A Device for Recovery of Finest Cleans From Accumulated Slurry at Coal Beneficiation Plant and Process Thereof 

Dr.Kalyan Sen & Dr.Dilip Kumar Chakraborty of Central Fuel Research Institute, PO FRI,  Dhanbad 828108,  Jharkhand have been jointly awarded Rs.1,00,000/- for development of A Device for Recovery of Finest Cleans From Accumulated Slurry at Coal Beneficiation Plant and Process Thereof. The device recovers the fine coal particles having low ash content from the slurry accumulated as waste material in the coal washeries. The device works under complete closed water circuit system. This prevents severe environmental pollution in the vicinity of the working site. The accumulated slurry which was creating environmental pollution is now being processed for manufacturing value added products.

Dr.K.S.Bhat, S/Shri Meduri Ravi & C.Suresh of Microwave Tube R&D Cnetre (MTRDC), DRDO, Bangalore have been jointly awarded Rs. 75,000/-  for development of M type Dispenser Cathodes For Microwave Tubes. These cathodes have higher emission density (10 A/cm² to about 30 A/cm²), better life and are less prone to poisoning. They are used in microwave tubes, electronic propulsion systems, radars, etc. 30 Nos. of cathodes have been developed for in-house requirement of MTRDC and Bharat Electronics, Bangalore. The invention is of strategic nature and has been developed in the country to have self-sufficiency. 

S/Shri Rajkumar Samuel, M.V.Rao, Dr.P.S.Nair & Akkaram Ananthan of ISRO Satellite Centre, Deptt. Of Space, Airport Road, Bangalore; Dr.Rajpal Singh Sirohi of IIT, Delhi, and Dr.M.P.Kothiyal of IIT, Chennai, have been jointly awarded Rs. 75,000/-  for development of Opto-electronic Apparatus for Static & Dynamic Measurements (OEASDM). The device is a portable apparatus used for whole field Real time and non-contact measurement of out-of-plane displacement and slope. It measures deformation/slope for static applications such as mechanical thermal and pressure stressing and is used for modal analysis of vibrating surfaces.  The technology has been licensed & cost of one unit is about Rs.3 to 5 lakhs. The Commercially available imported systems which cost about Rs.20 lakhs have only displacement slope measurement features.  They use dedicated imaging cards and software and are not flexible. 

Sh.K.X.Benedict, a freelance inventor of Cochin has been awarded a sum of   Rs. 60,000/- for development of A Multi Purpose Food Processor. The processor can process cereals, pulses, fruits & vegetables and mince meat etc. It can perform 21-operations such as dry/semi-dry pulverizing, wet grinding, decorticating, peeling, chopping, dehusking, crumbling, mincing, mixing, doughing, skimming, beating, agitating, pulping and juice extraction. The Multi Purpose Processor has already been supplied to four parties in Kerala. All the parties are producing and marketing the item called ‘tasty wheat’ used in preparation of  gruel or kheer.

Sh. Devendra Jain & Sh. Anil Mehta,  Directors of M/s. Pluss Polymers (P) Ltd.,   New Delhi have been jointly awarded Rs. 60,000/-  for development of Maleic Anhydride Grafted Polymers (MAGP). The product is a compatibilizer that can bring together incompatible polymers into a stable blend, which is a cheaper alternative to develop entirely new plastics. This product will have wide applications in producing high performance polymer compounds, recycling of nylon waste, mixed plastics film laminate waste recycling etc.

Shri C. P. Sadashivaiah of  M/s Shiva Industries, Mandipet, Tumkur, Second Corss, KR Extn., Tumkur - 572101 (Karnataka) has been awarded Rs. 60,000/-  for development of Shiva Industries Tractor Mounted Multipurpose Deep Trencher which can be used to dig trenches in variety of soils. The lossened soil is removed from the trench during the trenching process itself. The trencher is low cost and very easy to assemble and dismantle. 

Dr.C.Arumughan, Shri M.M.Sree Kumar, Dr. B.Sankarikutty, Ms. M.A. Sumathykutty & Ms. K.P.Padmakumari of Regional Research Laboratory, Thiruvananthapuram have been jointly awarded Rs. 40,000/-  for development of Fresh Flavour Ginger Oil From Green Ginger.  The generic technology eliminates the steps of peeling, sun drying and grinding. Superior quality product with higher yield than the conventional process is obtained with this technology. The technology has already been licensed to 3 parties in India for commercial production and a 10 TPD Production-cum-Demonstration unit has already been  set up and successfully commissioned in Manipur State with the support of DSIR, Ministry of Science & Technology, New Delhi under PATSER project.

Ms. Rama Anand of  M/s.R.A. Innovations, New Delhi- 110 062 has been awarded Rs. 40,000/-  for development of an environment friendly Technology for making furniture and decorative items from Old Used Automotive Tyres. The concept is to utilize recyclable waste material to reduce environmental pollution and simultaneously to make useful house-hold products.

Shri N. Viswanatha, Shri T P Murali, Shri M K Ravindran, Shri T S Silmil & Shri N Prasad of ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore have been jointly awarded a sum of Rs.6000/-Rupees sixty thousand only) for development of Shape Memory Alloy(SMA) Actuated Stepper Drive Mechanism.  Two numbers of indigenously developed solar flap drive mechanisms, based on shape memory alloy(SMA) have been used on INSAT-2E satellite and are working satisfactorily on-orbit. The alloy selected is an improved NITINOL Alloy.

Shri Christy Fernandez, Dr. Uma Sankar Sarma and Shri K.P.Somanthan Nair of Coir Board, Kochi (Kerala) have been jointly awarded a sum of Rs. 40,000/- for the design and development of COCOLAWN, an eco-friendly lawn using natural coir products such as  coir, geo-textile, coir pith and coir-pith organic manure, etc. The innovative COCOLAWN  is a soil-less, pesticide free, rollable and portable lawn which can be laid on rooftops, balcony, resorts, etc. 

Dr.Satyahari Dey, Dr.P.S.Bhattacharya & Prof.B.C.Bhattacharya of Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur have been jointly awarded a  sum of Rs. 40,000/-  for development of An Apparatus For Plant Tissue Culture. It saves Tissue Culture medium cost upto 75% and the growth rate found to be much faster than agar supplemented medium. It also saves manpower and incubation time due to the change of culture through side tube. It minimizes the contamination by eliminating the sub-culturing step and the apparatus also has an advantage for monitoring the medium conditions through side tube. The product has already been commercialized by a company in Kolkata.

More than 2000 units have been sold in India and abroad in countries such as Malaysia, Australia, USA, Japan, etc.

Prof. S. Mohan of Tamilnadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore has been awarded a sum of Rs. 30,000/-  for the design and development of an Automatic Insect Removal Bins For Safe Storage Of Grains And Seeds and removal of insects. The wandering behavior of insects  and their tendency to move to aerated region has been exploited to design the double walled bin, the inner wall of which is perforated and supplemented by inserting perforated  probes. The design is simple and easily adoptable in rural areas for safe storage of grains, etc.

