Foundation Projects
Bamboo towers for low-cost, affordable, and sustainable rural Internet connectivity
National Institute of Technology Silchar
This project is a collaboration among the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay), National Institute of Technology Silchar (NIT Silchar), and Uravu from India. The project will develop and promote low-cost and sustainable bamboo communication towers to expand access to broadband networks in remote and rural areas of India.
The scale-up grant will fund the development of detailed instructions on how to construct bamboo towers — including selection of bamboo, treatment, testing of bamboo culms and their joints, structural design considering connectivity requirements and structural specifications, optimization, foundation design, erection of the tower, and its maintenance. Towers will also be constructed to test the proposed methods, and test that they will be able to be built in any region. Detailed multimedia manuals will also be developed and available on a dedicated website.
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