Team Canopus India- Manoj Mandelia, Prateek Jain, Mohan Yama, Savinay Narendra, Abhishek Singh, Jay Amin

1. LOCUS Innovative solution for Wastewater Treatment Manoj Kumar Mandelia FounderCanopus India “The next world war will be fought over water” - Steven Solomon

2. Introduction Canopus India is a start up at its seed stage, germinated at the backyards of IIT Kharagpur. Founded by Manoj Kumar MandeliaB. Tech Dual Degree, IIT Kharagpur and co founded by Mohan YamaPh.D. IIT Kharagpur and Prateek Kumar Jain B. Tech Dual Degree, IIT Kharagpur . We offer special expertise in Water and Effluent Treatment and other Environmental Technology, Water and Waste Minimization. Extensively covered in many Indian newspaper and magazines

3. Need for Wastewater treatment Low Volume High Volume 0.01-0.05 MGD generated by Small &Medium Enterprises 26 million such enterprises 5 MGD of wastewater discharge by large industries Above 1 MGD big players enter Typical cost $1 million (10 Billion Gallons per day generated)

5. seeking for technical expertise and low cost, small volume wastewater management

6. seek to obtain ISO 9001 status in the ensuing years

7. been targeted by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), India and State Pollution Control Boards

8. Equipment manufacturers who want to do products and seek technical expertise

10. Our Solutions

11. Our Uniqueness We attempt to subdue the cause – limit generation of large volumes of wastewater by optimizing the manufacturing process We see value in waste – by studying the process, we try to analyze possible means of recovery of by-products of commercial value We innovate in the design, and give multiple options for the client to select We help equipment understand their business verticals and streamline operations We help bridge gap between R&D institutions & industrial needs through product development We do end to end product development through collaborations with our technical expertise

13. A team of engineers from IIT Kharagpur from diverse streams:

14. Civil Engineering

15. Mechanical Engineering

16. Chemical Engineering

17. Bio-Chemical Engineering

18. Process Engineering

20. The Al Gore Sustainable Technology Venture Competition award By Cicero, A Trans National Advisory

22. Microbial Fuel Cell e- e- Fuel (wastes) O2 bacteria H+ H2O Oxidation products (CO2) Anode Cathode Proton Exchange membrane Left – Designed MFC Right – MFC 10L capacity

23. Integrated System of Sewage Treatment & Electricity Generation By Products (Green Electricity) Sludge Digester Chlorination

25. Product Differentiation

27. Sustainability: Treatment Plants can practically disconnect from the grid

28. Small Packaged Systems (Decentralized Power generation)

29. High efficiency of Conversion

30. No air required hence no requirement of blower/compressor etc.

31. Scalability

32. Modularity

33. Retrofit: MFC can be installed into existing wastewater treatment tanks, with only minor changes to the infrastructure.

34. No odor/ foul smelling etc.

36. The uniqueness of the product lies in-

37. Engineering design

38. Gas Diffusion Layer for oxygen reduction

39. Easily alterable engineering design for different treatment purposes

40. Materials used for cathode and anode

41. Graphite fiber brush anodes for higher power output

42. Replacement of costly membrane

44. Work Plan

45. Schedule of Development Objective 1 Objective 2 Objective 3 Objective 4 0 24 36 32 Time scale in months

46. Current Status We are currently working with the following companies in waste water treatment industry, providing them technical and commercial consultancy: Enhanced WAPP systems Pvt. Ltd. Chempure Technologies We have also worked with following companies and provided them assistance in treating their waste water: Sri Venkata Raman Oil Pvt. Ltd. Radico India We have also partnered with Enhanced WAPP systems to develop LOCUS under BIPP, funding program by Govt. Of India

47. Future Plans We have started operation in May 2010 from IIT Kharagpur campus and has received an overwhelming response. We wish to start our full time operations from Delhi by setting up a corporate office and expanding our work force. We are actively entering into partnership with companies in waste water treatment industry to share our expertise to develop innovative products We are in the finalizing stage of talks with potential angel investors to get funded.

48. Thank You