In 2016, Kaustabh Dhonde founded his startup, AutoNxt Automation, a Mumbai-based electric mobility startup. Nearly six years later, he's on the cusp of manufacturing India’s first electric autonomous (self-driving) tractor.
MeMeraki founded by Yosha Gupta is a ‘culture-tech’ platform with online art and craft masterclasses taken by some of India's best traditional artists and artisans.
On 8 October, Indian-born activist Avtar Singh Jouhl OBE passed away. Singh was a trade unionist who valiantly advocated for workers’ rights and spent his life battling racial discrimination in the UK.
SP Shahi’s contributions to the protection of wolves, and his role in bringing them back from the brink of extinction, are largely forgotten today. The forest officer was behind India’s only wolf sanctuary, Mahuadanr, in Jharkhand.
Jamming with the legendary Jimi Hendrix and influencing the world music with his sitar, Pandit Ravi Shankar’s nephew, Ananda Shankar left behind a legacy that continues to resonate in music even today.
A collaboration of global institutes and IITs has found that Limestone Calcined Clay Cement, or LC3, is a sustainable alternative that cuts CO2 emissions by 40% and is significantly cheaper to produce.
Noor Jahan and her cousin Wajeeda Tabassum co-founded Shesrig Ladakh, an art conservation practice that restores and conserves ancient wall paintings, religious manuscripts, thangka (Buddhist scroll) paintings and metal works.
Rhea and Raunaq Anand founded Flexnest, a ‘fit-tech’ startup that is creating smart connected fitness solutions for the Indian market to enable a well-equipped home workout regime.
Called Saheli, the world’s first non-steroidal contraceptive pill was developed by Dr Nitya Anand and his team at Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI). Here's how it played a pivotal role in India's struggle against overpopulation.