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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IoT-based Intelligent System for Efficient Management of Soil Nutrient and Soil Moisture in Sugarcane Crop (i-SEMS-Sugar) | Prof Maryam | — | — | Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
| IoT based Multifunctional Scaleable Real-Time Farm Monitoring System for Smart Agriculture | Dr. Ghanapriya Singh | — | National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra, Haryana | Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
| IoT-based Soil Parameter Tester for Subhash Palekar natural multi-cropping Farming | Dr. Ganesh C. Patil | — | Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Maharashtra | Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
| IoT-based System to Monitor and Control UVGI-based Air Disinfection Units | Prof. Krishnendu Sinha | — | Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, Maharashtra | Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
| IoT based three fingered robotic arm for smart rice transplanter | Dr. D. Suresh | — | — | Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
| IoT Based Waste Management system | Dr. Hemant Nautiyal | — | — | Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
| IoT-Driven Boiler Management System for Optimized Turmeric Processing and Drying | Dr. M. Easwaramoorthi | — | Nandha Engineering College, Tamil Nadu | Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
| IoT enabled Maneuverable Oil Skimmer cum Sampler | Prof. Shobha shukla | — | Indian Institute of Technology (Bhilai), Chhattisgarh | Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
| i-PolluSense: Intelligent Air & Noise Pollution Sensing and Alert Companion | Subrata Nandi | — | NIT Durgapur Alumni Cell | Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
| iRaste-Nagpur | Prof. C V Jawahar | — | — | Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
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