Innovation

Dr Varun Dutt and Dr KV Uday from IIT Mandi have developed low-cost devices that could provide early warning before a landslide takes place.

PlayShifu, an Augmented Reality (AR) toymaker founded by IIT Kharagpur alumnus Vivek Goyal and Dinesh Advani, has its presence in over 35 countries and a customer base of over 7 lakh.

A startup launched by two students Nikhil Mukkawar and Ho Jing En, 'Kisan Union' is taking smart services and e-commerce to doorsteps of villagers with their solar-powered electric tricycles.

A farmer's son from Uttar Pradesh, Anand Pandey was once unable to get admission into IIT. Today, his brilliant innovations have ensured him a place as a guest lecturer at the same.

Dia Sheth, a student of DY Patil International School in Mumbai has innovated a travel-friendly and leak proof water bottle for pets and sold upto 400 pieces so far.

Using a NASA technology, Gujarat's Jha family from has built a novel physiotherapy device that treats wounds, fractures and paraplegia in animals at a lesser cost and in lesser time.

Souryadeep Basak, an electrical engineer from Kolkata, and Lavkesh Balchandani, a mechanical engineer from Indore, developed a solar-powered hydroponic fodder unit for rural farmers for their Master's project at the TERI School of Advanced Studies, Delhi.

Using scrap, farmer Nitin Ghule from Maharashtra built a mulching machine that saves time, money and even the labour involved. He has already received 100 orders for his innovation

Founded by SRM graduates Karthikeyan B, Vibhakar Senthil and Vignesh Kandasamy, Chennai-based startup Torus Robotics has developed an AI-based unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) for the Indian Army.

Milind Manoj and his friends launched Bengaluru-based startup PupilMesh, and developed the NAVisor, through which they aim to prevent road accidents