Innovation Event: The ground spacecraft will be driven four meters above the sea surface. It is designed to reduce travel time and fare prices. The company that showed the craft at Iinventiv2025 said that for 1,000 km, the cost would reach Rs 600. |Picture source: B. JothiRamalingam
The third edition of Iinventiv2025 was held at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, bringing together innovators, angel investors and companies. The event has a variety of competition: Innovators will have 10 minutes of funding.
Iinventiv2025 adopts technology that can make travel from Chennai to Kolkata a breeze. Waterfly Technologies promises to take the Bay of Bengal to Chennai from Kolkata for Rs 600.
The company, with the support of IIT Madras, announced plans to provide new modes of transport with ground wing (wig) aircraft. The craft will travel just four meters above the sea, aiming to reduce travel time and fare prices. Harish Rajesh, co-founder and CEO of Waterfly Technologies, said the cost would reach Rs 600 for a distance of 1,000 km, who is also an alumnus of IIT Madras.
Alternative aircraft and ferries
Electric gliders are alternatives to aircraft and ferries, he said. He noted that the trip from Kolkata to Chennai is 1,600 km away and the price per person is only Rs 600, while the fare in the third AC compartment may cost more than twice. The spacecraft will have 20 seats and can weigh 1 ton. Mr. Harish hopes to enter the commercial market by the end of 2026.
A startup at IIT Chamu designed an unmanned combat aviation vehicle. When local controls give command, vehicles with missiles will hit the target. The vehicle will be powered by a microwave turbine engine. “Our goal is 250 kilometers,” said Preetam Jamod, who graduated from IIT Chamu. Shanmugadas KP-led start-up of SAP Aerospace
IIT Tirupati showed off porous radiation burners, which reduced fuel costs in Temple and University kitchens by nearly 50%, said P. Muthukumar, a professor of mechanical engineering. Burners can also find the house soon. Humanoids, developed by SRMIST Kattankulathur, can talk to patients in the intensive care unit and soothe. They are the answer to hospitals’ human resources shortages.
Accurate study of cells
A startup at IIT Bombay has developed a quantum microscope to study cells more accurately. QMET Tech professor Kasturi Saha said this could lead to drug development.
Navriti Innovation uses technology for precision agriculture. There are innovations in the field of biotechnology, such as SRM University, derived from glucose and bioplastics. Students and faculty at Arunachal Pradesh in the US National Institute of Technology have developed herbal balms, anti-cancer and antibacterial moisturizers.
If the two-day event held on February 28 and March 1 is to identify potential business opportunities for the industry and angel investors, the reward for aspiring innovators is: Keep innovating until you get it right, don’t lose hope.
publishing – March 9, 2025 at 10:34 pm
