“Salalah award for water and wastewater” has organized by The Research Council and sponsored by Salalah Sanitary Services company on 11.12.2019 at TRC, Sultan Qaboos University. The academic researchers, students of higher educational institutions, small and medium enterprise owners, entrepreneurs and job seekers were invited to submit and present their innovative ideas that must be technically workable and viable as commercial products. The main motto of the event was to create innovative ideas and solutions to the challenges of the water sector and wastewater and transform them into products and services. Dr. R. Senthil Kumar, Mechanical and Industrial Section from Engineering Department has presented his innovative idea entitled ‘Utilizing low grade energies for treatment of Industrial wastewater’ on the event. Dr. R. Senthil Kumar presented about the water scarcity, demand of potable water in Oman and the remedies to get rid out of these demands. The Presentation was appreciated by the committee members and the certificate was issued by the organizing team. He thanks the college management for the support provided to participate in the event.