Kharagpur 20152016 Debasis Roy debasisciviliitkgpernetin 2 UBA at IIT Kharagpur Core committee formed by Director IIT KGP With Prof Debasis Roy CE as institute coordinator and Prof VK ID: 633327
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UBA initiatives on green energy at IIT Kharagpur – 2015-2016
Debasis Roy (debasis@civil.iitkgp.ernet.in)
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UBA at IIT KharagpurCore committee formed by Director, IIT KGP
With Prof Debasis Roy (CE) as institute coordinator, and Prof VK Tewari (Head, AGFE and RDC) and Prof PBS Bhadoria (AGFE and RuTAG coordinator) as membersCore committee is meeting every month since january 2015 to coordinate UBA activities in KharagpurParticipating unitsNSS, AGFE, RDC, RuTAG, SMST and ATDCSlide3
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Need assessment
Survey at 23 villages~1200 householdsAt 23 villagesWater quality assessment
At 3 villages over last 6 monthsSlide4
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State-of-affairsMeager income level
Annual per capita income often below Rs 3000Literacy rate comparable to nat. avg. but little higher education and vocational skillHigh dropout rateNon-engineered infrastructure~70 % of the houses are non-engineeredPoor water qualityElevated iron levels in drinking water samplesSlide5
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State-of-affairs…Poor sanitation level
~20 % or less of the households surveyed had toilets High bacterial load in drinking waterOver-reliance on firewood Fulfills ~60 % of cooking needExtremely poor nutrition level~80 % of primary school children are underweight, ~70 % malnourishedSlide6
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Green energy initiativesPromote solar energy in cooking
Equipping primary schools at Gangadharpur, Gholghoria and Upar Kenthia with solar reflectors for use in midday meal preparationNSS volunteers are to assemble the reflectors on site from kits from PRINCE, DhuleSavings in fuel costs are to be ploughed back in improving nutrition level Promote efficient wood burning stoves among tribal households of NachnaSlide7
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Training to build smokeless wood stove by RDC at
PoraparaSlide8
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Assembled solar reflector kits to be installed at
Gangadharpur, Gholghoria and Upar Kenthia