Innovation

Fitted onto the exhaust tailpipe of a car, this device can neutralise the pollution emitted from 10 cars or equivalent pollution from biomass burning or factory chimneys in its vicinity.

"Thanks to our innovation, response teams will know where to look without wasting anyone's time - helping provide food, drinking water, medicines and other safety aids to marooned populations." #IIT #Innovation

Overlooked for long, these people laid the pioneering stones upon which India’s scientific legacy has been built. It’s time more Indians knew about their story! #ForgottenHeroes #IndiansInScience

When asked why he chose this space, he says, “I saw that the problem before us was huge and did not see much work going into finding solutions, so I decided to take it up.”

A Class 7 student in Maharashtra, Bodhisatva designed the unique device after watching his mom, who suffers from spondylosis and back pain, struggling to clean bathroom floors. #Innovation #YoungIndia

Far more stable and jerk-free on bad roads, the fully indigenous ‘Deshla’ is not only clean and green, but also steals a march on conventional autos when it comes to safety, reliability, performance, and comfort!

“Did you know that the conventional red clay bricks can be the cause of soil erosion? Our Wricks can help solve it. If we happen to sell 10 lakh of those, it will be able to recycle 2,50,000 kg of waste materials!”

Mohanta says that he also often goes to schools to talk to the students about reusing plastic bottles. He says, “I tell them that plastic takes forever to decompose and dumping it is of no use, so we should reuse them.”

Be it in a hospital or a college canteen, ideas for path-breaking innovations can strike you anywhere, at anytime. The win is in recognizing and following them through, as these individuals did to become changemakers of our society. You can, too! Last week to apply for @Villgro’s iPitch for Rs 8 Crore investment & more: www.villgro.org/ipitch

This product essentially provides nutritious food to disaster struck victims stranded for days with nothing but the weekly supply of food aid to depend on.