frugal invention

When innovation is designed for real conditions, it can change everything. Across rural India, frugal solar solutions are preserving harvests, boosting incomes and creating livelihoods—without expensive tech or electricity.

While the body of the pen is built from plantain leaf, papaya leaf stem, coconut leaf and castor stem, a nib is fixed at one end of the stem. The other end is sealed using maida starch which holds the ink.

A list of innovations made by common people propelled by adverse situations and dire needs.

The Tiffy Template is a frugal invention to help the blind identify currency notes and avoid being short changed. Every blind person in India can get the Tiffy Template for free.