Roshini Muthukumar

To deal with oxygen shortage during the second wave of coronavirus, an alumni team from the Indian School of Business, Bengaluru, has launched the Oxygen4Blr initiative to procure and distribute oxygen concentrators across the city.

Kevin Jacob, a first-year engineering student from Thrissur, Kerala, has come up with his own mask that has an in-built speaker and amplifier, which he made using a 3D-printer he innovated in class 8.

John Sherry, assistant director of the Agriculture Farm Innovation Bureau in Kerala shares a step by step of how he grew tomato, cowpea, bhindi, bitter gourd, snake gourd, chillies, brinjal and more in his home in an environmentally sustainable way.

Raja Chadha, an inspection engineer and home gardener from Gujarat, grows over 200 varieties of aquatic plants such as lilies, water cabbages, lucky bamboos and more on his terrace as a way to beat the harsh summer heat.

To help Bengaluru save water and replenish water sources, Dr A Hariharan, founder of the Alttech Foundation, has launched the World of Water (WOW) Mission, which his a citizen-led initiative comprising 70 volunteers.

Durai Prithviraj from Tamil Nadu founded Rajesh Udhavum Karangal, an NGO to offer free ambulance rides, shelter and meals for those below the poverty line or living in inaccessible and remote areas.

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) - Mandi is inviting applications from engineers to fill 43 non-teaching vacancies. Selected candidates will be offered a five-year contract.

Rajat Kumar Panigrahi, the principal of the Industrial Training Institute (ITI) at Berhampur has innovated a low-cost trolley to move oxygen cylinders in remote areas with make shift hospitals.

Aruna Visesvar and her husband Visesh Aiyer have painted 55 kolams and rangolis on their compound wall in Madurai to provide a livelihood to a struggling artist.

Raju Mupparapu, a resident of Warangal, Telangana, has innovated eco-friendly pens from dried corn husk which have garnered praise and 1,000 orders by the city’s commissioner and the Telangana State Innovation Cell.