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Call for proposals on River Cleaning by Department of BiotechnologyFunds for NGOs Activities:
Others Background: Rivers are our lifeline, not only in terms of sustaining primary producers and recycling the nutrients to ensure a healthy food chain in ecosystems, but also in terms of their contribution to evolution of human societies and cultures in ancient history and their impact on environment and human health. Indiscriminate pollution of rivers poses one of the biggest challenges and deserves immediate attention. Pollution in rivers is mainly on two accounts municipal waste and/or industrial effluent and river surface pollutions such as pious refuse, solid waste,disposal of dead bodies’ etc. Purpose: Application of biotechnology may play a catalytic role in development, demonstration and adaptation of effective bioremediation tools and techniques for waste water management. Aiming to take up biotechnological scientific research/ demonstration projects on river cleaning for providing various possible river clean up options, Department of Biotechnology (DBT) invites project proposals built upon innovative ideas on bioremediation/ biodegradation to address various issues in river cleaning like:
Eligibility: Researchers/ Scientists working in the Universities/Academic Institutions/National Laboratories / SIRO recognized Non-Profit Organizations, with sound scientific & technical backgrounds and relevant publications in proposed area can submit applications. Proposals, which are interdisciplinary and integrative in nature, and focus on a specific area of wastewater treatment, will be given priority. Development of a collaborative proposal with user industry / agencies will be encouraged. Routine open ended pproposals will not be encouraged. For full details download the document here Department of Biotechnology Ministry of Science & Technology Government of India source: http://www.dbtindia.nic.in/
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