HRD Minister praised IIT Delhi for undertaking R&D projects to help fight Covid-19

Team Udayavani, Apr 12, 2020, 2:55 PM IST

Union Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal has praised Indian Institute of Technology Delhi for its research and development projects to fight against the Covid-19.

Sources claim, IIT Delhi has carried out various research and development projects of PPE’s, production of three layered surgical masks and high efficiency face masks (N95), antimicrobial fabric development, preparation of sanitizer, designing low cost ventilators and screening inhibitors for Covid-19 and designing virus-like particles for attempting vaccine development.

Watch the video below to see how @iitdelhi is helping the nation face the challenges posed by the growing pandemic of #COVID19.
I thank the director of the institute Prof. V. Ramgopal Rao along with the students & faculty for stepping up during #CoronavirusOutbreak pic.twitter.com/3D7dN9SL9S

— Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank (@DrRPNishank) April 10, 2020

Various teams headed by senior professors are working on long term and short term projects to help fight Covid-19.