{"id":219,"date":"2014-01-28T12:31:26","date_gmt":"2014-01-28T12:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/mapinnews\/?p=219"},"modified":"2014-01-28T12:42:42","modified_gmt":"2014-01-28T12:42:42","slug":"iit-madras-project-eliminate-load-shedding-forever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/mapinnews\/iit-madras-project-eliminate-load-shedding-forever\/","title":{"rendered":"IIT-Madras Project PILOT to Eliminate Load-Shedding Forever"},"content":{"rendered":"

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IIT-Madras heads to eliminate \u201cblackout\u201d<\/h2>\n

A new project namely PILOT is about to be started by IIT-Madras to get rid of load-shedding. The project will cover a few hundred dwellings in the southern region.<\/p>\n

The project aims to provide uninterrupted power supply to every house in India using which a mobile charger, two fans, and three lights could work.<\/p>\n

The project has been initiated by professor of electrical engineering at IIT-M Ashok Jhunjhunwala and the Director of IIT-M Bhaskar Ramamurti. “It is a simple idea but it required some thought and engineering,” said Ramamurti.
\nThe process of generating electricity in this project is just the practical application of a simple idea. Every sub-station will supply a low-power DC line into all the houses. A separate meter will receive the energy and pass it further to the devices attached.<\/p>\n

For the project to work at individual houses, every household will have to install a device at their place which will cost around Rs 1,000.<\/p>\n

The Central human resources along with IIT-M and four electricity boards of south India are a part of the project. A memorandum of understanding has been signed by IIT-M with states like Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh. Moreover, a committee has been formed by the Centre for this project. The former Atomic Energy Commission chairman Anil Kakodkar heads the committee.<\/p>\n

The small initiative of the institute may turn big if the power ministry of India expands its application to the whole country.<\/p>\n

The former power secretary P Umashankar said, “It is a critical pilot project. I see this as a game-changer for the country.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

IIT-Madras heads to eliminate \u201cblackout\u201d A new project namely PILOT is about to be started by IIT-Madras to get rid of load-shedding. The project will cover a few hundred dwellings in the southern region. The project aims to provide uninterrupted power supply to every house in India using which a mobile charger, two fans, and three lights could work. The project has been initiated by professor of electrical engineering at IIT-M Ashok Jhunjhunwala and the Director of IIT-M Bhaskar Ramamurti. “It is a simple idea but it required some thought and engineering,” said Ramamurti. The process of generating electricity in …Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/mapinnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/mapinnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/mapinnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/mapinnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/mapinnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/mapinnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":223,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/mapinnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219\/revisions\/223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/mapinnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/mapinnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/mapinnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}