innovators

Samsung India and IIT Delhi have chosen the top 10 teams in the 16-22 age group for the ‘Solve for Tomorrow’ innovation competition. These are teams with best ideas to solve problems in fields of education, environment, healthcare, and agriculture.

Be it fighting air pollution, providing access to quality healthcare in remote areas or aiding the differently-abled, these individuals have shown extraordinary examples of how ingenuity and altruism can make the world a better place.

From filing a petition against pollution-causing nations, inventing a landslide detection device, raising lakhs for the elderly, helping farmers increase their income to giving a dignified life to ragpickers, here are 10 youngsters who are shaping a better future.

This retired Army man has helped identify over 200 grassroots innovators behind brilliant utilitarian devices that can help solve day-to-day issues. India definitely needs more mentors like him!

Nanoclean was awarded the National Startups Award by former President Pranab Mukherjee in 2017, recognised among the top 25 technical startups from over 118 countries by the Republic of Korea and selected among Top 100 Startups in the World by the Hong Kong government, making it the only Indian startup to achieve this feat.

Unlike most conferences that heavily rely on the sage-on-the-stage format, this one will be based on curating meaningful and inspiring conversations between the speakers and the attendees.

While others around him complained about the foul stench from the sewer, scrunching their noses up in disgust when passing by, Abhishek thought of it as an opportunity for innovation.

It all started in 2016 when as students of Indraprastha Vidyalaya, Aman and Nachiketh presented a project at the regional competition of the Indian Science and Engineering Fair.

Rohit Patel, a 21-year-old onion farmer and innovator from Jhabua in Madhya Pradesh, has found a way to store his harvest for a few months and earn ten times the profit!

Much has been said and written about Bellandur Lake. But this Class X student is actually doing something about it!