{"id":108,"date":"2021-01-08T12:35:19","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T12:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techin-iitpkd.org\/old\/\/?page_id=108"},"modified":"2025-04-30T10:42:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T10:42:02","slug":"gscoe","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/techin-iitpkd.org\/old\/gscoe\/","title":{"rendered":"SaniTech"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:15%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1233\" height=\"1002\" src=\"https:\/\/techin-iitpkd.org\/old\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SaniTech-Logo-1-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techin-iitpkd.org\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SaniTech-Logo-1-3.png 1233w, https:\/\/techin-iitpkd.org\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SaniTech-Logo-1-3-300x244.png 300w, https:\/\/techin-iitpkd.org\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SaniTech-Logo-1-3-1024x832.png 1024w, https:\/\/techin-iitpkd.org\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SaniTech-Logo-1-3-768x624.png 768w, https:\/\/techin-iitpkd.org\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SaniTech-Logo-1-3-600x488.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1233px) 100vw, 1233px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"global-sanitation-centre-of-excellence-gscoe\">SaniTech<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Technology in Water Sanitation &amp; Hygiene (WaSH)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"about-gscoe\">About SaniTech<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/techin-iitpkd.org\/old\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GSCOE-poster-for-website-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techin-iitpkd.org\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GSCOE-poster-for-website-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/techin-iitpkd.org\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GSCOE-poster-for-website-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/techin-iitpkd.org\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GSCOE-poster-for-website-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/techin-iitpkd.org\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GSCOE-poster-for-website-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/techin-iitpkd.org\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GSCOE-poster-for-website-2048x1152.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/techin-iitpkd.org\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GSCOE-poster-for-website-600x337.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>SaniTech incubates technological solutions and businesses in the domain of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WaSH). In addition to incubation, the center supports the scaling of existing sanitation<br>technologies, skill development, and training for maintenance and service personnel. It is supported<br>by CSR funding from HDFC Parivartan and the Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>IIT Palakkad&nbsp; and TECHIN in collaboration with the following entities:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>HDFC BANK CSR (the funding agency for the Incubation of of teams under GSCOE)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation(BMGF)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ERAM Scientific (ERAM), the Industry collaborator for Scale testing and manufacturing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials(IAPMO)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Toilet Board Coalition(TBC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NGOs (including Keystone Foundation, S3IDF, DICCI) working in the Sanitation domain and tribal, women, underprivileged (including those who are involved in manual scavenging) will enable field test locations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Government entities both state and central, local governing bodies will enable field test sites<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It will have NGOs (including Keystone Foundation, S3IDF, DICCI) working in the Sanitation domain and tribal, women, underprivileged (including those who are involved in manual scavenging). These entities will be the driving force and change creators in this center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/techin-iitpkd.org\/old\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/img1-1024x388.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3061\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techin-iitpkd.org\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/img1-1024x388.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/techin-iitpkd.org\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/img1-300x114.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/techin-iitpkd.org\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/img1-768x291.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/techin-iitpkd.org\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/img1-1536x583.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/techin-iitpkd.org\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/img1-600x228.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/techin-iitpkd.org\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/img1.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">On 1st March 2023,&nbsp;Global Sanitation Center of Excellence at PSA office had a meeting with Mr Bill Gates on the way forward for Sanitation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The following are the objectives:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Identify ideas and work above technology readiness level 5 for incubation in the domain of Sanitation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Incubate these teams with the technological ideas&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enable formation of startups<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scale and Manufacturing with support from the Industry<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Skill development and training<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Showcase the products and bi-products<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Re-invent technologies for localised soil, environmental and climatic conditions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Create entrepreneurs, micro-entrepreneurship and alternate livelihood impact through these technologies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The domain will include the following topics:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Safe and clean sanitation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sustainable sanitation solutions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Energy from sanitation waste<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Creation of Bio-fertilizers, nutrient extraction and other bi-products&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reduction in use of water, energy, pathogens<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Localized Treatment of sanitation outputs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reduction in manual scavenging and the need for manual scavenging<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Livelihood creation and alternate livelihood opportunities for the underprivileged, women, and workers in the sanitation and manual scavenging sectors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"facilities\">Facilities<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Apart from the fab lab of TIC, there is a wet lab with facilities to test and develop solutions for this domain<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"about-iit-palakkad\">About IIT Palakkad<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>IIT Palakkad is a third generation IIT started in 2015. It is situated in the Palakkad region and its new campus is located on a picturesque 500 acres at the foot of the Western Ghats. The Institute has bachelors programs in 4 core disciplines, master and doctoral programs in various disciplines apart from the core disciplines. The masters programs include a program in data science and in manufacturing. There are close to 1000 students and 90 + faculty. The Institute has state of the art facilities for research and development in areas ranging from micro-nano fabrication, high performance computing, computational imaging, materials and manufacturing,&nbsp;instrumentation, for Innovation, and fabrication of prototypes. The young dynamic faculty, doing research in frontier areas with International and National collaboration with academia and Industry provides a fertile ground for generation of new ideas for research and products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"about-techin\">About TECHIN<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Technology Innovation Foundation of IIT Palakkad (TECHIN), a section 8 (not for profit) company set up as an Incubator arm of IIT Palakkad. TECHIN is a collaborative entity with Institutes and Industry to create an impactful innovation ecosystem, discover disruptive technologies and enable entrepreneurs &amp; startups. Multiple centers of excellence are emerging under this company, with initial focus on water sanitation and hygiene, and biomedical devices. A Technology Innovation center will take care of all the training, innovation and incubation needs for the startups across domains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TECHIN conducts pitch events, workshops, hackathons. Teams are selected for pre-incubation, incubation or acceleration depending on their stage of growth. The ideas that are selected include domains in sanitation, medical technological devices, smart mobility, Intelligent collaborative systems. 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