IIT Hyderabad Wins Gold and Silver Medal at World Invention & Innovation Forum

A faculty and his students from Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad (IIT-H) have made India and IIT-H proud by winning both gold and silver medal at WIIF (World Invention & Innovation Forum) that took place at Guangdong, China between November 23 and November 25, 2017.

A faculty at Chemical Engineering Department in IIT Hyderabad, Mr. Chandra Shekhar Sharma made two significant discoveries along with his students.

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Discoveries made by IIT Hyderabad:

• One among the discovery made by Mr. Chandra Shekhar Sharma and his team is recycling Thermocol waste and developing fabric out of it by using the orange peel extract as a major solvent. The solvent was tested at the laboratory, and it gave positive results. For this model, Mr. Sharma applied for Chinese, American, Indian and PCT patent. The discovery that is highly beneficial to the society and industry won a gold medal at WIIF China.
• The other invention made by Mr. Sharma his team is ‘Electro-Spun Nano-Fibres based Sanitary Napkins’. The significant invention bagged a silver medal at WIIF China.

During his research in inventing ‘Electro-Spun Nano-Fibres based Sanitary Napkins’, Mr. Chandra Shekhar Sharma was assisted by his students: -

• Tulika Rastogi
• Mani Pujitha
• Shital Yadav

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Shital Yadav and Mr. Chandra Shekhar Sharma have jointly invented an eco-friendly Thermocol recycling.

Mr. Sharma and his team also established a start-up ‘Restyro Technologies Private Limited’ at IIT Hyderabad. The team is planning for a commercial launch of Thermocol recycling.