The equipments made by startups with IIT Madras Support will provide protection to doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals who are involved in fighting COVID-19.

Startups with IIT Madras support too have contributed in a way to strengthen the fight against Corona virus. Initial batches of these innovations brought out by startups with IIT Madras support have already been supplied to frontline healthcare workers and are in the process of being scaled-up for mass production for deployment to hospitals and clinics in need across the country at affordable rates.

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They have been supported by the IIT Madras Incubation Cell. Face Shields made using simple stationery items have been developed by Axis Defence Labs, an IIT Madras Student Start-up founded by Mr. Sathvik Batte, a second year student, Dept of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Madras.

It is supported by ‘Nirmaan,’ the IIT Madras pre-incubator which helps convert students’ ideas into products through mentorship.

IIT Madras Support Perfect PPEs made from 3 D printers

Speaking about IIT Madras Support to startups by IIT Madras Incubation Cell its Chief Executive Officer Dr. Tamaswati Ghosh said they are very proud of their startups who are working on a range of products that are vital to India’s fight against COVID-19, from N95 masks to intubation boxes and ventilators to affordable testing kits.

IIT Madras support startups have quickly mobilized and repurposed their offerings in response to the situation and are striving to make a positive contribution to the nation’s anti-virus efforts.

IITM Incubation Cell continues to assist its startups through these challenging times and hopes that industry support will help them ramp up their efforts in a more meaningful way, she said.

The products designed by IIT Madras support startups weighing less than 50 gm, the 3D-printed Face Shields developed by Fabheads Automation use a flexible plastic frame to fit individuals without requirement of elastic bands and are perfect to be worn for long hours. It uses a replaceable transparent sheet, which is inexpensive and can be easily taken off.

Mr. Dhinesh Kanagaraj, founder and CEO, Fabheads Automation, said they have already supplied a few hundred face shields to various users such as police personnel and hospitals in Chennai and received excellent feedback.

‘We are currently manufacturing a few hundred face shields per week using our 3D printing technology. In the next stage, we are getting ready to produce 5,000 pieces per day, with a significant decrease in per piece cost.’

IIT Madras Support Perfect PPEs made from 3 D printers

The face shields are fabricated using Fabheads’ in-house developed 3D printers called ‘Fibrbot.’ The holes and shape are laser cut with precision.

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The face shield design is also Injection Molding-compatible, hence suitable for small to large scale production.

Speaking about the product from Axis Defence Labs, Dr. Satyanarayanan Seshadri, Faculty Advisor, Nirmaan-IIT Madras said this effort started out as a challenge to all our student entrepreneurs to come out with cost-effective solutions for a face shield.

Mr. Sathvik Batte quickly formed a group to brainstorm various options and a ‘proof-of-concept’ prototype was developed within 24 hours.

His team came up with a finished product within about 3 weeks of posting the challenge, which is incredible given the difficulties in logistics and planning in view of the lock down.

This product is now available pan-India at a price point like a disposable face mask, he said. The low-cost Face Shield that can be manufactured using conventional stationery materials, developed by Axis Defence Labs, can be procured at less than Rs. 30 a piece in large volumes, and the team also has developed the capacity to supply up to 50,000 visors and 5,000 headgear a day.

Highlighting the efficiency of this innovation, Mr. Sathvik Batte, Founder, Axis Defence Labs Start-up, said when he first started work on this project, he did some cost analysis and searched the market for similarly priced products.

‘To my astonishment, I found the prices were too high, and these were being resold to the end users at an even higher price. We wanted to solve this problem by providing the shields in packs to reduce overall costs of production.’

IIT Madras support startup used a design through which the visors can be made with regular stationery items, without the need for costly equipment while keeping international standards in practice.

The headgears are made using injection moulding, with materials which can withstand 160 degrees Celsius temperature, for sanitising using heat. The visors are made with 400 gsm skin safe virgin PET sheets, to prevent irritation from long usage.

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The seven-day Axis Defence Labs face shields pack, which consists of one headgear and one visor, costs just Rs. 210.

The 15-day pack at Rs. 400, and costs less than Rs. 27 rupees per day and the 30 days pack at 750, just 25 rupees per day. Axis Defence Labs is using most of the profits for providing these face shield packs to those with limited resources.

For every three packs sold, they are looking to provide at least on pack to those who need them but cannot afford them.

Fabheads Automation has also fabricated an Intubation box to reduce the transmission risk to doctors during intubation.

IIT Madras Support Perfect PPEs made from 3 D printers

Intubation box is a transparent box covering four sides of a patient during the intubation process. The doctor can put his/her hands through two big holes in the box and operate on the patient.

