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 & Development of C-V2X universal hardware adapter for traffic signal controllers in Autonomous vehicle navigation | Dr. Prakash. R | — | — | Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
| Design & Development of FRP Based Instrumented Rock Bolt for Underground Coalmines Gallery Support | Prof Kalyan Kumar Singh | — | Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, Jharkhand | Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
| Design & development of fully instrumented anti rotational Helmet | Prof. Shailesh Ganpule | — | Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee, Uttarakhand | Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
| Design & Development of Indigenous Flight Controller & Electronic Speed Controller for Heavy-Duty Mining Unmanned Aerial Vehicles | Debashis Chatterjee | — | — | Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
| Design & development of low cost compact automated guided vehicle for payload movement in housing and urban industries | Prof. Soham Chakraborty | — | Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee, Uttarakhand | Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
| Design & development of ROM based low power AI inference Chip | Prof. Anand Bulusu | — | Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee, Uttarakhand | Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
| Design, Developments and Testing of Sediment Erosion- Resistive Micro-Hydro Turbine for off-grid application | Dr. Biplab Das (NIT Silchar) | — | — | Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
| Design, Fabrication and Characterization of optimized 2D-Material SOT-MTJ for Energy Efficient Embedded Memory (MRAM) / Sensing Applications | Dr. Abhishek Acharya | — | — | Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
| Design, Fabrication and Control of a Small Autonomous Underwater Vehicle | Dr. Soumya Ranjan Sahoo (IIT Kanpur) | — | Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar | Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
| Design, Implementation, and Deployment of an AI-enabled IoT System for Real-time Coal Grade Prediction through Near-Infrared Spectroscopy in Coal Handling Plants | Prof. Nirnay Ghosh | — | — | Department of Science and Technology (DST) |