UVC disinfectant lamp rolled out by CT Group

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, September 26

The research team of the CT Group of Institutions, North Campus (Maqsudan), has developed a UVC-based disinfectant lamp. The invention is based on Ultraviolet C light which deactivates the DNA of bacteria, virus and other pathogens and thus destroys their ability to multiply and cause disease.

The brain behind the invention, Navdeep Singh, Assistant Professor (ECE), CTITR, said, unlike harsh chemicals that are sometimes used in cleaning and sanitisation products, this UV lamp is environment friendly. He said this UVC Disinfectant Lamp was widely used in hospitals and laboratories to sanitise instruments and work surfaces and to prevent the spread of potentially lethal airborne infectious diseases, bacteria, viruses. It is also used in food industry to sterilise food before packaging and water treatment systems.

“This UVC light kills 90 per cent of microbial contaminants after 10 minutes of exposure and 99 per cent after one hour”, he added.

Manbir Singh, Managing Director CT Group and Dr Jasdeep Kaur Dhami, Director, appreciated the efforts of team members and encouraged them to perform more research based activities in future also.