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Technology Needs Assessment

The Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) in India was conducted in 2016-18 for ten sectors, including coal and energy, renewables, transport, industrial product and process unit IPPU, waste, agriculture, water, forestry, habitat, and health. This was th

Section: Other Areas (Research Project)

Analysis of food logs from 6 states

The energy consumption in the study was 2379kcal per capita per day. According to the summary report world agriculture, the per capita food consumptions in 1997-99 was 2803 which is higher than that in the best states in India. The consumption for de

Section: Life Sciences & Biotechnology (Research Project)

Summer/ Winter School in Geospatial Science and Technology

The National Geospatial Policy, 2022, aims to strengthen the geospatial sector for national development and economic prosperity. A 21-day Level-1 training program on Geospatial Science and Technology is planned at NIT Calicut to promote capacity buil

Section: Other (Research Project)

Chemo Autotrophic Activated Carbon Oxidation (CAACO) for Treatment of Wastewater

This technology removes dissolved organics from wastewater without generation of sludge and with low input electrical energy. In this technology, both biological and catalytic systems are integrated to oxidize organics present in wastewater at ambien

Section: Engineering Sciences (Technologies)

High Temperature Solar Selective Coating for Solar Thermal Power Generation

A thermally stable solar selective coating useful for harnessing solar energy comprising a first solar absorber layer of TiAlN being deposited on a substrate selected from the group consisting of glass, silicon and metal, a second solar absorber laye

Section: Engineering Sciences (Technologies)

Dry roasted & flavoured cashew kernels

Roasted and flavoured cashew kernel is considered as a snack food which is in the ready-to-eat form. It is prepared by soaking / hydrating the fresh cashew kernels in brine solution at optimized condition. Further, it is dry roasted at a suitable tem

Section: Life Sciences & Biotechnology (Technologies)

Portable jute fiber strength tester

In order to correctly grade a jute fiber, quantitative assessment of its strength is essential. The instruments available to quantitatively assess the jute fiber strength are neither user friendly nor portable for field assessment. The current innova

Section: Agricultural Technology (Technologies)

Research and development of multiband UV photodetector using oxide semiconductor

This project proposes fabrication of multiband UV detectors using oxide semiconductors in three different categories (a) oxide semiconductors integrated with plasmonic materials, (b) composite of oxide semiconductors and (c) stacking of semiconductor

Section: Material Sciences (Research Project)

Powder mediated internal lubrication of granular flow systems

Powdered materials, characterised by their frictional, collisional and at times cohesive interactions, pose several problems in their flowability. The frictional and cohesive interactions can cause flow clogging and sticking of particles to the shear

Section: Engineering Sciences (Research Project)

Rheosensation in bacteria a potential tool to target Multidrug resistance.

Bacteria have the extraordinary ability withstand and sense their environment through mechanosensory receptors like PilY1, PhoQ/PhoP, and Ysc enabling them to adapt to diverse cues and perform critical cellular functions. Among these, Pseudomonas aer