Rinchen Norbu Wangchuk

After Arise, India’s first manual standing wheelchair, and NeoBolt, the country’s first motorised add-on for wheelchairs, IIT-Madras now develops the NeoStand, an indigenously developed and customisable electric standing wheelchair. Here’s how it works.

What more can Bengaluru's residents do to save water? We explore some expert-recommended solutions you can take up at home.

Bengaluru water scarcity: From completing projects on time to reviving lakes, constructing open wells, rainwater harvesting and using wastewater as a genuine resource -- experts say the solutions to the city's problem are apparent and eminently doable.

Founded by M S Ravindran, Nagarathna Ravindran, and Malathi Sharma, Adukale highlights the rich heritage of Karnataka's Sankethi cuisine through ready-to-eat dishes like poha, gojjavalakki and bisi bele bath.

Varun Chawla, Alakshi Tomar and Abhimanyu Rathi based in Goa founded build3 to help incubate social impact startups and help them navigate entrepreneurship.

Ivory, a pioneering age-tech startup founded by Issac John and Rahul Krishnan, aims to redefine the ageing experience by focusing on better brain health, through neuroscience-backed assessments, interactive games, and personalised solutions.

An IRS officer-turned-educator, Ravi Kapoor has mentored thousands of UPSC aspirants for free. Taking upon his 10 years of bureaucratic experience and masters in clinical psychology, Ravi's approach to UPSC mentorship has always kept mental fitness and motivation in focus.

SolarSquare, founded by IIT Bombay graduates Neeraj Jain and Shreya Mishra, along with Pune University graduate Nikhil Nahar, is a leading residential solar brand. They have educated thousands of consumers and standardised installation of solar panels in 16 cities spread across eight Indian states.

Established in 2020, BatX Energies extracts rare earth metals, such as lithium, cobalt, nickel and manganese from used Lithium-ion cells and sells them to electric vehicle manufacturers or repurposes them (used Li-ion cells) into batteries for off-grid solar EV chargers, inverters, etc.

Sarah Iyer, the founder of Chennai-based Madras Animal Rescue Society, and her husband Gerry run a shelter for 340 paraplegic, disabled and abandoned dogs near Mahabalipuram. They need your help to keep this shelter running.