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From the co-founder of #Infosys to a member of the very first batch in 1965, three alumni recount their first hand account of how their time at IIT-Madras helped them attain real success. #IITMadras #IconsOfIndia

Armed with her backpack, travelling to remote locations, with no booking, living in youth hostels on a shoestring budget, the fearless explorer also moved on to writing a memoir of the adventures and misadventures these journeys in a book, The Travel Gods Must Be Crazy.

A long-term solution to water scarcity, this low-maintenance system costs just Rs 7,000. And the best part? It doesn't just recharge the groundwater table, it also prevents water from stagnating in the locality! #ChennaiWaterCrisis #SaveWater #CitizenAction

“Their lives are not condemned anymore. We have had once neglected horses that till 2009 were being euthanized by the police department. Now they live a full life and retire in care and love, with us.”

59-year-old SreeRam started learning this form of self-defence when he was 45, and three years later, started his own Krav Maga academy in Chennai.

One of the reasons why this is such a breakthrough is because conjectures are a major step in the process of making new discoveries in any branch of science, particularly mathematics, and this machine takes us one step closer to such discoveries.

Eco-warrior Kandasamy Subramani also pays no electricity bills, thanks to a simple solar plant and a roof garden that keeps his house cool!

Normally, about 600 ml of water is used in a single hand wash. According to UN, about 350 ml of this is being wasted. Now consider that this simple nozzle reduces the water used in a single hand wash to only 15 to 20 ml!

"We have been using our seas and oceans like dump yards, throwing all our chemicals and garbage in it, and polluting it with gigantic amounts of plastic. At this rate, things are not going to end well for us." #Respect #RealLifeHero

As apartment dwellers everywhere are finding out this summer, India's cities have begun to run out of water. Here are five question you should ask the builder before investing your hard-earned money!