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Indians, the masters of jugaad, can match and even outperform anyone in the world when it comes to solving problems creatively, frugally and sustainably. To prove this, the National Innovation Foundation – India (NIF), set up by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) has been actively engaged in promoting creativity and innovation in the Indian society.
Here are 31 award-winning inventions by school children from across India that are so brilliant mainly because they're so simple! When we read about them, all we could keep saying to ourselves was – now why didn't I think of this idea? These 31 ideas are by the winners of the IGNITE 2015 competition that is organised by NIF in association with Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), Society for Research and Initiatives in Sustainable Technologies and Institutions (SRISTI), various State Education Boards and other partners.
In honour of Dr. Kalam who passed away this year, NIF decided to rename the IGNITE awards as Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam IGNITE Awards from 2015 onwards so that creative children continue to draw inspiration from his spirit. The 31 winning ideas have been shortlisted from 28,106 submissions that were received from every state & UT of India between 1 September, 2014 and 31 August, 2015!
1. Water filter/purifier at source
Idea by: Soring Lepcha, Class 4, and Subash Prodhan, Class 5
School: Lingzya Junior High School
State: Sikkim
Instead of making an investment in purchasing a filter/purifier in every home, Soring and Subash have given the idea of putting a filter/purifier at the source of water so that everyone has access to clean water. This filter can be centralised (i.e. at the point of distribution like water tank) or can be attached to public taps.
2. Hand rest for fractured hand
Idea by: Adi Kumar, Class 5
School: Deens Academy
State: Bengaluru, Karnataka
If you've ever broken your hand you'd know that wearing a shoulder arm-sling can be clumsy and painful for the neck as well since the sling hangs around it! Adi came up with the idea to create a support that can be worn around your waist to provide support to the fractured hand. Your broken arm would no longer be a pain in the neck – literally!
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3. Umbrella for more than five persons
Idea by: Tarna Joy, Class 6
School: Kabi Guro Rabindra Nath Smiti
State: Dhalai, Tripura
An average umbrella can protect one person or two, especially when it is raining heavily. Tarna must have hit upon this idea of an umbrella while getting wet in the rains while going to school – this umbrella has to be held by 2 children at both its ends while 3 more children can stand in the middle and walk to school together – without getting drenched!
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4. Alerting system for bus drivers
Idea by: Pradyumna Kumar Pal, Class 7
School: Saraswati Sishu Vidya Mandir, Unit-3
State: Khordha, Orissa
Idea by: Rahul Kumar, Class 9
School: Rajkiya Balak Uchh Vidyalaya
State: Patna, Bihar
Great minds think alike! A boy in Bihar and another in Orissa came up with the same idea, independently – a system that will alert the bus driver to know which passenger has put his hand or head outside the bus window. This can help avoid many accidents.
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5. Reversible benches at public places
Idea by: Simran Chadha, Class 8
School: BCM Arya Public School
State: Ludhiana, Punjab
Simran's idea is to have reversible benches at public places so that if you find them wet or dirty, you can just rotate a handle to allow the other side to come up – now sit on a clean and dry bench!
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6. Solar seeder
Idea by: Subash Chandra Bose, Class 8
School: St. Sebasthiyar Matriculation School
State: Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu
This young boy has created a seed drill which can plant different sizes of seeds at variable depth while maintaining varying space between two seeds. The best part about this drill – it is powered by the sun! 
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7. Looms for physically challenged
Idea by: R. Elakkiya, Class 6 and R. Pavithra, Class 9
School: SRC Memorial Matriculation
State: Erode, Tamil Nadu
Those with physical disability in their legs can now operate a loom (machine that weaves cloth) thanks to a modification in the traditional loom by two sisters from the city of Erode in Tamil Nadu. They have replaced the pedal operated system with a motor and a gearbox attached to a pulley mechanism. 
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8. A device to collect Mahua flowers from ground
Idea by: Lipsa Pradhan, Class 9
School: Government High School, Kamagaon
State: Bargarh, Orissa
The Mahua tree is considered a cash crop as all its parts can be put to various uses. The highly nutritious and edible yellow Mahua flowers are used to make pickles, jams, jellies, biscuits etc. Picking up mahua flowers is a time-consuming and tiring job which may be made easier by the lawn-mower like device that Lipsa created. 
