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title: "What is the name of the portable app-linked device created by the Indian Institute of Technology (Kanpur) for soil testing?"  
description: "What is the name of the portable app-linked device created by the Indian Institute of Technology (Kanpur) for soil testing?"  
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published: 2022-02-01  
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tags: ["current affair", "kanpur", "soil", "testing", "indian institute of technology"]  
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# What is the name of the portable app-linked device created by the Indian Institute of Technology (Kanpur) for soil testing?

What is the [name](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/80850/violence-in-the-name-of-racism-in-germany-and-much-more) of the [portable](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/148/what-is-portable-executable-pe) app-[linked](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/104773/how-to-create-a-linked-list) [device](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/331690/how-much-time-should-we-spend-on-your-devices-every-day) created by the Indian Institute of Technology (Kanpur) for soil [testing](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/101/acceptance-testing)?

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## Answers

### Answer by Stuti Gupta

The **[Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur,](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IIT_Kanpur)**has created a piece of **portable testing equipment** that can determine soil health in 90 seconds using only five grams of soil as a sample via a mobile application. This ground-breaking invention is based on near-infrared spectroscopy technology, which gives real-time soil analysis data on smartphones via an integrated mobile application called **Bhu Parikshak,** which is accessible on the **Google Play Store**. \
The **Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur Institution of Technology** is a public technical university in **Kanpur, [Uttar Pradesh](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95365/in-which-city-of-uttar-pradesh-foundation-was-laid-recently-to-manufacture-brahmos-cruise-missile), India.** Under the Institutes of Technology Act, the Government of India recognized it as an Institute of National Importance. The institute was founded in 1959 as one of the earliest **Indian Institutes of Technology,** with the help of a consortium of nine US research universities as part of the **Kanpur Indo-American Programme.**


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