Innovation

Akash Chaurasia from Madhya Pradesh has won over 20 national awards for pioneering the concept of multilayer farming. Here’s how it has helped him and other farmers earn better.

Varanasi student Aanchal Singh has innovated a solar cooling belt, which when placed around bottles, cools the water inside. Watch this video to see how.

Following his father’s footsteps, Sivaprakash K became a miniature pottery artist. Watch this video to see how he made his latest innovation -- zero-electricity acoustic amplifiers.

Mansukhbhai Prajapati from Gujarat is the owner of Mitticool, a company that produces more than 250 varieties of clay products including refrigerators, filters and pressure cookers.

Delhi-based Divya Sijwali and Parth Puri launched Tyron, a footwear brand made entirely of recycled tyres that they ship throughout India and the USA and South Africa

The students of Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore, will be representing India for the first time in nine years at the Monaco Energy Boat Challenge 2022.

Researchers at IIT-Guwahati have developed a prosthetic leg specifically designed for Indian conditions. Suitable for uneven terrain, it supports Indian needs such as cross-legged sitting, deep squatting, and is also adjustable for the different age groups and multiple stages of prosthesis use.

Fibroheal Wound Care, a Bengaluru-based startup founded by Vivek Mishra, Bharat Tandon and Subramanian S, makes silk protein-derived bandages that help heal wounds, amputations and treat burn victims.

Called HomoSEP, this robot has been developed by researchers at IIT-Madras and Solinas Integrity, an IIT-M incubated startup, in close coordination with the Safai Karamchari Andolan (SKA), a non-profit dedicated to the elimination of manual scavenging in India.

Researchers at NIT Calicut have come up with a smart solar stove that has no operating costs, with multiple versions for homes, restaurants and roadside vendors.