(Late) Sh.Amritrao Indurao Ghadge of  Dattapur, Wardha (M.S.) has  been awarded posthumously a sum of Rs. 30,000/-  for the development of a  Rock Bee Clip  made of bamboo which is used to hold the  brood comb of the rock-bee colony and prevent it from falling down while extracting honey. The brood chamber alongwith bees covered can be transferred to any desired place comfortably and can be reused without killing honey bees.

Dr. Sushanta Kumar Hazra and Shri Partha Sengupta, both Scientists of Central Fuel Research Institute, Dhanbad have been jointly awarded a sum of Rs. 30,000/- for designing a commercial plant for the production of Soft Coke. The design enables to burn volatile matters, Suspended Particulate Matter (SPM) and other combustibles of the flue gases in different stages through adjacent ovens, till they are burnt out completely  resulting in the emission being within the permissible limits specified by the Pollution Authority. A new concept of recuperator for preheating of primary and secondary air, an improved design of drag bar for preventing spillage has been incorporated. More than 180  industrial units have taken up this design to set up commercial plants.

Sh. Ramendra Lal Mukherjee of Micro instruments, Howrah(West Bengal) has been awarded a sum of Rs.25,000/-(Rupees twenty-five thousand only) for the  development of a Micro Microscope. It has an extremely small focal length magnifying device by which very high magnification can be obtained.  The approximate cost of the for 5 different models ranges from Rs.40/- to Rs.170/- 550 units have been sold. The Microscope is very small in size, light in weight, and has a built in light/external light change over switch.  Excellent microphotographs can be obtained by using SLR Camera.

Dr. S. Christopher and Mr. V.A. Abid Hussain of LRDE, Bangalore have been jointly awarded a sum of  Rs 80,000/-  (Rupees Eighty thousand only) for the development of a Low Squint High gain On-Resonant Wave Guide slotted array antenna ideally suited for ground based surveillance Radar application.  This indigenous device is being productionised by Bharat Electronics Ltd. (BEL), Bangalore for the flycatcher radar in the mid band.  The device costs much lower as compared to the imported one. 

Prof. R.N. Iyengar, Dr. Ashok Kumar Gupta, Dr. Chaman Lal Verma, Shri Ram Gopal Gupta,  Shri  Samuel Hiralal,  Shri  Surendra Kumar,  Dr. Ashwani  Kumar  Minocha  and Shri Shivappa Himesh of  Central  Building  Research Institute, Roorkee have been jointly awarded a sum of Rs 50,000/- only  (Rupees Fifty thousand only) for the development of a system for Efficient Air Pollution Control for Brick Kilns.  The improved system will bring down the Suspended Particulate Matter concentration from existing level of 1000-2000 mg.NM3   to 150-350 mg/NM3 which is well within the stipulated value of 750 mg/Nm3 prescribed limit of Govt. of India for brick manufacturers.  The cost of installation of one unit is Rs 20,000/- only.

Shri Sabbir Samsuddin Pachorwala of M/s. Raj Bucket Factory,  Thane has been awarded a sum of  Rs  25,000/- (Rupees Twenty five  thousand only) for the development of a Pilferproof Closure for Containers.  In this packaging container a novel physical interlocking action is achieved as a result of spring-action due to improved design of the lid of the container and thus pilfer proofness is achieved.  The improved lid will eliminate the sealing operation and thus no additional expenses are required.  It is ideally suited for small and medium sized units producing paints, oil etc. 

Shri    Sudarshana   of    Puttur   (D.K.)    has    been    awarded   a   sum  of   Rs  20,000/- (Rupees Twenty thousand only) for the development of an innovative Acrecanut Dehusking Tool.  The device is very light in weight and simple in operation.  It reduces drudgery of the operator and increases output. 

Shri Milan Dass of National Institute for the Visually Handicapped, Secunderabad (A.P.) has been awarded a sum of Rs  20,000/- (Rupees Twenty thousand only) for the development of a Versatile Tactile Drawing Board to educate the visually impaired children.  With the help of this device, visually impaired children can draw lines/figures independently which would help them to improved their creativity.  The device can also be used for writing and reading in any languages by blind persons with some training.  It can be a much more economical replacement for Braille.  

Shri K.R.Kaimal, Shri V.V.Karunakaran, Shri Gangadhar De,Shri K. Ravendran, Shri V.C. Vijayakumar and Shri S.Chandrasekharan Nair of Thumba Equatorial Rocket Lauching Station, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvanathapuram have been jointly awarded a sum of Rs.75,000/-(Rupees seventy-five thousand only) for the development of a Slipring Unit of Precision Coherent Mono pulse C-Band Radar to inter face electrical power & signal circuitry between stationary and rotating parts of the radar to connect up to 226 multiple circuits carrying low & high voltage/current with very high frequency signals of the order of 10-20 MHz.It has also been used for tracking PSLV rockets.  Technology consists of development of insulating resins for multiple annular ring conductor,l cheaper and cost effective materials for durable and wear resistant brush blocks, polymeric insulating materials like modified epoxy in place tefion for potting and encapsulation, fabrication of rings and tooling methods to prevent delamination and to increase life.  This will save ex-chequer several lakhs of ruppes in foreign exchange in addition to the advancement in technical competent.  It finds use in all tracking radars for space, defence etc.  The cost of indigenous unit is about Rs.20 lakhs in comparison to Rs.40 lakhs of the imported version.

Dr. K D Nayak, Shri Virpal Singh, Shri Ashok Mittal and Shri Ajay Malik of Defence Electronics Applications Laboratory, Dehradun have been jointly awarded a sum of Rs.50,000/-(Rupees fifty thousand only) for development of Tgree Channel Monopulses Receiver at Ka-Band(Millimeter Waves) using Microwave Integrated Circuit Technology.  The device is a two stage down converter with AFC locking facility for tracking of integrated guided missiles over a wide band of 450MHz. The indigenous device costs around Rs.10 lakhs in comparison to the imported one which costs around Rs.40 lakhs.  The system is a tailor made product for Defence applications and gives better gain and phase matching.  This invention will provide considerable foreign exchange saving.

Ms. Indra Doraiswamy, Shri P. Muthukumaraswamy, Shri N. Vasantha Kumar and Shri G. Ilango of South India Textiles Research Association, Coimbatore have been jointly awarded a sum of Rs.40,000/-(Rupees forty thousand only) for development of “SITRA Enerspin”- Drive System for Ring Spinning & Doubling Machines, Normally one tape is used to drive four spindles (two on each side of the machine),in the present invention a single tape drives multiples of four spindles i.e. 12 spindles, six on each side of the machine.  Further the rotating mass of the spindle drive system is significantly reduced with reduction in air resistance to achieve energy saving of the order of 8-10% in a ring spinning & doubling machine.  Five units have been modified and cost of conversion of one ring spinning frame with 440 spindles is Rs.27,500/-.