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9. Cooking vessel that detects stones/ impurities in food grains
Idea by: Mohd. Tawseef Thoker, Class 9
School: Government Higher Secondary School
State: Nihama Kulgam, Jammu and Kashmir
Tawseef from Kashmir has given the idea of a cooking vessel with sensors, which can alert us about the presence of pebbles (stones) or other similar impurities in rice or other food grains being cooked.
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10. Gas lighter with gas leak alarm Idea by: Nilesh Ras, Class 9
School: DAV Inter High School
State: Patna, Bihar
We've read about many accidents/ fires that take place because the cooking gas regulator was left on accidentally or due to a gas leak. Nilesh's idea is to have a gas lighter, which can sense and indicate gas leakage before it is lighted.
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11. Smart dustbin
Idea by: Prem Ranjan Singh, Shivani Singh & Ankush Pal, Class 9,
School: Divya Jyoti English High School
State: Daman, Daman & Diu
How often have you gone looking for a garbage bin on the road only to find it overflowing with waste? Faced by the same issue, 3 school friends from Daman have come up with the idea of a dustbin with separate slots for bio-degradable and non bio-degradable waste that will send a message to the municipality once the dustbin is filled up to a pre-set level. 
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12. Lac extraction machine
Idea by: Saurabh Dey, Class 10
School: Government High School, Barajamda
State: West Singhbhum, Jharkhand
To extract "lac", the resinous secretion of lac insects, the lac coated branches of host trees are generally cut, crushed and sieved to remove impurities. Saurabh has made a machine, which can remove lac from the tree branches without breaking them. As a result, the lac has lesser impurities and lesser effort is required to clean it.
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13. Pay as you weigh
Idea by: Rishab Mallick, Class 10
School: Kendriya Vidyalaya, Fort William
State: Howrah, West Bengal
Ever found it unfair that you and someone twice your size (with 20 kgs of luggage to boot) should pay the same fare while travelling in a bus/ train/ plane? Rishab must have felt the same, for he has come up with the idea of an automatic ticketing system where fare is calculated as per the weight of the passenger and his luggage! 
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14. Passcode based locking system in gas stove
Idea by: Nim Lepcha, Class 10
School: Gor Secondary School
State: North Sikkim, Sikkim
An innovative idea from Sikkim to install a manual or digital pass code system in gas stoves to prevent young children from operating them and causing accidents. 
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15. Spectacle microscope
Idea by: Hadasha Ruangmi, Class 10
School: Lorna's School
State: Dimapur, Nagaland
Instead of bending over a microscope every time to analyse anything, Nagaland's Hadasha has come up with the idea of a microscope that can be worn like a spectacle over the eyes, so that it becomes easy to use, carry and store 
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16. Seed container that indicates growth of germs
Idea by: Deepti Manjari Dakua, Class 10
School: Bahadjhole Girls High School
State: Nayagrah, Orissa
This picture depicts the working of a seed container, which can detect the growth of organisms (germs) by detecting an increase in the temperature of the container and alerting us:
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17. Colour coded thermometer
Idea by: Jaspreet Kaur, Class 10
School: Police DAV Public School
State: Jalandhar, Punjab
Idea by: Janmejay Rathore, Class 12
School: CMRPU College
State: Bangalore, Karnataka
The same idea was sent in from Punjab and Karnataka: a colour coded scheme in thermometers that will clearly indicate if you have fever or not. A useful modification for those who can't read/ write.
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18. Machine to pluck Tendu leaves
Idea by: Bharat, Class 11
School: Shashkiya Uchhtar Madhyamik Vidyalaya, Bacheli
State: Dakshin Bastar, Chhattisgarh
Collecting tendu leaves (used for rolling bidis) is a major source of income for the tribals of Chhattisgarh. Being a manual job, it takes up a lot of time and labour. Class 11 student, Bharat has designed a leaf-plucking machine which would consist of criss-cross jaws of blades, which acts as a cutter for plucking and storing leaves in a container. Standard sized leaves would be detected through a sensor and would be sorted in another container.
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19. A watch that delivers medicines on time
Idea by: Navjot Kaur, Class 11
School: Senior Secondary Model School, Chandigarh
State: SAS Nagar, Punjab
Idea by: Vaishnavi Patra, Class 9
School: Odisha Demonstrated Multipurpose Public School
State: Khorda, Orissa
Both the girls from the two states have independently come up with the idea of a wristwatch that can store as well as give the right dosage of medicine to a person on the right time. 
