Smart water mgmt tech co Kritsnam attracts Rs.3.3 Cr grant

The union government has announced financial support of INR 3.29 crore to Kritsnam Technologies, a startup company incubated at IIT Kanpur to develop smart water management technologies. An MoU has been signed between Technology Development Board (TDB) under the Department of Science and Technology and Kritsnam Technologies Pvt Ltd, Ranchi, Jharkhand, for production and commercialisation of Dhaara Smart Flow Meter. 'Dhaara Smart Flowmeter' – is an integrated system for online monitoring using two beam ultrasonic flowmeters designed to track the water distribution in real-time for applications such as drinking water supply, groundwater extraction, industrial water usage and precision irrigation.