Innovation

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.

Deepak Rajmohan and Vijay Anand founded GreenPod Labs in 2019 intending to minimise fresh produce loss by introducing cost-effective packaging solutions which are an alternative to expensive cold storage systems.

Researchers from IIT-Madras and Harvard University have developed a novel Machine Learning algorithm named ‘CombSGPO’ (Combined Security Game Policy Optimization) that can help in saving wildlife from poaching.

Given the abundance of zinc in India, researchers at IIT-Madras are developing mechanically-rechargeable zinc-air batteries as an alternative to Lithium-ion batteries which are used in electric vehicles.

A team of engineering students from the Mysuru Vidyavardhaka Engineering College have come up with a solar mobile refrigerator for vegetable vendors, which is a low-cost way of storing vegetables for a longer time.