India | 04-05-2023 | 04-05-2023 | Next, the discussion with the Director, National Institute of Ocean Technology is towards ongoing projects on drones and underwater drones. We discussed the recent requirements of Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) for drones capable of operating in harsh ocean environments. This involved the need for advanced technology to ensure the drones durability, manoeuvrability, and ability to withstand extreme conditions. Furthermore, we delved into a proposal for a project by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) to address these requirements and develop innovative solutions for underwater drone applications. The meeting provided valuable insights, laying the foundation for potential collaborations between VIT & NIOT in advancing the field of underwater drones/UAVs for the ocean environment. |
| 9 | AY202223 | Research | Singidunum University, Serbia | 09-12-2022 | 10-12-2022 | IoT-WBH - Internet of Things Based Water Bottle for Better Health Umamaheswari, E., Devi, V.K., Karmel, A., Gururaj, A.D.M., Bacanin, N. AIP Conference Proceedings, 2022, 2516, 090002 [SCOPUS] https://typeset.io/papers/iot-wbh-internet-of-things-based-water-bottle-for-better-362jh154 |
| 10 | AY202223 | Joint Events | WISE University of waterloo, Canada | 27-10-2022 | 28-10-2022 | INTERNATIONAL VIRTUAL WORKSHOP ON AFFORDABLE CLEAN ENERGY TO HUMANITY 2.0 27 & 28 October, 2022 Organised by School of Electrical Engineering & School of Civil l Engineering, VIT, Chennai. https://vit.ac.in/files/sustainability-initiatives/6.5.5-International-Workshop-Proof.pdf |
| 11 | AY202223 | Research | International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Center (I2CNER), Kyushu University, Japan | 01-05-2023 | 30-06-2023 | Provision of Solidworks for Capstone project in order to design a dome shaped casing for underwater robot. |
| 12 | AY202223 | Project Work | IIT Guwahati Technology Innovation and Development Foundation, India | 15-03-2023 | 15-03-2026 | Received funding of Rs.20 Lakhs for the following project:
Title of The Project: Micro-Inspection ROV for Surface Health Monitoring of Underwater Surfaces
Sanction No. TIH/TD/0114
https://chennai.vit.ac.in/academics/schools/sense/fundedprojects/ |
| 13 | AY202223 | Research | Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture., India | 01-12-2022 | 01-12-2022 | Collaborative Activity Visit |
| 14 | AY202223 | Joint Events | Srishti Robotics Technologies, Kochi, India | 07-02-2023 | 08-02-2023 | (1) Conducted Workshop and Demonstration on "Underwater Robotics" for students and faculty from Feb 7 and 8, 2023. (2)Signed MoU won Feb 8, 2023 (3) Rs.20 Lakhs was sanctioned for the joint Research Proposal on "Micro-Inspection ROV for Surface Health Monitoring of Underwater Surfaces". |
| 15 | AY202223 | Research | pairIND, India | 17-06-2023 | 17-06-2023 | Initiated talk about the building of drone that can move on land, inside water bodies and can fly. |
| 16 | AY202223 | Project Work | SAMEER, India | 08-06-2023 | 08-06-2023 | VIT Vellore has 60 GHz MM wave radar and SAMEER, Chennai has 77GHz MM wave radar. It was proposed to do real time investigation on optimization of detecting the origin of water leakage within concrete walls. |
| 17 | AY202223 | Research | University Gustave Eiffel, France | 01-02-2023 | 21-06-2023 | We collaborated on a research proposal (INDO-FRANCE WATER RESEARCH PROGRAM). |
| 18 | AY202223 | Research | The University of Kitakyushu, Japan | 22-08-2022 | 02-09-2022 | A collaborative research proposal is prepared on the topic "Investigation of Hydrodynamics in Water and Wastewater Treatment Membrane Module based on Renewable Energy Sources" and submitted to DST under India-Japan Cooperative Science Programme (IJCSP). |
| 19 | AY202223 | Research | Aquaporin, Denmark, University of Birmingham, UK, Modus, UK, Denmark | 12-04-2023 | 15-04-2023 | The ability of using FO aquaporin membranes in textile and tannery wastewater treatment. Modeling of Aquaporin membrane. Wastewater composition and future research direction in collaboration with VIT-Vellore |
