It is the age of renewable revolution and we see it taking place every day in the way we produce and consume energy. Take for example, photovoltaic solar energy, the conversion of solar radiation to electricity, or wind energy, the use of wind turbines to generate electricity. The electricity sector aside, the one area where innovation is the urgent need of the hour is the water sector and towards this, water tech startup Uravu Labs is looking at generating water from renewable sources.
Founded in 2019, the origin of Bengaluru-based Uravu Labs, a watertech startup, goes back to 2016 when its co-founders Swapnil Shrivastav and Venkatesh R.Y. were studying at NIT Calicut, one of India’s premier engineering institutes. Shrivastav says that a drought-like situation at their college in 2016 stirred them to become serious about the challenge of water scarcity in India and do something sustainable for the long term in this....
