Tag: Vellore Institute of Technology
Cheyyar River Basin: recharging groundwater
When groundwater in river basins starts depleting, lives and livelihoods of the people there are threatened. The strategies for groundwater recharge differ from basin to basin. Khushbu Birawat reports research that clarifies what needs to be done in the Cheyyar River basin.
Rice Mill Wastewater Cleaned by Energy Crop
J Umamaheswari and S Shanthakumar from the Vellore Institute of Technology show that it is feasible to upscale energy crop production with wastewater from rice mills – which otherwise would pollute the environment.
Zinc Oxide for Dye Sensitised Solar Cells
By doping zinc oxide with other metals, Chennai scientists make dye sensitised solar cells a more feasible and less costly energy harvester.
