PC: Indian Express
Chandigarh: Under the ongoing ‘OP NAMASTE’ launched by Indian Army to fight COVID-19, one of the Electronics & Mechanical Engineers workshop of the Rising Star Corps is manufacturing sanitizer which is Alcohol and Aloe Vera based.The Project has been executed by Major Rohit Rathee and his wife Srishti Singh.
Major Rathee is posted to the Field Workshop Company and his wife is a full time research scholar pursuing her PhD in Gel Based Bio Sensors Solution at VIT Vellore.
The formulation of sanitizer is based on WHO Guidelines on hand hygiene in health care.
Till date a total of 809 litres of sanitizer has been prepared.
The cost of the product is Rs 320 per litre which is less than 50 percent of the market price.
The per day capacity is 100 litres which can be scaled up depending upon the availability and quality of various chemicals in the local market.
This initiative is solely for the welfare of troops of India Army and is based on No Loss No Profit model.
