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Roorkee (The Hawk): IIT Roorkee has identified drinking water and sanitation as a major water sector challenge facing most Afro-Asian countries, including India. Drinking water and quality lab require testing wastewater, freshwater, soil and waste samples. Due to surface water pollution and overexploitation of groundwater resources, the need for effective water analysis and monitoring has been pressing the need to set up a drinking water quality laboratory at IIT Roorkee. PTC India Financial Services Ltd (PFS) supported this project to develop a Drinking Water Quality Lab at the Department of Water Resources Development and Management (DWRDM) at IIT Roorkee. The contribution comes under PFS's CSR policy, and the funds will be used to procure an instrument named "Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT)" for the lab. The IITRDF and PFS signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to formalize the agreement. The signing ceremony was attended by several dignitaries, including Shri Sitesh Kumar Sinha (Executive Vice President), Shri Vinod Pande (Advisor CSR, PTC India Financial Services Ltd), and the Board of Directors of IITRDF - Prof. K.K. Pant (Director IIT Roorkee), Prof. Partha Roy (Dean of Resources & Alumni Affairs IIT Roorkee), Prof. Manish Shrikhande (Prof. Earthquake Department), Prof. Ashish Pandey (HOD- Department of Water Resources Development and Management, IIT Roorkee), and Mr. Santosh Kumar (Chief Executive Officer IITRDF). IITRDF is a Section-8 Company of IIT Roorkee established on 12th May 2021. This contribution from PFS is a significant step towards addressing the issue of safe drinking water, which is a critical problem faced by many communities in India. The ERT instrument will aid in identifying the quality of drinking ...