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Grassroots Innovation: Energy Efficient Oil Expeller
The National Innovation Foundation (NIF), India, was established on Feb 28th 2000 by the Department of Science and Technology (DST). The main goal of NIF is to provide institutional support in...
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Grassroots Innovation: Multi-Utility Fuel Efficient Stove
The National Innovation Foundation (NIF), India, was established on Feb 28th 2000 by the Department of Science and Technology (DST). The main goal of NIF is to provide institutional support in...
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Meet Chintakindi Mallesham – The inventor of the Laxmi Asu Machine that...
This is a part of an ongoing series called ‘Grassroots Innovation’. A hand winding process called Asu is required in the traditional ‘Tie & Dye’ Pochampalli silk saree tradition. This involves...
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Grassroots Innovation: Biomass Gasifier that generates energy at a low cost
Innovators are scientists looking for the best possible solutions. And innovators usually don’t need laboratories – they are risk takers who experiment with whatever resources they have in their...
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Grassroots Innovation: Pandharinath’s Onion Transplanter
Onion transplantation is one of the most labour intensive and time consuming process in onion cultivation. Roughly 1,70,000 to 1,90,000 seedlings per acre are transplanted using 40 people. But one man...
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She was 14 years old when she invented this machine. It won her a National...
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...
View ArticleA Bicycle That Rides On Water. Invented By This 60 Year Old Man from Bihar....
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 –...
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26 Innovative Ideas By School Students That Will Blow Your Mind Away!
A young mind is the sharpest mind. It learns quick and acts quicker. The education system today focuses on books and rote-learning, but times are changing as these young geniuses, who chose to take a...
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When He Could Not Afford To Repair His Roof, He Invented A Foot Operated Tile...
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...
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The Simple #Innovation That Is Changing The Lives Of Coconut Tree Climbers
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...
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A Time Bomb, An Automatic Food Maker, A Robot – Here’s Why Abhishek Is The...
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...
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This College Dropout from Assam Has over 140 Agricultural Innovations to His...
Advances in technology are key to the future of agriculture as farmers strive to feed the world with limited natural resources and combat climate change. It was with this in mind that ace innovator...
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What Are Kids in Bihar Doing? Making Electricity from Banana Stems & Walkers...
A spark of brilliance can reveal itself to anyone, irrespective of their age and education. Two gifted students from Bihar, Gopal Jee and Shalini Kumari, have proved just that with their brilliant...
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15-Year-Old Mathura Boy Invents Unique Garbage-Collecting Cart!
Necessity is the mother of invention. Nothing better sums up the story of 15-year-old Mathura innovator Sikanto Mandal, who invented the Swachhta cart better. Sikanto, now a Class 12 student, was in...
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This 57-Year-Old School Dropout’s Novel Agarbatti Machine Is Winning Awards!
Karuna Kanta Nath might be a dropout, but his success as a grassroots innovator proves that curiosity cannot be taught in schools or colleges. It is innate to every innovator. Now 57, the man has won...
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Class 6 Chennai Student Uses Native Grass to Make ‘Herbal’ Anti-Pollution Mask!
A grass species native to India, the vetiver or Chrysopogon Zizanioides has many purposes to serve. From stabilising soil and preventing erosion to the usage of oil procured from its roots in cosmetics...
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3-Feet-Long Carrots to Cauliflowers that Weigh 25 kg! Meet 4 Innovative Farmers
Sitting on his haunches amidst the cauliflowers growing on the field bed on a September afternoon, Jagdish Prasad Parikh talks proudly about his crop, which has given him an entry into the Limca Book...
View Article‘Bite On This’ Episode 8: Is Our Desi Haldi The Wonder Drug of Modern Ailments?
When the mercury dips low, we Indians have solutions at home, right in our kitchens. Honey and ginger drops for cough and cold; ghee for nourishment; and almond milk for overall immunity. But there’s...
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A High School Dropout, Kerala Man Won a National Award For His Life-Saving...
For Rishikesh CS, a national award winning innovator, attending pre-university (PU) college (Class 11 and 12) felt like a waste of time. Intensely passionate about electronics, the resident of Muhamma...
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After 7 Years of Work, Farmer Builds Seed Extractor That Cuts Process Time by...
For over a decade, a modest farmer’s simple innovation remained hidden from the world. It was only after his work was appreciated through an award by the Odisha government that his genius came to...
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Maha Farmer Works for 8 Years, Develops Disease-Resistant, Long-Lasting Onions
I chop onions almost every day and never bother about its internal layers, the number of nodes it has to shoot sprouts from or even its outer covering. Yet, in an attempt to find the root cause of an...
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Rickshaw Puller Turns Innovator; Builds Devices That Earn Lakhs & Helps...
Dharambir Kamboj, popularly known as ‘Kissan Dharambir’, is the quintessential Indian success story. From a cycle rickshaw puller working on the streets of Delhi, the 58-year-old from Damla village in...
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Named ‘Creative Twins Of India’ By Dr Kalam, Kashmir Brothers Have Built 36...
Unlike other children in their town Wandevalgam Soyan in Kashmir, twin brothers Refaz and Ishfaq Wani recall most of their childhood being a struggle for survival. “When we were in class 6, we went...
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