IIT Guwahati researcher develops great low-cost technology

IIT Guwahati researcher develops great low-cost technology
Published at : 28 Oct 2020, 4:40 PM IST
Updated at : 7 Aug 2021, 5:35 PM IST

IIT Guwahati researcher has again made waves by bringing out low-cost technology to produce psychoactive drugs and anti-aging compounds from agricultural resources.

IIT Guwahati researcher developed a low-cost membrane technology to produce psychoactive drugs and anti-aging compounds from wide range of agricultural resources like camellia sinensis, citrus fruits and peels especially orange peels, berries, ginkgo biloba, parsley, pulses, tea, sea buckthorn and onions.

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The health-related benefits of psychoactive drugs (caffeine) and anti-aging compounds (flavonoids) attributed to stimulating detoxification of enzyme activity and inhibition of cell invasion and angiogenesis, says IIT Guwahati researcher.

‘Because of medicinal applications, flavonoid components have gained popularity as ingredients in pharmaceutical industry.’

These are also found in smaller amount in bamboo leaves, grapes, apples, and other natural sources, says IIT Guwahati researcher.

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Speaking about the technology, IIT Guwahati researcher Professor Mihir Kumar said the developed technology is exclusively pore/particle size based pressure driven membrane separation process.

The water extracts of above mentioned plants/fruits/leaves at optimum operating conditions are passed through a specially made cascade membrane units of fabricated with appropriate molecular weight cut off (MWCO) membranes capable of separating targeted flavonoids selectively, said IIT Guwahati researcher.

IIT Guwahati reseacher further said permeate and retentive part from appropriate membrane unit is then fridge dried to get the powdered product.

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We have synthesized stimuli responsive smart membrane for the selective separation and purification of targeted compound from the mixture of plants or leaves or fruits extract in simple water, said IIT Guwahati researcher Professor Mihir Kumar.

The commercially available techniques are using various costly organic solvents like: Chloroform, Acetone, Acetonitrile etc.

As a result the price of these important pharmaceutical raw materials are quite high that ultimately increases the price of the antioxidant.

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Since organic solvents are used, the technology suffers various disadvantages like: low product quality and yield, high operating and product cost, more time consuming and high energy intensive process for solvent recovery and has limitation to run continuation mode in industrial scale, says IIT Guwahati researcher.

The technology developed by IIT Guwhati researcher Professor M.K. Purkait doesn’t require any costly organic solvents and uses only water.

Hence, the cost of the process and price of pharmaceuticals thereon is much cheaper than that of existing solvent based separation technique.

The patented membrane based green technology has enormous scope to replace existing costly organic solvent based techniques and can be used for continuation mode of operation in industrial scale.

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Worldwide, there are very few manufacturers of flavonoids produced using solvent based technique having less purity (40-80%) and high price.

It has been estimated that the global market for flavonoids is expected to reach about 412.4 MT by 2022 from 347.8 MT in 2017 reported in the Ministry of Commerce, Government of India’s Import-Export current statistics.

The developed technology by IIT Guwahati researcher will support “Make in India” initiative of the Government of India by producing these compounds in the country.

This technology brought out by IIT Guwahati researcher is expected to reduce the import of said polyphenolic compounds.

Implementation of the said technology will also create job opportunities in agriculture sector of the country.

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati established in 1994 has completed 25 years of glorious existence in 2019.

At present, the Institute has eleven departments and five inter-disciplinary academic centres covering all the major engineering, science and humanities disciplines, offering BTech, BDes, MA, MDes, MTech, MSc and PhD programmes.

The Institute offers a residential campus to 412 faculty members and more than 6,000 students at present.

Besides its laurels in teaching and research, IIT Guwahati has been able to fulfil the aspirations of people of the North East region to a great extent since its inception in 1994.

The picturesque campus is on a sprawling 285 hectares plot on the north bank of the Brahmaputra, around 20 kms from the heart of the Guwahati city.

IIT Guwahati is the only academic institution in India that occupied a place among the top 100 world universities – under 50 years of age – ranked by the London-based Times Higher Education (THE) in the year 2014 and continues to maintain its superior position even today in various International Rankings.

The Institute has been ranked at 6th position in ‘India Overall Rank’ and 350th position under the ‘World Overall Rank’ categories released by Nature Index for the year 2020.

Along with the seven other institutes, IIT Guwahati has been ranked below 500 in the QS World ranking released recently.

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Among other frontier areas of research and innovation, IIT Guwahati is working towards augmenting critical science research initiatives in Genomics, Developmental Biology, Health Care and Bioinformatics, Flexible Electronics, Advanced Functional Materials, Sustainable Polymers, Rural Technologies, Disaster Resilience and Risk Reduction and Water Resources and Management.

IIT Guwahati is poised to scale newer heights through all round growth and development.

