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You can zoom, at a maximum speed of 120 kmph, in his car that runs on compressed air! You can also ride a cycle without pedalling or drive a solar-gas hybrid car…all you have to do is visit a small garage in Assam. Kanak Gogoi, a modest innovator who has studied only up to class [...]

Sreelatha Menon The world goes green with the world cup, as players take bottles to the field. This season the football extravaganza was not all about great football, but about a green revolution that has taken the world of sports by storm. Recycled plastic PET bottles collected from landfill sites in Taiwan and Japan have [...]

If you have an idea that needs another brain to make it work; or a prototype that needs an out-of-box solution; or a start-up that needs investment advice, this is your place. IdeasXchange is a great new discussion forum that leverages the collective intelligence of fellow entrepreneurs, investors, mentors and even dreamers. Hop on! http://www.ideas.economictimes.com/

Funding Landscape in India for Technology Startups, http://www.venturecenter.co.in/funding/funding.php Our unique, online, free database of funding sources for entrepreneurs continues to grow. Please visit the link above to stay informed of new government schemes, angel networks, etc. Also, do visit and join the unique Venture Center library, focused on technology innovation, entrepreneurship and commercialization: http://www.vcenterlibrary.org/

Poonam Kasturi calls herself Compost Wali. On a unique mission, she wants ordinary Indians to feel empowered, make a ‘clean’ difference to the society, by converting waste into useful compost in a simple and cost effective manner.  Her organic business venture Daily Dump offers different types of composters that convert the waste generated in one’s  [...]

Former President APJ Abdul Kalam called him a ‘true scientist’. Mitticool, a clay refrigerator that works without electricity had turned the world’s attention to its creator Mansukhbhai Prajapati, a craftsman based in Gujarat. Presenting the national award to Mansukhbhai in 2009, President Pratibha Patil appreciated his work and asked him for a Mitticool. Scientists and [...]

Tata Motors is taking giant strides and making history for itself. First the Landrover-Jaguar deal, then the world’s cheapest car and now it is also set to introduce the car that runs on air, compressed air to be specific. More

Shobha Warrier in Chennai The story of Patricia Narayan, winner of this year’s ‘Ficci Woman Entrepreneur of the  Year’ award is amazing. She started her career 30 years ago as an entrepreneur, selling eateries from a mobile cart on the Marina beach amidst all odds — battling a failed marriage, coping with her husband, a multiple [...]

Vastra Samman We believe that just by re-using our old clothes the problem of clothing for the poor can be solved to a very large extent Cloth for work Cloth is given as a motivation, with dignity, to people working on their own community issues. We turn age old charitable cloth into a resource for [...]

Daily Dump is a brand, a service, a set of products and a way of life that we hope people begin to subscribe to. As a service, Daily Dump helps you manage your household waste and convert it to useful high-quality compost. It supports you with flexible service plans to achieve your goal of becoming [...]




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