Problem statements

1. Mechanism to evaluate harmful radiation levels in working environment on human society and suggest measures to improve conditions.
In our working environments such as home, office, or an industry, we are surrounded by various kinds of electronic equipments which emit various types of radiation. Exposure to these radiations is known to create health problems. There is no policy, protocol or management system available in the country to handle this issue. It will be good to visualize a monitoring system to of measure the level of harmful radiation in any working environment and provide warning and suggestion on safeguard mechanism. A model project in this line will be a good initiative.

2. Mechanism to evaluate Human-Wildlife conflicts in forest areas and develop technologies to mitigate the conflict issues.
This is an age old problem for the life of people living in and around forest areas. In the last two decades there is an increase in human-wildlife conflicts. This is due to increase in human population, decrease in forest cover and in some cases increase in wild animal population as well. Till date there is no mechanism available to evaluate the human-wildlife conflict issues in the state and national levels. Also to mitigate the issue, no technological solutions are available. Development of sensor based technology to mitigate human-elephant conflict issue could be one of the suggested problems.

3. Map plotting of earthquake
The software should support selection of multi-configurations with click for various options, such as  i) plotting of recent earthquake ii) plotting past earthquakes from the database in a text file, iii) limiting the plot of  past earthquakes to a particular year, month, date and magnitude, etc. iv) color schemes (option to configure color of icons) v) size and color of  symbol (circle, square, triangle, etc.) according to the magnitude, focal depth and time of occurrence of earthquake vi) plotting the selected (or all) seismic observatories in the area of interest vii) depicting the seismic zones, tectonic features and hazard map with Latitude and Longitude information viii) District and State boundaries with important towns and cities, ix) legends, etc.

4. Petrol Pump
An app to locate nearest petrol pump along the National Highways with details regarding time of operation and other services available.

5. Public ToiletsAn app to locate public toilets along the National Highways with details regarding time of operation and other services available.

6. IoT based Smart bottle for Healthcare
During recent years, due to the technological advancements many sophisticated techniques has been evolved for assuring fast recovery of the patients in hospitals. Need for good patient care in hospitals, assessment and management of fluid and electrolyte is the most fundamental thing required. All most in all hospital, an assist/nurse is responsible for monitoring the electrolytes bottle level. But unfortunately most of the time, the observer may forget to change the bottle at correct time due to their busy schedule. To overcome this critical situation, a IoT based automatic alerting and indicating device is proposed where sensor is used as a level sensor or weight sensor. It is based on the principle that the sensor output changes when fluid level/weight is below certain limit. When Fluid level/weight is low, will alerts the observer through the display or/and mobile phone at the control room indicates the room number of the patient for quick recovery.

7. Reduce Wastage of Lighting System in small and Medium Scale Industries.
To reduce the Energy losses in Lighting system with effective control.All industries are different, with different operations and needs. There are also different lighting requirements for the various types of industrial activities in the lighting standard, as well as in other applications, and it is difficult to come up with a general recommendation for light control. A well planned lighting design together with a well-executed lighting control solution means optimized lighting for a specific activity is achievable.Whatever the requirements, it is smart to think lighting control at the planning stage, and in industrial and warehouse applications, we believe that a control system is the obvious, and in many cases, the only choice. However, to get maximum benefit of a control system it needs to be project specific. You must know how the industry works and how different areas are used during working hours. For example, it is important to establish if there is natural light? During what times, and for how long are staff present in certain areas? Are there areas of greater occupancy? How much activity is there in, say the aisles of the warehouse? If you do not ask these questions, you will not get the best results from the lighting control system.

8. Smart Street Light System (Monitoring, Maintenance) using IoT and Machine Learning
The system should have a smart light dimming module, which will use the following approaches: The first is based on visibility i.e. if the visibility is low, the intensity of light should be maximized. The second approach is to dim the light for the streets automatically when no movement is detected and it will automatically increase the intensity of light. How does it detect movement in the rainy season?

