Innovation

Ninad, Achyut and Latika Patil, a family from Maharashtra, run Gold Orchards, where they use solar drying machines to process chikoo to make innovative products out of them.

Researchers at IIT-Madras have launched India’s first indigenous Polycentric Prosthetic Knee, which aims to improve the quality of life for thousands of above-knee amputees.

“We can surely say that this has the potential to change the scenario of the Delhi NCR and other cities,” says Ravi, the IITian behind the innovation.

Opening a whole new spectrum that blurs the horizons of the real and digital world, Metaverse comes with a multitude of opportunities for innovators, developers, investors and entrepreneurs.

Jaipur-based Preeti Rathore launched Amritatva, a startup that sells products made with oyster mushroom to provide gluten and lactose free alternatives to people across India.

Delhi-based Ratnesh Tiwari from IIT has built an efficient biogas system that can digest all types of organic matter, aiming to increase its accessibility by providing it to a vast number of industries

With his non-profit Warka Water, architect Arturo Vittori has developed the Warka Tower, a low-cost bamboo tower that uses air from its surroundings to harvest water.

ENT surgeon and standup comedian Dr Jagdish Chaturvedi has several medical innovations to his name, which are low-cost and easy to use to make healthcare accessible in rural areas.

Haryana-based Dr Shivdarshan Malik has developed the Vedic Plaster and Gocrete Bricks, two innovations to replace conventional concrete while building structures, in a bid to revive traditional modes of construction

IIT Kanpur researchers Dr Archana Raichur and Dr Niraj Sinha have innovated a nano adsorbent that removes toxic metals and  other contaminants from water stored in earthen pots