Kerala

Abdul Shameer and Sadakkathulla from Kozhikode, Kerala, are distributing 'fresh' tender coconuts with expiry and date of collection. With their Royal Karikku venture, they're also helping coconut farmers earn more.

Malai Biomaterials, a Kerala startup founded in 2018, has innovated an eco-friendly, vegan material that looks and feels like leather but is made using coconut water.

Kerala's Idukki native Manu Joseph invents an engine which helps farmers till the soil, carry loads, and apply fertiliser. The machine works for more than two hours on 1 litre of petrol.

Kerala architect, Elizabeth Cherian, filled her 10 cent terrace garden with leafy vegetables, tapioca and pumpkin during the lockdown due to COVID-19

Kerala-based Basheer Kalakkal’s mud house is as spacious as a modern-day house, with three bedrooms with attached bathrooms, a kitchen, a work area, a hall, and an outdoor seating area. The house was built over 1,090 sq ft, and cost Rs 9 lakh.

When Sreevidya M R, a doting mother in Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram, whipped up a family remedy to treat her daughter's dandruff, little did she know it would lead to starting her own brand — Agada Herbal Remedies.

Jojo John, an anaesthetist from Kochi in Kerala, narrates how his switch to solar energy reduced his electricity bills from Rs 4000 to Rs 140 and switching to a solar-powered electric vehicle brought his fuel costs down to zero

Kerala native, Abdul Kareem, develops a rocket stove that is also an oven and a water heater. It uses waste paper and coconut shells as fuel.

Lakshmi Raj started Easy ‘n’ Fresh in 2016, wherein she sells packaged grated coconut, coconut chutney powder, varutharacha chicken curry masala, prawns chutney powder, hot processed virgin coconut oil, frozen grated coconut and theeyal masala.

A school dropout from Thalassery in Kerala, Njattyela Sreedharan spent 25 years writing a unique dictionary with four Dravidian languages — Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, and Telugu.