Science

Of great importance for critical care in medical emergencies, this portable sensor has the potential to save many lives! #IIT #Innovation

India's long coastline has many estuaries and gulfs that provide ample opportunities to harness this renewable energy. So these innovative turbines may one day power thousands of homes! #IIT #Innovation #RenewableEnergy

At a time when India couldn’t afford to import latest technologies, this forgotten man set up public sector companies that would manufactured critical components such as microchips and optic fibres. #Tribute #RIP

Fighting cancer and a conservative background to chase her scientist dreams, B Vijayalakshmi belonged to that rare community of people who develop new ways to sail if they cannot change the direction of the wind.

Gurtej Sandhu’s urge for enhancing the efficiency of technological devices has not only got him more US patents than Thomas Edison, but also a recognition for being all-time seventh most prolific inventor as measured by number of U.S. utility patents

Stem cells need a support structure as they form specialised tissue. These scientists have now found a cheap, safe, and ecofriendly source for this tissue scaffolding!

Other famous scientists who have their names etched on the moon are Dr Vikram Sarabhai, American astronomer Daniel Kirkwood and German physicist Arnold Sommerfeld.

"My mother is the only person in my life who motivates me to live for the next day. Whenever I was down, she would pick me up and always tell me that the next day would be better," says 24-year-old Jaykumar Vaidya about his single mother. #Respect #Inspiration

“What is remarkable about Krishnan is not that he is a great scientist but something much more. He is a perfect citizen,” said PM Nehru about the physicist whose work helped Indian win in its first Nobel Prize in science! #History #ForgottenHeroes

Cut off from civilization, these scientists spend months studying everything from the history of super-continents to bacteria in glaciers, and have fun while at it!