Homegrown Talent

Aspiring entrepreneurs in India are winning accolades for future-ready concepts

Fermentech Labs
Sidharth Arora
Taking biotechnology into account, Fermentech Labs uses agro-waste, such as crop stubble, to produce cost-effective but high quality enzymes and pellet feed, adding value to the agriculture industry.
TapChief
Binay Krishna Shivam, Shashank Murali, and Arjun Krishna Vasisht
Pilani Experts Technology Labs creates a platform to offer part-time jobs on a consultation and per-project basis to freelance professionals.
PathShodh Healthcare
Navakanta Bhat
Bengaluru-based PathShodh Healthcare, led by Navakanta Bhat, Gautam Sharma and Vinay Kumar, designs and develops affordable handheld medical diagnostic devices for laboratories 
Zumutor Biologics
Kavita Iyer Rodrigues
The biotech firm researches and develops antibodies that can fight cancer, diabetes and autoimmune disorders. Its lead molecule is an antibody to treat prostate cancer. 
Atomberg
Manoj Kumar Meena and Sibabrata Das 
The brand developed energy-efficient fans, which could help solve one of India's primary concerns, i.e., power consumption. The technology could also be extended in small towns and rural areas, and across other products.
Stellapps Technologies
Ranjith Mukundan, Ravishankar G. Shiroor, Praveen Nale, Ramakrishna Adukuri and Venkatesh Seshasayee
Bringing tech solutions to the dairy industry, Stellapps improves parameters in agricultural supply chain, including milk production, procurement, cold chain, animal insurance and farmer payments.
Niramai Health Analytix
Geetha Manjunath and Nidhi Mathur
Niramai has developed a non-touch, non-invasive breast cancer screening solution that uses data analytics, Artificial Intelligence and machine learning over thermography images and has shown success in early detection of breast cancer.
Tricog
Dr Charit Bhograj
Tricog combines equipment with artificial intelligence and medical expertise to speed up cardiac diagnosis and treatment. The company, led by Dr Charit Bhograj, Zainul Charbiwala, Udayan Dasgupta and Abhinav Gujjar. 
Carbon Clean Solutions
Aniruddha Sharma and Prateek Bumb
In line with restrictions on carbon emissions, the start-up aims captures emissions from industries, notably chemical, steel and bio-waste to capture, and reuses it commercially. 
Paracosmic Innovation Studios
Shuvam Agarwal and team 
Bringing solutions to the gaming world, Paracosmic Innovation Studios utilises blockchain technology to facilitate platform-based secondary item transactions for game developers.
Students harness artificial intelligence to enhance geriatric care
A team of second year B.Tech students at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur developed an interconnected app, CARE4U, that ensures immediate assistance for the elderly when in need.
The neural network-based fall detection algorithm in the app installed on the phone of the elderly can detect whether the elderly has fallen down.
If there is a fall, it automatically calls the caregiver and emergency services with the location of the elderly person.
The app, which bagged the first runner-up award at the vesAIthon 2019, connects caregivers to the elderly, and features a cognitive intelligent chatbot, which upon interaction, can detect emotions and calculate mood index.
It utilises this data to fine-tune its conversations and improve moods of the elderly.
CARE4U also contains a record of medical history and features such as medicine reminder, an SOS button, real-time location tracking, phone calls, text messages, booking cabs, etc.

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