Technology

Founded by Manu Chopra, Vivek Seshadri and Safiya Husain, Karya is a Bengaluru-based startup that is using AI to help rural Indians come out of poverty.

Akshay Ridlan has come up with a QR-based digital identification system to locate people who lose their way. His innovation, a pendant with a QR code in it, would be beneficial for people with dementia and Alzheimer's and children with disabilities.

Nawgati, founded by Vaibhav Kaushik, Aryan Sisodia and Aalaap Nair, wants to change the fuel station experience in India. Its B2B platform 'Aaveg' offers congestion monitoring through technology for fuel stations while the app offers easy navigation for customers.

IIT Delhi graduates and friends Siddhant Jain and Vibhav Sinha started VdoCipher in 2014. Their tech venture offers video encryption and security to teachers, ed-tech companies, and content creators, preventing illegal downloads.

Jaisimha Rao innovated AI-powered spot spray robots which selectively provide cover only to the plants, thereby protecting the soil from excessive chemical damage. So far, more than 500 farmers in Maharashtra and Karnataka have adopted the technology.

Developed by Dr V P Sethi, head of the department of mechanical engineering at Punjab Agricultural University, the Hybrid Hydroponics Technology combines both two types hydroponics systems to significantly reduce water wastage.

Kerala engineer Prince Mamman has built Gardro, an AI-enabled robot that can navigate the entire expanse of your garden and identify and terminate invasive weeds, track plant growth, and more.

Amid a lack of proper irrigation techniques, farmers waste gallons of water in paddy fields. Karnataka’s Malesh T launched agri-tech platform CultYvate to help farmers to measure water requirement of crops sitting at home.

In the audiobook ‘Igniting Ideas for Impact’ by The Better India and Accenture India, we delve into the world of entrepreneurs and startups that thought beyond borders and boundaries to achieve their dreams of changing the world.

Bengaluru-based engineers Gagandeep Reehal and Gursimran Kalra were in college when they came up with the idea of an autonomous car. Today, they’re the founders of Minus Zero, an AI mobility company, which has built zPod, a driverless car.