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Kit for microbiological quality testing of drinking water from NRDC

| | Apr 11, 2016, at 03:37 pm
New Delhi, Apr 11 (IBNS) The National Research Development Corporation (NRDC), under Ministry of Science & Technology, announced on Apr 10 that it has entered into a license agreement for commercialisation of “Test kit for Microbiological Quality of Drinking Water” developed by Defence Research and Development Establishment (DRDE), Gwalior, DRDO, Ministry of Defence, Govt. of India.

The agreement has been signed with Ramashree Chemicals Pvt. Ltd, Bhopal 

The company plans to take this technology across the country through a network of dealers. The kit has been licensed to more than 20 companies in India so far and is useful to ascertain the quality of drinking water especially in developing countries, NRDC said in the announcement.

The kit is used for detection of H2S producing organism in drinking water, which are present along with coliforms. Waterborne diseases like typhoid, cholera, diarrhoea and jaundice are caused by polluted water supply.

According to NRDC, it is an inexpensive, reliable and convenient method of testing in field conditions and is approved by World Health Organization (WHO).

The initiative of NRDC aids the “Make in India” mission of the Government of India.

The formal license agreement was signed by CMD, NRDC Dr. H. Purushotham, and General Manager, Ramashree Chemicals Pvt. Ltd.Shri V K Joshi. 

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