Education (Culture, Values and Quality), Energy, Health, Water, and Waste Management.
Some indicative (though not exhaustive) directions for ideation include:
Education (Culture, Values, and Quality):
· Conservation of cultural heritage
· Preservation of bio-diversity
· Learning & practicing of values
· Developing sensibilities for classless & casteless society
· Low cost education aids
- at your door
- for better employability
- for better cooperation
- for nurturing innovation
Energy:
· Development of energy audit kits for household use
· Smart micro grids
· Green buildings
· Solar agri farms
· Zero energy buildings
Health:
· Production of inexpensive non-toxic herbal cigarettes and tobacco chewing gum for reduction of tobacco abuse.
· Development of low cost, ultra fast urine, stool and blood test kits.
· Development of non-invasive blood sugar measuring devices / production of low cost glucometers.
· Development of low cost devices to detect iron and calcium deficiency in women.
· Mass production of herbal drinks (such as Amla Squash, Panna and Aloe Vera Juice) to replace soft drinks and colas.
· Development of recycling systems for hospital waste as an alternate source of energy.
· Development of technology for production of low cost herbal drugs on mass scale.
Water:
· Development of low cost micro-irrigation systems
· Low cost water purification systems
· Low cost recharging of ground water
· Low cost solutions for recycling and reuse of waste water
· Low cost rainwater storage reservoirs
· Detection and removal of harmful microbes, chemicals and heavy metals in water
· Low speed wind mills to lift water
· Utilization of evapo-transpiration for water use
Waste management:
· Waste disposal for energy production and use
· Recycling of expired medicines
· Local waste segregation and management
· Simple tools to solve the issue of manual scavenging
· Local or immediate energy generation from solid degradable waste