Centre for Water Sciences

Workshop/FDP/Interactive session conducted/Conferences participated

• Feb 2, 2019: Emotional well being and Social issues with students of Health Sciences
• Feb 12, 2019: Yoga, balanced diet, and Safe drinking water for 9th& 10th class students of Thuha school
• Feb 14, 2019 :Resource person in Prevalence of Gender Inequality in Social, Cultural and Environmental Practices
• March 3, 2019: Healthy water to BE students, CU, Punjab
• June 19,2019: Meeting at PSCST, SECTOR 26, Chandigarh on Tandrust Punjab 2.0
• July 3-5,2019: Delivered Invited talk in Indo-UK Workshop on “Wastewater Treatment: Approaches, Management, and Capacity building”
• September 21, 2019: VC Lecture series :Understanding Five Great Elements of Nature
• December 6,2019- Awareness on Sustainable Water and Environment Development to the students of PaherKhurd and PahewrKalan Village
• December 14,2019- Participated in Regional Conference on Environment- “No time left- Act Now”
• April 28 –May 02- FDP on Meditation & Breath to Chitkara University Staff
• May 11, 2020: Interactive session on Naturopathy and Meditation for Research Scholar
• Interactive session on Naturopathy and Meditation for Faculty of Health Sciences
• June 18-22, 2020: FDP (online) – Learning Yoga, Meditation & Sudarshan Kriya for COVID warriors

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Publication

Publication in SCI (Dr Jyotsna Kaushal)

• Zeta potential based calorimetric immunoassay for the detection of diabetic marker HbA1c using gold nanoprobes ; Chem Comm; 46(2010)5755-7
• Gold nanoparticles catalyzed chemilumniscence immunoassay for detection of herbicides 2.4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid; Ananlyst; 136(2011) 2125
• Palladium@gold bimetallic nanostructures as peroxidase mimic for development of sensitive fluoroimmunoassay ; Analytical Chemica Acta; 751(2012)140-145
• Green synthesis and physico-chemical study of silver nanoparticles extracted from a natural source Luffa acutangula; Journal of Molecular Liquids; 224(2016): 991-998.
• Role of Phytoremediation in Reducing Cadmium Toxicity in Soil and Water Journal of toxicology; (2018) https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/4864365
• Assessment of Phytoremediation Potential of Chara vulgaris to Treat Toxic Pollutants of Textile Effluent. Journal of toxicology; (2019) https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/8351272
• Fabrication of visible light active BiFeO3/CuS/SiO2 Z-scheme photocatalyst for efficient dye degradation, Material Letters 270(2020)127693
• Phytoremediation of azo dye Methyl Red by macroalgae Chara vulgaris L.:Kinetic and Equilibrium Studies, Environmental Science and Pollution Research(2020)doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020- 08977-w
• Documenting the Food Insecurity Experiences and Nutritional Status of Women in India: Study Protocol Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health(2020), doi:10.3390/ijerph17113769
• Epidemic Trend of COVID-19 Transmission in India During Lockdown-1 Phase, Journal of Community Health (2020) doi.org/10.1007/s10900-020-00863-3

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Projects

Sr.No.	Project Name	PI/ Co PI/Collaborator	Funding Agency	Research Scholar	Status
1.	Food Security in Indian Women	Dr FionaMckay(PI), Dr Preethi John(Co PI), Dr Jyotsna Kaushal(Co PI)	Deakin University	-	Ongoing
2.	Enhancement of Youth Resilience through Yoga, Pranayama & Meditation- Blend of Ancient & Scientific Approach	Dr Jyotsna Kaushal(PI), Dr Preethi John(Co PI), Prof. Keerti Pardhan(Co PI)	NOVATE 2020+- Chitkara University	-	Ongoing
3.	Science Tech. and Innovation Hub at Chitkara University for Patiala and Rajpura Block, in District Patiala (Punjab)	Dr Archana Mantri(PI), Dr SN Panda(Co PI), Dr Jyotsna Kaushal (Co PI), Dr Sachin Ahuja (Co PI), Dr Naveen (Co PI), Dr Rajesh Kaushal (Co PI),	DST	Vacancy	Ongoing
4.	SWACCH NEER	Dr Jyotsna Kaushal(PI), Dr Pooja Mahajan (Co PI)	NOVATE 2019, New gen, Chitkara University	-	Ongoing
5.	Dye degradation from synthetic dyed wastewater by using Ornamental plants	Dr Jyotsna Kaushal (PI)	Chitkara University	Navjeet kaur	-
6.	Heavy metal analysis in Ground water of Baddi, Barotiwala and its remedial action at lab scale	Dr Jyotsna Kaushal (PI), Dr Arun L Srivastav (Co PI)	Chitkara University	Lata Rani	-
7.	Flouride analysis from Drinking water in Rural area near to Rajpura , PUNJAB and its remedial action at lab scale	Dr Jyotsna Kaushal (PI)	Chitkara University	Pooja Kashyap	-
8.	Quality water analysis in Rural community	Dr Jyotsna Kaushal (PI), Dr Pooja Mahajan(Co PI)	Chitkara University	-	-

Services Offered

Drinking Water Analysis

The following water quality parameters have to be checked for sustainability for the domestic, irrigation, industrial and construction purposes including natural mineral water and packaged drinking water.

