IIT Mandi researchers 2020: Bring out great UV-C disinfection box

IIT Mandi researchers 2020: Bring out great UV-C disinfection box
Published at : 2 Jun 2020, 9:58 AM IST
Updated at : 2 Jun 2020, 2:47 PM IST

IIT Mandi researchers have developed an Ultraviolet-C (UV-C) light-based portable disinfection box at a cost of Rs 35,000.

This product developed by IIT Mandi researchers can be used to disinfect metallic, plastic and cardboard products like wallets, keys, spectacles, bags, courier packages and parcels, among others, to minimise the risk of COVID-19.

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Dr. Prosenjit Mondal, Associate Professor, School of Basic Sciences and Dr. Amit Prasad, Assistant Professor, School of Basic Sciences are also among IIT Mandi researchers who provided the expertise.

Minimising the risk is the key because this virus can live on these surfaces for up to three days.

Work by IIT Mandi researchers has shown that UV-C light can achieve a high level of inactivation of a near-relative of COVID-19’s virus.

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Thus, reducing the risks of contagion among healthy people. In the workplace, it can be an excellent tool for disinfecting transit of goods.

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Ten UV-C lamps with designated ratings are used to provide UV-C light exposure to object surfaces. These lamps are connected with automatic timer control that regulates the dose of UV-C light as per requirement for the specific object.

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IIT Mandi researchers namely Dr. Himanshu Pathak and Dr. Sunny Zafar identified the capability of UV-C light for the disinfecting objects against contamination of the novel COVID-19 virus.

The developed prototype is capable of disinfecting non-living objects like courier packets, travel bags, currency, wallets, wrist watches, mobile phones, laptops, books, stationery among others, said Dr. Himanshu Pathak.

We are using ozone-free UV-C lamps (with 254 nm wavelength), as per the ISO: 15858:2016 standard for UV-C devices -safety information with almost no exposure to human operators, said Dr. Sunny Zafar.

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Highlighting the benefits of the Disinfection Box in the COVID-19 perspective IIT Mandi researchers said the developed prototype can disinfect all kinds of metal, plastic and cardboard-based products from the bacteria and SARS-CoV-2 virus within one-minute exposure of UV-C light, by eliminating up to 99%.

IIT Mandi researchers have tested the prototype in an in-house lab facility at IIT Mandi against the bacteria ‘Escherichia coli’ and ‘Staphylococcus aureus’.

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The work did not end with that innovation alone. IIT Mandi researchers also developed foot-operated hand sanitiser dispenser.

IIT Mandi researchers Mr. Navish Sharma, Technical Assistant, Civil, IIT Mandi along with his team Mr. Tilak Raj and Mr. Hans Raj have developed a low-cost foot-operated hand sanitiser dispenser for sanitising hands without touching contaminated surfaces of the sanitiser bottle.

In this dispenser, a spring reinforced foot pedal is installed which is connected to a pipe with a holder in which the sanitiser bottle will be placed.

On pressing the foot pedal the sanitiser holder will lift and the bottle head will be pressed by a glass cap.

About – IIT Mandi

Since the first batch of 97 students joined in July 2009, IIT Mandi has grown to currently host 125 faculty and 1,655 students who are enrolled in various programmes of studies in undergraduate, postgraduate and research programmes, and 1,141 alumni.

IIT Mandi is a fully residential campus with 1.4 lakh sq. m. buildings completed. It has a guest house with 88 rooms, an 750-seater Auditorium, campus school, sports complex and hospital.

IIT Mandi has four Academic Schools and three major Research Centers. The Schools are: School of Computing and Electrical Engineering, School of Basic Sciences, School of Engineering, and School of Humanities and Social Sciences.

The Centers are: Advanced Materials Research Centre (AMRC; set up with an investment of Rs. 60 crore), Centre for Design and Fabrication of Electrical Devices (C4DFED; has Rs. 50 crore worth of fabrication tools), and BioX Centre (has acquired research equipment worth Rs. 15 crore).

In 2017, the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, selected IIT Mandi to lead the prestigious Rs. 10 crore FarmerZone Project.

