Science

“It was during my stint in the U.S. that I realised that while I remembered the theoretical concepts, and had the requisite marks, my knowledge and sense of application of many theories were nearly non-existent.”

People from remote places in the Himalayas say he is doing “God’s work”, although the commercial world we live in would term him a failure

Sridhar P, a teacher and mentor to students in a Bengaluru government school, was not going to let the lack of funds stop a group of talented students from participating in a robotics competition in Japan.

Satish Kumar, who is a mechanical engineer, has been turning plastic into fuel since 2016 and has so far cleared 50 tonnes of plastic in his unit.

An estimated 1.3 million tons of them are produced in a year worldwide which take years to decompose.

Ayush always wanted to become an engineer but in his own words, “the system doesn’t encourage anyone who thinks out of the box and I wasn’t ready to be in a mould.”

Student Rohit Dey has been making drones since the age of 5. Now, at aged 20, he's enjoying working as a drone tester for a national lab whilst working hard towards a successful career in aerodynamics.

Usha has started teaching science to Class 9 and 10 students, and dedicates two and a half hours each day to teach these children.

iBeeHive is a device that allows the beekeeper to remotely monitor the health of bees and kill pests that infest the hive.

Kana M Suresan and Annamalai Prathap, scientists at the Indian Institute of Science, Education and Research in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala,combined absorption and gelation processes, and tightly bound the oil to a porous matrix.