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Sh. K. Shyama Sunder of Indian Plywood Industries Research & Training Institute, Bangalore has been awarded a certificate of merit for the development of a battery operated hand held ELECTRONIC WOOD MOISTURE METER. The device is used for the measurement of wood moisture in the range of 6% to 20% and the reading is indicated by red LEDs in steps of 2%.  The selling price per unit is about Rs.4,000/-

S/Shri H Bhojraj, Murthy H R Sreenivasa, Y G N Appa Rao, Dr. Surya Kumar Sharma and Shri R Rathna Kumar of ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore have been awarded a certificate  of merit for their invention ISRO FLEX HEATER. These heaters which are made of Nichrome foil cladded with kapton film replace the conventionally used Nickel-Chromium alloy heaters.  These heaters are used for space craft applications and can stimulate thermal control element required for the purpose of maintaining the temperature of various sub-systems on board space craft.

Dr. Subodh K Mukherjee of M/s Basic Technology Pvt. Ltd., Calcutta has been awarded a certificate of merit and a gold plated medal for development of TWIN SCREW FOOD EXTRUDER. The device is used for production of ready to eat snacks.  The torque-limiter of this device automatically cut off the power at the time of jamming.  The extruder can be made available in different capacities.

Sh. Prasanta K Das of Rifle Factory Shapore, W. Bengal has been awarded a sum of Rs.75,000/- for development of NEW EJECTION MECHANISM OF SPENT CASES OF GAS OPERATED RIFLE.  The new mechanism ejects sent cases of assault rifles in a given definite forward direction towards muzzle and of the barrel of the automatic weapon.  The introduction of this mechanism controls the erratic behavior of ejected spent cases and avoids injury to the firer.  It has been successfully used in 5.56 mm. Assault rifles manufactured at Rifle factory, Shapore

Dh. Dilip B. Bhatt and Ms. Pragnya D. Bhatt of Bhai Kaka Nagar, Ahmedabad have been jointly awarded a sum of  Rs.50,000/-for development of SKETCHING DEVICE FOR TACTILE GRAPHICS THROUGH THREAD DELIVERY OVER HOOK & LOOP SURFACE by the blind.  It has been especially designed & developed as a teaching aid for the visually handicapped. The concept is based on using acrylic thread passed through the pen as “refill ink” and a “writing slate”of stick on pad.  The device is user friendly and has remarkable feature of draw as you please for the blind.

Sh. Lakshman Prasad of M/s Numberators India, Aligarh has been awarded a sum of Rs.30,000/- for development of Curvex Batch Coder.  It can print all variable information on round/circular/curved surface of containers in a single stroke.  A special flexible material fixed on the chase of the coder automatically take the reverse  shape on round object on which the marking is done and thereby gives clear, distinct and legible impressions.

S/Shri Jippu jaco and Joby Bastian of Kerala Agricultural University, Kelappali College of Agricultural, Enginering & Technology, Tavanur 679 573 have been jointly awarded a sum of Rs.25,000/- for development of COCONUT HUSKING TOOL, it is used for husking of coconut on small scale and domestic level.  It can be easily operated even by unskilled workers and can dehusk 180-480 nuts per hour.

S/Shri S M Sharma and Uma Kant of Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd., Lucknow have been jointly awarded for a sum of Rs.25,000/- for the development of ALTITUDE ENCODER UNIT used to provide atitude of air craft to the ground controlling towers.  The Unit uses solid state Piezo-resistive pressure transducer.  About 165 units have been used by the Indian Air Force and Cost of production per unit is about Rs.2.45 lakhs.

Sh. Balram K Bhatia of Blue Steel Engineers Pvt. Ltd. Mumbai has been awarded a sum of Rs.25,000/- for the development of COMPOSITE INDENTATION HARDNESS TESTER WITH BULT-IN BASE FOR RUBBER AND THE LIKE SUBSTANCES SUCH AS PLASTICS. The device ensures a constant pressure for the measurement of rubber hardness and as such provides exact determination of the hardness. This has been achieved by using spiral springs of U-shape.

Shri R U Kanitkar and Ms. Sandeepa Inamdar Kanitkar of Pune have been jointly awarded a sum of Rs.1,00,000/-(Rs. One Lakh only) for the development of Bio-Inoculant in Liquid Form with Plurality of Strains used as Liquid Fertilizer and Bio-Foliar Sprays for Augmentation of Crop Yield.  This liquid bio-fertilizer is not only cost effective but also has a longer shelf-life as compared to solid bio-fertilizers.  It is easy to apply and has been found to be highly effective for many crops.

Dr. R.V.K. Singh, Dr. Salil Kumar Ghosh and Dr. Bharat Bhushan Dhar of Central Mining Research Institute (CMRI), Dhanbad have been jointly awarded a sum of Rs.75,000/-(Rs. Seventy five thousand only) for the development of Cheap & Suitable Fire Protective coating materials have been used effectively by Jhingurdah Open Cast Project, Singrauli.

Shri R.K.Syal, Sh. Suresh Baburao Telegaonkar  Sh. Suresh Krishna Saudi, Sh. Krishna Digambar Borole and Sh.Jayant Ramchandra Peshave of High Energy Materials Research Lab., Pune have been jointly awarded a sum of Rs.75f,000/-(Rupees Seventy five thousand only) for the development of Combustible Cartridge cases for Tank Gun Ammunition.  These combustible cartridge cases  have already been successfully tested and tried out by the Military authorities.

Dr. R.K. Datta, Dr. M. Baig, Dr. T. Selvakumar, Dr. M.B.V. Subbiah, Dr. B. Nataraju and Dr. M.M. Ahsan of Central Sericultural Research & Training Institute, Mysore have been jointly awarded a sum of Rs.40,000/-(Rs. Forty thousand only) for the development of Vijetha-A Silkworm Body & Rearing Seat Disinfectant.  This disinfectant which is used for rearing of silkworm is very effective in prevention of all silkworm diseases.  The product has been able to reduce the spread of the disease by 60-90% at the farmer level and it has also improved cocoon yield by 10-15kg.  The product has a shelf-life of one year and it is also enviro-friendly.

Dr. Uma Sankar Sarma and Dr.(Ms) Anita Ravindranath Das of Central Coir Research Institute, Alleppey(Kerala) have been jointly awarded a sum of Rs.35,000/-(Rs.Thirty five thousand only) for the development of a process for Reducing the Period of Retting of coconut Husks & Upgrading the Quality of Unretted Green Husks coir Fibre by Treatment with Bacterial Cultures.  The “Coirret” bacterial formulation is used for extracting coir fibre from the coconut husk.  The Coirret reduces the retting period from 9-11 months to only 3 months.

Dr. K.P. Daga of Daga Hospital, Solapur (Maharashtra) has been awarded a sum of Rs.30,000/-(Rs.Thirty thousand only) for the development of An Intramedullary Interlocking Nail – New Design for joining Fractures of Tibia.  This new intramedullary interlocking nail is not only cost effective but also reduces the healing time of fractures of tibia (leg bone) and the operation time.

