The CII Industrial Innovative Awards has been presented to KCT for making eco-friendly sanitary napkins, low weight modified jacquard for handloom weavers and other innovations.
Coimbatore: The CII Industrial Innovative Awards is presented to Kumaraguru College of Technology (KCT) for making thirty innovative products including eco-friendly sanitary napkins, low weight modified jacquard for handloom weavers and other innovations.
“The 8th CII Industrial Innovation Awards 2021 in the category of Top Innovative Research Institutions 2021 - Other Engineering Colleges was conferred on Kumaraguru College of Technology by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) at DST – CII Technology Summit 2021 on 17 Dec 2021.
One of the most coveted awards, this national recognition identifies and celebrates the innovation in academic research. KCT applied for the CII Industrial Innovation Award earlier this year and following this, on 08 Nov 2021, the KCT team comprising of educators, faculty members from R&D team, IPR cell, IIC, Department IIC coordinators, Forge, RIG and KCIRI defended the technical queries during the evaluation.
The four innovative products among the 30 innovations submitted to the CII e-compendium include the eco-friendly sanitary napkins from natural fibre, low weight modified jacquard for handloom weavers, autonomous multifunctional agricultural robotic platform (i-farmer) and A DOCTOR TO BE - a fully automated AI patient monitoring robot.
Dr. B. K. Krishnaraj Vanavarayar Chairman, M. Balasubramaniam Correspondent and Shankar Vanavarayar Joint Correspondent, Kumaraguru Institutions stated that it is an important milestone in the innovation ecosystem of the institution and congratulated the principal and the entire team of faculty members, students and all the coordinators,” read the press note.