Drinking Water Quality Parameters

Sr.No.	Water Quality Parameter	Methodology
1.	pH	IS:3025,(Part-11)2002/APHA 22ND Edition:2012
2.	Colour	IS:3025,(Part-4)2002/APHA 22ND Edition:2012
3.	Odour	IS:3025,(Part-5)2002/APHA 22ND Edition:2012
4.	Turbidity	IS:3025,(Part-5)2002/APHA 22ND Edition:2012
5.	Temperature	IS:3025,(Part-9)2002/APHA 22ND Edition:2012
6.	Conductivity	IS:3025,(Part-16)2002/APHA 22ND Edition:2012
7.	Total Dissolved Solids	IS:3025,(Part-16)2002/APHA 22ND Edition:2012
8.	Total Hardness as CaCO3	IS:3025,(Part-21)2002/APHA 22ND Edition:2012
9.	Calcium	IS:3025,(Part-40)2002/APHA 22ND Edition:2012
10.	Magnesium	IS:3025,(Part-46)2002/APHA 22ND Edition:2012
11.	Chlorine (Residual)	IS:3025,(Part-26)2002/APHA 22ND Edition:2012
12.	Chloride	IS:3025,(Part-32)2002/APHA 22ND Edition:2012
13.	Alkalinity	IS:3025,(Part-23)2002/APHA 22ND Edition:2012
14.	Acidity	IS:3025,(Part-23)2002/APHA 22ND Edition:2012
15.	Sulphate	IS:3025,(Part-24)2002/APHA 22ND Edition:2012
16.	Nitrate	IS:3025,(Part-34)2002/APHA 22ND Edition:2012
17.	Nitrate	IS:3025,(Part-34)2002/APHA 22ND Edition:2012
18.	Total bacterial count and E. Coliform	IS5402:2012 and ISO9308 1:2014

Patent Filed

• Portable device for analyzing adulteration in milk
  Patent No. 2718/DEL/2015 Dt. 30.8.2016


• Water Purification System Based On Earthen Pot
  Patent No. 3516/DEL/2015 Dt. 29.10.15


• Process for Phytoremediation using Nephthytis
  Patent No. 201611015017 Dt. 2016


• Improved Potable Earthern Drinking Water Unit
  Patent NO. 201711045864 Dt. 20.12.17


• Herbal based liquid utensil cleaner
  Patent No. 201911020528 Dt.23.5.2019


• Herbal Candle Composition
  Patent no.201911049317 Dt. 29.11.2019

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Activities Conducted

SWACCH NEER distribution (October 11, 2019):

50 units of Swacch Neer – low cost filtration unit were prepared by Centre for Water Sciences , CURIN under the grant of New Gen IEDC. Water filtered from Swacch Neer was analyzed in house and outside NABL lab where physio chemical parameters tested were under acceptable limits of BIS. On October 11, 2019 , these filtration units were distributed to willing persons from different categories of campus people like attendants, peons, gardeners, instructors, teachers, Dean etc. Some of the units are placed at central position for common use by campus people. Journey of Swacch Neer was presented by Prof(Dr) Jyotsna Kaushal where she demonstrated how to use and instructions for its maintenance. CURIN head and Pro Vice Chancellor Dr Archana Mantri congratulate the whole team and distributed units to willing persons.

WOMEN in SCIENCE( National Science day Celebration Feb 28, 2020):

Innovation Contests for WOMEN in STEM on National Science Day: WOMEN in SCIENCE under MISSION INNOVATION PUNJAB was organized by Chitkara University Research & Innovation Network in association with Punjab State Council for Science & Technology.

First stage screening was done within University jury members. Selection criteria was on the guidelines sent by PSCST:

• Team of 2-5 members ( same or different departments of university)
• Innovative idea could be in the area of health, environment, agriculture, sanitation, biotechnology, pollution control, waste management, clean technologies, artificial intelligence, computing, start-ups, industry, employment generation etc.
• Innovative idea chosen should be relevance to the states grand challenges or meeting the requirements of the society , Quality of proposal, Business Potential and Technical Innovation in the proposal
• The shortlisted entries will be announced by the Coordinator and intimated to the final candidates and will be invited to the main Innovation Contest on 28th Feb. 2020.
• Selected candidates will be required to present their proposal through a 10 minute PPT and the final round of entries will again be evaluated by a team of experts. Based on the research and innovation potential of the proposal, the Jurywill select three best ideas having commercialization/ application potential. A one page summary of the 3 best selected ideas would be forwarded to PSCST for showcasing at appropriate platforms.
• Submission of innovative idea by team on google form link

Out of 26 entries, 18 teams were selected for final presentation in front of external jury members.

On Feb 28,2020 eighteen selected Women Contestants presented their ideas in final round in front of external jury members. Jury members from reputed institute Professor Sunita Kapila (former Chairperson of Department of Botany, Panjab University, Chandigarh), Sonia Dosanjh (Joint Director, C-DAC, Mohali) and Dr. Vijay Luxmi (Associate Professor, Thapar University, Patiala) appreciated the innovative ideas of all the contestants

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