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IITK team designed Namo's Ayodhya mask

August 05, 2020 17:50 IST

IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi in a Swasa N95 mask at the bhoomi pua for the Ram temple in Ayodhya, August 5, 2020. Photograph: Kind courtesy PIB/Twitter

On Wednesday, as the bhoomi puja for the Ram temple got underway in Ayodhya, IIT-Kanpur's incubator team highlighted the mask the prime minster wore.

Narendra Damodardas Modi was spotted in a Swasa N95 mask during the proceedings.

'Our team is delighted to have spotted Hon'ble @PMOIndia @narendramodi wearing Swasa N95 mask during #AyodhyaBhoomipoojan', the Startup Incubation and Innovation Centre at IIT-Kanpur tweeted.

'Swasa N95 is produced by our portfolio startups Espin Nanotech @IITKanpur. It is a great testimony to the quality and potential of Indian startups and innovations,' IIT-K added.

On June 18, IIT-Kanpur Director Abhay Karandikar shared a picture announcing the manufacturing facility in the campus.

Abhay Karandikar inaugurates Swasa N95 manufacturing unit in Kanpur

IMAGE: IIT-Kanpur Director Abhay Karandikar inaugurates the Swasa N95 manufacturing unit in Kanpur. Photograph: Kind courtesy Abhay Karandikar/Twitter

'Delighted to share that today inaugurated the Swasa mask manufacturing facility @IITKanpur campus. E-Spin Nanotech (founded by our alumnus Dr Sandip Patil) and Indeema Fibres (@IncubatorIITK company) have set up this facility in our campus,' Professor Karandikar captioned the picture.

WATCH: Watch the video to see how Swasa N95 masks are made. Video: Kind courtesy SIIC, IITK/Twitter

Unfortunately, Professor Karandikar tested positive for coronavirus on Tuesday, August 4, PTI reported. The IIT-Kanpur director has been taken to the Max Super Speciality Hospital in New Delhi for treatment.

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