Innovation

Launched by Sathya Raghu Mokkapati, startup Kheyti is working to ease the burden of climate change on small farmers through its ‘greenhouse-in-a-box’ innovation.

Merwyn Coutinho and Rajiv Rathod visited Gandhigram village in Arunachal Pradesh and found out that the remote villages there had no access to electricity. Watch how they decided to “light up” the village by introducing ‘Batti kits’.

Milind Shah from Kolkata founded ‘Gauraa’ to address the problem of massive wastage in the FMCG sector by selling dented, near-expiry and slightly damaged products at discounted prices.

Pune entrepreneur Satyajit Mittal has innovated children’s shoes that expand as the child grows, and are flexible and comfortable. Last month, he clocked revenue worth Rs 21 lakh.

Assam entrepreneur turned the grief of losing his best friend into My3DSelfie, a startup that uses 3D tech to bring one’s most precious memories to life.

Chennai student Mahek Parvez has innovated SunHarvested CoolRooms, a sustainable alternative to cold storage that “mimics nature” to increase the shelf life of fruits and vegetables by three times.

Researchers under Dr Pallab Sinha Mahapatra at IIT Madras have developed a three-dimensional paper-based portable device that can detect adulteration, such as urea, detergent, soap, salt, H2O2, boric acid, and neutralisers in milk within 30 seconds.

Student Rupesh Kumar from Jharkhand has developed Rakshak, an AI-enabled road safety app that provides timely assistance to road accident victims.

Coimbatore’s Sruthi Babu innovated a smart wheelchair cum stretcher that comes with a self-cleaning commode and rechargeable battery to provide dignity to people with mobility issues.

Mangaluru farmer Ganapathi Bhat has innovated an easy-to-use ’tree scooter ’that helps reduce dependence on labourers and helps farmers harvest 300 areca palms in a day, thrice the amount harvested using traditional methods.