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In association with IISc, The Better India decided to bring out some archived anecdotes about the unparalleled genius, as a fitting tribute on his 99th birthday.

From Homi Bhabha and Vikram Sarabhai to U Ramamurty, some of India’s most brilliant minds have been associated with this century-old premier institute in Bengaluru!

“We must not for a moment forget, it is a birthright of every individual to receive at least the basic education without which he cannot fully discharge his duties as a citizen."

The pilot programme of Team 3C headed by Aakarsh Shamanur, envisaged a community cooling solution for vendors to store perishables, which otherwise would expire before consumption.

On its centenary in 2008, India Post released two commemorative postage stamps.

The Waste Samaritan initiative is a door-to-door waste monitoring solution undertaken as a pilot project in Domlur Layout’s ward number 112, with the support of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike.

A group of researchers at IISc have pitched a sustainable water resource development strategy for Bengaluru and Mangaluru, under which the floodwater from Nethravathi river could be harnessed and flown into a reservoir in the Arabian Sea.

This can be integrated with a cell phone, or a small device at every traffic signal which can transmit the data to your cell phone through Bluetooth