Best Innovations from India

Founders of Forus Health, K. Chandrasekhar and Shyam Vasudev Rao, with their product, 3nethra <em>Photo: Nilotpal Baruah</em>

Updated : Feb 18, 2014

Forus Health has developed a slick retinal imaging device

Forus Health has developed a slick retinal imaging device.

Updated : Jun 21, 2013

Innovation special: Ideas from India changed the world

This year, Business Today's annual innovation special celebrates some of the successful innovations in India that have also resonated across the globe.FULL COVERAGE

Updated : Jun 20, 2013

Four pre-requisites for successful innovation

Ravi Venkatesan, former chairman of Microsoft India and author of the forthcoming book Conquering the Chaos, tells about four pre-requisites for successful innovation.

Updated : Jun 19, 2013

Innovation special: Siemens switchgear bringing electricity to many countries

Siemens switchgear developed for India is bringing electricity to consumers in a growing number of countries.

A model displays a Dhama Innovations's wrap, which works as a pain reliever<em>Photo: Vivan Mehra; Model: Shivani, Sara Model Management</em>

Updated : Jun 19, 2013

Dhama Innovations's healing braces and wraps are a hit in US

Dhama Innovations's healing braces and wraps are a hit in the US.

Bank of Kathmandu uses FINO devices to reach out to its customers in villages

Updated : Jun 19, 2013

Financial services provider FINO takes banking to the poor

Financial services provider FINO takes banking to the poor.

Students can buy prepaid cards and use them at any DHL outlet to send applications <em>Photo: Rachit Goswami</em>

Updated : Jun 19, 2013

DHL understood what students wanted and made a business out of it

DHL understood what students wanted - and made a business out of it.

Hand in Hand beneficiaries near the Blue Mosque in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan

Updated : Jun 19, 2013

Hand in Hand is creating entrepreneurs in war-torn Afghanistan

Hand in Hand is overcoming ideological hurdles to create entrepreneurs in war-torn Afghanistan.

A farmer checks weather information on his mobile phone <em>Photo: Vivan Mehra/www.indiatodayimages.com</em>

Updated : Jun 19, 2013

Nokia connects through an SMS-based information service

Updated : Jun 19, 2013

Project Shakti has helped thousands of women - and also men.

With some 48,000 Shakti Ammas and 30,000 Shaktimaans, HUL reaches over three million households in 100,000 villages in 15 states.

Pureit does not require electricity to function <em>Photo: Vivan Mehra/www.indiatodayimages.com</em>

Updated : Jun 19, 2013

HUL Pureit water filters are touching millions of lives worldwide

Hindustan Unilever's Pureit water filters are touching millions of lives worldwide.

Updated : Nov 2, 2012

How Barefoot College is empowering women

The Social Work and Research Centre, also known as the Barefoot College, works with underprivileged women, helping them build livelihoods within their own communities. The college, located in Tilonia village in Rajasthan, runs entirely on solar power and has trained 3 million women over the last four decades.  <br />

Updated : Nov 2, 2012

Lighting up rural India through solar microgrids

Thigra, a village 90 km from Lucknow, has been enjoying the benefits of electricity, thanks to Mera Gao Power and its solar microgrids. Each microgrid generates enough electricity to power 35 households for seven hours. <br />

Updated : Nov 2, 2012

How precision farming is helping Jalgaon farmers

DK Mahajan, a farmer from Jalgaon district in Maharashtra, talks about how precision farming techniques have helped him save on water usage and improve the quality and quantity of crops.