Assam

Dr Robin Dutta, a professor at Tezpur University in Assam, conceived a low-cost DIY water filter that uses baking soda, Potassium Permanganate and Ferric Chloride to clean water

Lovlina Borgohain—the first woman from Assam to qualify for the Olympics—has assured a medal for India at Tokyo Olympics. Here's the story of her inspiring journey from the small village of Bara Mukhia in Assam’s Golaghat district.

To save the freshwater Deepor Beel lake in Assam from being choked by water hyacinth, six women have innovated 100% biodegradable yoga mats by recycling the invasive aquatic plant

7Weaves Social Pvt Ltd, a small textile company founded by Mandakini Gogoi and her husband, Rituraj Dewan, work with indigenous tribes in Assam’s forests to create a unique social experiment. They’re marrying fashion with preserving the biodiversity of the region through Eri silk production and other eco-friendly practices.

IAS officer Lakshmi Priya M S in Assam details how he built a community toilet made using more than 8000 plastic bottles.

Momee Pegu, from Majuli, Assam, started RIGBO in 2015, and has trained women in her village in how to convert 11,000 kg of water hyacinth into organic compost

Researchers from IIT Guwahati have developed a Porous Radiant Burner (PRB) that works on a range of fuel such as LPG, biogas, and kerosene, and can be used for commercial as well as domestic purposes

The Tea Leaf Theory (TTLT), started in 2016 by childhood friends Upamanyu Borkakoty and Anshuman Bharali, and is today producing Truedips — a plastic free tea bag.

Jayaditya Purkayastha from Guwahati is attempting to revive the black softshell turtles, native to the Brahmaputra River and parts of Bangladesh, by releasing the hatchlings in the Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary. He has revived 300 such turtles so far

Assam's Rupjyoti Saikia Gogoi found an innovative of way of dealing with the plastic waste thrown around Kaziranga National Park — weaving it into traditional handloom that is today helping over 2000 village women earn a livelihood.