landslides

Developed by IIT Mandi’s Dr Kala Venkata Uday, this low-cost AI device can predict landslides up to three hours in advance. Installed across 60 sites in Himachal Pradesh, it uses machine learning and sensors to protect families living in India’s mountain regions.

Built without using stones, bricks or cement, Gopalalrishan's 1300 sqft house is designed to float atop flood waters when the water level rises! #Innovation #Kerala

And that's not all they are doing. While DC Annies Kanmani Joy and SP Suman D Pennekar are both battling the timber mafia, ZP CEO K Lakshmi Priya is helping kids who have dropped out of school to enroll once again! #Respect #WomenPower #LeadingByExample

"The vulnerability of the location and weak construction of the self-engineered shanties leaves thousands defenseless during monsoons. Government intervention has been minimal and these people don’t know how to protect themselves. I wanted to change that!” #Innovation #ImpactThatMatters #Mumbai

Here is a collection of 15 such stories that gives a glimpse of important developments reported by Indian scientists during the year.

Amazingly, the state has been suffering its own disaster for a month now, but still contributed Rs 1 crore for Kerala Flood Relief.

“To address the problem of landslides and to reduce the cost of sensing these disasters, a faculty-student group named iIoTs, incubated by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi's technology incubator, Catalyst, has developed an indigenously built low-cost landslide monitoring and warning technology."

The Paharis—the native people of Uttarakhand—are known for their determination and grit, and know how to rise above a disaster when it strikes.