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Vijay Raghavan, the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India,<\/strong>&nbsp;on March 19, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This Centre will provide smart solutions for challenging water problems by designing scalable models by leveraging innovative technologies. These models would be implemented at chosen locations across the country, as a proof of concept.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also launched the website of AquaMAP\u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/aquamap.iitm.ac.in\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/aquamap.iitm.ac.in\/<\/a>. Ligy Philip, department of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras, and dean (planning), IIT Madras, is the principal investigator of AquaMAP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indian Institute of Technology Madras is establishing a new inter-disciplinary Water Management and Policy Centre called &#8216;AquaMAP&#8217; to solve water problems in India. The AquaMAP was inaugurated at IIT Madras by&nbsp;Prof. K. Vijay Raghavan, the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India,&nbsp;on March 19, 2022. 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