Shri Surendranath Singh of Manipur Science & Technology Council, Imphal has been awarded a sum of Rs.25,000/-(Rs.Twenty five thousand only) for the development of Pedal Operated Rice Mill.  The Pedal operated rice mill can overcome the day- to- day drudgery for rural women folk.

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Prof. V Radhakrishnan and Dr. R Jaganathan of Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, have been jointly awarded a sum of Rs.75,000/- for the development of Fluidized Abrasive Machine(FAP) Machine) for polishing.  FAP machine can be used for polishing of sculptured surfaces which are not easy to be machine polished.  The possible applications include polishing of dies cavities, turbine blade surface, impeller vanes, diamonds, magnetic heads, ceramic products etc.

Dr. Subrata Pal, Dr. T K Pal and Dr. Anjana Pal of School of Bio-Science & Engineering, Jadagpur University, Calcutta have been jointly awarded a sum of Rs.50,000/-for the development of Hydroxyapatite Coated Titanium Implant suitable for screwing into jaw bones in the toothless area for permanent anchorage to the jaw bone with the Hyderoxyapatite coated scr

S/Sh. I, Sriniwas, R Sudhakar and Dr. K. Nagarajan of the Central Tobacco Research Institute, Rajamundry (AP) have been jointly awarded a Certificate of Merit and cash prize of Rs.10,000/- for the development of Palmyrah Fibre Separator.  This machine is used to separate the fibres.  These fibres are used to manufacture of high quality brushes for vacuum road cleaners, acoustic boards, household brooms, cushions etc.  A significant amount of this fibre is being exported.  This fibre is presently being separated manually by beating with iron rods.  This has become a rural based cottage industry covering coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh and some parts of Tamil Nadu and Kerala:

Prof. Yash Pal Singh and Prof. V G Rau of Department of Electrical Engineering of Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur have been jointly awarded a Certificate of Merit and a cash prize of 10,000/-for the clock controlled sun tracking mechanism of maximizing energy collection of a photovoltaic panel or a solar thermal collector.  The mechanism uses a counterweight whose release rate is governed by the escape mechanism of a conventional alarm clock.  The device tracks the sun within 0.5 degree throughout the day.  The simple fabrication procedure makes the overall cost of the tracking system to around Rs.1000/- which isle negligible in comparison to the cost of PV modules.                        

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Dr. Bijoy Kumar Stapatahy, Sh. Sitish Chandra Patnaik and Sh. Saroj Kumar Patnaik of National Aluminium Company, Bhubaneswar(Orissa), have been jointly awarded a sum of Rs.75,000/- for the development of a process for the preparation of Alumina Hydrate of Superios Purity and Fineness & also for the preparation of Low Soda, High Alpha, Pure Alumina.  The total innovative a product range which are being produced for the first time in the countrycover 22 grades for various applications such as fire resistance cable, Ceramics, Insulators, Spark Plugs, Refractories, Radomes for air crafts& missiles, shapes & castables, Abrasives, Tiles, Glass, etc.

Dr. B K Das of Electro Optical Tracking Division, interim Test Range, Chandipur(Orissa) has been awarded a sum of Rs.50,000/- for the Upgradation of an Electro Optical Tracking System.  The device can be used for tracking high speed missiles like Nag, Trishul and rockets like Pinaka.

Dr. S Pal, Sh. V K Lakshmeesha, Sh. V V Srinivasan, Sh. M Kumar, and Sh. V Senthill Kumar of Communication Systems Group, ISRO Satelliute Center, Bangalore(Karnataka) have been jointly awarded a sum of Rs.35,000/- for the development of X & S Band Monopulse Tracking Feed for Remote Sensing, Satellite Earth Station.  The tracking feed developed uses dielectric spheres for X-Band and high gain avail helices at S-Band in comparison to normally used wave guide horns.  The composite feed is an entirely new development generating high quality sum and error patterns, which are vital for precision tracking of fast moving low earth orbit satellites

Shri Jai Ram Gupta and Shri V Balasubrmani of Bhilai Steel Plant, Bhilai(MP) have been jointly awarded a sum of Rs/35,000/- for the Conversion of Slab Caster into a Combination Three Strand Bloom Cum Slab Caster.  This has been achieved by carrying out suitable modification in Tundish, Mould, 5 Roll section, Dummy bar, and Gas Cutting Machine and system integration.  This has resulted in creasing the capacity for blooms.

Shri Surinder Kumar Luthra, Sh. ML J Kaledhonkar, Dr. Om Pal Singh, and Dr. Narender Kumar Tyagi of Central Soil Salinity Research institute, Karnal(Haryana) have been jointly awarded a sum of Rs.25,000/- for the development of a low cost Automatic irrigation System suitable for micro-irrigation systems.  The device uses a modified manometer type tensiometer for providing electrical signals in field conditions for opening and closing of the valves.

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S/Shri Sudhakar V Kothari and Nilkanth A Subramanian of M/s Peramount Sinters Pvt. Ltd. Nagpur have been jointly awarded a sum of Rs.60,000/- for the development of process patented in India USA, Australia, Canada, EPO for reduction roasting of manganese ore by combustion of fuel in a sealed condition without entry of outside air by utilization of oxygen liberated in the ore itself, elimination of grinding process for the input raw materials and dust free emission of flue gases.

Dr. S Christopher, Dr. A K Singh and Dr. Amjana Kaul of RADAR-C, Electronics and Radar Development Establishment (Ministry of Defense) Bangalore have been jointly awarded a sum of Rs.50,000/- for the development of an improved Antenna feed system consisting of corrugated conical horns with ortho-mode transducer (OMT).  The OMT consists of a common wave-guide that transmits two orthogonal dominant modes for required frequencies and two branch wave guides corresponding to these modes has been used to feed the corrugated horn.

Dr. Surendra Pal, Shri V K Lakshmeesha and Shri Sanjay K Barnwal of                                    Communication system Group, ISRO Satellite Center, Bangalore have been jointly awarded a sum of Rs.50,000/- for the development of a compact and versatile L&C Band Antenna System for Pilot-less Aircraft.  The printed elements are radome protected and totally engineered for aircraft applications & has been qualified for airborne environmental specifications.

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Dr. R S Somani, Dr. P M Oza, Shri M R Gandhi, Shri V M Seth of CSMCRI, Bhavnagar and Shri M M Seth and Dr C R Misra of National Aluminium Company Limited, Bhubneshwar, have been jointly awarded a sum of Rs.1,00,000/(Rupees one lakh) for the development of a process for the Manufacture of Zeolite-A –an environment friendly intermediate used in manufacture of detergents.  The process uses Sodium Aluminate Liquor from Alumina Refinery Plants.

Patent applications for the process have been filed in a number of countries.

Dr. N K Roy of Division of Agricultural Chemicals, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi has been awarded a sum of Rs.40, 000/- for the development of know how for a pesticide known as Ace hate Technical which is used for Cotton Crops.  This indigenous process has been developed from the locally available raw materials by converting O-methyl triophosphoro dichloride to S-methyl analogue using ultra-violet light.

