Innovation

Climekit, a unique and simple innovation, has the potential to “crowd-source” the next solution to India’s growing air pollution troubles.

Perumal Vivekanandan has been working in the NGO sector for 30 years, encouraging grassroots innovators and giving them platforms to grow and flourish.

Finding the chalk dust in their classroom insufferable, students at a government school in Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu designed chalk dusters using waste plastic bottles. The project was selected amongst the Top 20 stories at the ‘I CAN Awards 2015’ organised by Design for Change.

Gursimran Singh has made a device that visually impaired people can wear which will enable them to visualise the text being dictated by using the concept of binaural beats. He has been awarded a 20 lakh grant for the device to be produced at commercial level and distributed across the country.

Elderly healthcare in rural India still has many gaps in effective implementation. In the current scenario, having an efficient home-care system can be extremely beneficial and helpful.

Students at St. Kabir’s Residential and Day School, Haryana, designed a plough to ease the burden of the school gardener, who took a lot of time to plough the garden, time that he could otherwise spend in studying or pursuing other jobs. The project was selected amongst the Top 20 stories at the ‘I CAN Awards 2012’ organised by Design for Change.

Farmers in the southern reaches of Pudukottai district in Tamil Nadu have turned to agroforestry to protect and boost incomes, because falling groundwater levels and overuse of chemical fertilizers and pesticides has made agriculture unsustainable in the area. Jency Samuel takes a closer look.

A survey conducted in South Kamrup in Assam shows that use of small water pumps for irrigation in an area where groundwater is abundant has resulted in significant increases in earnings for smallholder and marginal farmers. Bikalp Chamola takes a closer look.

Finding the stench that emanated from their school toilet unbearable, students at a government school in Trichy district designed low-cost urinals using 20-litre plastic bottles. The project won the ‘Boldest Idea’ award at the ‘I CAN Awards 2016’ organised by Design for Change.

Six months after joining the People’s Archive of Rural India as part of AIF’s Clinton Fellowship for Service in India, Olivia Waring shares her journey of leaving a lucrative job in Silicon Valley to put her coding skills to use for the greater good.