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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Digital Twin for Inspection and Decision Making in SmartInfrastructures | Souvik Chakrborty | — | Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), New Delhi, Delhi | Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
| A Digital Twin platform developed for monitoring and predicting space weather effects on orbiting satellites. The product has been successfully field-tested, and efforts are currently underway to expand its database to enable large-scale operational deployment for improved satellite health and mission reliability. | Prof. Bhargav Vaidya | — | Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Indore, Madhya Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh | Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
| Advanced Aerial Mapping (AAM) Rider: Yield Detection System for Mango Farms using UAVs | Dr. Raja Vara Prasad | — | — | Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
| Advanced AI-Driven Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) for Sustainable Water Management and Treatment in Coalbed Methane Operations in India | Prof. Rajeev Upadhyay | — | — | Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
| Advanced Autonomous Novigation and Mapping in Challenging Underwater Environments with Kubernetes Cluster and IoT integration | Dr M Shanmugam (Pondicherry University, Kalapet) | — | Pondicherry University, Puducherry | Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
| Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) - Active Safety Standards | Prof. P Rajalakshmi | — | NMICPS Technology Innovation Hub on Autonomous Navigation (TiHAN), Telangana | Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
| Advanced Human Performance Monitoring System | Mohanasankar Sivaprakasam | — | Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras, Tamil Nadu | Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
| Advanced Real-time Traffic Sign Recognition and Integration System for Autonomous Vehicle Navigation in Diverse and Dynamic Driving Environments | Prof. P Rajalakshmi | — | NMICPS Technology Innovation Hub on Autonomous Navigation (TiHAN), Telangana | Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
| Advancing Sustainable Agriculture through Soil Microbiome Analysis for Predictive Plant Disease Management | Dr. N Shobha Rani | — | — | Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
| Adversarial Machine Learning Analysis Framework for Medical Imaging | Dr. Vivek Chaturvedi | — | Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad, Kerala | Department of Science and Technology (DST) |