Innovation

Kerala resident and retired engineer T K Sajeevan expanded his home garden to his terrace, despite having a slanting roof. Here’s how he did it, and you can too.

Dr Devasena, a researcher from Coimbatore, helps local shops limit their use of single-use plastic with these sustainable straws.

In Bengaluru, PotHoleRaja has built an innovative road using 3000 kg of recycled plastic, that's cheaper, uses less water and gives a 5-year warranty of being pothole-free.

A resident of Punjab’s Sri Muktsar Sahib, Simarjit Brar runs Fateh Electric Bikes, which converts old petrol bikes into low-cost electric bikes for farmers.

The founder of Bengaluru-based startup Metastable Materials, IIT grad Shubham Vishvakarma has innovated a sustainable technology that can extract valuable elements from dead Lithium-ion batteries.

IIT Bombay students Arpit Upadhyay and Mohit Jajoriya have devised an RO hand pump that needs no electricity to generate clean drinking water, aiming to provide equitable access to rural India.

In the prestigious ‘50 Next’ competition held in Spain this year, four Indians were chosen among the world’s top 50 next-generation innovators who are leading change in gastronomy.

Rahul Bansal and Phalgun Vyas won an innovation contest at IIT Bombay for their temperature-controlled vest that can keep one cool in the summer and warm during winters.

Watch this video to see how Satish Kumar, a resident of Haryana, created the world’s first fully-automated brick making machine and revived his family business in the process.

ICMR's Vector Control Research Centre in Puducherry has developed an eco-friendly technology using Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis to kill mosquitoes that cause dengue, chikungunya, zika and more.