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The Department of Science & Technology (DST) has initiated a technology development program in the name of “Waste Management Technologies (WMT)” during 2015 aligning to Swachh Bharath Abhiyan.
Waste Management encompass a variety of interventions in the generation, prevention, characterization, monitoring, treatment, handling, reuse and ultimate residual disposal of solid wastes. The program aims to promote the development of suitable technologies with potential to ameliorate the environmental load from the huge amount of residuals generated by industrial development and consumption lifestyle.The objectives of WMT includes
(i) Take
stock of technological development, assess, analyse and look for material
recycling systems with low environment loading and improve upon them or find
better alternatives
(ii) Develop
waste management technologies that can be adopted in small & medium scale
enterprises in order to improve their productivity and global competitiveness
(iii)
Establish techno-economic feasibility of proposed methodologies/ technologies.
DST is
inviting proposals in the following specified areas of solid waste for
financial support
Thrust areas
1. Treatment
and possible reuse of fouled membranes
2. Smart/AI
system for operation and maintenance of waste treatment systems
3. Methods
for recycling C&D waste including non-concrete part
4.
Agricultural waste management – Stubble management, including Bamboo
processing
waste- value added products, silica extraction, etc, (Non-biological)
5. Technologies
for Biomedical waste management including Ayurveda hospitals
6. Management
of plastics and non-recyclable packaging material
7. Industrial
Hazardous & non-hazardous Wastes, including Steel Industry and
Mining Waste
8. Recycling
of dredging material/sand for construction activities
9. Management
of Sanitary Landfill sites and leachate treatment (Non-biological)
10.
Management of waste from Power Industry: Management of waste produced due to
increase in the installation and commissioning of Flue Gas Desulphurization (FGD)
systems in Thermal Power Stations, Disposal, recycling, use of material of storage
batteries of all chemistries, solar panels, Wind turbine parts, other power generating
and transmission and distribution equipment and material, Disposal/recycling of
insulating material of line insulators (porcelain glass, polymer) etc.
11.
Management & recycling of End of Life Vehicles, Tyres, Batteries, Catalytic
Converters and other subcomponents
POINTS TO BE
KEPT IN MIND WHILE SUBMITTING PROJECT PROPOSALS
1. Proposals
should be submitted ONLY BY ONLINE MODE (www.onlinedst.gov.in) by Scientists/
Engineers/ Technologists working in Universities and other Academic institutions;
R&D institutions/ laboratories having adequate infrastructure and facilities
to carry out R&D work.
2. PI should
have relevant experience (patents, prototype, technology demonstration, etc).
3. Proposals
falling under TRL 4 to 7 [TRL 4 – Technology validation in lab, TRL 5– Technology
validation in relevant environment, TRL 6 – Technology demonstrated in relevant
environment, TRL 7 – System prototype demonstration in operational environment]
(Ref: European Union standard definition), are only to be submitted. Basic
R&D proposal leading to only research publications will not be supported
under this call.
4. The
technology demonstration plan should be clearly spelled out with achievable milestones,
time lines, justifiable budget requirement and engagement with prospective technology
transfer partners or technology transfer facilitating bodies.
5. Financial
support will be provided only for temporary staff salaries, equipment, consumables,
domestic travel and other miscellaneous items. No support will be provided
towards basic infrastructure, buildings and International travel. Proposals should
have participation of relevant Industry/stakeholder.
6. It is
envisaged that the end product of development shall be transferred to industries/suitable
stakeholder for technology implementation. Hence, project should be proposed
with mandatory industry/suitable stakeholder participation, clearly stating the
technical as well as financial terms of participation. No financial support
will be provided to industry. An endorsement letter from the participating industry/stakeholder
with a detailed breakup of their contribution for the proposed project.
7. Fund
support under non -recurring grant for required equipment’s will be given only
if the same facility is not available in the PI’ institution or nearby institutions.
No major infrastructure will be funded.
8. The PI can
submit only one proposal against this DST-WMT- 2020 Call. Submission of more
than one proposal from a PI, would liable to be disqualification
9. It is
desired to have the contribution of Host Institution/Grantee Institution for
the capital cost of the project.
10. The
Engineering flowchart with required mass balance / stoichiometric should be included
in the proposal.
11. The
quarterly deliverables should be clearly mentioned in the proposal in the form
of a Gantt chart/ matrix.
For any
queries related to call, you may please feel free to write to
Last date of Submission: 15-11-2020
Link for official notification: Click here
Link for online application: Click here
For more details
contact:
Dr. Krishna
Kanth Pulicherla,
Scientist,
TDT Division, DST
(Email: kkpulicherla.dst@gov.in).
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