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The monsoon has dumped 383.4 mm of rainfall in Delhi this month till Saturday evening, the highest in September in 77 years, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

The city gauged 417.3 mm of rainfall in September 1944, the highest in the 1901-2021 period. It has already received 383.4 mm of precipitation this September, till 5:30 pm on Saturday, an IMD official said.

Delhi has also witnessed three heavy rain events this September — 112.1 mm on September 1; 117.7 mm on September 2 and 94.7 mm September 11 (Saturday) — the highest in the month in a decade.

It had recorded two heavy rain spells in September 2017.

G P Sharma, President (Meteorology), Skymet Weather, a private forecasting agency, cited two reasons for record-breaking rains this September in Delhi — “a likely late withdrawal of the monsoon and formation of low pressure systems in quick succession”.

“In case of late withdrawal of the monsoon, the moist air mass persists for longer durations, goes far beyond its reach and rains over parts of Rajasthan, Delhi and Haryana,” he said.

“Secondly, low pressure systems are forming in quick succession. We are not even halfway through the month and we have already had two good systems. In August, we had only one such system,” he said.

Delhi is headed for a new all-time rain record for September.

“Light to moderate rain is likely in the next two days. Another wet spell is predicted around September 17-18,” the official told PTI.

The September rainfall this year has been in marked contrast to last year, when the city got a meagre 20.9 mm precipitation in the month against the normal of 129.8 mm.

Despite the monsoon embracing Delhi only on July 13, making it the most-delayed in 19 years, the capital had recorded 16 rainy days in the month, the maximum in the last four years.

The string of rainy days gave 507.1 mm rainfall in Delhi, which was nearly 141 percent above the long-period average of 210.6 mm. It was also the maximum rainfall in the month since July 2003, and the second highest ever.

The city recorded just 10 rainy days in August, the lowest in seven years, and a cumulative rainfall of 214.5 mm, lower than the average of 247 mm.

Soon after earning the Institution of Eminence (IoE) status, the Indian Institution of Technology, Delhi (IIT-D) said it will set up two new units — Centre for Electric Vehicles and Centre for Cyber Physical System — and an ‘innovation science park’ at its campus next year.

IIT-D director V Ramgopal Rao announced the move on Friday and said, “The two centres will be focus on solving contemporary issues of society. For instance, electric vehicles can play a crucial role in curbing pollution. But we do not use it due to their unavailability and inefficiency.. It will work on issues like bringing down their cost, reducing the charging time and improving the battery capacity.”

At the ‘Centre for Cyber Physical System’, IIT-D is planning to solve issues with the help of information technology (IT). “The centre will focus on connecting systems to internet that can provide data on which we can make accurate decisions to solve day-to-day problems. For example, to improve the productivity in agriculture, farmers should have the accurate information on how much water to put, exact soil moisture and what nutrient or fertilizer to use. And, to access that information we will need to deploy censors that can collect the data and help the farmers to take intelligent decisions,” Rao said, adding both the centres will be supported by public and private industries.

IIT-D is also setting up an ‘innovation science park’ that will majorly contribute for the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). “The innovation park will be working on several verticals, but half of its researches will be done for the DRDO,” said IIT-D registrar Sandeep Chatterjee.

Besides, the institution aims to generate internal resources for several developmental purposes to meet standards in line with the IoE tag. However, it will get grants worth ₹200 crore per year from the government in the next five years. “IIT-D has come up with lots of innovative ideas to become self sufficient without raising the fee. We have recently come up with ‘student start-up action plan’ wherein the institute is funding their research in exchange of equity in their start-up. So if the company becomes successful in the future we will hold some equity in it. It can become a good source of revenue for the institute,” the director said.

Convocation Today

Meanwhile, IIT-D is set hold its 49th convocation ceremony on Saturday. The theme of this year’s convocation is “women empowerment”. “Four of the eight guests of honour are women. We have even invited businesswomen Anu Agha as the chief guest,” Rao said. This year, 2064 students will be awarded degrees, of which 1,635 are males and 429 are female students. This year, the university will cross the benchmark of 50,000 alumni.

जागरण संवाददाता, नई दिल्ली। केंद्र सरकार देश को विज्ञान व शोध के क्षेत्र में अग्रणी बनाने के लिए भरपूर प्रयास कर रही है। केंद्रीय शिक्षा मंत्री के मुताबिक गुणवत्तापरक शोध के जरिये तकनीक जिंदगी को आसान बनाएगी। आइआइटी दिल्ली सरकार के इस विजन में अपनी भूमिका निभाने को तैयार है।

इसके लिए अप्रैल माह तक साइंस पार्क बनकर तैयार हो जाएगा। यह पार्क न केवल शोधकार्यो को बढ़ावा देने में मदद करेगा, बल्कि आआइटी दिल्ली की रैंकिंग सुधारने में भी महत्वपूर्ण साबित होगा। आइआइटी दिल्ली ने 2018 में साइंस पार्क बनाने की प्रक्रिया शुरू की। मार्च 2020 तक यह बनकर तैयार हो जाना था, लेकिन लाकडाउन के कारण इसमें देरी हो गई। अब इस साल अप्रैल में यह बनकर तैयार हो जाएगा। अभी इस पार्क का काम कंपलीट होने में एक माह का समय शेष है। इस दौरान सरकार की तरफ से अन्य तैयारियां कर ली जाएंगी।

आइआइटी दिल्ली के निदेशक प्रो. वी रामगोपाल राव कहते हैं कि रैंकिंग के नजरिये से देखें आइआइटी दिल्ली के प्रदर्शन में सुधार हुआ है। साइंस पार्क से इसमें और सुधार होगा। उन्होंने बताया कि साइंस पार्क में 100 कंपनियों को किराये पर जगह दी जाएगी। ये कंपनियां स्टार्टअप, शोध समेत तकनीक के क्षेत्र में विभिन्न प्रोजेक्ट आइआइटी के छात्रों को देंगी, जो जितने ज्यादा प्रोजेक्ट देगी, हम उसे किराये में उतनी ही रियायत देंगे।