Portable hospital to vaccines: Low-cost Covid solutions from universities

IIT Delhi has developed the world's cheapest RT-PCR based diagnostic kit, priced at Rs 399; IIT Madras-backed Modulus Housing's portable hospital can be installed by four people in two hours

While the whole country is fighting the pandemic and companies are trying to find a remedy for the Covid, some of India's top educational institutions, including IITs, IISC, deemed universities, have developed a number of low-cost and effective solutions to deal with the disease. Some of the areas in which these institute are working include diagnostics & surveillance, hospital assisting devices, modeling, simulation and analysis, preprints, sanitisation and disinfection, and vaccines, among others.

IIT Delhi, for instance, has developed the world’s most affordable RT-PCR based Covid-19 diagnostic kit at a base price of Rs 399. Even after adding the RNA