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At 23, Kerala’s Ashin P Krishna built Coco-bot, a coconut-harvesting robot making farming safer and creating new income for rural workers.

From banking to farming, Sanket Mehta in Pune is growing 42 fresh, pesticide-free veggies using hydroponics. Nutrifresh delivers clean and tasty produce within 24 hours while empowering rural women. This innovative farm is proving that sustainable food can reach thousands of Indian homes and change lives for good.

Deepak Rajmohan and Vijay Anand founded GreenPod Labs in 2019 intending to minimise fresh produce loss by introducing cost-effective packaging solutions which are an alternative to expensive cold storage systems.

Growing 16 noni trees in his backyard in Bokaro, Jharkhand, 24-year-old Prasenjeet Kumar has shown how indigenous superfruits can transform livelihoods.

Several videos by farmers growing these unique designs went viral on Twitter. So we collect two of the best and speak to Srikant Ingalhaikar from Pune - an engineer turned farmer who introduced Japan's Tanbo art (paddy art) to India.

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.

KC Sijoy, the founder of Koocos Industries in Thrissur, Kerala spent 10 years designing a mechanical device that can peel tender coconuts in 40 seconds per piece.

17-year-old Ashok Gorre, a resident of Suryapet District, Telangana has invented low-cost tools that can make agricultural work such as sowing, reaping, and weeding easy.

From one piece of furniture that converts into 14 shapes to a robot that can segregate waste, here are 10 innovations that justify India's Global Innovation Index

Be it in a hospital or a college canteen, ideas for path-breaking innovations can strike you anywhere, at anytime. The win is in recognizing and following them through, as these individuals did to become changemakers of our society. You can, too! Last week to apply for @Villgro’s iPitch for Rs 8 Crore investment & more: www.villgro.org/ipitch