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The parents and elderly family members were onboarded • CSR Grants for Research Programs:
to the program to support virtual learning. This new form As part of CSR, TCE has engaged with Academia in the
of knowledge has helped the onboarding parents. Parents following areas: -
have also started taking an interest in their children’s Laboratory Support for Supercritical Carbon Dioxide
education and engaging with teachers on children’s Thermal Cycle at Inter-disciplinary Centre for Energy
challenges.
Research with IISc Bangalore – This lab supports the
Efforts are being made to enroll these children in formal development of technology that uses CSP (Concentrated
schools at the beginning of the next financial year Solar Power) Super-critical CO2 thermal cycle.
Other key components of the project include a community- Large Scale Grid Integration of Renewable Power with IISc
based educational program, a school partnership program, Bangalore – Integration of large-scale solar power with the
and adolescent children from the community. grid will result in grid stability issues. This study finds the
scale at which this happens and the remedial measures.
• Career Awareness
In partnership with one of the non-profits firms, TCE has Digital Twins for Mechanical Components with IIT Bombay
been helping students from low-income groups studying – This project aims to combine physics-based models with
in government schools to acquire skills that help them get real-time data analytics and machine learning to predict the
employment and stable careers. behaviour of mechanical components.
TCE has been able to help 117 students from marginalised Design and Develop printable alkali activated mortar with
communities studying in government schools by providing construction and demolition waste. This project has started
them job-oriented skilling programs to make them in March 2021 and aims to develop a framework for the
employable through phase I, II, III, IV of the programs. systematic characterisation of construction and demolition
The students were offered vocational skills covering 30 wastes. A systematic and straightforward mixture design
courses offered by 15 Institutes. The partnership has helped procedure for 3D printable mortar using alkali activation.
underprivileged students access quality education and Development of materials proportions suitable for printing
training in vocational programs and achieve their dreams. alkali activated mortar with CDW. Demonstration and one-
day training of making the alkali activated mortar with CDW
Out of 117 students, 101 (86%) beneficiary students are in
the age group 18-25 years, and 42 (36%) of the students and using the same for extrusion with the 3D printer at IIT
were females. Bombay for the TCE team. mortar/concrete with industrial
by-products/residues as binders. Printing ability of alkali
81 (69%) students have completed their course, and 68 activated binders with CDW using 3D printing technology.
students post-completion are employed. The students
received an average salary of Rs 16,500; the balance 13
students pursued advanced study/higher education.

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