Sustainability

Ajay Sharma, founder of Sewa Welfare Society, has introduced check dams made using gunny bags, in Khunti district of Jharkhand

Malai Biomaterials, a Kerala startup founded in 2018, has innovated an eco-friendly, vegan material that looks and feels like leather but is made using coconut water.

Chandigarh-based Ghrats Fresh Atta was launched by three friends who are on a mission to revive a dying tradition, sustainably produce food, and provide employment to others.

M Suraj from Chhattisgarh, along with the state forest department and NGOs confiscated over 150 animal traps from Udanti-Sitanadi Tiger Reserve to save wild cats

Jojo John, an anaesthetist from Kochi in Kerala, narrates how his switch to solar energy reduced his electricity bills from Rs 4000 to Rs 140 and switching to a solar-powered electric vehicle brought his fuel costs down to zero

It took Garima Bharadwaj and Gaurav Bali almost two years to come up with an integrated Building Intelligence Operating System (BIOS) — a wireless, energy-efficient device. Here's why they came up with their Mumbai-based startup Enlite Research.

Kolkata-based Aayush Sarda formed social enterprise 'Sweetness of Ethics' to help victims of Cyclone Amphan to source, package and market honey to earn better livelihoods selling 1,200 bottles every month

Conventional tea bags are made of microplastic. In a brilliant innovation, Assam-based Upamanyu and Ashuman are creating biodegradable tea bags out of leaves under their startup 'Wooláh'.

Frustrated by the erratic power supply, Gitaram Kadam built a windmill and a solar power plant in Pune, Maharashtra, to help irrigate farmlands in his village while also helping women increase sources of income

Sarojini Goyal, from Chhattisgarh, trains women to grow conserve traditional medicinal plants like Brahmi, Giloy, Ashwagandha, Neem, Shatavari and other species for traditional healers