Technology for Wildlife
Our Group: We are a ‘Research Group’ from BIT Sathy, named “Technology for Wildlife”. We work on the technology development relevant to wildlife and nature conservation. To date, we have developed and commercialized a few specialized products through indigenous R&D projects, financially supported by national and international funding agencies.
Current operations: In India Tamil Nadu (Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve), Karnataka (BRT Tiger Reserve) and West Bengal (Purulia State Forest), and Nepal (Parsa Wildlife Reserve).
Product range: Main product ‘Wild Animal Early Warning System ’ and few allied products e.g.; Long Range IR Camera (40m range at night), Automate Cracker Bluster, Elephant Cracker Land Mine, Elephant Cracker Launcher, etc.
Network / Reach: Forest Department, NGOs, and Farmers
Broad financials of the Group: As of date, we have executed Seven R&D projects of 23 lakhs and Eight consultancy projects of 25 lakhs.
Work Overview: In different parts of India Animal Crop Raiding, especially 'Elephant Crop Raiding' is severally affecting the rural economy in a contentious manner along with occasional life losses on both sides. In order to avoid such conflict different protective measures have been taken, to date but these measures often come with high associated costs and risks, and thus low-cost reliable native solution is urgently required.
Considering such need, under indigenous innovation, we have developed an electronic smart fence for 'Early Animal Warning (EAW)'. Based on the application requirement, to date we have developed two variants of EAW; one is Roadkill Prevention System (RPS) and the other is the Elephant Early Warning System (EEWS). Since 2017, we have successfully installed RPS and EEWS at BRT Tiger Reserve (Karnataka), Hasanur and Sathyamangalam Divisions of Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve (Tamil Nadu), Ajodhya Hill and Forest Reserve Area (Purulia, West Bengal), Parsa Wildlife Reserve (Nepal) and many other places under collaborative consultancy project from Government of India and different NGOs. Although our prime focus is 'Human-Elephant-Conflict' Mitigation through technology development, we also work on other aspects of wildlife and nature conservation through our contentious R&D effort like an indigenous tracker, soil moisture sensor, automated acoustic recorder, low-cost native motion sensor module, etc.