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contamination from shoe sole, the researchers at NIT Jalandhar developed a shoe sanitisation facility that can disinfect shoe sole of a visitor entering into the campus in less than 30 seconds. A solution of 1% Sodium hypochlorite will be used to disinfect the shoe sole. This facility will significantly reduce the possible risk of COVID-19 transmission from shoes of visitors entering the campus.
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Hand sanitizer developed at NIT Jalandhar
to fight COVID-19 outbreak
A team comprising of Dr Shailendra Bajpai, Department of Chemical Engineering, Dr Kiran Singh, Department of Physics and Dr Vikramjit Singh, Department of Chemistry at NIT Jalandhar has developed low-cost alcohol-based hand sanitizer. It promotes hand hygiene and minimises the transmission risk of COVID-19 virus among the residents of the campus.
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https://www.nitj.ac.in/index.php/nitj_cinfo/pages/366
Low-cost facemask developed at NIT Jalandhar to fight
COVID-19 outbreak
In an effort to help people fight against COVID-19 pandemic, Prof A Mukhopadhyay and Prof V Midha, Department of Textile Technology at National Institute of Technology (NIT) Jalandhar, have developed low-cost facemask to reduce the risk of droplet infection. Facemasks help in stopping large particle droplets, splashes, sprays or splatter, the aerosol that may contain germs (viruses and bacteria) from leaving the wearer’s mouth and nose and may help prevent the transmission.
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https://www.nitj.ac.in/index.php/nitj_cinfo/pages/368
Prototype of Service Robot developed at NIT Jalandhar to fight COVID-19 outbreak
In an effort to fight against COVID-19 pandemic, Dr Kuldeep Singh Nagla, Department of Instrumentation and control engineering at NIT Jalandhar has developed a prototype model of a Service Robot. The Robot will deliver food, medicine and other materials very efficiently.The wheeled mobile robot will be teleoperated/telepresence based which can be operated through touch screen/joy-stick or mobile phone.
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https://www.nitj.ac.in/index.php/nitj_cinfo/pages/369
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