No chemicals

Kerala resident Stanley Jacob built a water filter that purifies dirty water without electricity, suitable for both commercial and industrial use.

Amrita Chengappa moved to a small village in Uttarakhand in 2002 in search of a simpler life. With her partner, she runs SOS Organics that sells all-natural soaps, candles, home care items, teas, seasonings and cold pressed oils, all made with indigenous produce.

After six months of training, when the couple sold the soaps made by the women to their friends and family, they were mindblown at the feedback. Thus NEEV Herbal Handmade Soaps became the couple’s entrepreneurial venture.

The once dump yard, today boasts of trees like pomegranate, sweet lime, guava, and also has plants like lemon, lady finger, tomato, black plum, lemon and bitter gourd.

Sarrah often thought about how her father could never really enjoy eating any sweets without thinking about his blood sugar level. Also, the lack of awareness about diabetes in the country helped her think in a new direction.

With a mission to find an alternative method to abate wastage of water, it took eight years of research for Dr Rajah Vijay Kumar to come up with the innovation.