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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonofiber Reinforced Protective Clothing for underwater application | Dr. Raman Maiti, Dr.PooNom Kumari | — | Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati, Assam | Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
| Note sterilizing machine in ATM | — | Engineering Sciences | National Innovation Foundation – India (NIF), Gujarat | Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
| Novel field biosensor for detection of urea in agricultural runoff water | Prof. Sunil Bhand | — | BITS Pilani - Hyderabad Campus, Telangana | Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
| Novel Polymeric Nanomedicine for Cancer therapy Based on the Bio- informatics and Data analysis | Dr. Pradip Paik Associate Professor School of Biomedical Engineering, IIT (BHU) Varanasi | — | — | Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
| Novel Security Framework for Internet of Drones | Dr. Sabu M Thampi | — | Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management Kerala (IIITMK), Kerala | Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
| Novel Strategies to Tackle Water and Soil Contamination by Health Hazardous Pollutants using Computational Tools a Small Steps Towards Sustainable Agricultural Practices | Dr. Hemanta Kumar Kisan | — | Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai, Chhattisgarh | Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
| Nursery bag filler, sprayer, gum scrapper, etc | — | Engineering Sciences | National Innovation Foundation – India (NIF), Gujarat | Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
| NyayKosh: Multilingual Resources for AI-based Legal Analytics | Saptarshi Ghosh | — | Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, West Bengal | Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
| Object Localization with UAVs: Leveraging IoT and Transfer Learning for Aerial Applications | Dr. G.Rajesh | — | Anna University, Tamil Nadu | Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
| Off-Road Autonomous Vehicles in Smart Agriculture-Pesticide & Spraying | Prof. P Rajalakshmi | — | NMICPS Technology Innovation Hub on Autonomous Navigation (TiHAN), Telangana | Department of Science and Technology (DST) |