Innovation

Kavya Kopparapu, with a team that includes her 15-year-old brother, Neeyanth, and classmate Justin Zhang, has developed a smartphone app called Eyeagnosis.

Using available waste materials on the campus like waste palm wheels, coconut leaves, a stick, and wheels of small cycles, these students made a makeshift sweeping machine to help the aged sweeper.

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.

An estimated 1.3 million tons of them are produced in a year worldwide which take years to decompose.

Currently a group representing the 2nd Changemakers' Room is developing an international mobility project “Scaling Women-led Businesses: Generating opportunities to Grow”.

Not only can this device stop drivers from dozing off while driving, it can also be used to track students' attendance on school buses!

Beneficial towards maintaining the sanitation of public facilities that are cleaned only in fixed intervals, the device can help curb the use of water, harmful cleaning agents and even labour by raising alerts only when need arises.

Delhi Metro's commitments to eco-friendly and sustainable practices were recognised at a national conference held this week earning it the title of 'the world's first green metro'.

17-year-old Akash Singh, who hails from Jewar, Greater Noida, was struck by the idea after watching his grandfather finding a regular walking stick heavy to lift.

Cure It, a venture by Abhishek Mandaliya, employs a unique method known as drip curing, where limited amount of water is dripped slowly at regular intervals for curing concrete.