Innovation

Four students of Gurugram's Shiv Nadar school have created Postura, which has a unique sensory mechanism that alerts individuals when they slouch and trains them to correct their posture over a period of time.

To reduce his expenses on fuel, Rajkumar Mupparapu from Telangana converted his old bicycle into a battery-operated one within ten days and by spending less than Rs 20,000

Debashish Sen introduced the System of Rice (or Root) Intensification (SRI) technique to farmers in Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh in 2006, which was originally invented in the 1980s in Madagascar.

Ayushman Nayak, a Class VII student from KIIT International School, conceived the idea of a washing machine that could reduce water waste by recycling and re-purposing water using a 5-layer filtration system

Bengaluru fisherman Arokiyaswamy Shamanna built an innovative machine out of an old ambassador car engine to remove water hyacinth choking the Hebbal Lake. And it's already helping 100 families

Howrah-based scientist Dr Ramendra Mukherjee is the inventor of an international award-winning micro microscope in 1998. He has over 30 internationally patented inventions so far which also include a phone-sized UV steriliser.

Troubled by the large scale unemployment during the coronavirus lockdown in 2020, Amar Prajapati a class 8 student in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, started Jeevan Prakash, an LED bulb manufacturing company.

From hearts, tongues to bones, how Mumbai-based Anotomiz3D is using MRI scans to build affordable 3D anatomy models to eliminate risks and save lives.

Researchers from IIT Guwahati have developed a Porous Radiant Burner (PRB) that works on a range of fuel such as LPG, biogas, and kerosene, and can be used for commercial as well as domestic purposes

Ali Manikfan from Lakshadweep was honoured with a Padma Shri under the category of ‘Grassroots Innovation’. Here’s his amazing life story.