Innovation

Inside the 3D-printed house built by Tvasta Manufacturing Solutions, a startup by three alumni of IIT-Madras, lies a solution for India's and the world's housing problems.

Thanks to IIT-Bombay PhD student Tejasvi Chauhan's efforts of setting up a telecom tower in the remote mountain village of Baag in Himachal Pradesh, children can now attend online classes.

Through its flagship cell therapy product Eyecyte-RPE, Bengaluru-based venture Eyestem seeks to restore sight for patients in the early stages of Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and arrest losses for those in the later stages.

A solar power bank for street vendors? Prerna Wadikar from Bengaluru has built a device using lithium ion technology that makes access to portable energy more affordable.

Chennai's 'Auto Anna', Anna Durai has gone viral on Twitter after Anand Mahindra hailed his marketing skills that have also impressed big companies like Microsoft, Google, Vodafone and more.

Soumajit Bhowmik, CEO at Styched, speaks of developing a mobile application that allows tailors in Delhi and Bengaluru to find stitching tasks online.

Student Shiv Kampani from Mumbai has innovated a robotic brush to clean out human waste from drains, pipes and sewers in a bid to bring manual scavenging to an end.

KNYA Med went from making PPEs for government hospitals to supplying eco-friendly medical scrub suits, face masks, lab coats and more to healthcare workers across 650 locations.

Navjot Sawhney innovated a low-cost, unique washing machine after seeing the plight of his friend Divya. Today, the machine is a ray of hope for women of Iraq’s Mamrashan Refugee Camp and rural India.

Farmer Yogesh Sonar from Chhattisgarh has innovated the Earth Elixir, an eco-friendly and biodegradable product made from tapioca and six other compounds that helps farmers save water and improve crop production