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Forbes India 13th Anniversary: Rewind of Key Milestones of India's Corporates and Startups
A rewind of the key milestones in India's corporates and startups, through the lens of 13 years of Forbes India
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India's maturing startup culture is becoming a driving force for innovation
India is inching up on the global innovation index and it is evidenced in exciting new developments taking place in early-stage startups in areas from robotics and quantum cryptography to space and insect biotechnology and energy transition
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Step into the future: A taste of the innovations brewing in India
India has emerged as a genuine global hub of startups-led Innovation
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Eeki Foods: Hydroponic veggies at mandi rates
With an innovative polymer composite material used to make containers for the hydroponics, doing away with coolers or chillers, Eeki Foods grows three times the yield of conventional farming, by using 80 percent less water
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Loopworm: Creating insect protein for livestock and even pet food
Insects don't need a lot of arable land or portable water that plants need and greenhouse emissions from insect cultivation are much lower than that of composting
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Peer Robotics: Making robots doing what you want
Most robots are programmed to do a particular task and teaching it new tasks often requires a map application or more. Peer Robotics' robots can be given force-feedback to change its direction and make them perform tasks on demand
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Newtrace: Putting India on the green hydrogen map
Newtrace to develop a new class of "membraneless" electrolysers to make a dent in the "green hydrogen" market, which currently is a miniscule portion of the 6 to 7 million tonnes of hydrogen produced in the country annually, all from fossil fuels
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Zipy.ai: Debug in a jiffy
Zipy.ai automates the process of finding bugs in code that are throwing up errors. It makes debugging faster, and more efficient, reducing downtime and improving operations
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StepChange: Helping entreprises go net-zero
The company's ESG management tool, product cycle impact analysis tool, and mobile app solutions help companies reduce their Scope 3 emissions and puts them on the path of net-zero
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Skyroot Aerospace: Creating spacefaring history with Vikram-S
Skyroot Aerospace launched Vikram-S, India's first privately built space rocket in November 2022. Founders Pawan Kumar Chandana and Naga Bharath Daka now hold the aspiration of one launch a day
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QNu Labs: Solving complex problems with quantum computing
In a hyperconnected digital world, trust is critical and QNu Labs is enhancing that trust with its flagship products—a quantum key distribution and a post-quantum cryptography software.
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e-Trnl Energy: Cells that keep their cool
At e-Trnl Energy, Apoorv Shaligram and Uttam Sen are building a tech that will achieve superior economics for cell manufacturing and allow them to create fast charging battery packs with lower levels of heating and longer lives
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FibroHeal Woundcare: Silken touch for healthcare
That the silkworm can breathe and stay alive inside the cocoon, a "fully closed system", fascinated Vivek Mishra, triggering the germ of an idea that eventually became FibroHeal Woundcare
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How valuable companies are driving change with innovative approach
From Moglix to Purplle, some of India's bestknown unicorns are becoming dynamos of innovation by harnessing it to what their customers need
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Why innovation is needed to battle wild wild waste
It has been 150 years since plastics came into being, today plastics refuse is a towering problem confronting India, but recycling solutions are few and underfunded
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Padcare Labs: Solving sanitary napkins disposal conundrum, one bin-full at a time
With patented technology, Padcare Labs has created a process called 'menstrual hygiene management' that takes care of recycling used sanitary napkins, from collection to processing
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Angirus: Making green buildings, sustainable brick by brick
Udaipur-based Angirus makes sustainable, customisable, damp-proof high-quality bricks; made in a day from recycled waste
2023 Innovation Special
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Imagine a world where the cost of intelligence is zero: Sateesh Seetharamiah
EdgeVerve Systems CEO Sateesh Seetharamiah on AI being a game changer in automations, the big picture around the future worker, and the importance of security and data
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Innovation can't be like Brownian motion: Ashish Khushu, CTO, LTTS
While the spotlight has been on its sibling LTI, L&T Technology Services has quietly become a billion-dollar revenue company, excelling in several areas of engineering design and innovation. Ashish Khushu, CTO of LTTS, shares how he aligned the company's innovation programmes to its growth priorities
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Innovation has a direct impact on the country's well-being: Sanjay Jain
Entire nations can progress, raising their citizens' access to health, education and employment, with the power of innovation, writes the partner at Bharat Fund
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India has the potential to create global-first products. What will it take to unleash it?
Gopichand Katragadda, the founder of Myelin Foundry, and former CTO of Tata group says India has all the ingredients needed to innovate high-tech products for the world
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How to ensure innovation works for everyone and not just a few?
The outcome of innovation is not only limited to the thrill of something new, something unique or a path never explored before, but it is to expand our ability to improve lives, organisations, communities, society. Ensuring innovation works for everyone is key, Sanjay Purohit, chief curator, Societal Platform, writes
