CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE

CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE

The Principal Scientific Adviser to the

Government of India has shared a vision of
Centres of Excellence (CoEs) that can translate
promising sustainable technologies and develop
new business models
Promote and scale-up of promising technologies

Testing Labs. Encourage low-cost, high-quality innovations to

Academic meet global requirements.
Institutions
Developing technological solutions in a controlled environment
Start-ups COE Government and deploying in real conditions.

Research Industry
Organizations
 COE Model
BENEFITS PRODUCT & SERVICES
METHODOLOGY AND
APPROACH • Prototyping and testing
• Scale up • Technology Optimization
• Business incubation • High Skilled resources
• Market ready technologies • Cutting edge and advance
• Optimization of resources technology
SOCIAL IMPACT

SUPPORT THEMATIC AREAS

CATALYZE THE GROWTH VALUE ENABLER

INFRASTRUCTURE
• Global Solution Centre
ECOSYSTEM FOR BUSINESS • Reduce total TCO • Applied Research &
OPPORTUNITY AND ENTERPRENURSHIP • EoS possibility Innovation
• Sharing of R&D • Improve time to
CENTRAL SOURCE OF EXPERTISE AND infrastructure market
INDUSTRY BEST PRACTICES • Deep-tech
Competitiveness
TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENT AND
COMMERCIALIZATION
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CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE

Sanitation AquaMap

Affordable & Clean Energy Water Sanitation and Hygiene

Advanced Technologies for Geospatial Center Of Excellence (GCE)

Monitoring Air-quality indicators
Managing Organic Waste And Sludge To Artificial Intelligence & Machine
Foster Circular Economy Learning
STEM Education Industry Consortium on AI

Air Pollution Measurement,

Modeling and Analysis system

Charging Infrastructure for Electric

Vehicle
 GLOBAL SANITATION CoE – IIT Palakkad
OBJECTIVE COE Approach Key Achievements
Pillar-1 Technology screening • HDFC Bank is funding INR 20.7 Cr for 5 Years
• Innovation in Sanitation • BMGF has committed $600,000 p.a. (INR 22.5 cr. In
Management Pillar-2 Evaluation & Incubation total for 5 years)
• Sludge management Title on all slides should be in this • ERAM Scientific commitment for providing 8 Acre land
• Waste to Value Pillar-3 format.
Real-life scale testing and worth INR 22 Cr and INR 3 Cr for creating test beds
demo/ expo
Business and skill Projections
Pillar-4
development • Scale-up 5 start-ups with INR 50 Cr P.A. each in sales

SOCIAL IMPACT COEs Partners

• Sustainable solutions to improve • HDFC Bank (Evaluation & Incubation)

health • ERAM Scientific (Testing and optimization)
• Protect the Environment CoE Launched by the PSA • BILL & MILINDA Gates Foundation (Scaleup)
• Incubate 50 startups for economic • IAPMO
growth
on • TOILET BOARD COALITION
• 10 k Job creation for relevant 10th Feb 2022 • KEYSTONE FOUNDATION
communities. MoHUA Representative
• Dr. V.K Chaurasia, Joint Adviser, PHEE
 CoE AFFORDABLE & CLEAN ENERGY - IIT DHARWAD
OBJECTIVE COE Approach Key Strength and Achievements

• Affordable Clean Energy

Phase-1 • funding commitment from Honeywell for 1st 3
• Design and engineer affordable, Develop a database of problem years - INR 11.4 Cr
energy-efficient, and renewable • Infineon will support with components and tools
Phase-2 for skill development
energy powered products.
Develop
Technology a database
Innovation of
via in-depth • SELCO - 25+ years of experience in Rural
research, testing and prototyping, entrepreneurship.
piloting and building channels
Phase-3
Technology Incubation

SOCIAL IMPACT
COEs Partners

• Development of 20 enterprises • HONEYWELL

• Development of 30 technologies
CoE Launched by the PSA on • INFINEON
• Train local youth within 200 km on 28th Jan 2022 • SELCO
entrepreneurship
MoHUA Representative
• Dr. M. Dhindhayalan,
Adviser, PHEE
 CoE ATMAN (Advanced Technologies for Monitoring Air-quality indicators) - IIT KANPUR
OBJECTIVE COE Approach Key Strength and Achievements

Next-Gen Atma -Nirbhar

PHASE-1
PM Sensors • In house Sensors development
• Development and Calibration • Incubation and commercialization model
PHASE-2 Sensor-based RTSA to
of low-cost air quality (LCAQ) • Team having technologies to market
Key enable Mitigation
monitoring sensors experience

PHASE-3 AI/ML for nation-

wide AQ monitoring
networks.

COEs Partner Dashboard

SOCIAL IMPACT
Funding Partners Incubated Start-ups

• Saving INR 1000s Cr on Air sensor and • Bloomberg philanthropy

• Respire Living Science
Monitor import • CIFF
• Airveda
r 2.50 Lakh cr and • Clean Air Fund
• Indirect saving of INR • Datalystica
• Open Philanthropy
1.67 million lives due to Air pollution
MoHUA Representative
• Dr. M. Dhindhayalan, Adviser, PHEE
 COE Managing Organic Waste and Sludge to Foster Circular Economy -TERI
OBJECTIVE COE Approach Key Strength and Achievements
• Waste to value applications • R&D to create valuable products • TERI is working with Norway Govt.
• Enable entrepreneurship • recovery from STP Plants sludge • platform for engagement with relevant local,
• Capacity Building and organic waste national and international partners
• Technology transfer • Pilot experiments and design of
• Circular economy business models

