Disanet iith

Can you tell me in detail about the DISANET-Information Network for Natural Disaster Mitigation and Recovery project of Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IIT-H)?

[Shaleen]

DISANET-Information Network for Natural Disaster Mitigation and Recovery, a joint research project between the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IIT-H) and Japanese universities, was launched in 2010.

This DISANET lab is one of the oldest labs established in IITH. The lab is dedicated for research work related to DISANET project. This project is INDO-JAPAN collaboration project.

The key aspects of the project includes addressing a robust sensor network for pre-disaster monitoring, rapidly deployable communications and database system for post-disaster relief and key deliverables in the form of a deployed emerging communications system. The lab was established in 2010.

The lab is used mainly by Ph.D., M.Tech and B.Tech students related to the project.

The five year project DISANET (Information Network for Natural Disaster Mitigation and Recovery in India) which started in 2010 is in its final stage.

This Rs 35 crore project is co-founded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency and Japan Science and Technology Agency. In two months the pilot testing is scheduled to begin on Chennai’s Marina Beach.

The project is expected to end in March 2015.

Researchers developing the technical bases for communication are from the Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad (IITH); National Geophysical Research Institute; IIT Kanpur; IIT Madras; International Institute of Information technology; Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), Hyderabad; IMD, Pune, and the University of Tokyo and Keio.

This project aims for the immediate rescue and post disaster restoration.

Strong motion sensors have been deployed in the Indo-Gangetic plains in the foothills of the seismically-active Himalayas, while building sensors have been installed in Chandigarh.