SRISTI’s GYTI Awards: Electronic Support System for people with hearing and speaking disabilities

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SRISTI’s GYTI Awards: Apparatus for making silk-based biomaterials to treat back pain

Student Team : Maumita Bhattacharjee ,Maumita Bhattacharjee Supervisor Name: Dr. Sourabh Ghosh. Prof. Alok R Ray College Name: Indian Institute of Technology, IIT Delhi Millions of  the elderly around the world suffer from a severe lower back pain due to the degeneration of Intervertebral disc (IVD) in the spinal column. We have designed a rapid … Continue reading →

SRISTI’s GYTI Awards: Nanofinishing of freeform surfaces of prosthetic knee joint implants

Student Team : Ajay Muljibhai Sidpara Supervisor Name: Prof. V. K. Jain, Prof. V. K. Suri, Prof. R. Balasubramanian College Name: Indian institute of technology Kanpur The components having freeform surfaces (surfaces which cannot be defined accurately mathematically) have been widely used in aerospace, automobile, medical, consumer products and the die and mould industries to … Continue reading →

SRISTI’s GYTI Awards: A renewable energy based stand‐alone 1‐phase AC generator

Student Team : Sandeep Vuddanti Supervisor Name: Prof. S.S. Murthy & Prof. Bhim Singh College Name: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi Bioenergy, Pico-hydro energy  and wind energy are important renewable energy sources suitable for small off-grid power applications in rural or remote areas  and have much potential in India. Domestic/commercial consumers often need a single-phase … Continue reading →

SRISTI’s GYTI Awards: Snippets memory aid for people with disability

Student Team : Devender Goyal, Aditi Srinivasan(Bangalore), Nirali Savla(Mumbai) Supervisor Name: Kshitij Marwah ( MIT- Media Labs) University: IIIT-Hyderabad College Name: IIIT-Hyderabad As we age, our brain starts to slowly lose our capacity for memorising things. When seniors have other debilitating neurological disorders or diseases such as Alzheimer’s or dementia, the function of memory may … Continue reading →

SRISTI’s GYTI Awards: Semi-Automatic Rubber Tapping Machine

Student Team : G.R. Malarmannan, S.Emmanuel Richards Supervisor Name: Dr. P. Rajeshkanna University: Anna University – Chennai College Name: Velammal College of Engineering and Technology, Madurai Every day, rubber harvesters are facing a shortage of labour for rubber tapping. The work is intensive and work hours are unfavourable. Hence, the team has designed a new … Continue reading →

Winds of prosperity

Origins Manually drawing water from tubewells or borewells is tiring.  Mohammad Mehtar Hussain and Mushtaq Ahmad devised a simple windmill using locally available material like bamboo, timber, strips of old tyres and pieces of iron to ease the process of drawing water. The technology was awarded by NIF in 2007. The initial model developed by … Continue reading →

SRISTI’s GYTI Awards: Non-Invasive Estimation of Blood Glucose Using Infrared Thermography against the Bio-Marker

Student Team : Sivanandam S , B. Venkatraman, Menaka M, Sharath D Supervisor Name: Dr. M.ANBURAJAN College Name: SRM UNIVERSITY Category: Bio-Medical & Health Care The application of the non-invasive infrared thermography in the diagnosis and prediction of the type 2 diabetes against the bio-marker (HbA1c) was studied based on the evidence that insulin has … Continue reading →

A Meeting with Indian Farmers’ Movement (INFAM) – a farmers’ organisation from Kerala

Representatives from Indian Farmers’ Movement (INFAM), a farmers’ body from Kerala held an interaction with the members of the Honey Bee Network to discuss some of their innovations and problems. The team also included a few innovators. One such innovator,  Joy John, had brought with him a light-weight milking machine with a simple design which … Continue reading →

31st Shodhyatra, Wardha, Maharashtra – open for registration!

Dear All the coming Shodhyatra will be organised in Wardha District, Maharashtra, from 5th to 12th May, 2013. Who would like to participate in the coming Shodhyatra, please be present on 4th May 2013 at Wardha, Maharashtra by evening. Departure is possible on 12th May 2013 10:00 am onwards. In order to reach the grassroots … Continue reading →