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After founding IPexcel, a multi-million dollar revenue generating technology and innovation consulting firm, Madhumita Agrawal cofounded an electric vehicle company, OBEN, with her husband, Dinkar.

“We must absolutely protect what is ours. In a country blessed with such unique products, we must ensure that certain qualities and characteristics unique to a place must not be forgotten or usurped by outside vested interest.”

From sleeping on the footpath, studying under the streetlight and working as a paanwala for 12 years, Ganesh Hingmire, today, is a national award-winning legal expert on Intellectual Property Rights and Geographical Indication.

At a time when India is battling a brain drain epidemic, here are some ambitious global projects that hold a world of promise for Indian scientists and are giving them a much-needed boost.

Low-cost, generic medicines produced in India are helping millions of people across the world get affordable, high-quality medication.