Innovation

Punjab-based Trrivel was started by Jitesh Yadav and Syed Adnan Faraz to provide responsible travel services for tourists across India. The startup helps them choose their destination, a place to stay, and plan activities like trekking and river rafting.

Lakshmi Raj started Easy ‘n’ Fresh in 2016, wherein she sells packaged grated coconut, coconut chutney powder, varutharacha chicken curry masala, prawns chutney powder, hot processed virgin coconut oil, frozen grated coconut and theeyal masala.

The brain behind JOHAR project in Jharkhand, Bipin Bihari's innovative solar-powered 'pumps on cycle' can potentially benefit 60000 farmers. #SolarTechnology

Sensafe, a device made by Mumbai resident Shiv Kampani helps reduce the response time that in most cases leads to large fire accidents.

Charu Monga, professor at IIT Guwahati, shares how she created the solar-powered waterproof backpacks ‘Jugnu’, using recycled plastic.

Skill Lync, a Chennai-based startup, offers an eight-month-long postgraduate diploma course, which focusses on Electric Vehicles.

Outback Havelock is an eco-friendly establishment, built from recycled plastic and rubber waste by Zorawar Purohit, Akhil Verma, Aditya Verma and Rohit Pathak in the Andaman Islands.

Pune-based startup, Bleetech Innovations, is aiding people with hearing impairments attain quality education that doesn't focus on oralism, speech therapy or lip-reading.

Be it fighting air pollution, providing access to quality healthcare in remote areas or aiding the differently-abled, these individuals have shown extraordinary examples of how ingenuity and altruism can make the world a better place.

With her eco-friendly mattresses, Lakshmi Menon aimed resolve two pressing issues – waste management and lack of bedding at many COVID centres