Innovation

Agnikul Cosmos, co-founded by graduates of IIT Madras — Srinath Ravichandran and Moin SPM, is re-imagining how satellites travel to space.

New York-based jewellery company Aether has created the world’s first carbon negative and sustainable diamonds from air pollution.

Ezyspit, founded by Ritu Malhotra Pratik Malhotra and Pratik Harde from Nagpur, is a reusable mobile spittoon that solidifies spit droplets in seconds. Here’s how it works.

Syed Waseem Shah, the brains behind the igloo café — Snoglu in Gulmarg, Jammu & Kashmir, speaks on how it took 1,700 man-days to complete the hotel.

Amazon India has started a multi-fold approach to reduce its carbon footprint across its operations in areas like energy, water and waste management. Here’s how.

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISERB) Bhopal researchers have developed organic polymers that can remove highly polar organic micropollutants (POMs) from water. This process will render the water safer for human consumption.

Dr Anil K Rajvanshi, the man behind the e-rickshaws and biomass gasifiers, was awarded the Padma Shri this year for his work in the field of renewable energy research.

Dr Lal Singh, founder of the Himalayan Research Group, has innovated a Solar Hamam that delivers buckets of hot water to thousands of families living in remote Himachal Pradesh, even at temperatures as low as -20 degrees Celsius

Raju Mupparapu from Telangana has innovated a device that can cut down electricity bills by up to 30%, helping several villages in his state. Watch his story here.

Co-founded by Prabhdeep Singh, medical startup StanPlus offers a 15-mins ambulance delivery service to patients and even operates its own fleet of Advanced Life Support (ALS) ambulances.