Maharashtra Professors Develop Low-Cost Eco-Friendly Water Purifier, Secure Indian Patent

Keeping in mind the current water shortage and the problem of clean water, five professors from various social work colleges in Maharashtra have made a prototype of an eco-friendly water purifier that can be made available at a very low cost using health-enhancing natural ingredients. These professors have also obtained a patent at the Indian level for this research.

Prof. Nilesh Gaikwad of Taloda Social Work College, Prof. Dr. Pramod Jadhav of MVP Social Work College, Prof. Nitin Tayde, Prof. Dr. Ghanshyam Jagtap, and Prof. Sandesh Ballal of Mumbai Social Work College conducted important research on the health effects of traditional water purifiers. Thinking that the current water shortage and clean water problem can be solved through this device, the professors obtained a patent at the Indian level for this device, i.e., an eco-friendly water purifier. This patent will also give special scope to the social work curriculum.

The professors have demonstrated social health ethics, and through fieldwork, the purifier can be used in rural and tribal areas in the future. At the same time, the professors have expressed their belief that the government can also make it available to hostels, educational institutions, and tribal and rural people—especially at the household level—which can increase the purity of water.

Prof. Dr. Ghanshyam Jagtap, MVP College of Social Work, Nashik, said, "Workers, poor, underprivileged, and tribal brothers will be able to use this device for domestic use at a very cheap and reasonable price. Also, this research will make clean drinking water facilities easily available to everyone at a low cost for domestic use, and the pure water device will get a new direction."