IIT-Madras has launched a unit to assess and provide technological solutions to large and small scare industries in the manufacturing sector to help companies reduce energy consumption.
Named the 'Industrial Energy Assessment Cell', the unit has research scholars, postgraduate and undergraduate students and faculty members doing the assessment for companies free of cost, IIT-M said in a statement.
Dean (International and Alumni Relations) Mahesh V Panchagnula said, "India is a net importer of energy. It is important that we address the problem from both conservation and efficiency improvement perspectives. This is an important step in that direction."
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