DIPAS, which conducts physiological and biomedical research to improve human performance in extreme and wartime environment has also developed Alocal cream that helps in preventing frostbite chilblains and other cold injuries to soldiers deployed in extremely cold areas.
It has also developed a flexible water bottle and Solar Snow Melter to address the issue of drinking water problems in freezing temperatures.
Dr Varshney said that the Army has placed orders worth Rs 420 crores to the manufacturers of Him Taapak . The Indian Army has placed orders worth Rs 420 crores to the manufacturers of this device and they would be deployed in all new habitats of Army and Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), where the temperature is low, Varshney said.