National Innovation Foundation

Gopal Jee has invented an eco-friendly means of producing electricity from banana stems, while Shalini Kumari has ideated a walker that also helps people climb stairs.

Here's is the inspiring story of 'serial innovator' Uddhab Bharali, a hardworking and humble college dropout whose energy-efficient and low-cost machines are simplifying agricultural processes for farmers across the country.

When his mother fell ill, Abhishek Bhagat realized how tedious it was to wait for food to get cooked. So he invented a machine that cooks food automatically. A curious student, his first innovation was a time bomb at an age of 12! Meet this amazing young innovator.

Appachan was a school dropout but had a great ability to innovate things that could be used in day to day life. He saw the struggles faced by tree climbers, especially when it came to climbing the tall coconut or areca nut trees. He decided to solve this problem by inventing a simple and innovative tree climber that makes the task of climbing a cake walk.

A lot of energy and time is spent in the tile-making process. What makes it worse is that the effort, energy and time consumed is far more than the outcome. Sukhranjan Mistry thought to solve this issue and invented a machine that could help tile makers prepare 300 tiles in a day. That too of various designs!

One probably does not associate schools in India as breeding grounds for innovation! But we found proof for it, in these 26 impressive and innovative ideas by students of various schools across India. They show how young minds are bringing about a revolution in the conventional education system - by picking machines over books and ideas over words. Prepare to be amazed!

Mohammad Saidullah is an inventor unlike any other you've ever met! His inability to meet his wife on time due to overcrowded boats made him become an inventor - and he invented an amphibious bicycle - one that runs both on land and water!

Meet Remya Jose. She is the inventor of the washing-cum-exercise machine that won her a National Award. During her 10th standard, her mother fell ill and father was undergoing medical treatment. Remya had to change three buses while going to and coming from school and spend about two hours each way. As there was no washing machine at home, the chore of doing the laundry fell to her and her twin sister. So instead of just wishing futilely for a washing machine, she decided to try her hand at making one during the vacations!