Ms Indra Doraiswamy, S/Shri P Chellamani, a Kanthiamathinathan, M Kathirvel and M Murthy of the Couth India Textile Researach Association (SITRA), Coimbatore have been jointly awarded a sum of Rs.35,000/- for the development of process and machinery for spinning jute/cotton blended yarns in Short Staple Spinning System.  Due to the limitations imposed by the system as well as by fibers, the maximum spin able count using 100% jute fibers is only around 2s to 3s.  In order to produce value added products like curtain upholstery, finer yars are to be spun.  For spinning yarns, jute fibers are to be blended with other fibers like cotton, viscose, etc.  SITRA has also developed the silver making machine and a new draw frame for blending.

S/Shri Shankar Prasad, Ganpat Ram Sahu, Niranjan M Muley and N C Bansiyar of Coke Oven & Coal Chem Department, Bhilai Steel Plant, Bhilai have been jointly awarded a sum of Rs.30,000/- for the development of a new electro-mechanical and hydraulic system which collects the suction impulses from gas main header directly.  Signals get amplified and transmitted to the motor which activate and rotates the motor either in the clockwise or in anticlockwise direction.  This system includes a safety interlock, which cuts the speed of the turbine in case of over speeding.

S/Shri Nirmal Kumar Kakkar, Samir Kumar Roy, Arun Kumar Pd. Singh Subhasis Chaudhuri and Kirti Prasad Verma of Steel Authority of India Limited, Ranchi have been jointly awarded a sum of Rs.35,000/ for the design and development of a high pressure sintering unit.  The process enables increase in productivity, reduction in fuel consumption, allotment of higher bed heights, increased use of superfine/concentrates.  High Pressure Sintering Technology involves supply of compressed air on the tope of the bed and suction through the bottom.  This results in higher-pressure gradient across the bed resulting in higher sintering speed compared to the conventional vacuum sintering process.

Shri Suresh Narain Mathur of Ramprastha, Delhi UP Border of Uttar Pradesh has been awarded a sum of Rs.20,000/- for the development of a low pressure-low temperature geyser where water inlet and outlet are independent of each other eliminating mixing of cold make-up water thereby reducing over heating which results in saving energy.

REPUBLIC DAY AWARDS

Dr.A K Bhatnagar, Dr. M M Rai, Dr. K P Naithani,Shri  A S Verma, Dr. E. Sayana and Dr. Anoop Kumar of M/s Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., R&D Centre, Faridabad have been jointly awarded a sum of Rs.75,000/- for the development of “Titanium Complex Grease”.  The new grease uses titanium metal which is available locally in place of lithium which is reported to be toxic and not available indigenously.  India is presently making greases with Lithium base which is imported.  The new grease has wide temperature operatability, high drop point, excellent water resistance, good anti-rust characteristics, non-toxic and good shear stability.  This novel grease without any functional additives is superior to other conventional commercially available greases in the world in physico-chemical characteristics.

S/Shri N. Srinivasan, K Narasimha Swamy, S. Ramachandran, and P P Murlidharan Shri A S Guin of Research Department, All India Radio and Doordarshan, new Delhi have been jointly awarded a sum of Rs.60,000/- for the development of Dynamic Carrier Control for High Power Radio Transmitters.  The device can be fitted in the existing transmitters of different makes and saves transmission energy by 25% to 30% without affecting the quality of the programme.  Already 45 units each costing around Rs.3.5 lakhs have been installed in various High Power Radio Transmitters of all India Radio.

Dr. G Venkataraman of Welding Research Institute, BHEL, Thiruchirapalli has been awarded Rs.15,000/- for his invention of two devices called “CEPIN”(Controlled Electro Polisher In- Situ) and “PHEB” (Polishing Head with Expandable Barrel).  These devices are used for non-destructive metallographic evaluation of components in-situ, to determine such as remaining life assessment of boiler shell in thermal power plants, petrochemical, fertilizers, steel industries etc.  These instruments are superior to the imported devices and also cost much less than the imported devices

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Dr. Arvind Bharti and dr. Vikas Kumar Saxena of Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory (DMRL), Hyderbad have been jointly awarded a sum of Rs.450,000/- for the development of process for improving fatigue crack growth reistance by continuous wave(CW) carbon dioxide laser treatment.  As compared to the technique like carburizing, nitriding ,surface rolling and shot peening etc. for improving fatigue life of the engineering components, the process invented offers considerable weight saving, enhanced safety and better performance which can lead to substantial cost saving in aerospace mechanisms.

S/Shri K Vishwanathan, C Subbiah, K Venkata Rao, V N Misale and P V Sai Suryanarayana, S K Athithan, M C Uttam of SHAR CENTRE, ISRO Sriharikota have been jointly awarded a sum of Rs.40,000/- for the development of Neutron Radiography Transfer Imaging System for the thorough inspection of the critical components such as pyro-technic devices employed in space craft and other rocket launching system.  The main advantage of the present accelerator based radiography compared with the conventional system is that pyro-devices are not required to be taken to nuclear reactor as neutron bombardment is done by the LINAC assembly itself.  As the pyrodevices are explosive in nature and impact sensitive, it is risky to work with them in a nuclear reactor environment.  This system is thus safe and cost effective.

S/Shri D P Vishwakarma and K C Naik of Electric Repair Shop of Bhilai Steel Plant, Bhilai have been jointly awarded a sum of Rs,35,000/- for the development of Univrsal Commutator Turning Fixture for proper maintenance and upkeep of DC Motors.  This has reduced the preturning activities.  It has also made the maintenance job easier and ensures safety of both property as well as men.

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S/Shri Ajit  Madhave Patankar and Ashok Kumar Bayala Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Bombay have been jointly awarded sum of Rs.75,000/- for the development of “Intelligent Braille Interpreter” which enables the; visually handicapped persons to access create and listen completely to the text documents.  The system consists of a single chip micro controller based Braille Keyboard, interfaced with a standard IBM PC/AT with a PC compatible speech synthesizer.  The development of software package of unrestricted text to speech converter based on letter to rules forms the core of the application package.  

Dr. R A Mashelkar, Dr. S Ponrathanam, Dr. C R Rajan Dr. S R Naik, Dr. J G Shewala, G R Ambekar, and Dr. K K Krishnadas of National Chemical Laboratory, Pune have been jointly awarded of sum of Rs.50,000/- for the development of “Novel Crossed Linked Macroporous Polymer Matrix useful for Immobilization of Industrial Enzymes and development of process for production of Immobilized Penicillin G Acylase using the Polymer Matrix and production of 6-Amino Penicillanic Acid using the Immobilized Enzyme“ The Immobilize pencilline G acylase prepared using the polymer matrix has been used for the production of 6-APA at commercial level for 250 cycles.  The penicillin G acylase immobilized on cellulose, the enzyme in operation prior to this invention, Lasted only 90 cycles.  With the use of this invention, production of 6-APA per kg. Of immobilized penicillin G acylase has increased from 100 kg. Of 6-APA per kg using cellulose use enzyme to  350 kg of 6-APA kg of polymer matrix bound enzyme.