To cater to the growing and changing needs of Indian industry and the aspirations of students, IIT Mandi has introduced 7 B.Tech., 7 M.Tech., 5 M.Sc., 4 Ph.D., 1 I-Ph.D and 1 M.A programmes in the past 10 years. The unique, project-oriented B.Tech. curriculum is centered around its 4-year long Design and Innovation stream.

From August 2019, IIT Mandi started 3 new and unique B. Tech. programmes in Data Science and Engineering, Engineering Physics, and Dual Degree in Bioengineering.

Since the inception of the Institute, IIT Mandi faculty have been involved in over 275 Research and Development (R&D) projects worth more than Rs. 120 crore.

In the past 10 years, the Institute has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with as many as 11 international and 12 national universities.

Launched in 2016, IIT Mandi’s Catalyst is the first Technology Business Incubator in Himachal Pradesh.  Enabling Women of Kamand Valley (EWOK) is another innovative programme run by IIT Mandi, which focuses on imparting skills training to rural women to enable them to start village-scale businesses.

IIT Mandi has been ranked No. 20 in the Engineering Institutions Category in the India Rankings 2019 released by National Institutional Ranking Framework, Ministry of Human Resources Development, Govt. of India. In the Outreach and Inclusivity metric of NIRF, IIT Mandi is 1st among all 23 IITs.

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Top 7 IITs For Management Courses in 2024: 2024 NIRF Ratings

Top 7 IITs For Management Courses in 2024: 2024 NIRF Ratings
Published at : 28 Mar 2025, 6:02 PM IST
Updated at : 28 Mar 2025, 6:02 PM IST

Top 7 IITs For Management Courses in 2024 are about IITs that are ranked for management course studies as per NIRF 2024 rankings.

NIRF 2024 rankings were released in August for 2024, various colleges have taken part in it and have won rankings.

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Top 7 IITs For Management Courses in 2024

This top 7 IITs For Management Courses in 2024 is about IITs that have been rated in ‘management’ category for providing courses in the stream of management.

IITs are generally known for their engineering courses and high proficiency in the field of academics.

However, many of the IITs also offer courses related to management, and this top 7 IITs for management courses in 2024 is about IITs that are providing courses related to management stream and have achieved popularity.

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Details about top 7 IITs for management studies in 2024 are provided in tabular format.

Candidates wishing to know more about these top 7 IITs for management courses in 2024 can visit the respective official websites of the institutions.

Details about top 7 IITs for management courses in 2024 are available in the tabular format below:

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Serial Number Name of The Institution NIRF 2024 Rank
1 IIT Delhi 4
2 IIT Bombay 10
3 IIT Madras 16
4 IIT Roorkee 18
5 IIT Kharagpur 19
6 IIT Kanpur 29
7 IIT ISM Dhanbad 46

More details about top 7 IITs for management courses in 2024 as per NIRF 2024 ranking are mentioned below for the sake of students:

1. IIT Delhi

The national capital of India has no dearth of high worth institutions for technical education. IIT Delhi is one of the organisations that needs no introduction owing to its high quality services.

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi is one of the 23 IITs created to be Centres of Excellence for training, research and development in science, engineering and technology in India.

Established as College of Engineering in 1961, the Institute was later declared as an Institution of National Importance under the “Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Act, 1963” and was renamed as “Indian Institute of Technology Delhi”.

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It was then accorded the status of a Deemed University with powers to decide its own academic policy, to conduct its own examinations, and to award its own degrees.

The students of this great institute have proved their mettle across the globe. These alumni today work as scientists, technologists, business managers and entrepreneurs.

There are several alumni who have moved away from their original disciplines and have taken to administrative services, active politics or are with NGOs.

In doing so, they have contributed significantly to building of this nation, and to industrialization around the world. This is one among the top 7 IITs For Management courses in 2024 as per NIRF 2024 rankings.

2. IIT Bombay

Established in 1958, the second of its kind, IIT Bombay was the first to be set up with foreign assistance. The funds from UNESCO came as Roubles from the then Soviet Union.

In 1961 Parliament decreed the IITs as ‘Institutes of National Importance’. Since then, IIT Bombay has grown from strength to strength to emerge as one of the top technical universities in the world.