 

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S. Vishnu Sharma

S Vishnu Sharmaa now works with collegechalo.com in the news team. His work involves writing articles related to the education sector in India with a keen focus on higher education issues. Journalism has always been a passion for him. He has more than 10 years of enriching experience with various media organizations like Eenadu, Webdunia, News Today, Infodea. He also has a strong interest in writing about defence and railway related issues.

JEE Mains 2025 Application On till 25 February 2025 For 2nd Session, All Information Available Here

JEE Mains 2025 Application On till 25 February 2025 For 2nd Session, All Information Available Here
Published at : 16 Feb 2025, 9:33 PM IST
Updated at : 16 Feb 2025, 9:33 PM IST

JEE Mains 2025 Application submission for the second session is going on till 25 February 2025 at ‘https://jeemain.nta.nic.in/’

The application submission began on 1 February 2025. Students who could not undertake JEE Mains 2025 Application submission for the first session can undertake the same during the second session.

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This is one of the well-known competitive exams in India that sees registration of more than six lakh students every year. JEE Mains 2025 Application is for the second session now.

JEE Mains 2025 Application

Admit cards will be available about three days before the actual date of the examination of the applicant. Exam will be conducted from 1 to 8 April 2025 tentatively.

Results for the second session are to be released by 17 April 2025. There is more to it than meets the eye as far as JEE Mains 2025 Application submission is concerned.

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JEE Mains 2025 Application

The exam will have three papers, Paper 1, Paper 2A, Paper 2B. Paper 1 of JEE Mains 2025 is for students focused on graduation in engineering (BE or BTech).

Students keen on studying under graduation in architecture (BArch) have to appear for Paper 2A, those who wish to study graduation in planning (BPlan) have to appear for Paper 2B.

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Architecture aspirants have also to answer questions related to creativity, innovation, drawing along with that of maths, physics and chemistry.

Format of questions will be multiple choice where every question has more than one reply option and the right one has to be chosen for getting marks.

Who can submit JEE Mains 2025 Application?

Students who have passed plus-two from a recognized educational institution with subjects as maths, physics and chemistry can take up JEE Mains 2025 application submission.

Even students who have appeared for the plus-two exams and are waiting for results or who are about to appear for the qualifying exam can also submit JEE Mains 2025 application.

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However, these students have to pass the exam and provide proof of it by the time of admission. Not able to do, may lead to cancellation of admission.

JEE Mains 2025 Application Fee

The url to access the official website for submitting applications is ‘https://jeemain.nta.ac.in/’

1. The URL mentioned above has to be typed into the browser and submitted to allow the website to download.

2. Once the website is ready, candidates can read all the information about the exam.

3. After knowing everything about the exam, candidates can scroll down the webpage and click JEE(Main)-2025 Session-2 Registration

4. Clicking the above button opens another webpage with URL ‘https://examinationservices.nic.in/JeeMain2025/root/Home.aspx?enc=WPJ5WSCVWOMNiXoyyomJgDUffqDdG1LTsAPBKFcEC9W88CTkt2ITzilIsFR7gKxO’

5. Once the webpage with above URL opens, candidates have to press New Registration on the left side and create an account with username and password.

6. After registration, come back to the same webpage with the same URL mentioned in Point No 4 and type the username and password on the right side and sign in to fill the JEE Mains 2025 Application.

Point to remember

Candidates who have already submitted applications for the first session, can directly login and apply for the second session. However, those applying for the second session freshly, have to register and create credentials to login and submit JEE Mains 2025 application for second session.

Post application submission

Individuals who have submitted their JEE Mains 2025 application successfully can download their admit card about three days before they are to appear for the exam.

JEE Mains 2025 Application submission rules

1. Type the URL mentioned above in the browser and submit it to allow the website to download.

2A. After the website is available, candidates can click the link for admit card and then enter their credentials created during the registration and submit them to view the admit card.

2B. Candidates can also click the registration link for the exam and login using the credentials created during the initial registration to view the admit card.

3. After the admit card is visible, candidates can download and take a printout.

Exam

Candidates have to appear for the exam and then pass it with the required qualifying marks which are also known as cutoff marks.

Students who pass the exam with the required score can take part in the counselling process to obtain seats in NITs, IIITs or IIITDMs.

Those willing to study in IITs have to pass JEE Mains with a score that falls under top 2.5 lakh ranks on a national level to apply for JEE Advanced, a written test required to qualify for admission into IITs.

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S. Vishnu Sharma

S Vishnu Sharmaa now works with collegechalo.com in the news team. His work involves writing articles related to the education sector in India with a keen focus on higher education issues. Journalism has always been a passion for him. He has more than 10 years of enriching experience with various media organizations like Eenadu, Webdunia, News Today, Infodea. He also has a strong interest in writing about defence and railway related issues.



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