Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT-R) situated in the hilly state of Uttarakhand is also embarking on two other projects - providing the best of healthcare at affordable costs to remote villages in the hill state as well as effective water harvesting and waste water management in the hills. Three centres of excellence are being developed by students and faculty of the premier institution - Centre for Urban Design and Development Centre for Packaging and Centre for Healthcare Engineering. 'I call these centres of excellence because they are very different from the academic entity. It is how we can leverage
