Innovation
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Woovly 2.0: When survival is key
From an experiential travel website to a social commerce platform, this startup redefined its business model during the pandemic
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How we survived: The Jack of all pivots
After multiple pivots over the last few years, Eobin Alex George, teacher, researcher, entrepreneur, seems to have found his mojo with IsGoingOnline. Has he?
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How we survived: Betting big on buses
As trains came to a halt during the lockdown, IntrCity RailYatri's bus business, with an emphasis on quality and service, has driven growth and a rebound
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How we survived: Oye! Same same, but different
How Oye rickshaw, an electric rickshaw aggregator for micro-mobility rode the crisis by adding a twist
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How we survived: Third global crisis in 20 years, yet Bharat Matrimony is going strong
From the dotcom bust in 2000, to the 2008 financial meltdown and now Covid-19, the online matchmaking portal has innovated and come out on top every single time
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The 15-year-old on a mission to make farming safer
Teenpreneur Neha Bhatt is on a mission to find a way to reduce human intervention in spraying chemical fertilisers on crops, after seeing her grandfather, a areca nut farmer, struggle
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How we survived: SectorQube pivots but remains 'smart'
Smart home appliances maker was ready to roll out fully-automatic roti makers. Then came Covid-19
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Akash Manoj: Meet the 18-year-old who invented a silent heart attack detector
After losing his grandfather to a silent heart attack, Manoj researched and has now invented a device that can give up to a six-hour heads up to vulnerable persons, thereby saving lives
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Zydus Cadila—the rising star of vaccines
How Sharvil Patel and Zydus Cadila—one of the most diversified pharma companies in India—are tapping into their experience of developing a H1N1 vaccine to try and find an end to India's Covid-19 woes
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Why India's deep tech startups are in the deep end
Deep-engineering startups are now emerging in India, but the money and markets needed to sustain them are still some way off
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How green is my fertiliser?
An Indo-Australian collaborative effort is using nano-biotechnology to make fertilisers that improve crop yields, while reducing carbon footprints