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Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh announces financial aid of Rs 3.29 Crore to Multi Nano Sense for indigenous development of Hydrogen Sensing & Analysis Technology
August 19, 2022Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh today announced financial aid of Rs 3.29 crore to a Hydrogen StartUp from Maharashtra for indigenous development of Hydrogen Sensing & Analysis Technology.
Dr Jitendra Singh said, the Hydrogen Startup funding is in tune with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of National Hydrogen Mission (NHM) launched on India’s 75th Independence Day, last year from ramparts of the Red Fort. He said, the NHM aims to aid the government in meeting its climate targets and making India a green hydrogen hub. This will help in meeting the target of production of 5 million tonnes of Green hydrogen by 2030 and the related development of renewable energy capacity, the Minister added.
Dr Jitendra Singh presided over the signing of an MoU between Technology Development Board under DST and M/s Multi Nano Sense Technologies Private Limited, Maharashtra to support the manufacturing of Hydrogen sensors indigenously.
Dr Jitendra Singh said, the company is developing an indigenous cutting edge hydrogen analysis sensor for new age applications. The development is also related to the universal miniaturised core sensor designs for leak detection and/ or analysis of hydrogen. The patented hydrogen gas sensor and analyser is based on a core sensor; which has been conceptualised, developed, manufactured and serviced entirely in India. The Minister informed that at present, it is heavily dependent on importing sensors, as all core sensor elements are imported from China, USA, UK, Japan and Germany.
The major quality of these sensors is that they do not face any cross interference from other combustible or reducing gases; can function in air as well as inert/ vacuum background and can perform analysis from 1ppm to 100% pure Hydrogen. With this technology, India can easily penetrate the global market to complement domestic demand through their Made in India products. The sensor has several unique and path breaking features such as Minimum detection: Parts Per Million (PPM) range; Maximum detection: 100% Pure Hydrogen; Instant response within 3 seconds; low power consumption for core sensor operation. Portable detectors can operate continuously upto 36 hours on single charge; non-corrosive; long life of 5 years etc.
Dr Jitendra Singh said, the demand for energy is growing and with the limitation of existing resources, there is a need for an alternative fuel. He said, ‘Hydrogen’ envisages being the future fuel to replace fossil fuel and therefore production of Hydrogen fuel by using power from renewable energy, termed as green hydrogen is one of the major requirements towards environmentally sustainable energy security of the nation. The Minister added that as per NITI Aayog’s report titled ‘Harnessing Green Hydrogen: Opportunities for Deep Decarbonisation in India’ Hydrogen will provide a pathway to accelerate the emergence of a green hydrogen economy, which is critical for India to achieve its net-zero ambitions by 2070.
Rajesh Kumar Pathak, IP&TAFS, Secretary, TDB said that, “The target of net-zero emissions by 2070, as said by Hon’ble PM at COP26 Summit, Glasgow, can be achieved by promoting alternative energy resources. Hydrogen is one such resource which requires indigenous ecosystem development including safety & security during its usage. As an initial step in this direction, TDB is supporting startup ‘M/s Multi Nano Sense’ for development and production of highly advanced leakage detection sensors to detect hydrogen leakage, and to enhance safety and security of the systems”.
Invited to Exhibit at Digital India Week 2022
July 4-6, 2022Multi Nano Sense was invited to exhibit its latest work and developments in Hydrogen Sensors and Platform CMOS MEMS Omni-Gas Sensors at the Digital India Week 2022, Gandhinagar, as a beneficiary of the infrastructure created and supported by the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (‘MeitY’) at IIT Bombay Nanofabrication Facility.
Our Co-Founder & CEO, Shashank Kumar, set up a live demonstration at the venue to showcase the industry leading performance of our Portable Hydrogen Leak Locator (0 ppm to 10,000 ppm with 1 ppm resolution), Fixed Hydrogen Leak Detector (0% to 5% H2 v/v in Air) and the new developments in Platform CMOS MEMS Omni-Gas Sensor.
Shashank had an audience with Shri Alkesh Kumar Sharma (Secretary, MeitY), Dr. Jaideep Kumar Mishra (Additional Secretary, MeitY), Dr. Sunita Verma (Scientist-G and Group Coordinator for R&D in Electronics), and other dignitaries. Shashank also had fruitful discussions for commercial engagement and collaborations with Semiconductor Lab (Domestic Production Scale Semiconductor Foundry), IISc Bengaluru, C-DAC, and several other supply chain players who could be critical in scaling up operations at Multi Nano Sense.
This event was organised by the Government of India and attended by the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi, Hon'ble Minister of Railways, Communications, Electronics and Information Technology, Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw, and Hon'ble Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, and Electronics and Information Technology, Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar.
