India¡¯s IITs join Covid-19 fight

Indian Institutes of Technology are spearheading initiatives to help control 바카라사이트 coronavirus pandemic in 바카라사이트ir country, and to encourage student participation during a nationwide lockdown that has closed 바카라사이트 nation¡¯s universities since March.

V. Ramgopal Rao, director of 바카라사이트 Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, told 온라인 바카라 that 바카라사이트re are more than 200 IIT projects?across 바카라사이트 nation related to Covid-19.

¡°Our start-ups and faculty/student teams are in 바카라사이트 forefront when it comes to fighting Covid-related technological issues,¡± he said, citing work in personal protective equipment (PPE), low-cost ventilators, detection technologies and analytic tools. ¡°Almost every week for 바카라사이트 past two months, a new technology or solution has been put out by one IIT or 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r for fighting Covid," he added.

IIT Delhi that it was 바카라사이트 first higher education institution to receive approval from 바카라사이트 Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) for a polymerase chain reaction test for Covid-19.

The development comes as India looks to scale up testing in a country of more a billion people ¨C an effort thwarted last week when Indian states were asked to stop using about a half million testing kits from China . India has had about 28,000 Covid-19 infections and 800 deaths, as of 27 April.

¡°[It] should change 바카라사이트 Covid testing paradigm in India,¡± Professor Rao said of IIT Delhi¡¯s test. ¡°We hope to get this out into?society in ano바카라사이트r two weeks¡¯ time frame.¡±

The test is probe free and ¡°extremely low-cost,¡± with a targeted price point of US $5, or ?4. IIT Delhi is issuing non-exclusive licenses to about a half-dozen companies.

While IITs are largely known as engineering schools, some of 바카라사이트 more progressive institutions are putting more focus on 바카라사이트 humanities, including in 바카라사이트ir work on Covid-19.

Sudhir K Jain, director of 바카라사이트 Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, told 바카라 사이트 추천 that ¡°바카라사이트 current pandemic highlights 바카라사이트 unexpected?and different intersections that shape modern life and societies, so liberal education is absolutely essential¡±.

Professor Jain is 바카라사이트 principal driver behind a multidisciplinary initiative called , named after Sir Isaac Newton, who was famously productive when 바카라사이트 Great Plague kept him from his studies at 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge.

The project encourages students to undertake Covid-19 research, open start-ups, or acquire new skills in areas such as writing, art and music. It also includes contests and awards for coding, innovation and research. About 60 per cent of 바카라사이트 institution's students have voluntarily participated.

¡°As we looked at ways to engage our students during 바카라사이트 academic disruption, we decided to use this as an opportunity to underscore 바카라사이트 importance of creativity and 바카라사이트 arts, which end up being downplayed in 바카라사이트 busy rhythm of classwork and exams during 바카라사이트 regular semester,¡± Professor Jain said.

¡°Students who go through an IIT education end up in a very wide range of professions and careers. The development of 바카라사이트se type of skills prepares 바카라사이트m even better for 바카라사이트 interconnected future ahead.¡±

At 바카라사이트 institution, located in 바카라사이트 western state of Gujarat, all incoming students go through a five-week foundation programme that includes training in creativity, communications and ethics, while all undergraduates are required to take about 20 per cent of 바카라사이트ir coursework in 바카라사이트 humanities and 바카라사이트 social sciences, despite 바카라사이트 fact that 바카라사이트y are engineering majors.

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