ERVIS, Kazi’s first ever innovation, is a prototype ocean cleaner ship that can suck out plastic from the surface of the ocean. There are two kinds of people in the world. The ones who create problems and the ones who solve them. I want to be in the latter category. With these words, Haaziq …
#ChildrenForThePlanet: 12-YO Pune Boy’s Innovation Can Rid Our Oceans of Plastic Read More »
Ecologists have raised alarm over e-portals like Amazon and eBay selling invasive plant species such as Lantana Camara — which are taking toll on the native flora and fauna — to urban dwellers in India for their gardens and balcony gardens. As there is no check on the internet trading, the ecologists have warned that …
Air quality in Delhi and many parts of north India has hit dismal levels, and is expected to get even worse with winter setting in and Diwali just a day away. While the government is taking efforts to curb air pollution, entrepreneur and ex-IIT-Delhi student Prateek Sharma has come up with a short-term, cost-effective way to …
Tired of pollution? Try IITian Prateek Sharma’s Rs. 10 ‘Nasofilters’ Read More »
Growth can alleviate poverty but its definition needs to expand to make any tangible difference on the ground. Amidst the din caused by the story of rising billionaires, the message on India’s poverty decline in the recent report of the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative has been lost. UNDP and Oxford University released the …
For Rajagopalan Nair, retirement from the Indian Navy wasn’t the end of the road. The ex-Navy officer from Kerala went onto become a civil engineer, establishing his own firm, Hi Tech Bio Solutions, in Vasai, a suburban town in the Palghar district of Maharashtra, and developed India’s first portable biogas plant that consumers can use …
Kerala Man Makes Portable Plant That Provides 2 Hrs of Biogas & 4 Kg of Manure Daily! Read More »
