Innovation

Inverter bulbs and solar insect traps to zero-electricity water purifier, these 5 innovations by Indians are revolutionising rural areas.

These visionary farmers are transforming Indian agriculture with their groundbreaking innovations — from Ganapathi Bhat’s ‘tree scooter’ for areca palm harvesting to Haresh Thacker’s ‘dragon fruit farming’ in Kutch’s arid landscape.

Founder of IIT Kanpur-incubated startup Kinoko Biotech, Chaitanya Dubey has developed a biodegradable thermocol that also serves as a fertiliser.

IAS officer Shekhar Singh's initiatives helped Maharashtra's Pimpri Chinchwad become the only Indian city to be in the world's top 15 cities shortlisted for the Guangzhou International Award for Urban Innovation.

After seeing a patient struggle to afford surgery in India, Dr Sudhir Srivastava decided to pause his practice. He invested his savings to develop a made-in-India surgical robot SSI Mantra, which has made surgeries cheaper in India.

Attention, changemakers! Need a platform for your innovation? The ‘Quiet Innovators’ contest by The Better India and Shiv Nadar Foundation aims to empower you and help you scale up your impact.

SOURCE, a US-based company founded by Dr. Cody Friesen, is making waves in the renewable energy sector. They have innovated the one-of-a-kind Hydropanel which is a sustainable water technology that uses the power of the sun to extract an clean drinking water from the air.

Leaving his practice, Dr Sudhir Srivastava invested his own money to build the SSI Mantra surgical robot after seeing a patient struggle to afford a vital surgery.

Not just matkas and kulhads, clay can be used to cool homes, build furniture, preserve food, play music, and even purify air. Meet five innovators harnessing the potential of terracotta craft.

Worried about your plants while you are on vacation? Gowtham Reddy, a NID graduate from Hyderabad, created 'Osmos’, a self-watering system for plants that keeps them hydrated for 15 days.