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CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR WASTE TO WEALTH TECHNOLOGIES

May 3, 2019

To commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, Government of India and IIT-Delhi have signed a MoU to set up a Centre of Excellence for Waste to Wealth Technologies.

About:

  • Partners: The MoU has been signed by the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA) to the Government of India and Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi).

  • Mandate of the centre: Implementation of sustainable, scientific and technological solutions for waste management, through validation and deployment of available technologies for transformation of waste to wealth.

  • Parent body: The waste to wealth mission project has been approved under the recently constituted Prime Minister’s Science Technology and Innovation Advisory Council (PM-STIAC), which is an overarching body for assessment, creation and implementation of major scientific, technology and innovation interventions for India.

Source : PIB

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