Our Programs
Collaborative initiatives making real-world impact through technology, community, and education.
Akash Ganga Center for Collaborative, Entrepreneurial and Sustainable Solutions for Water
A BITS Center for Excellence
Sustainable Innovations collaborated with US-based GIS Corps and India-based Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) to use satellite images for designing the pipe network, measuring the rooftop area and numbering the reservoirs. This methodology significantly cut down costs, time and labor spent on the program.
ACCESS for Water
Aakash Ganga, River from Sky
Aakash Ganga is a domestic rainwater harvesting system. It channels rooftop rainwater from every house in a community, through gutters and pipes, to a network of multi-tier underground reservoirs. Aakash Ganga's strategy is to form public-private-community partnership or social enterprise to provide drinking water to the people. It rents roofs from home owners or acquires rights to harvest their rooftop rainwater.
Key Highlights
- Domestic rainwater harvesting system
- Public-private-community partnership
- Holistic sustainability: social, cultural, economic, institutional, political, operational, and ecological
- Shared community reservoirs + Home owner reservoirs