DST-IFD India-Denmark grant proposal selected for presentation at DST office on Oct 03, 2018

A Renewable Energy project titled - "Developing the Next-Generation Oscillating Wave Surge Converter for Electricity Generation and Desalination in Southern Peninsular Region of India" proposed by Dr. Rathishchandra R Gatti and his team has been selected for presentation at DST Delhi office on Oct 3, 2018. This proposal is a joint proposal with trilateral collaboration involving seven collaborators that includes - Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management, NIT Silchar (India), IIT Mumbai (India), MIT Manipal (India), Aalborg University (Denmark), and Curtin University (Australia). The Industry partners include New Mangalore Port Trust (India) and Wavepiston (Denmark).

The Indian team includes - Dr. Rathishchandra R Gatti, Professor-Dept. of Mechanical Engineering; Dr. Rajesha, Dean-Academics; Prof. Ravichandra Rangappa, Dean-Industry Connect; Dr. Subhrajit Dutta, NIT Silchar; Dr. Muralidhar Killi, MIT Manipal; Dr. Siddarth Ghosh, IIT Mumbai; Dr. B Shivamurthy, MIT Manipal and Dr. Ian. M Howard, Curtin with Dr. S Manjappa, Director (R&D, Consultancy) and Prof. M M Kamath as the advisors.

The project aims to research and develop ocean wave energy converters for desalination plants initially for India and Denmark and then provide a roadmap to deploy the technology worldwide.

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