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11New Delhi, MONDAY, March 16, 2015Edit PostBraj Kishor

Gupta

Getting aDream Job isyour birth right!It is of vital

importance for you to know that“Dream jobs do not exist, we createthem, first in mind and then in reali-ty”. To move closer to your dreamjob, you must believe that you are themicrocosm of the universe and theworld begins with you. It is thepower of this belief that would moti-vate the entire universe to collabo-rate with you in getting you yourdream job. But it is imperative tohave the clarity about your goal. Thegoal you choose must be based onyour aptitude and natural drive. It isimportant not to subscribe to thecommon belief that there is a crisis ofsuitable employment. On the con-trary, you must be of the view that

there are opportunities and possibili-ties galore. It is only the question oftime when fortune smiles on you.

Let there be no doubt that youneed to have a Big Dream. Besideshaving the dream, you must be firedby an urge to survive and succeed inlife in spite of nature’s hostilities and

inhospitable surroundings. In thiscontext, we can all get inspired bythe firry zeal and passion as embod-ied by the Coho Salmon – A rarebreed of fish found in the NorthPacific Ocean. It is strange but truethat out of 2500 eggs which are laid,2125 die instantly, and the remaining

375 eggs are hatched, out of which,only 30 see the light of the day. Youwould be perturbed to know that outof 30, 25 of them again either die orget eaten up by the predators.Ultimately, there are only 2 braveCoho Salmon fish that survive thebuffets of life and live to carry for-ward their progeny. This amazingtale of grit and courage to surviveand thrive ought to be the guidingprinciple of our life.

As you embark on your journey toget a dream job, you must grow cre-ative in your search by lookingbeyond what is obvious. Creativityimplies making invisible visible andadding value. You must bear in mindthat no organization ever looks for aperfect candidate. You need to be justa potential candidate having desire

and determination to prove to be anasset to the organization. You shouldhowever remain open to learning andacquiring new skill sets all the time.

It is possible for you to fail a cou-ple of times before you could havethe last laugh. That is the time to holdon to your faith and live by theindomitable will like ErnestHemingway’s old man namedSantiago in the famous novel ‘TheOld Man and the Sea’, who refusesto accept defeat, despite not getting asingle fish during his first eighty fourdays in the treacherous sea. He getsdisappointed but does not give up.He persists and succeeds in creatinghistory with his catch, the biggestever in his life time. Suchindomitable will and the killerinstinct for survival can truly pavethe way for ‘Getting Your DreamJob’.

The writer is Director and ChiefMentor at Giant Step

www.giantstep.in

Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan waslaunched by Hon’ble PrimeMinister of India on 2nd October,2015, which caught attention ofeverybody not only in India, but alsoin the world. The Government hastaken various steps to create aware-ness among the masses for keepingthe area surrounding them neat andclean. Government is also payingspecial attention for cleaning ofrivers, railway stations, tourist desti-nations and other public places.

To achieve the target of cleanli-ness, the technologies to treat thewaste material should also be devel-oped along with creating awareness.There are many technologies thatare used to treat waste material.They are usually very costly, verycomplex to be understood andviable only for large size units. Atthe same time, indigenous technolo-gies are low cost capital and easy touse and they can also be used by dif-ferent size units. In India, they areparticularly suitable for the smalland medium units. In this regard, aNational workshop on Indigenouswater, Wastewater and Solid WasteTreatment Technologies was organ-ised by the Department of AtomicEnergy (DAE) in January, 2015 atGujarat Technological University(GTU) in Ahmadabad. The objec-tive of the workshop was to dissem-inate indigenous technologies ofwater, wastewater and solid wastetreatment developed by the Bhabha

Atomic Research Centre (BARC)

under “Swachh Bharat Abhiyan”

and to bridge gap between theresearch at the research centres andthe practical application of the tech-nologies.

