The first segment of CKIC-DRIIV's (Delhi Research Implementation and Innovation) Project SAMEER (Solutions for Air-pollution Mitigation through Engagement, Engineering and Research), was uncovered on 19th October 2022 through a webinar on the health impact of stubble burning. The event was jointly organised by the Lung Care Foundation and India Paryavaran Sahayak (IPS Foundation). Whilst Lung Care Foundation has been relentlessly working in spreading awareness about the adverse health impact of air pollution for many years, IPS Foundation is engaged with the farmer community on many sustainability and welfare initiatives.
Special thanks to Mr. Rajiv Khurana, Dr. P. S. Bakshi, Mr. Ahsanul Haq, and Mr. Ritesh Bhatia for their continued efforts in combating the issue of 'Parali' burning on the ground. Dr. Arvind Kumar, Chairman, Institute of Chest surgery, Medanta, along with his eminent colleagues from the medical fraternity discussed the harmful health impact of burning 'Parali' with farmers, NGOs, and local healthcare professionals in Punjab and Haryana. The influencers who attended the webinar, will in turn mobilise local communities to disincentive parali burning.
The roundtable aims to create awareness about the role industry can play in scaling sustainable business solutions and what it needs to do for balancing economic growth with sustainable development.
The objectives will be the following:
DRIIV and IIT-Delhi have initiated a pilot project to keep pollution under control, named SAMEER (Solution for Air-pollution Mitigation through Engagement engineering and Research), the project will be active from November 2022 to February 2023... read more
In a first-of-its-kind initiative of the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India, DRIIV will conduct a technology-based pilot project called Project SAMEER (Solutions for Air-Pollution Mitigation through Engagement, Engineering, and Research) in Delhi-NCR... read more
A technology pilot - Project SAMEER (Solutions for Air-pollution Mitigation through Engagement, Engineering, and Research) will bring together local Government authorities, IIT Delhi researchers, tech startups, corporates, NGOs and communities to collectively address the air pollution menace in the winter months... read more
Prof Sagnik Dey, IIT Delhi, said "Air pollution is the largest environmental and health concern in India…..as part of project SAMEER, they would explore the impact of various air pollution mitigation technologies at hotspots of Delhi-NCR and promote clean air practices"... read more
Armed with science & tech solutions, govt & IIT-Delhi come together to fight air pollution…Office of Principal Scientific Advisor and IIT are working with tech & industry partners to monitor the city's AQI. Their pilot project will run in Delhi NCR from Nov '22 to Feb '23... read more
Ms. Shipra Misra, CEO, CKIC-DRIIV said DRIIV is bringing academic institutes such as IITs, NGOs, corporates, government bodies such as GMDA, MCG, Haryana Pollution Control Board and all other stakeholders together to address these issues, starting with Gurugram as a pilot... read more
