A tribute to the creative minds and innovators whose silent achievements have long remained hidden away from the public gaze and media highlights.
Former President APJ Abdul Kalam called them ‘true scientists’ capable of extraordinary inventions not for nothing. The green innovators are indeed the real heroes of India!
Despite being unlettered and poverty-stricken, the grass root innovators dream about ingenious products which are not only costeffective but also eco-friendly. However, the eager-beaver, brainy artisans, gifted sons-of-the-soil and dextrous women feel let down when they find no takers for their brilliant ideas. Well, no longer!
Thanks to the marathon efforts of the Ahmedabad-headquartered National Innovation Foundation (NIF), several companies have now come to the rescue of these hard-up rural innovators for whom necessity has surely been the mother of their useful....
