low cost innovation

With just Rs 2500, PVC pipes and a barrel, Mumbai’s Subhajit Mukherjee built a simple rainwater harvesting system that’s saving thousands of litres in homes, schools, and parks.

Ganji Amarender is a math teacher who, at the onset of the pandemic, innovated a low-cost device to help conduct online lessons for his students better. He has even been recognised by the Telangana State Innovation Cell for his work.

Two researchers at The Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi have launched a low-cost Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) kit for detecting Coronavirus. But the test cannot be used by patients at home.

Ashutosh Vashishtha, a student of National Institute of Design Haryana has designed a table that generates electricity to aid students of rural areas.

Earthen Tunes was launched in 2019 by three graduates of National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad to design comfortable shoes for farmers using a desi wool.

After two years of research, a team from the Indian Institute of Technology - Hyderabad has developed an oral form of Amphotericin B (AmB), which is used to treat black fungus in post-covid patients, along with kala azar or leishmaniasis.

Perala Manasa Reddy, a civil engineer graduate from Telangana, launched Samnavi Constructions and innovated the OPods - a low-cost housing solution built using large sewage pipes.

Rajat Kumar Panigrahi, the principal of the Industrial Training Institute (ITI) at Berhampur has innovated a low-cost trolley to move oxygen cylinders in remote areas with make shift hospitals.

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.

The students initially started to donate numerous supplies to various collection points in Kerala but soon came together to create something innovative.