<p>Bengaluru-based startup SmartTerra has been adjudged the winner of the Ashirvad Water Challenge (AWC), the organisers of the challenge said on Wednesday.</p>.<p>AWC, constituted by The/Nudge Centre for Social Innovation and Ashirvad by Aliaxis, recognises scalable and impactful technology-driven solutions to India’s water crisis. The challenge is aimed at innovation to widen the access to clean drinking water. Chennai-based Solinas Integrity is the runner-up.</p>.<p>The competition, which began in February 2022, was held in partnership with the Office of the Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India.</p>.Google brings generative AI bot Bard to Gmail, Maps, and more apps.<p>SmartTerra’s AI-powered data analytics platform helps water utilities find leaky pipes and suspect/faulty water meters to reduce water loss.</p>.<p>Launched in 2020 by Gokul Krishna (co-founder, CEO), Giridharan Sengaiah (co-founder, COO), and Navaneethan Santhanam (co-founder, chief scientist), SmartTerra has developed the platform to monitor leakage, bursts, low pressure and other issues in urban water networks and suspect meters.</p>.<p>During AWC’s pilot phase, the platform identified 11 invisible leaks and exhibited 77% accuracy in localising the losses, an official statement said.</p>.<p>Solinas Integrity was founded in 2018 by Divanshu Kumar (founder and CEO), Bhavesh Narayani (co-founder and director), and Moinak Banerjee (co-founder).</p>.<p>Endobot, a robotic solution from the startup, detects leaks and contamination in pipelines. The pilot phase saw it identify over 40 contamination points and helped save 6,00,000 litres of water per day.</p>.<p>The two solutions are already operational in multiple cities. The winner and the runner-up, chosen from over 140 applicants, were awarded Rs 1 crore and Rs 75 lakh, respectively, at an event at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, on Monday.</p>.<p>The winners were selected by a jury comprising experts on the basis of the solution’s impact, economic feasibility, sustainability, scalability and ability to address water purification, storage, distribution, recycling, and accessibility, the statement said.</p>
<p>Bengaluru-based startup SmartTerra has been adjudged the winner of the Ashirvad Water Challenge (AWC), the organisers of the challenge said on Wednesday.</p>.<p>AWC, constituted by The/Nudge Centre for Social Innovation and Ashirvad by Aliaxis, recognises scalable and impactful technology-driven solutions to India’s water crisis. The challenge is aimed at innovation to widen the access to clean drinking water. Chennai-based Solinas Integrity is the runner-up.</p>.<p>The competition, which began in February 2022, was held in partnership with the Office of the Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India.</p>.Google brings generative AI bot Bard to Gmail, Maps, and more apps.<p>SmartTerra’s AI-powered data analytics platform helps water utilities find leaky pipes and suspect/faulty water meters to reduce water loss.</p>.<p>Launched in 2020 by Gokul Krishna (co-founder, CEO), Giridharan Sengaiah (co-founder, COO), and Navaneethan Santhanam (co-founder, chief scientist), SmartTerra has developed the platform to monitor leakage, bursts, low pressure and other issues in urban water networks and suspect meters.</p>.<p>During AWC’s pilot phase, the platform identified 11 invisible leaks and exhibited 77% accuracy in localising the losses, an official statement said.</p>.<p>Solinas Integrity was founded in 2018 by Divanshu Kumar (founder and CEO), Bhavesh Narayani (co-founder and director), and Moinak Banerjee (co-founder).</p>.<p>Endobot, a robotic solution from the startup, detects leaks and contamination in pipelines. The pilot phase saw it identify over 40 contamination points and helped save 6,00,000 litres of water per day.</p>.<p>The two solutions are already operational in multiple cities. The winner and the runner-up, chosen from over 140 applicants, were awarded Rs 1 crore and Rs 75 lakh, respectively, at an event at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, on Monday.</p>.<p>The winners were selected by a jury comprising experts on the basis of the solution’s impact, economic feasibility, sustainability, scalability and ability to address water purification, storage, distribution, recycling, and accessibility, the statement said.</p>