Innovation

“Stay hydrated. Beat the heat,” said their blue-eyed bot, Jasper, as it carried several bottles and quenched the thirst of Mumbaikars last month by giving free water!

Avishkar Hyperloop, the student team from IIT Madras, is one of the Top 21 teams and the only Asian team to enter the finals of SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition scheduled for July 21, 2019.

But this is not the only feather in Akhtar Ali's cap, a mechanic for over 40 years now!

Nanoclean was awarded the National Startups Award by former President Pranab Mukherjee in 2017, recognised among the top 25 technical startups from over 118 countries by the Republic of Korea and selected among Top 100 Startups in the World by the Hong Kong government, making it the only Indian startup to achieve this feat.

He received the award for developing an eco-friendly and low-cost material from LDPE waste plastics and blast furnace slag.

P G George’s lone efforts have led to the development of several black pepper varieties, one of which has even received accreditation from the National Innovation Foundation as well as Kerala Agricultural University.

From revamping ancient conservation practices to recycling waste water for drinking, these innovations can help ensure that the future generations are not devoid of the elixir of life. #SaveWater #Innovation

After extensive research about the biggest issues that affected the global climate change, he settled to work on alternatives to clean cooking energy.

Working in tandem with kirana stores, the Saathealth App has already been downloaded 85,000 times—in not just the slums of Mumbai, but also other cities like Delhi, Lucknow and Pune.

Of all his techniques, it was bamboo staking that brought his work to the limelight.