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20. Printed paper reclaiming machine
Idea by: Arvind Gopalkrishnan, Class 11
School: Smt. Narbada Devi J. Agarwal Vivekananda Vidyalaya Jr College
State: Chennai, Tamil Nadu
This Chennai boy has suggested a machine like a printer that can erase all data on a printed page, making it plain and hence reusable. If this idea if put to practice, imagine the number of trees we can save!
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21. Smart Walking Stick
Idea by: Siddhant Khanna, Class 11
School: Sanskriti School
State: New Delhi
This "smart" walking stick can be a boon for the elderly and visually challenged once it materialises. Features include counting of steps, medicine reminder, locator, emergency alarm, fall detector and automatic torch etc.
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22. Drawbridge door for trains
Idea by: Ram Akash, Class 11
School: Excel Central School
State: Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu
Idea by: Nimisha Katyayan, Class 12
School: DAV Kapil Dev Public School
State: Ranchi, Jharkhand
This idea, simultaneously thought by Ram in Kanyakumari and Nimisha in Ranchi can reduce our travelling woes significantly! They suggested using a drawbridge door in trains, which when opened at the railway platforms, acts like a ramp, making it easy for people to carry their luggage inside the train bogie.
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23. Solar pulse thresher
Idea by: Neha, Class 12
School: Govt. Model Sr. Secondary School, PAP campus
State: Jalandhar, Punjab
Dipankar figured out a way to reduce the harvesting cost by designing a solar powered thresher that can effectively separate the husk of pulses such as grains, green gram, black gram, arhar, horse gram.
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24. Differentiating between artificially & naturally ripened fruits
Idea by: Neha, Class 12
School: Govt. Senior Secondary School, Diglipur
State: North Andaman, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Neha has suggested the use of a paper that works like litmus paper to distinguish between artificial sugar and natural sugar. I wish this idea is immediately put to use so that I can use it against my neighbourhood fruit vendors!
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25. Stress monitoring mechanism in animals
Idea by: Diva Sharma, Class 12
School: GD Goenka Public School
State: New Delhi
Diva from Delhi has designed an app that will monitor a variety of parameters such as the animal's rate, temperature, pulse rate, heart beat through sensors attached to their bodies and then check if they're undergoing any stress.
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26. Foot operated door opening mechanism
Idea by: Jayprakash B Rathwa, Class 12
School: Shree Gram ShalaGrambharti
State: Gandhinagar, Gujarat
Idea by: Tanmay Takale, Class 12
School: Shri Mhalsakant Vidyalya
State: Pune, Maharashtra
Ever hesitated before opening the door of a public toilet with your hand, fearing how dirty it might be? You'd be able to put such worries to rest if this idea could be developed into a reality – a door that can be opened by activating a sensor using a leg! This may be useful for the physically disabled or for those carrying a load in both the hands. 
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27. Punching machine with hole reinforcement feature
Idea by: Tanmay Takale, Class 12
School: Shri Mhalsakant Vidyalya
State: Pune, Maharashtra
This is the second idea by Tanmay from Pune (first being the foot operated door-opener)! He suggests a punching machine with a hole reinforcement mechanism so that the punched holes last longer and don't tear off from inside.
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28. Body suit
Idea by: Ayush Gupta and Arnov Sharma, Class 12
School: Delhi Public School
State: Haridwar, Uttrakhand
The boys have designed a mechanical exoskeleton or suit, which can support a physically disabled person, and also help orthopedic patients.
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29. Low cost grass & leaf cutting machine
Idea by: Sapir Debbarma and Klishan Debbarma, Class 12
School: Bharat Sardar H. S. School
State: Khowai, Tripura
The two boy from Tripura have developed a low-cost hand-held machine for cutting grass and leaves.
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30. Portable latch for restrooms
Idea by: P. S. SenthurBalaji, Class 12
School: Maharishi International Residential School, Kanchipuram
State: Erode, Tamil Nadu
Public toilets often have things missing – buckets, cups and sometimes even door latches! A portable door latch that can be easily carried along will prove useful for people travelling frequently or to rural areas, to lock doors temporarily.
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31. Soundproof hammer
Idea by: Prithwish Dutta, Class 12
School: Don Bosco High & Technical School
State: Howrah, West Bengal
Don't want to disturb your neighbours while putting up a photo frame on your wall? Prithwish's idea of a soundless hammer can help! This soundproof hammer won't make any sound when struck against any object. The impact energy would be absorbed in the hammer itself, which will be covered with a foam like substance.
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