Department of Science and Technology (DST) has taken several new initiatives for promoting innovation, supporting cutting-edge research, attracting the youth towards science, improving the ease of doing science, and fostering international collaborations. The department has aligned its activities with the National Agenda of the Government towards Make in India, Startup India, Digital India, Swachh Bharat, Swasth Bharat, etc, and has moved ahead with several achievements.
| Title of Innovation | Innovator's Name | Research Area | Implementing Organization | Funding Organization |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Design and development of an ROV to perform underwater welding and repairs | Dr. Saurav Suman | — | National Institute of Technology Mizoram, Mizoram | Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
| Design and Development of an Underwater 3D Semantic Scene Understanding System | Dr. Abhijit Boruah (Dibrugarh Univ.) | — | — | Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
| Design and development of an underwater cleaning robot for marine applications | Dr. Santhakumar Mohan | — | — | Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
| Design and development of a passive battery thermal management system for electric vehicles | Dr. Samarjeet Chanda | — | Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad, Kerala | Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
| Design and development of a portable Bio-Cyber Physical System based microfluidic cell culture platform | Prof. Sanket Goel | — | BITS Pilani - Hyderabad Campus, Telangana | Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
| Design and Development of Apparatus for Underwater Repairing and MainteNonce of Metallic & Non-metallic Structures | Prof. Sajan Kapil | — | Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati, Assam | Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
| Design and Development of a Quantum-based PNT system for underwater robot Navigation | Dr. Rajesh Doriya | — | National Institute of Technology Raipur, Chhattisgarh | Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
| Design and Development of a Real-Time IP Core for an Early Landslide Prediction System for Hilly Areas | Dr. Hathiram Nenavath Assistant Professor Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bhilai | — | Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai, Chhattisgarh | Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
| Design and Development of a Robotic Vision System for Underwater Trash Detection using Subsea Inpainting and Textual Artifact ANolysis | Dr. Anirban Dasgupta | — | Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati, Assam | Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
| Design and development of a ‘Shramik Bhugtan Seva Kendra(SBSK)’ for timely payment to the beneficiaries residing in far-flung areas under various government scheme | Dr. Nikhil Chander | — | Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai, Chhattisgarh | Department of Science and Technology (DST) |