IIT Madras Students Built 'Saaf Water' Device To Provide Clean Water To All Indians

Highlights
Student scientists from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras recently demonstrated the power of combining hardware with artificial intelligence by developing a water assessment device
The team won the $200,000 top prize at IBM's Global Call For Code Challenge for 2021 for their innovative technology
Developed by the team that calls itself "Saaf Water," the device has a multitude of uses
Student scientists from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras recently demonstrated the power of combining hardware with artificial intelligence by developing a water assessment device.

The low-cost device could help save millions of lives in India if deployed on the large-scale. Developed by the team that calls itself "Saaf Water," the device has a multitude of uses. It not only senses decontaminated water but also provides a comprehensive summary of the water quality while suggesting purification methods at the same time.

The team won the $200,000 top prize at IBM's Global Call For Code Challenge for 2021 for their innovative technology. Using IBM Cloud and IBM Watson, the students from IIT Madras developed the tech to especially cater to rural areas in India.

Left: Bhandari, Right: Prakash / Saaf Water

The driving force for Saaf Water
Saaf Water was conceptualised when one of the developer, Hrishikesh Bhandari's mother fell ill "due to accidental and unknowing consumption of contaminated water" which came from a public ground water source in Karnataka, December 2020.

"When we came back to Goa, her treatment was going on and the doctor said it's due to a very rare disease caused due to contaminated water," Bhandari told Indiatimes. Three months into her treatment, Bhandari and her teammates decided to develop Saaf Water in hopes of preventing "fatalities and accidents."

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Taxonomy

• Purification
• Water Monitoring
• Water Quality Monitoring
• Monitoring Technology
• Purification Specialist
• Smart Water Monitoring
• Sustainable water purification
• Water Quality Monitoring Sensor