Aninda Sircar developed a green air conditioning and refrigeration system for vehicles that doesn’t tax the environment— or your wallet. His project has been validated by IIT Kanpur.

After losing all his investments in land due to water scarcity problems, Vijay Kedia devised a water conservation mechanism that could solve India’s water crisis.

At the age when most boys play cricket, he made toy electric cars from scratch. His passion for electric cars took him to the University of Michigan and thereafter to Stanford University. He returned to India to found the REVAi Electric Car Company in 1994—today, Mahindra Reva. He is widely regarded as the pioneer of electric cars in India.

The energy crisis in this country is an urgent and growing concern. Our oil imports have doubled in the last decade; we now import around 80% of our crude oil requirements. Roughly 70% of the energy generated in India is through coal – an undependable resource now in shortage.

Vikrant and his brother Vishant started an NGO that helps underprivileged children. They then created a green business with a 500 crore potential. He is one of the winners for Spark the Rise Round 1.

Reporting is no longer limited to writers and broadcasters with years of professional journalism experience. Ordinary citizens, or citizen journalists, can report on events as they see them so that we can read about them as they happen. They shoot pictures of events they deem newsworthy and share them with their friends, who share them with their friends—and the cycle goes on.

2011 has been an exciting year for the Rise Team....