Innovation

Bengaluru duo Shilpi Sen and Vikas Garg share why they quit their jobs to launch Prayasta, the healthcare startup behind the world’s first 3D printer for implant grade silicon, and why it’s important that trauma and illness survivors have the choice of personalised implants.

Anoushka Jolly, aged 14, has reached out to over 20,000 schools across India to spread awareness about the effects of bullying and mental health. Here’s how she reached Shark Tank India and impressed the judges.

A couple from Mangaluru quit their IT jobs to build an app-based automation system that can water plants remotely

Bengaluru-based designer Poonam Bir Kasturi, founder of eco-friendly online store Daily Dump, has launched the Terrabite Home Composter, which uses the aerobic process to compost waste at home leaving no mess or odour.

Flower Turbines has innovated ‘eco-art’ in the form of ‘Tulip Turbines’, which are low-cost and take less space, but generate more power. Anand Mahindra took to Twitter to say this innovation could be what India needs.

Muhammed Shiyad Chathoth, a class 12 Computer Science student from Kannur has innovated a robot called ‘Pathooty’. Here's how he did it.

Dr (Maj) Satish Somayya Jeevannavar’s medtech startup launched the AiSteth, a digital stethoscope that records and analyses patient heart sounds that can be interpreted by professionals across cities, in a bid to provide affordable rural healthcare.

Mukunda Foods is a kitchen automation and robotics company based in Bengaluru, started by two classmates – Eshwar K Vikas and Sudeep Sabat. Their innovations have standardised 14 recipes.

A collaboration of global institutes and IITs has found that Limestone Calcined Clay Cement, or LC3, is a sustainable alternative that cuts CO2 emissions by 40% and is significantly cheaper to produce.

Basant Kumar Chandrakar, a resident of Chhattisgarh and a popular ‘bhajiya’ stall owner has made a handheld machine to ease his work. Now, over 200 shops in the city are using his device.