Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurates India’s first 3D printed house at IIT-M

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurates India’s first 3D printed house at IIT-M

• The Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman virtually inaugurated the first 3D printed house in India at Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M), on April 27, 2021.
• The concept of this 3D printed house was conceived by former IIT-M alumni.
• The single-storey home has been built in just five days over an area of about 600 sq. ft  using ‘Concrete 3D Printing” technology.
• The house is by IIT-Madras based start-up ‘TVASTA Manufacturing Solutions’, within the campus, in association with Habitat for Humanity’s Terwilliger Centre for Innovation in Shelter.
• The 3D Printed House would help to meet the deadline of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of ‘housing for all’ scheme by 2022.