Batteries India Conference 2022, Bengaluru
June 20-22, 2022Our Co-Founder & CEO, Shashank Kumar, presented a talk on our innovative and cost effective solution for Lithium Ion Battery Safety by using the Platform CMOS MEMS Omni-Gas Sensor to predict a thermal runaway event several minutes before explosion. Our Director, Prof. R. Vasant Kumar, delivered tutorials on Lithium Ion Battery chemistry and a talk on the prospects of Lithium-Sulphur Batteries. These talks inspired many eager discussions around Lithium Ion Battery Safety using various techniques of gas sensing, and placement of sensors within battery packs, cells and pouches. Our CTO, Mr. Ashokkumar Ramchandran interacted with several dignitaries from the academia, research organisations, PSUs and industry leaders. Potential research and solution co-creation opportunities were explored.
Our team discussed several potential applications of the Platform CMOS MEMS Omni-Gas Sensor and our Solid State Electrochemical Hydrogen Sensor with The Principal Scientific Advisor to the Prime Minister’s Office, Dr. Ajay K. Sood. He appreciated our indigenous R&D and translational research work, while reaffirming the usefulness of our technology for various applications of strategic interest to the country and the world like granular air quality mapping, transformer health monitoring, GHG emission monitoring, and potential for non-invasive diagnostic through breath analysis. Potential Hydrogen analysis solutions for use cases with TATA Steel, IOCL R&D, BHEL, and ISRO were discussed.
Batteries India Conference is a premier International conference, with speakers from prestigious academic, industry and research organisations from around the world. This edition featured speakers from University of Cambridge, and NFTDC.
Technology Development Board Financial Assistance - Letter of Intent
May 20, 2022The Technology Development Board, A Statutory Body Under Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, has in-principally approved financial assistance to Multi Nano Sense for the project “Commercialization of Novel Products from Indigenously Developed Patented Hydrogen Sensing & Analysis Technology” under their Soft Loan programme. These products will ensure the safety of Hydrogen transactions in production, storage, distribution, and dispensing. The entire Hydrogen economy encompassing electrolysers, fuel cells, FCEVs, hydrogen internal combustion engines, hydrogen blended fuels, hydrogen from biomass, and the by-product of desulfurization in the refining process, shall benefit from our Patented Hydrogen Sensing & Analysis solutions. We strongly believe this will be very important for the Indian Hydrogen Mission and the world’s progress towards the Global Climate Action targets.
We are very proud to announce that the Technology Development Board will also join the Cap Table at Multi Nano Sense through acquisition of token Equity Shares. Our determination and belief grows stronger with this vote of confidence from the Government of India.
Global Finalist - Top 4 Enabling Tech Start-Up
June 28, 2021Multi Nano Sense Technologies emerged as a Global Finalist in the Enabling Tech Category from 3700+ applications across 100 countries at the Extreme Tech Challenge 2021. We presented our developments in the Platform CMOS MEMS Omni-Gas Sensors and how they can create global value worth billions of dollars through GHG emissions control, reduced power consumption, safe green energy, smarter and safer cars, financial inclusion, and other deep impacts on the society, environment, and industries.
Extreme Tech Challenge www.extremetechchallenge.org is the World’s largest startup competition for entrepreneurs addressing global challenges and building Technologies for Good!
Technology Start-Up 2021
May 20, 2022Multi Nano Sense was conferred with the Technology Start-Up 2021 award by the Technology Development Board, A Statutory Body Under Department of Science & Technology, Government of India for our cutting edge work in Commercialisation of Platform CMOS MEMS Omni-Gas Sensors. The indigenisation, capacity building, ultra highly-skilled employment creation, and self-reliance strategic importance of our work in the semiconductor, MEMS and CMOS domains was recognized.
NXP Tech Start-Up Challenge - Winner
April 15, 2021After a rigorous evaluation of 192+ applicants, an eminent jury panel of India and global industry leaders has selected the winners of the NXP India Tech Startup Challenge 2021. The challenge has a core vision to nurture Indian technology startups by providing them opportunities to connect and collaborate with industry leaders and other ecosystem stakeholders that can support them in their growth journey for global impact.
Tie Up with IIT Bombay Research Park Foundation engagement
January 7, 2021Multi Nano Sense is proud to announce its association with the IIT Bombay Research Park Foundation, as an associate member. We believe this engagement will enable significantly higher interaction with senior academicians, IIT Bombay's research facilities and ability to work with IIT Bombay's students & technicians through research projects. We are also keen on hiring top talent from IIT Bombay, who have carried out exemplary work in synergistic areas of science and gas sensing. The opportunity to engage with other esteemed members of the IIT Bombay Research Park Foundation will be very fruitful for a growing start-up like Multi Nano Sense.
“Most Out of The Box Solution” ASTRA 2020
October 29, 2020We are extremely proud to announce that our Patented Platform CMOS MEMS Omni-Gas Sensing Technology was adjudged the “Most Out of the Box Solution”, amongst 108 Start-Ups across India, by Applied Materials Inc. in their annual competition ASTRA 2020 as a part of their conference AMIND ETC WEEK 2020. Our team participated in the event remotely, which was hosted at Bengaluru, and attended by CXOs and VCs from across the globe. We anticipate strategic engagement with the Applied Materials leadership to evaluate our technology offer in detail and identify use case fit for in-situ precision gas analysis in Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment.
The event was organised in a virtual mode due to Covid-19 disruption.
