• Award Category: Most Innovative use of Science & Technology
  • Introduction: Gaurav Khurana is Associate Professor & Research Scholar at JCD Vidyapeeth Sirsa Haryana
  • Achievement: Has developed currency sanitiser machine to sanitize the currency notes by UV & Thermal process to stop the spread of COVID-19 and other communicable diseases.
    .

The COVID-19 pandemic stirred concerns over viral transmission through banknotes. These arose in response to the growing fears that regularly handled objects may become a potential medium for the transmission of SARS-CoV-2.  To address these concerns and help contain the viral transmission, Mr. Gaurav Khurana, professor at JCD University, developed Currency Sanitizer Machine.

Currency Sanitizer Machine

Banknotes in India are prepared using Cotton Litton paper. They develop micro-organisms on their surfaces which can infect people in one or more ways. The pandemic worsened the fear. This urged Mr. Khurana to develop a Currency Sanitizer Machine to sanitize banknotes using both UV-C light and thermal effect.

Gaurav Khurana is a professor at JCD University

The machine developed by Mr. Khurana is economical, portable, and is environment friendly. It can be used for sanitizing masks, pens, utensils, PPI kits, and more. In addition to killing SARS-CoV-2, the machine has the potential to kill other microorganisms responsible for communicable diseases such as Tuberculosis, Swine flu, Hepatitis B and C, HIV / STDs, and Influenza.

Gaurav Khurana is a professor at JCD University

It is to be noted that in vitro experiment by researchers, 99.7% of SARS-COV-2 viral culture was killed after a 30-sec exposure to 222 nm UV-C irradiation and other harmful micro-organisms in up to 2 minutes. Coronavirus may need to be exposed to 50 Celsius for 20 minutes and 75 Celsius for 3 minutes to be killed.

Mr. Gaurav Khurana is a finalist for Most Innovative Use of Science and Technology because… the currency notes come in contact with people of all age groups and developing a machine that sanitizes them will help us take a step forward in our battle with the deadly pandemic. On a larger scale, the machine can also be used in sanitizing PPI kits.

To Reach the Information Dossier Shared by Mr. Gaurav Khurana Click Here.