Shri Sibnath Maity of Central Mining Researach Institute, Dhanbad has been awarded a sum of Rs.30,000/- for the development of a “High Set Remote Prop” consisting of telescopic device having two cylindrical tubes for providing telescopic extension in the range of 600mm to 1200mm.  The clamp is attached with the bottom tube, which is used to retain the setting load.  When the setting device is withdrawn, the prop can retain around 10 tones setting load.  The prop can be withdrawn remotely from a distance of 3 to 5 meters.  The high remote prop can successfully replace the presently used high hydraulic prop requiring costly hydraulic equipment.  

Shri Narhar Gopal of M/s Ferrites India, Bombay has been awarded a sum of Rs.30,000/- for the development of “Hysterists Microprocessor Controlled Loop Tracer” to measure all the magnetic properties of the soft as well as hard magnetic materials.  The computer controls the entire process of measurement with the software developed by the inventor.   

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S/Shri K S Balan, V Sridharamurthy, T P Murali, Raju Aliler, B S Nataraju, G Murugavel, D Kamesh of ISRO Stellite Centre Bangalore and R. Subramaniam of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram have been jointly awarded a sum of Rs.50,000/- for development of “Space Worthy Coil able Lattice Boom”.  The device has been used in INSAT-2 to counteract the imbalance torque on the single sided solar /array due to solar radiation.  The device is ultra light (230 gms per meter length) and is made of unidirectional S-glass epoxy pultruded elements of small cross sections up to 1 mm diameter.  The deployed to stowed height ratio is 50.1.  The mobility required for storage has been obtained through unique two degree freedom hinge assemblies.  

Dr. Sailaen Ghosh, of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Bombay has been awarded a sum of Rs.50,000/- for development of the technology for the production of invert Sugar Syrup from cane sugar using immobilized Enzymes by a novel technique, Invert Sugar produced by this technology is used in Pharmaceutical, Beverages, confectionary and food processing industries.

Dr. S Pal, S/Shri, V K Lakshmeesha, V Mahadevan, K Sadanandan, M L Subramnya, C D V Subrahmanyam, L. Nicholas, M Kumar, S. Ashwathanarayana, V Subrahmanyam, and T. Mallikarjunaih of  communication Systems Group, ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore have been jointly awarded a sum of Rs.40,000/- for development of a Multi Band Antenna System at L/H/UHF Band for Satellite/Cellular Hand Held Phone.  The antenna has been developed within a dimensional constraint of 10mm dia and 180 mm length by optimising the quadrifilar structure and co-locating the filer structures.  The antenna system because of its reduced size, volume and weight enables it to be integrated to cellular hand held phone.

Dr. Tribhuwan Nath Singh and Shri Bimla Kant Debey of Central Mining Research Station Dhanbad have been jointly awarded a sum of Rs.75,000/- for the development of “Mechanised Depillaring of Thick Coal Seam with Cable Bolts”.  This is a newly developed mining method to facilitate working in coalmines to improve recoveries with added safety.  The method enable efficient use of hanging type cable bolts for any working height leaving the mine floor free for movement of loaders.

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S/Shri G S Bhuvneshwar, O S Neelakanthan Nair and C V Murlidharan of Sree Chitra Tirunal Insititute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum have been jointly awarded a sum of Rs.75,000/- for the development of Chitra Heart Valve Prosthesis – the mechanical heart valve used for the replacement of mal-functioning heart valves in the human body.  The Chitra Heart Valve has been cleared, after multi-centric clinical trials, for wider use.  The performance of the valve is comparable or even better in comparison to the currently imported valves.  The availability of indigenously developed Heart Valve will save valuable foreign exchange.

S/Shri Chandrakant V. Solanki and Hitendra V. Solanki, Partners of M/s Solsons, Ahmedabad have been jointly awarded Rs.75,000/- for designing and developing a unique Automatic Selft Adjusting spanner/wench.  This unique spanner is already being exported to a number of developed countries.

S/Shri Prakash P Gupta and S C Rastogi of ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore, Dr.(Mrs.) Indira Rajagopal of National Aeronautical Laboratory, Bangalore and Dr. Ajay Kumar Saxena of Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore have been jointly awarded a sum of Rs.40,000/- for development of space worthy passive radiant cooler which forms a part of the very high Resolution Radiometer used for meteorological application on board satellites.  The Passive Radian Cooler houses Infra Red detector and Infrared channel optical elements and cools and maintains the temperature at 105 deg.K utilizing deep space as the heat sink

S/Shri .J P Kaushish, Bhagwan Das, S K Saini, D.K. Gautam and Mahendra Pal of Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee have been jointly awarded Rs.30,000/- for designing and developing a Mini-Crane of unique design for use in residential buildings, construction sites where light loads of 50 to 500 kgs. Are required to be lifted and suitably placed for construction work.

Shri Gerrard R. Thomas, Managing Director, M/s Gerrard Plasma Systems Pvt. Ltd., Bombay has been awarded a sum of Rs.25,000/- for development of Air Plasma Cutting system.  The novelty of the system involves replacing inert gas by air and using either hand held or machine mounted torches connected to a self-contained power source incorporating an integral air compressor

S/Shri Nagaswami Sivasubramanian, Peant Prakash Sharma and Ved Prakash Sharma of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre(BARC) Bombay have been jointly awarded a sum of Rs.25,000/-for the development of the process for production of Beryllium from Indian Beryl ore and manufacture of Beryllium Components and Beryllium Alloys for space and military applications.

Shri Hugham Thomas, Chairman and Managing Director, M/s Plasma Cutting Equipment Pvt. Ltd. Pune have been awarded a sum of Rs.25,000/- for the development of Air Plasma Cutting cum TIG cum MMA Welding System.  The applicant has combined 3 models viz (i) Air Plasma cutting system, (ii) DC tungsten inert gas (TIG) welding system and (iii) DC electrical welding system, into one machine.  The novelty of the design lies in the unique geometry of the torch and in the fact that the are construction is done by special devices located at strategic positions in the torch.

Ms Lalitia Ramachandran, S/Shri S K Athithan, P M Varkey and Dr. V N Krishnamurthy of Vikram Sarabhai, P M Varkey and Dr. V N Krishnamurthy of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram have been jointly awarded a sum of Rs.25,000/- for the development of a New Technique for Making Large Propellant Grains of any shape and size using elementary propellant blocks with limited infrastructure.  It is a cost and time effective process for repairing any defective grain especially in the large SLV motors.

Dr. S C Gupta and S/Shri R. Rajaraman and K R Sulaiman Shriff of M/s Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd., Corporation R & D Division, Hyderabad have been jointly awarded a sum of Rs.15,000/- for the development of Spark Gap for Protection of Series Capacitors in 220 KV Transmission Systems.  Series compensation schemes are used to improve the voltage in transmission and distribution system.  This non-self extinguishing type spark gap employs a three electrode system and has been supplied to various electricity boards.