The institute is recognised worldwide as a leader in the field of engineering education and research. Reputed for the outstanding caliber of students graduating from its undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, the institute attracts the best students from the country for its bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral programmes.

Research and academic programmes at IIT Bombay are driven by an outstanding faculty, many of whom are reputed for their research contributions internationally. This is one among the top 7 IITs For Management courses in 2024 as per NIRF 2024 rankings.

3. IIT Madras

This institution has been ranking on the top for the sixth time. It strongly believes that talent and good ideas can come from anywhere and has a remarkably diverse community, drawing students from across all Indian states and from various countries.

Intensely curious and driven to explore, the student community of IIT Madras value rigorous analytical thinking, ingenuity, hands-on problem solving, and big new ideas.

The departments and centers of the Institute are responsible for the academic activities which include Teaching, Research and Industrial Consultancy.

The courses of study are organized as semester programs and each semester provides for a minimum of seventy instructional days. The medium of instruction is English.

Students are evaluated on a continuous basis throughout the semester. Evaluation is done by the faculty, a consequence of the autonomous status granted to the Institute.

This is one among the top 7 IITs For Management Courses in 2024 as per NIRF 2024 rankings.

4. IIT Roorkee

This is among those institutions that has reached great heights in the field of higher education. Excellence has become a norm here long ago.

The vision of this institution is to attain global level of excellence in education and to create a sustainable and equitable society through innovative research in science and technology.

It aspires to create an environment that shall foster the growth of intellectually capable, innovative and entrepreneurial professionals, who shall contribute to the growth of Science and Technology in partnership with industry and develop and harness it for the welfare of the nation and mankind.

This is one among the top 7 IITs For Management Courses in 2024 as per NIRF 2024 rankings.

Top 7 IITs For Management Courses in 2024

The Institute aligns all its activities to serve national interest and seeks to provide broad-based education, helping students hone their professional skills and acquire the best-in-class capabilities in their respective disciplines.

Institution aspires to be a centre of excellence in education and research, producing global leaders in science, technology and management and to be a hub of knowledge creation that prioritises the frontier areas of national and global importance.

This is one among the top 7 IITs For Management Courses in 2024 as per NIRF 2024 rankings.

6. IIT Kanpur

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur was established in 1959 and is one of the premier institutions established by the Government of India. The aim of the institute is to provide meaningful education, to conduct original research of the highest standard and to provide leadership in technological innovation.

This organisation has a vision to create, disseminate and translate knowledge in science, engineering and allied disciplines that will best serve the society.

The institution is spread over an area of 1055 acres and has 108 buildings on its premises. This is one among the top 7 IITs For Management Courses in 2024 as per NIRF 2024 rankings.

7. IIT ISM Dhanbad

This institution is also known as IIT Indian School of Mines and is situated in Dhanbad. The other name for this institution is IIT Dhanbad.

This is also among the institutions that doesn’t require any introduction. The popularity of this organisation has spread to all corners of the country.

The achievements of IIT ISM have brought all the glory upon it. The institute is steadily sailing through the millennium change and has emerged into one of the most prominent institution- Indian Institute of Technology IIT(ISM) with full bloom functioning of 18 branches of Engineering, Applied Sciences, Management Studies and Humanities.

IIT (ISM) has had centenary long credentials of outperforming achievements in academia and the industry. The faculty here is highly experienced and the atmosphere is very ideal for studies.

This is one among the top 7 IITs For Management Courses in 2024 as per NIRF 2024 rankings.

Top 7 IITs For Management Courses in 2024

They may require the applicants to undergo a tough entrance system, which comprises written test, group discussion and personal interviews.

Those willing to gain an entry into these top 7 IITs for management courses in 2024 have to be prepared for crack the tough entrance process.

While IIMs (Indian Institutes of Management or Indian Institute of Management) are usually known for management education, the academic courses in management offered by IITs are also no less popular.

Working hard with determination to gain entry into these top 7 IITs for Management courses in 2024 is worth it, a study in these top 7 IITs for Management Studies in 2024 is known to open the gates for a bright future.

 

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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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