Thread by @karandi65

Inventors from @IITKanpur and @MIT have been granted a joint Indian patent for a unique #water purification device, “A Vessel and A Method for Purifying Water and Monitoring Quality of Water”.
#cleanwater

An inexpensive, zero maintenance,easy to manufacture, dry & compact device that has applications in #waterpurification & monitoring and dry sample preservation of micro #water pollutants. This device can purify #drinkingwater & has applications in the food & beverage industry.

I congratulate the team led by Prof Indra Sekhar Sen, IITK alumnus Mr Sri Harsha, Dr Emily Barrett Hanhauser (Fellow, MIT Tata Centre), Prof Rohit N. Karnik (Dept of Mechanical Engineering; Associate Department Head for Education; Tata Professor, @MIT, USA)
@KritsnamTech

Prof Anastasios John Hart (Dept of Mechanical Engineering, MIT, USA), Dr Michael Bono (Postdoctoral Associate, MIT Tata Centre), and Dr Chintan H. Vaishnav (Sloan School of Management, MIT, USA) for this novel device.
@TataCenterMIT

Realizing the need for international collaboration with a focus on Science, Technology, and Innovation, @IITKanpur researchers are collaborating with the top international universities and are working on finding the solutions for the critical global challenges.