9. Kitchen waste water harvesting
Recharging ground water level has always been a challenge. Rain water harvesting has a peak during monsoon and most of the time, in most of the areas it’s not so effective. Kitchen waste water has comparatively less impurities and contaminations and if harvested separately, can lead to a more sustainable technique to recharge ground water levels. Societies and big houses can be required to separate kitchen and toilet waste water. With selection of proper bio-reactors, algae, biochemicals, some useful by-products can also be made like some useful gases, fuel etc.

10. Firefighting through high resistance robots
Fire safe infrastructure is an essential part of construction industry. With High rise buildings it becomes more crucial to abate incidents of fire with technological interventions. Design a hardware device that can withstand fire and move inside the place with fire. It should have ability to douse the fire, identify survivors and help them in by dousing fire near them. It can also be a remotely controlled device.

11. Assistance Kit for Traffic Controller
Assistance Kit for Traffic Controller which can help the traffic controller performing his/her duty on road 365*24. The kit will protect them from severe sun stroke and rain with a portable umbrella, a water sprinkler attached with it for temperature & moisture control in sunny days. The Kit will be loaded with portable camera, Bluetooth, FM radio, Laser light beam etc. to enhance the performance of a traffic controller of a smart city. We have contacted number of traffic wardens and traffic controller staff via our students to identify the difficulties they are facing in performing their duties in advert atmospheric situations. They are suffering a lot specially in summer and in monsoon situations during sunny and rainy days. They have to perform their duties on road under the open sky with only a stick and helmet. If they are equipped with the portable kit which gives them mobile shelter as well technical assistance in all situations. Situational difficulties of a traffic controller in performing their duties in all weather conditions. As they are performing their duties in all weather situations 365 days and 24 hours. They are suffering a lot specially in summer and in monsoon situations during sunny and rainy days. They have to perform their duties on road under the open sky with only a stick and helmet. If they are equipped with the portable kit which gives them mobile shelter as well technical assistance in all situations. It can be used by all traffic controller staff of any state. it can used by the any of the persons who are performing their duties under open sky i.e. in field jobs and they can not leave their predefined positions. Enhancement in performing duty during typical atmospheric situations. It also helps in proving the comfortable working environment to the field staff all departments such as traffic control department. It can results in the improved health of the staff of traffic department. By using this portable kit the traffic wardens can improve their duties in field in all manners. Specially in advert situations traffic controller can record the unexpected situations by using the cameras in this kit. It can help the traffic controllers during their duties in odd locations as well Improved health of them.Enhancement in performing duty during typical atmospheric situations. It also helps in proving the comfortable working environment to the field staff all departments such as traffic control department. It can results in the improved health of the staff of traffic department. By using this portable kit the traffic wardens can improve their duties in field in all manners.

12. Solar Powered Smart Irrigation System
Cost effective solar power can be the answer for all our energy needs. Solar powered smart irrigation systems are the answer to the Indian farmers who generally face the problem of frequent power cuts or non-availability of grid supply. This system consists of solar powered water pump along with an automatic water flow control using a moisture sensor. It is the proposed solution for the present energy crisis for the Indian farmers. This system conserves electricity by reducing the usage of grid power and conserves water by reducing water losses.

13. Device to measure Steroid content in Milk/Meat Products
"In order to increase the productivity of milk and meat products, the animals/birds are inoculated with steroid which boost the production of milk and development of meat. The same steroid enter the food chain and unknowingly are consumed by humans. It is understood that the effects of steroid on animals is also observed in humans. The steroids when consumed by humans can cause severe damage to the body. The problem statement is to develop a device that would help check the amount of steroids in milk and meat products. Design a tool to insert the steroid and measure the amount of steroid added. This should inform the right amount of steroid that can be added depending on the weight of the animal/quantity of milk to ensure that wrong amount is not added."

14. IoT based solution for monitoring of pollution through pesticide in fresh fruits and vegetable available in markets
Exceeding level of pesticide contamination of fresh fruits and vegetables causing a health risk to common people as a normal man cannot identify it. A technology or equipment is to be developed to monitor the level of pollution through pesticides in fresh fruits and vegetables available in the market.

15. Smog level alerting System
Smog is an example of air pollution that is visible to the naked eye and capable of standardized measures that have been created, such as the air quality index, also called the pollution standards index. The air quality index allows for the comparison of pollution levels in different cities etc.

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SRCAS - IC