Uploaded December 2022 | Updated September 2026, 6 minutes ago
Read more about @MITMechE alumni–founded Gradiant on Slice of MIT: bit.ly/3WeZcYx
Manufacturing requires water, and lots of it. A medium-sized semiconductor fabrication plant uses upwards of 10 million gallons of water a day. In a world increasingly plagued by droughts, this dependence on water poses a major challenge.
Gradiant offers a solution to this water problem. Cofounded by Anurag Bajpayee SM ’08, PhD ’12 and Prakash Govindan PhD ’12, the company is a pioneer in sustainable—or “cleantech”—water projects.
“The idea here is to give nature its water back, to elevate water to the level of respect that it deserves as an essential resource for life,” says Bajpayee, who serves as CEO of Gradiant. “If we can do that while allowing industry to thrive and while allowing standards of living to improve, then we’ve come close to accomplishing our mission.”
#cleantech #sustainability #watercrisis #manufacturing #massachusettsinstituteoftechnology #alumni
Read more about @MITMechE alumni–founded Gradiant on Slice of MIT: bit.ly/3WeZcYx
Manufacturing requires water, and lots of it. A medium-sized semiconductor fabrication plant uses upwards of 10 million gallons of water a day. In a world increasingly plagued by droughts, this dependence on water poses a major challenge.
Gradiant offers a solution to this water problem. Cofounded by Anurag Bajpayee SM ’08, PhD ’12 and Prakash Govindan PhD ’12, the company is a pioneer in sustainable—or “cleantech”—water projects.
“The idea here is to give nature its water back, to elevate water to the level of respect that it deserves as an essential resource for life,” says Bajpayee, who serves as CEO of Gradiant. “If we can do that while allowing industry to thrive and while allowing standards of living to improve, then we’ve come close to accomplishing our mission.”
#cleantech #sustainability #watercrisis #manufacturing #massachusettsinstituteoftechnology #alumni
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