Dr. C K Gupta and Shri D K Bose of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre(BARC), Bombay have been jointly awarded a sum of Rs.15,000/- for the development of the process for the manufacture of Boron Carbide and production of elemental Boron therefrom, development and fabrication technique for various Boron carbide composite like Aluminium bonded boron carbide composites (Boral), Boron carbide silicon rubber composites(Bocarsil) and polyboron shapes.

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Shri A A Gokhale and Shri R K Singh of Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory, Hyderabad have been jointly awarded a sum of Rs.75,000/-for development of High Strength Low Density Aluminium-Lithium Aerospace Alloys Aluminium-Lithium alloys are high strength low density structural alloys and are used in aircrafts and aerospace industries.  These alloys are capable of reducing the air frame weight by 10% with 1:1 replacement of existing alloys and up to 20% with suitable redesign of the airframe taking into consideration its superior stiffness properly.

Dr. S.Christopher, S/Shri Suma S Rao, Shaji P. Alx, R C Sedhou of Electronics and Radar Development Establishment, Bangalore have been jointly awarded a sum of Rs.60,000/- for development of Improved Software Pakage for Planer Near Field Measurement- CLASS.  The software package called CLASS  is used for evaluation of microwave antennae.  This software can be used for all antenna pattern measurement, array collimation and fault diagnosis of the plannar array  type of antennae.  The package is divided into three major modules i.e. Data Acquisition, Data Transformation and Data presentation.  The software can generate 2D,3D and contour plots.

Dr. S Pal, S/Shri V Sambasiva Rao, D V Ramana, Ms. L. Suvarna, S/Shri K Krishna Murthy. A Bhaskaranarayana of ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore have been jointly awarded a sum of Rs.60,000/- for development of X-Band High Bit Rate QPSK modulator using thin film technology in microstripline configuration.  It can be used for modulating high bit rate data at X-Band for transmitting the imagery data of India Remote Sensing Satellites.  The modulator can transmit data rates upto 100 MBPS thereby meeting the requirements of satellites.

Dr. T J M Sinha of Gujarat State Fertilizers Co. Ltd., Vadodadra has been awarded a sum of Rs.30,000/- for development of Aeronautical Grade Cast Acrylic Sheets.  The sheets which have been tested by HAL Bangalore for use in helicopters and supersonic MIG fighters.

Dr. N D Sharma, S/Shri Atul P Jain, A.K Pandey, Dr. B V Rao of Sir Padampat Reseaarch Centre, Kota have been jointly awarded a sum of Rs30,000/- for the manufacture of alkyd resin from oligomeric polyester waster waste generated in polyester plants for use in synthetic varnish. Paints and enamels.

Prof. A. G. Patil S B M Polytechnic, Bombay has been awarded a sum of Rs.30,000/- for the development of an Electronic Wheel Chair for handicapped/disabled persons.  The electronically controlled, battery powered wheel chair is designed to be used even on rough roads and has a joy stick to control speed, turning to left and right and can also be reversed.

Ms. Indra Doraiswamy, s/Shri P Chellamani, T V Ratnam, R Gunasekaran of the South India Textile Research Association.  Coimbatore have been awarded a sum of Rs.30,000/- for the development of a mechanized process for extraction of yearns from pineapple leaves.  The process uses al high Production Cutting Machine and High Production Sliver Making Machine for producing yarns.  The yarns extracted from the leaves can be used in making a variety of textile items.

REPUBLIC DAY AWARDS

Armour Steel Coded as Jackal, Shri S R Sahay, Scientist, Defense Metallurgical Research Laboratory (DRDO) Hyderabad is awarded Rs.50,000 for development of Bullet Proof Armour Steel Coded as Jackal.  The steel Armour will meet strategic and critical security requirements for bulletproof applications for armored vehicles as well as body Armour.  It is a low alloy, high strength steel ‘Jackal’ is being produced by SAIL at present.

Multidirectional Carbon Fiber Perform Process Technology: Shri Veluturi Murli Mohan, Scientist, Defense Research and Development Laboratory (DRDO), Hyderabad is awarded Rs.40,000 for the development of Multidirectional Carbon Fiber Process Technology. The technology provides a mechanism to produce multidirectional carbon fiber tailored composites to meet properties viz, thermal, mechanical and physical of the end item. Products made from these performs have unique and specialized properties to withstand high temperatures without appreciable loss of surface material and retain high strength mechanical properties in different directional axis even at temperature up to 3000 dig’s.  Thirteen different types of multidirectional performs have been developed for integrated guided missile program and for an aircraft brake disc applications.

Dynamic Hardness Tester (Portable), Shri Shashank Dinkar Kulkarni of Fasne Test Equipment Pvt. Ltd of Sangli, Maharashtra is awarded Rs.40,000 for development of a Portable dynamic Harness Tester for metallic materials based on the novel principle of rebound measurement of the impacting probe.  The device consists of two parts namely the probe and the electronic device for measuring the index of hardness in various scales.  This device is ideally suitable for detection of hardness of large and heavy jobs and can also be used for surfaces not easily accessible due to locational constraints

Innovation of Handloom effectively suitable for the visually handicapped. Dr. Bishnu Pada Sarkar, Dr. Som Nath Mahendra and Shria Mahadev Prasad of Indian Institute of Handloom Technology, Varanasi are jointly awarded Rs.10,000 for development of an attachment for handloom for the visually handicapped.  With the help of these attachments and minor modification in the conventional handloom, the visually handicapped persons can easily operate the handloom.  The attachments consist of a mechanism-cum-sensor for detection of weft/wrap yearn breakage and electron magnetic lock for stopping the sley.

A Street Light Fitting of Superior Design: Shri Kurian George, executive Engineer, Kerala State Electricity Board is awarded Rs.10,000 for the development of a Street Light Fitting using incandescent bulbs.  The new design has two semi-circular concave reflectors and two small angular reflectors to provide increased light to either side of the road.  In the new design practically very little light is wasted and there is more uniform distribution of light on the road.  The cost of this new fitting is about Rs.200.

Large Optics Polishing Machine: Shri Raj Bahadur of Prabhat Works, Delhi is awarded Rs.10,000 for the development of Large Optics Polishing Machine. The device has been designed and fabricated for Indian Space Research Organization for grinding and polishing of optical systems up to a diameter of 1000mm.  As a result large precision optics and aspheric surfaces used in satellite cameras have been developed.  The machine offers various attractive features like infinitely variable speed of spindle eccentre and polishing tool facility to rotate the polishing tool both in clockwise directions and provision to tilt the job so that measurements on large mirrors can be carried out without removing them from the machine.

New Process for the Manufacture of Multilayer Printed Circuit Boards: Shri Vedu Mitter of Micro pack Ltd., Bangalorel is awaraded Rs.10,000 for the development of a New Process for the Manufacture of Multilayer Printed Circuit Boards.  This process does not require solder mask during wave soldering or reflow soldering and the shadowing effect associated with thick solder masks is also eliminated.  Using new electro less deposition of copper technique, these boards have also achieved high aspect ratio plating in small through holes.  Boards of 25 designs up to 125 to 150 microns lines and spaces with holes down to 0.3 mm and 12 layers have been developed for application and have been tested to MIL-P-55110 D specifications in USA.

