IIIT-Hyderabad announces winners of Water Challenge

Hyderabad: The Smart City Living Lab at IIIT-Hyderabad, in collaboration with the State government and NIUM, announced three winners of the Water Challenge. The winners were Oceo Water Pvt Ltd – Detecting Water Leaks in Pipelines from Space (Jalashay), IIIT-Hyderabad – Smart Water Meter Solutions, and Kritsnam Technologies Pvt. Ltd – water flow meter. Jalashay […]

Hyderabad: The Smart City Living Lab at IIIT-Hyderabad, in collaboration with the State government and NIUM, announced three winners of the Water Challenge.

The winners were Oceo Water Pvt Ltd – Detecting Water Leaks in Pipelines from Space (Jalashay), IIIT-Hyderabad – Smart Water Meter Solutions, and Kritsnam Technologies Pvt. Ltd – water flow meter.

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Jalashay is AI-enabled hydrological analytics produced from satellite photos that will assist public utilities in precisely forecasting and detecting water leakages in water transmission networks without having to be physically present on the ground. The IIIT-Hyderabad – Smart Water Meter Solutions, a feasible option for expensive digital water metres is a low-cost retrofit for the digitisation of analogue water metres. Kritsnam Technologies Pvt. Ltd developed a water flow meter that can monitor water flow in pipelines in real-time.

Contestants had to develop feasible solutions for cities in the areas of non-revenue water (water revenue lost due to unaccounted water, pipe-breakage or lost in tanks or in pilferage, etc.,), water quality and quantity monitoring, wastewater, industrial/sewerage etc and rain-water, water drains and open innovation. Selected startups were given the opportunity to pitch to smart city technology MNCs and smart city officials during the two-month programme.

After multiple rounds and comprehensive screening, the panellists from academia (IIIT-Hyderabad), government entities such as Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY), Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWSSB), National Institute of Urban Management (NIUM), commercial consultants from World Resources Institute (WRI), and technology partners -European Business & Technology Center (EBTC) shortlisted three finalists.

The three winning startups deployed their solution at the smart campus at IIIT-Hyderabad and will be given the opportunity to do a PoC in one of the districts in Telangana which will be supported by NIUM and HMDA.

“The Smart City Living Lab is an attempt to discover cutting edge innovations with smart city use cases, that can benefit from research and also the network of partners,” said Ramesh Loganathan, Professor- Co-Innovation and Head Research/Innovation Outreach.

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