Modi Govt Allocated Rs 98 Cr for ‘Cowpathy’ Research in 2020. IIT Papers Are Now Out
Akanksha Mishra | 13 June 2026 | The Print
From cow dung-derived electrodes to the chemical profiling of cow urine, researchers at a clutch of IITs have spent several years studying “cowpathy” and the properties of “indigenous cows.” Their work has been funded under the central government’s SUTRA-PIC programme, short for Scientific Utilization through Research Augmentation–Prime Products from Indigenous Cows.
Now, six years on, those projects are finally bearing fruit. An analysis by ThePrint of the papers produced so far shows findings that range from cow dung that cleans polluted water to a chemical profile of cow urine and its industrial uses…