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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Development of Hack free Hydro plant control systems | Prof. Thanga Raj Chelliah | — | Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee, Uttarakhand | Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
| Development of handheld/ drone-compatible, affordable ‘Microwave Scanner-GNSS Station’ (MSGS) for buried object detection with centimeter-level precision | Prof. Surajit Kundu | — | National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur, Jharkhand | Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
| Development of hardware setup and real time implementation of cooperative motion control algorithm for autonomous underwater vehicle under communication constrain | Prof. Bikramaditya Das | — | — | Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
| Development of High Energy Density & Fast Charging Indigenous Li-ion Batteries for Remotely Operated Underwater Vehicles | Dr Ranjith Thangavel, (IIT Guwahati | — | Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati, Assam | Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
| Development of high-sensitive magnetic field sensors for proximity detection | Pintu Das | — | Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), New Delhi, Delhi | Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
| Development of identification tool to assess varietal purity and bulb storability of onion | Prof Rajbabu | — | — | Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
| Development of Indigenous Ceramic Discs for Sputtering/PLD Applications | Prof. D. Pamu | — | Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati, Assam | Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
| Development of indigenous Fiber Bragg Grating interrogator for structural health monitoring applications | Dr. Prasanna Kumar Behera | — | IIT Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh | Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
| Development of Innovative FRP Solutions for Underwater Structural Rehabilitation | Dr. Ujendra Kumar Komal (IIT Guwahati) | — | Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati, Assam | Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
| Development of Integrated Low-Cost Identification and Alert System for Overloading, Over Speeding, and Lane Discipline Violation of Vehicles operating on Expressways | Prof. Brind Kumar Professor Dept. of Civil, IIT (BHU) | — | — | Department of Science and Technology (DST) |