child innovators

It all started in 2016 when as students of Indraprastha Vidyalaya, Aman and Nachiketh presented a project at the regional competition of the Indian Science and Engineering Fair.

EverGreen is cost-efficient as a metre of banana leaf costs about Rs 5, while plastic and aluminium foil cost anywhere between Rs 40 to Rs 60 per metre.

Sikanto came up with the idea of creating a manual waste lifting and dumping device as an innovative alternative to not only help his friends clean up the school premises better, but also make the task at hand something they looked forward to, every day.

While it is common for most of us to scrunch our noses up in disgust at the sight and smell of drainage waters flowing through gutters, these school girls have found a way to generate electricity from drainage water and have developed a micro power generator to facilitate the same.