Washington An Indian tech-firm has won a whopping grant of over USD 450,000 from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to set up eco-friendly and hygienic "eToilets", making public conveniences more accessible to the urban poor.
Thiruvananthapuram-based Eram Scientific Solutions Private Limited was awarded the grant as part of the foundation's second round of 'Reinvent the Toilet Challenge' grants totalling nearly USD 3.4 million.
Technology Partners: MimirTech
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/etoilet-eram-bags-bill-gates-grant
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/financial-express-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/eco-friends
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/toilets
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sustainable-development
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/waste-disposal
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drinking-water
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/who
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-care
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/eco-sanitation
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sanitation
