For cleaner tomorrows
Way back in 1992, when Environment Monitor-ing was probably an unheard of field of study, Rakesh Prakash along with his partner set up AlfaTech Services to help research institutions and individuals study the levels and sources of pollution thereby facilitating research in this all important field. The company with its line of environment monitoring instruments such as dust monitors, CO, NOx, SOx monitors and water quality instruments advises scientists and institutions on the right instrumentation and methodologies to set up air, dust and water monitoring labs and stations.
Says Prakash, “In order to create solutions to conserve the environment, the first step is to know the levels of pollution and their various sources. Similarly, in order to monitor the impact of any environment action, it is important to study the before and after scenario to completely understand the efficacy of the action. This makes environment monitoring a very important field of study. Once monitoring is done, the data can be utilised to study the variability in the levels of pollution, size and type of pollutants and their sources.”
Some research institutions that have benefited from the services of AlfaTech include the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai; the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam; all the major IITs; the Central Pollution Control Board; NTPC; GAIL; ISRO; IISc and TERI to name a few.
Since its formation, Prakash has worked to set up a team of environment experts, engineers and technicians, scientists and researchers who have conducted field studies in various territories across India.
Indeed, this business has paved the way for a cleaner and more healthy tomorrow!
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