SOCIAL IMPACT COE Potential Partner

ICICI Securities
• Waste to Value
• Reduce sludge landfill and CHG
emission
Capacity Building
Research, Pilots and Year 3
testing
Year 2
MoHUA Representative
Year 1
• Dr. V.K Chaurasia, Joint Adviser, PHEE
Research and collaboration
 COE STEM EDUCATION –DELHI & PUNE Cluster
OBJECTIVE COE Approach Key Strength and Achievements
• Develop a STEM-based curriculum. • PKC and DRIIV have a large no. of STEM experts.
• Improve students competence in
• Training on pedagogical methods • Game based learning
STEM education
• STEM Laboratories.
• Promote Research and innovation
• Mentoring girl students.
• Special focus on women in STEM • Scholarship for girls
• Impact assessment of Covid-19 and
Effective education

SOCIAL IMPACT COEs Partners

• 3 Year plan for 150 master trainer
• STEM laboratories to help students • BASF
to study real‐life problems and • Biocon Foundation
innovate on sustainable solutions. • INFOSYS
• Training of 3000 Teachers over 3 • IBM
years • IITMAA
• Reach out to 3,00,000 students
over 3 years.
 CoE Air Pollution Measurement, Modeling and Analysis system - IIT DELHI
OBJECTIVE COE Approach Key Strength and Achievements
PHASE-1 Time source apportionment
• Evidence-based policy-making for air pollution
• Measurement of Air pollutants PHASE-2 Mobile monitoring
Make-in-India technology
• Health Impact due to Air Indigenous sensor • Tools, Modelling and analysis techniques for air
pollutant PHASE-3
development pollution data in Air Shed at Delhi
• Identifying emission
Key pathway PHASE-4 Exposure modelling and
• Ensure clean Air health impact assessment
• Promote policy
• Measurement, data modelling PHASE-5 Modelling of Air pollution
and analysis Data analysis and capacity
PHASE-6
Building

SOCIAL IMPACT COEs Partner Dashboard

• Provide Health and climate co-Benefit. INDUSTRY INSTITUTION MoHUA Representative

• Enhancing citizen engagement in Air pollution.
• • TERI Mr. JB Ravinder, Joint Adviser,
• Promoting start-ups r CLEAN AIR FUND
• WORLD BANK • IISER BHOPAL PHEE
• AEROGRAM • MANAV RACHNA
UNIV.
 CoE Charging Infrastructure for Electric Vehicles – IIT Delhi

OBJECTIVE
KEY FOCUS AREA
Fabricate and test a technology solution for EV to home
Electric Vehicles
system - a system capable of interfacing an EV with an
home for both powering home and charging the EV from
AC grid.

COEs Partner Dashboard

Sony
BHEL*

SOLAR PV TO HOME AND GRID

GRID-CONNECTED BATTERY INVERTER

EV TO HOME SYSTEM WITH SOLAR PV SUPPORT

EV TO HOME SYSTEM FOR DOMESTIC USE

GRID STABILITY AND SECURITY WITH NUMEROUS

EV CHARGING SYSTEM
 OBJECTIVE AquaMap IIT Madras

• A water management, technology, policy center.

KEY FOCUS AREA
• Identify and build win-win solutions for water
related challenges by developing & evolving
Water
innovative technology-based water management
practices and implementing them in the field
• Working with the society and government to
formulate policies COEs Partner Dashboard

IIT Madras Alumni

Toilet Board Coalition
IAPMO

SETTING UP HYDRO-INFORMATICS LAB

IDENTIFYING WATER CHALLEGENGES ON GROUND
MoHUA Representative
WITH PARTENR NGOs
GRAND CHALLENEGES TO INVITE IVVOVATION Dr. V.K Chaurasia, Joint Adviser, PHEE
SOLUTIONS
SUSTAINABLE IMPLEMENTATION AND PERFORMANCE
MONITORING
KNOWLEDGE BASE FOR TECHNOLOGY-SOCIETY-
GOVERNANCE PARTNERS and POLICY RECCOMENDATIONS
 COE of WATER, SANITATION AND HYGINE – IIT MADRAS

OVERVIEW Industry support PARTNERS

• NBCC
• Funds cover construction of
• Setting up of 12 additional lab space as well as upkeep
labs of 10x5 sq. meters each and maintenance.
in Thaiyur campus MoHUA Representative
• Labs focus on water Health and
Sanitation. • Mr. JB Ravinder, Joint Adviser,
PHEE
 OBJECTIVE GEOSPATIAL CENTER OF EXCELLENCE (GCE)

• Using Geospatial Intelligence to develop a digital

KEY FOCUS AREA
twins for reality, improving the assets utilization
and lowering environmental footprint
Mapping and Location Services
• Effective use of space, time, and resources by
optimizing location data and technology and
improving collaboration. COEs Partner Dashboard

HERE TECHNOLOGIES

IIT Jodhpur and IIT Roorkee

proposals shortlisted to
MANAGE & OPTIMIZE THE LAST MILE DELIVERIES, explore further
MOBILITY AND TRAVEL EXPERIENCE
MoHUA Representative
NEW DIRECTION FOR CONNECTED SERVICES
Dr. M. Dhindhayalan, Adviser, PHEE
COST-EFFECTIVE 5G PLANNING DECISIONS

DEVELOPS STANDARDS FOR GEOSPATIAL PRODUCT

DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING

KNOWLEDGE BASE OF THE GEOSPATIAL INDUSTRY

COE Artificial Intelligence – NIT Patna Industry Consortium on AI – IIT Delhi

OVERVIEW PARTNERS

• Two centers of excellence on • Huawei

artificial intelligence and
machine learning are being
supported by the industry
partner to develop, incubate
and scale technologies and
commercial applications
THANKS