Dr. Vijayalakshmi of Development Alternatives gets national award for Jal-TARA water filter and testing kits

25 Mar, 2008 . 1 min read

The National Award for Women's Development through Application of Science and Technology for the year 2007 went to Dr. K. Vijayalakshmi of Development Alternatives. The award was for development of the Jal-TARA water testing kit and Jal-TARA water filter.For more details click here Information about the JAL-TARA testing kit is available here on the Portal: https://www.indiawaterportal.org/data/kits

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