Innovation

Researchers at IIT-Mandi tell us how they developed a “virus-filtering, self-cleaning and antibacterial material” that can be used to make reusable face masks and other protective gear.

“For a girl in a village, access to technology education can open up a world of opportunities--enabling social mobility, improved gender equality, and a chance to break out of the cycle of poverty,” says one of these brilliant changemakers.

Four students of Gurugram's Shiv Nadar school have created Postura, which has a unique sensory mechanism that alerts individuals when they slouch and trains them to correct their posture over a period of time.

To reduce his expenses on fuel, Rajkumar Mupparapu from Telangana converted his old bicycle into a battery-operated one within ten days and by spending less than Rs 20,000

Developed by NanoSniff Technologies, an IIT-Bombay incubated startup, in partnership with Vehant Technologies, the NanoSniffer is the world’s first microsensor-based explosive trace detector.

Ikram Khan, a scientist from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) - Madras and the founder of ISMO Bio-Photonics Pvt Ltd, has developed a low-cost 3D printing system to create mini brain 'organoids' that mimic how our minds work.

Arunjyoti Lokhanday (50), a resident of Nalgonda, Telangana makes seed paper napkins out of the wet waste generated in her kitchen. Her creative solution was recently appreciated by the Telangana State Innovation Cell.

Sangeeta Chopra, scientist at Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Delhi along with scientists from Michigan State University conceived a solar-powered cold storage facility that can accommodate 2,000 kilos of farm produce

Shira Medtech, is a Ahmedabad-based healthcare startup founded in 2016 by Anand Parikh, a graduate of IIT-Madras. The device - Shira Clamp innovated by him is being used by 60 doctors and hospitals across India.

These are just a few examples of the kind of impact NASSCOM’s BigTech program has driven in association with several donor companies.