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NRDC Licenced with H.S. for Commercialisation of Test Kit for Microbiological Quality of Drinking Water
New Delhi: The National Research Development Corporation, has entered into a license agreement with M/s H.S. Industries, Hyderabad for commercialisation of 'Test Kit for Microbiological Quality of Drinking Water' developed by Defence Research and Development Establishment (DRDE), Gwalior, DRDO, Ministry of Defence, Govt. of India.
The license agreement was signed by Dr. H. Purushotham, CMD, NRDC and Mr. A.V.L. Narasimha Rao, Chief Executive Officer, M/s H.S. Industries, Hyderabad in presence of Sr. Officials of NRDC.
The company plans to take this technology across the country through a network of dealers. The kit has been licensed to more than 20 companies in India so far and is useful to ascertain the quality of drinking water especially in developing countries.
The Kit is used for detection of H2S producing organism in drinking water, which are present along with coliforms, waterborne diseases like typhoid, cholera, diarrhoea and jaundice are caused by polluted water supply. It is an inexpensive, reliable and convenient method of testing in field conditions and is approved by World Health Organization (WHO). The initiative of NRDC aids the 'Make in India' Mission of the Government of India.
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