INDEPENDENCE DAY AWARDS

Colour photo write: Prof. B L Deekshatulu, Sarva Shri K M M Rao, O P Bajpai, D S Jain, S Rajendra Kumar, Y Ravindra Babu, V Subramanian, K Shankar Rao, S N Chari and R. N Bera of National Remote Sensing Agency, Hyderabad are jointly awarded Rs.50,000 for development of Colour Photo write System.  This is a digital, high speed, high resolution, electro-Opt mechanical sheet film recorder.  The system can be used to generate colour/black and white transparencies or negatives of processed images of remote sensing data to generate printed circuit board plots and for enlargement and correction of colour separates in graphite art industries. Etc.

Thick Film Potentiometric Sensor for Flight Control Actuation System: Sarva Shri S S Misra and S. Rajendra Kumar of Research  Centre Imarat, Hyderabad and Dr. T R Reddy and Sarva Shri K Barua and M D Das of Defence Electronics Research Laboratory, Hyderabad are jointly awarded Rs.40,000 for development of Thick Film Potentiometric Sensor for flight Control Actuation System.  The system meets the specific critical and urgent needs of the integrated Guided Missile Development  Program(IGMDP).  The technology offers many attractive features like flexibility in size and shape, ease of integration with the associated electronic circuits and reliable operation under adverse environmental conditions.  It can be used in the position control system in radars and as a general sensing and control element in CNC machines, robotics and automobile electronics, etc

Laser Based Alignment System for Electrical Power and Other Industries: Dr. Chandra Shakher of IIT, New Delhi and Dr. U M Chaudhari of BHEL Corporation R&D, Hyderabad are jointly awarded Rs.35,000 for development of Laser Based Alignment System for electrical power machinery and other industries.  The device is suitable for alignment of heavy electrical equipment where sub units are physically linked to operate on a single common axis.  By using the device, it is possible to achieve alignment tolerances with the highest degree of accuracy which can not be easily achieved by conventional mechanical alignment methods. 

Personal Baraille Embosser: Dr. M P Srinivasan and Shri J E Diwakar of Super Computer Education and Research Centre of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore are jointly awarded Rs.15,000 for the design and development of a low cost Microprocessor Based Hard Copy Personal Braille Embosser for converting written text in fourteen officially recognized Indian Languages into Braille coded embossed sheets.  The system can be interfaced with (a) Personal Computer (b) Braille Typewriter and (c) ASC II Key Board and it can work in open Braille Mode, Contract Braille Mode and Graphic Mode. The system has wide application in printing of books for visually handicapped persons. 

REPUBLIC DAY AWARDS

A Process for the Manufacture of Mass-Culture of Spirulina Algae: Dr. C V Seshari and Shri B V Umesh of Shri AMM Murugappa Chettia Research Centre, Madras have been jointly awarded Rs.50,000 for developing the process for the production of Sirulina Algae. Spirulina contains all the essential and non-essential amino-acids needed for tissue building in balanced proportions.  It also contains a minimum of 60% protein in as easily digestible form, Beta-carotene (a precursor for vitamins of B-complex range, biotin, etc.  It is useful as a food supplement, particularly for children to remove Vitamin A deficiency, which causes blindness, and in aquaculture, sericulture and cosmetics industries

Flexible Graphite for Tapes & Sheets: Dr. O P Bahl, Dr. R B Mathur and Shri S S Hanspal of National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi have been jointly awarded Rs.40,000 for developing an improved process for making binder less flexible graphite foils and sheets from natural graphite is a process ink which graphite is a process which graphite expands by two hundred to three hundred times along the C-axis and as a result a highly puffed up material possessing very low density is obtained.  Flexible Graphite Foils can be used as scaling material for non-asbestos automobile gaskets and other types of high temperature gaskets and packing for chemical industries, as protective lining material in tubes and containers for corrosive and hot gases, lining for melting crucibles and canting moulds, etc.

Glass Reinforced Gypsum Composite- A Partial Substitute of Timber: Dr. K K Phani and S/.Shri S K Som, M Roy Choudhury, R. Ram and P L Chanda of Central Glass & Cermaic Researach Institute, Calcutta have been jointly awarded Rs.40,000 for the development of Glass Reinforced Gypsum (GRG) Composite which can be used as a partial substitute for timber for manufacture of doors and wall paneling, paratitions, false calling, table tops, cupboards, etc.

Deoiler_ A Cationic Polyelectrolyte: Dr. Duleswar Mahanta, Shri Azizur Rahman and Dhri B P Chaliha of Regional Research Laboratory, Jorhat have been jointly awarded Rs.30,000 for the development of a process for making high molecular weight polyacrylamide based cationic polyelectrolyte for separation of mineral oil from an emulsion of oil in water.  The product is particularly suitable for use in petroleum and oil exploration industry and is presently being used by ONGC etc.

Process for the Manufacture Building Bricks/Blocks from Fly ash: Dr. S N Mukherjee, S/Shri S K Majumdar, S K Das Gupta, A K Mitra and Late Dr. A Lahiri of Central Research Institute Dhanbad were jointly awarded Rs.30,000 for development of the process for making bricks/building blocks from fly ash produced in coal based Thermal Power units.  The invention will go a long way the useful utilization of the waste materials and also solving a national environmental pollution problem.

Shri B K Moorthy, Dr. R S Tripathi and Shri K C Rajesekhar of M/s Mandya National Paper Mills Ltd. Slagula (Karnataka) have been jointly awarded Rs.15,000 for the development two-stage processes for the pulping of whole bagasse.  The process eliminates depicting step, saves substantial count of energy, increases the yield of pulp improves physical properties of craft paper, and reduces the cost of production.

Shri Kumar Balram, Bhatia, Managing Director, Steel Engineers Ltd. Bombay has been awarded Rs.15,000 for the development of An improved type of Hand Operated Erichsen Tester of determine the deep drawing property of metallic sheets.  The portable tester facilitates easy inspection and quality assurance of metallic sheets used in various engineering industries.

Shri S Giridhara Gopalan and Shri A P Vinayagam of B M S College of Engineering, Bangalore have been jointly awarded Rs.10,000 for developing a multi computer system with 8Z80 A CPU based computer.  The device uses both shared memory and message passing techniques.  Its architecture attempts generalization at the processor/memory module level.  These modules can be used as building blocks to build large machines of different topologies by a process of ‘build time’ specialization to reduce algorithm to architecture mismatch in any application. This system is extendable to any number of processors subject to software limitations.

INDEPENDENCE DAY AWARDS

W-Band Mono-pulse Antenna System for Missile Seeker Application: Dr. K K Srivastava, and Sarvashri lB K Mukhopadhyay, J V Prasad of Seeker Head Laboratory, Research Centre Imarat(DRDO), Hyderabad, M Damodar DRDL(DRDO) Hyderabad and N Adishesh