The team was selected during college, by IIC-MHRD Innovation cell for National level boot camp and exhibition, held between 9th -11th of Sep 2019 at AICTE Headquarters, Delhi.
It was recognized as Technopreneurs & National MIC Ambassadors by IIC MHRD-AICTE, Funded with 3 lakhs to develop Aojal Desalination System. It is now being incubated at TBI NIT Calicut.
Aojal Technology is mentored by TBI NITC as a budding Techo start-up. Currently they are working on producing potable water from saline water referred to as Aojal Desalination System.
Team members:
Vishrut Goswami – Founder & CEO
Yash Kumar – CTO
Ayush Kumar- CBDO
Eshan Hembrom – CMO
All the team mates are from National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kozhikode, Kerala
Details of college or institution :
Set in picturesque landscape at the foothills of the Western Ghats, National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC) is located about 22 kilometers north-east of Calicut City.
Innovation summary :
There is a growing need for desalination of water. The desalination industry is mostly dominated by Reverse Osmosis (RO), multistage flash distillation (MSF) and other thermal distillation processes which include multi-effect evaporation (MEE) and mechanical vapour compression (MVC).
The current processes are less efficient, hereby there is a need to improve the desalination techniques to cope with the demand. Therefore, we are building an efficient way to improve the existing desalination technique using Membrane filtration technology, Customized membrane properties help manipulate the filtration process exactly as per the situation at hand.
Impact or how it will it help society:
•As of 2019, 17 countries in total are now experiencing “extremely high” levels of baseline water stress, according to recent data from the World Resources Institute (WRI).
•According to the Composite Water Management Index (CWMI) report released by the Niti Aayog in 2018, 21 major cities (Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad and others) are racing to reach zero groundwater levels by 2020, affecting access for 100 million people.
•The goal is to provide safe drinking water to every individual and to accomplish the goal, they are looking forward to collaborating with rural, urban-municipalities and authorities across the country and provide clean water to people at accessible rates which we will produce with our hybrid production technology.
Progress after Smart India recognition:
They fabricated a hybrid process for water desalination, employing tailored membrane composition and conditions. Aiming to relieve water of the excess salts and microbes, they also designed a packed bed filter containing human friendly tubes which traps harmful microbes.
There is a polymer that is used to hold the membrane in place. The polymer offers control over certain other properties like ion content and the metals. Manipulation of physical states of water to improve the efficiency, which produces potable water economically & effectively.
Awards and achievements:
•Funded by IEDC for building up our primary prototype of Aojal Water Purifier, July 2019.
•Selected by IIC-MHRD Innovation cell for National level boot camp and exhibition, held between 9th -11th of Sep 2019 at AICTE Headquarters, Delhi.
•Recognized as Technopreneurs & National MIC Ambassadors by IIC MHRD-AICTE, Funded with 3 lakhs to develop Aojal Desalination System
•Winners of Interface’19 by Tathva’19, one of South Indian’s biggest techno-management fest Oct 2019.
•Winner of YIP 2019-22, by KDISC-KSUM, Kerala, Jan 2020 and are amongst top 102 teams in that, Funding, mentoring, and other related supports promised for next three years.
•Mentoring and Incubation in TBI NIT Calicut, Feb 2020, as budding start-up from NITC to develop Aojal Desalination System.
