Innovation

After 16 years at Microsoft, Rishi Srivastava co-founded Offgrid Energy Labs in Gurugram to rethink how batteries are built. By turning back to zinc, his team is working on storage systems designed to last decades.

Built in labs, hospitals and schools — not boardrooms — these AI tools are improving accessibility, healthcare, education and public safety across India.

How clean-tech startup Recompose Recycling, in partnership with the Tamil Nadu Forest Department in Vellingiri Hills, Coimbatore, is transforming multi-layered plastic pilgrimage waste into furniture and public infrastructure.

From spotting methane build-up inside dumps to mapping urban heat islands in real time, SatLeo Labs is helping cities move from reactive firefighting to climate-smart foresight.

How to identify if a 'Made-in-India' robot is truly homegrown? With the recent Galgotias University robo-dog controversy, it’s more important than ever to know how to verify the authenticity of AI innovations. This guide will teach you how to spot rebranded imports and ensure transparency in the rapidly evolving robotics sector.

While AI draws headlines, five Indian students are building AI tools for crop disease, newborn screening, smart glasses and multilingual coding support. Here’s what they created.

After struggling with gaps in India’s gynaec care system themselves, Divya Kamerkar and Akanksha Vyas built Pinky Promise — a chat-first, AI-powered women’s healthcare platform that now helps over 4 lakh Indian women access private, judgment-free medical care from real doctors.

From generating 8.5 million reports to serving 3,000+ centres across 24 states, this healthtech startup is using AI to eliminate diagnostic delays and bring faster, equitable radiology care to India.

Mumbai’s Dharmaveer Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj Marg now features India’s first musical road. Here’s how the Jai Ho melody strip works, the science behind rumble strip acoustics, and musical road examples from Japan, Hungary, South Korea, and the UAE.

Instead of burning crop residue, farmers are converting it into biochar using a tractor-mounted machine. The shift is reducing winter smog, improving soil health, and offering a practical alternative to stubble burning.