Gujarat

By switching to organic farming, Purushottam Sidhpara from Junagadh, Gujarat, cut down his input costs by 40% and water usage by 20% while earning export orders from 10 countries.

The carnelian bead industry in Khambhat exists even today and the town lives on to be one of the largest bead producing centres in the world.

A sustainable startup, Ricron Panels was started by Rahul Chaudhary to recycle multi-layer plastic into sheets that are fire-retardant, waterproof, termite-proof and heat-resistant

Amit Doshi has innovated a rooftop rainwater harvesting filter called NeeRain, which has minimal maintenance costs and requires no manual intervention. To date, these devices have helped save 10 crore litres of water

Rajesh Shah loves Alphonso mangoes, and it is this love that stopped him from felling old trees planted by his grandfather. Instead, he used the 'girdling' technique that is quite popular with mango farmers in Gujarat.

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.

After the 2019 cloudburst, schools across Vadodara began facing an acute water shortage. District Collector Shalini Agarwal quickly set up cost-effective rainwater harvesting systems across the area so schools could meet their water requirements for the next four years

Vadodara-based Cosara, helmed by six women, has been making RT-PCR tests amid the COVID-19 pandemic since April 2020, to ensure timely detection of the disease.

Dr Salim Channiwala, a mechanical engineer and former director at Sardar Vallabhai National Institute of Technology in Surat, has developed a bio-organic liquid fertilizer made from slurry and 16 micronutrients.

Using a method invented by Japanese botanist Akira Miyawaki, Kukma village in Gujarat has built a flourishing forest using 10,000 litres of wastewater, which is purified daily to water thousands of plants.