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"Instead of buying expensive products, I would, for example, use oranges for clients who had a lack of Vitamin C. All my clients would be thrilled at my home-made packs and I was satisfied with the knowledge that I wasn’t cheating them."

Cutting down on dairy but chocolate seems irresistible? Let Nitin and Poonam Chordia teach you how to make the most delicious chocolate with the simplest of ingredients!

The eco-friendly fuel alternative made from plastic can be used can be used to fuel generators, industrial boilers, and furnaces, among others.

"Thanks to our innovation, response teams will know where to look without wasting anyone's time - helping provide food, drinking water, medicines and other safety aids to marooned populations." #IIT #Innovation

As the food served here is organic, packing it in plastic lowers its nutritional value. While this was difficult to explain to customers in the beginning, it has now become the restaurant’s USP.

One of the first disciples of Laurie Baker, this civil engineer is doing his part to keep the planet liveable, one building at a time!

Having great hair needn’t harm the planet. This sustainable salon is going all out to make sure that getting a makeover doesn’t cost the Earth! #LiveGreen

“I primarily work on two kinds of bottles; one is the upright bottle, in which we insert an LED light and the second one is one in which the bottle is inverted. This inverted bottle comes with a wooden stand, and that wood is also waste wood. All in all, we try and use all the discarded materials to put this together.”

"Whether it is the middle of the night or an insufferably hot afternoon, I never refuse a ride to a woman. Even after my 8-9 hour shift has ended," says the 48-year-old Raji who has been driving an auto for 20 years now!

From the co-founder of #Infosys to a member of the very first batch in 1965, three alumni recount their first hand account of how their time at IIT-Madras helped them attain real success. #IITMadras #IconsOfIndia