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INTERVIEW: Hemant Sahal on Inventions

Posted on 29. Nov, 2009 by Charles Tsai.

Continuing our interview series with youth who have launched invention ventures through our Invent Your World campaign, we bring you this interview with Hemant Sahal, inventor of the CALLMAT. 1) Your invention venture, CALLMAT, aims to address the problem of water contamination by offering a technology that would remove toxic metal ions and pollutants. Why [...]

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VENTURE: CALLMAT

Posted on 02. Oct, 2009 by Charles Tsai.

Hemant Sahal, 20, India – When visiting his hometown in rural India, Hemant Sahal was struck by the number of people suffering from heavy metal poisoning. The source of this harmful waste is small-scale industry, which lacks the knowledge and resources to prevent the release of harmful by-products into local water supply. To address this [...]

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VENTURE: Bioclean

Posted on 13. Apr, 2009 by Charles Tsai.

Amandeep Verma, 23, India – When Amandeep went to visit his aunt in his village in northern India, he would watch as she cooked using bio-gas. Using bio-gas to cook is a time consuming process so Amandeep went to work to find a more efficient and clean way to cook. After talking to others in [...]

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VENTURE: Turn It Off

Posted on 13. Apr, 2009 by Charles Tsai.

Sagar Naupada, 19, India - While we walk out of a room having a 60W bulb without switching it off, the power wastage snow balls to approximately 22,000W per year. If this is the case of a single bulb what about the other appliances in our house hold. My idea is to develop a electronic system [...]

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VENTURE: Tractor-Factor

Posted on 11. Apr, 2009 by Charles Tsai.

Shailesh Upadhyay and Ujala Shanker, India – One of the biggest problems faced by Indian villages is scarce electricity to power light bulbs. Electricity is provided only for a very few hours and only during day time. Hence, children are unable to study at night and have to resort to using lanterns, which can contribute [...]

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Indian Youth Climate Network

Posted on 19. Feb, 2009 by Jim Bach.

We are the youth of India. Climate change is going to affect OUR future. The decision makers of today, won’t be around in 50 years time to see the effects of their inaction. Hence we need take the action required to ensure that our future will be bright, clean and green. The Indian Youth Climate [...]

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IDEA: Pedicab 2.0

Posted on 12. Jan, 2009 by Charles Tsai.

Shekhar, 19, India - The main aim of EcoTravelSolutions India is to provide cities and towns in India with eco-friendly and economical travel solutions. With the rising oil prices the usage of cars will be very costly as well as polluting. We will provide solutions as well as implement these solutions in the cities. We aim [...]

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IDEA: Community Bicycle System

Posted on 30. Dec, 2008 by Charles Tsai.

Vikas, 20, India - We propose to establish a self-sufficient community bicycle sharing system in India that will significantly decrease the carbon footprint of the average citizen and bring to the fore a powerful means of local transportation. The system will support itself by trading the carbon credits it will generate in the international carbon market. A [...]