student innovation

Students from Shiv Nadar School, Gurugram, developed ‘Mati Rakshak’, a handheld IoT soil testing device paired with the bilingual ‘Agroww’ app. This solution offers real-time soil nutrient analysis, helping Indian farmers optimise fertiliser use, improve crop health, and reduce environmental impact.

Chennai student Mahek Parvez has innovated SunHarvested CoolRooms, a sustainable alternative to cold storage that “mimics nature” to increase the shelf life of fruits and vegetables by three times.

Muhammed Shiyad Chathoth, a class 12 Computer Science student from Kannur has innovated a robot called ‘Pathooty’. Here's how he did it.

Kaviraj Prithvi from IIT Guwahati, the founder of Prithvi Systems and Innovations, invented a braille printer, ‘Tactall’, that won an award from Startup India

Rahul Bansal and Phalgun Vyas won an innovation contest at IIT Bombay for their temperature-controlled vest that can keep one cool in the summer and warm during winters.

Assam-based Samrat Nath has built an e-bicycle that has many security features to make it ‘theft-proof’, and can be traced as far as 15 kilometres if stolen

A 21-year-old engineering student from Tamil Nadu, Pravin Nagendran has developed a plant-based material that can save lives in car and aircraft accidents. His innovation won third place and Rs 3 Lakh in DRDO's 'Dare to Dream' contest.

The brains behind the startup Kshemin Labs, Pradeep Varma, Gyan Sai and Rohit K from Vishakapatnam have innovated an AI-powered device that can prevent road accidents by detecting and stopping drivers from falling asleep at the wheel.

20-year-old Madhav Lavakare from Delhi has built Transcribe Glass, inspired by Google Glass, a device that processes information from live conversations, Google, Microsoft and other platforms to convert speech to text

Neel Shah, a student of Class 12 at Zenith High School at Vadodara, Gujarat, has built a working prototype of a solar-powered e-bike that runs on the dual force of the sun's energy and a dynamo alternator.