Government and IIT Delhi to set up centre of Excellence for Waste to Wealth Technologies
- 8 May, 2019
The office of the Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA) to Government of India and Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT) have come together to bring the best of science and technology to implement waste management in India.A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed for setting up a Centre of Excellence for Waste to Wealth Technologies for implementation of sustainable, scientific and technological solutions for waste management through validation and transformation of waste to wealth.
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 a body for implementation of major scientific, technology and innovation interventions for India.
The partnership will provide effective platform for stakeholders to bring together effective approaches for recycle, reuse and resource recovery of waste.
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