The BARC is playing a pivotalrole in the development of thesetechnologies. Some of these tech-nologies are as follows:Indigenous water purification

technologies:

These technologies can improvethe drinking water quality of small-er villages as well as larger cities. It

uses the Pressure Driven MembraneProcesses. These are suitable for allcapacity units e.g. they are adapt-able from household level unit orcommunity level unit to large scaleunit. Water purification technologiesmake use of the nuclear energy andsolar energy also. Environment friendly Plasma

technologies:

Solid waste dumping sites orlandfill sites need more amount ofland which is not available in urbanareas. Incineration of solid wastepollutes the environment if theincinerators are not designed oroperated properly. Thermal PlasmaTechnology is ideally suited forwaste treatment. By plasma technol-ogy Hazardous & toxic compoundsare broken down to elemental con-stituents at high temperatures;Inorganic materials are converted toVitrified Mass; and Organic materi-als are Pyrolysed or Gasified,Converted to flue gases (H2 & CO)

& Lower hydrocarbon gases whenoperated at low temperature (500 –600OC).Disposal of carcass is alsobeing thought of using plasmapyrolysis. Unique Multi Stage Biological

Treatment Solution:

Multi Stage Biological TreatmentSolution (MSBT)can be implement-ed on existing STP which are notable to process Sewage to optimumefficiency. MSBT can be imple-mented as a modular or container onthe banks of rivers on Drains/Nalaswhich discharge waste water to theriver. It can also be implanted insmall urban societies and housingcomplex for better water manage-ment. Benefits of MSBT are: NoSurplus of Organic Sludge, NoOdour problem, Drastic reduction ofElectrical Power usage which mini-mizes operating costs, No need forreturn sludge pumping (minimizingelectromechanical componentwhich ultimately reduces operating

cost).Role of environmental isotope

techniques in the water resources

development and management:

There are two type of isotopes,stable isotopes and radioactive iso-topes. Isotope techniques are used tofind out the type of contamination insurface water and ground water, thesources and origin of contamination,pollutant dispersion in surface waterbodies, to assess the ground watersalinity, to assess the changes due tolong-term exploitation of ground-water, for hydro-chemical investiga-tion and to carry out geochemicalevolution of groundwater.The BARC UF Membrane

Technology for Domestic Water

Purifiers:

Water filters manufactured bySondhka based on membrane basedwater Purification Technology hasbeen developed by BARC. Benefitsof BARC Polysulfone Membraneare high tech 0.02micron or 20nm,simple form factor, rugged (life ofmore than 1 year) and low mainte-nance (about Rs. 500 per year). It isvery easy to use and very low costsolution for the water contamina-tion.Deployment of BARC Domestic

Water Purifier in Rural Area

through AKRUTI Program:

Rural Human & ResourceDevelopment Facility is disseminat-ing BARC technologies, namelyNisargruna Biogas, Soil OrganicCarbon Testing Kit, Seed Bank,Domestic Water Purifier, WeatherForecasting, LLL, RIA, FSD, VTD;under the AKRUTI( AdvanceKnowledge of Rural TechnologyImplementation) Program.Activities carried out under theAKRUTI program are surveys forsafe drinking water, Interaction withthe villagers, Entrepreneurshipdevelopment for domestic waterpurifier production and Awarenessprograms for benefits of use purifiedwater. RHRDF has also launched ascheme for safe drinking water for

village under CSR.Radiation Hygienization of

Municipal Sewage Sludge:

The Sewage is the waste watergenerated from domestic premisesand consists mainly of humanwaste. It typically contains 99.9%water and about 0.1% solid. Thesolid waste in sewage is typicallyorganic in nature and is brokendown in the sewage treatment plantsresulting in sewage sludge as a byproduct. In Radiation Hygienizationprocess dry sludge generated atSTP’s is hygienized using radiationtechnology using standard Gammafacility at a Dose of 10 kGs. Suchradiation plants are operating inIndia for sterilizing medical prod-ucts.Refuse Derived Fuel: An

Emerging Processing Technology

in MSWM:

Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) is aprocessed form of Municipal SolidWaste (MSW) and it can be a substi-tute to coal energy. The process ofconversion of garbage into fuel pel-lets involves primarily Drying,Separation of incombustible,Sizereduction and Pelletisation.

Conclusion: The above men-tioned technologies can be of greathelp in the treatment of water andsolid waste management. Thisshows that solid waste which is nor-mally treated as the cause of con-cern, if treated properly it canbecome a sustainable source ofenergy.

The aim should be to promoteresearch work in these technologies.After the research is done, the gapbetween research and its implemen-tation at ground level should bebridged. All stake holders such asvarious departments, urban localbodies, consultants and contractorsshould be involved so that thesetechnologies can be utilised bysmall, medium and large units, sothat they can contribute to theSwachh Bharat Abhiyaan by mak-ing India clean

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Swachh Bharat Abhiyan: Role of Indigenoustechnologies developed by BARC

*Courtesy Department of Atomic Energy