This reduces the risk of infection significantly from the splashes/aerosols by up to 95% (as per a study by the Boston Medical Center, published in The New England Journal of Medicine).

Almost all the liquid and aerosols spewed out from the patient’s body are contained within the Intubation box, and do not get on the doctor’s mask or face shield anywhere.

The features of intubation box by IIT Madras support startup are it (intubation box) is easy to sanitize, hence can be reused. It is light to carry and provides doctors easy access to patients via two big holes. The work done by two startups with IIT Madras Support is indeed praiseworthy.

The schedule to submit applications for JEE Advanced 2025 has been announced along with that of AAT 2025 registration,

Application process for AAT starts after result declaration of JEE Advanced. This year too, the trend is no different.

Who will conduct AAT 2025?

AAT 2025 will be conducted by IIT Kanpur and is expected to see a participation in impressive numbers. The same institution is conducting JEE Advanced 2025.

Details about the exam are available on the official website mentioned above. Students who pass AAT 2025 will be able to study BArch in IIT Roorkee, IIT Kharagpur and IIT (BHU) Varnasi.

Who can take up AAT 2025 registration?

Students who have passed JEE Advanced 2025 with required qualifying marks can take up AAT 2025 registration. Applying for JEE Advanced requires a pass in JEE Mains.

Candidates who have passed plus two with maths, physics and chemistry as subjects will be able to take up JEE Mains registration. The process to take up JEE Advanced AAT 2025 registration is online.

1. The URL has to be typed into the browser and the webpage has to be allowed to download.

2. Once the website is available, students should click the link for JEE Advanced AAT 2025 registration and enter JEE Advanced 2025 registration number, their date of birth, mobile number and email address.

3. Post providing the above details, applicants will be asked if they are interested in AAT. Students have to answer ‘Yes’ to take up JEE Advanced AAT 2025 registration.

4. Candidates have to provide the required information and choose the centers where they wish to write the exam and submit the form.

5. They will receive message indicating successful completion of JEE Advanced AAT 2025 registration.

The message has to be downloaded and a printout of it has to be taken and preserved for use in future. This could be of use during the admission process.

Website for JEE Advanced 2025/AAT 2025 Registration is Here

Exam pattern

Candidates who have completed JEE Advanced AAT 2025 registration must also know the exam pattern if they are to score good marks.

Those who have taken up AAT 2025 registration can take up the exam which will be held in offline mode, as a pen and paper mode test.

Candidates will have three hours time to answer all the questions. The medium of the test is English.

The sections in the question paper are – Imagination and aesthetic sensitivity, three dimensional perception, Geometrical drawing, Freehand drawing and Architectural Awareness.

Syllabus for AAT 2025

The next thing to do after completing AAT 2025 registration is focus on preparing for the test.

The subjects to be studied while preparing for AAT 2025 are mentioned below. Candidates can also refer the official website for more information on syllabus when the registration for the exam begins:

Geometrical Drawing

Exercises in geometrical drawing containing lines, angles, triangles, quadrilaterals, polygons, circles, etc. Study of plan (top view), elevation (front or side views) of simple solid objects like prisms, cones, cylinders, cubes, splayed surface holders, etc.

Freehand Drawing

This would comprise of simple drawing depicting the total object in its right form and proportion, surface texture, relative location and details of its component parts in appropriate scale.

Common domestic or day-to-day life usable objects like furniture, equipment, etc., from memory.

Three dimension perception

Understanding and appreciation of three-dimensional forms with building elements, colour, volume and orientation. Visualization through structuring objects in memory.

Architectural Awareness

General interest and awareness of famous architectural creations – both national and international, places and personalities (architects, designers, etc.) in the related domain.

Imagination and Aesthetic Sensitivity

Composition exercise with given elements. Context mapping.

Creativity check through innovative uncommon test with familiar objects. Sense of colour grouping or application.

The medium of the test is English. The sections in the question paper are – Imagination and aesthetic sensitivity, three dimensional perception, Geometrical drawing, Freehand drawing and Architectural Awareness.

The admit cards obtained for JEE Advanced 2025 can also be used to gain entry into the test centers for AAT 2024.

Point to remember

Candidates can visit the official website of JEE Advanced exam for more information on JEE Advanced AAT 2025 registration and other related topics.

The students have to quickly take up the AAT 2025 registration as the time left would be very short.

Like JEE Advanced exam where the registration is open for a longer duration, that of AAT 2025 registration is open for only a short period.

The details about AAT 2025 registration provided above are for general understanding purpose of the students.

There could be some changes in the exam, students can visit the official website of the exam at regular intervals to receive updates.

More information could be provided as the time for AAT 2025 registration would commence, till that time, students can refer other sources also.

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