BioVoice News August 2017 Issue 3 Volume 2 | Page 81

this technology to a different tangent all together. The few segments that the company is targeting includes rice husk disinfection, animal- house cages disinfection, dialyzer disinfection, blood bag disinfection, linen disinfection, plastic tubing sterilization for reuse, metal items sterilization, class A drugs desynthesis or inactivation, seeds disinfection and pesticide or insecticide eradication from food. Way forward As per Prof Alok Dhawan, Director, IITR, the product fully developed would entirely disrupt the existing technology of autoclave. “OptiMaser consumes 1/10th of the power with Zero Emission... mobile.. and completely destroys all harmful bacteria instantly, he said. Test runs for the aforesaid cycles would be initiated in July 2017 with ethical validation proposed from leading institutes in India, Singapore and Europe. While OptiMaser has been developed in collaboration with the Government of India, its injunction as a policy prescription is still pending. The company therefore expects following from the government that the OptiMaser be made mandatory for “Kaya Kalp”. It must be made mandatory instead of autoclave in all HCFs having more than 100 beds across the country. The company also has requested the mandate for MEA (Ministry of External Affairs) grant-in-aid projects besides credits for being “true” Make In India international break through. It expects R&D funds allocation for development of microwave technology under CITAR as well. BIOVOICENEWS.COM 81