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Innovators

Inventors, researchers and builders solving hard problems in new ways.

Innovators

She left a Silicon Valley job to build affordable hearing aids for rural India

Dr. Kavya Nair’s ₹1,999 hearing aid is solar-charged, repairable in any village and now used by more than 60,000 people.

Dr. Kavya Nair · Co-founder & Chief Scientist, SoundSeed Labs

Priya NaiduSep 21, 20261 min read

Innovators

Imran Sheikh’s low-cost extrusion process has converted 4,000 tonnes of plastic into furniture for 1,100 government schools.

Imran Sheikh · Founder, ReForm Works

Priya NaiduSep 4, 20261 min read

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