India
India Segment Summary
Hosted by the Salwan Education Trust (Delhi NCR), this hour served as a multi-campus showcase of how schools are turning STEAM, AI, robotics, and arts into real products and services.
STEM, Agriculture & Wellness
Salwan Public School, Trans Delhi Signature City (Ghaziabad)
Core idea: Science as a lens for healthier living and sustainable futures. Students act as young engineers and “agripreneurs”.
Innovation Prototypes
- Solar-powered “7-in-1 Automated Farmer”: A vehicle that sows, irrigates, harvests, and monitors soil moisture to cut labour and fuel.
- Smart School Bus: Features drowsy-driver detection (eye-blink monitoring) and laser detection for children’s hands out of windows.
- “Aqua Dive” Vehicle: Water-energy powered mobility concept using hydroelectric storage.
Wellness & Green Tech
- Automated Pest-Detection: Sensor array targets only affected zones, minimizing chemicals.
- Vertical Hydroponics: Towers with 32 plants each teach precision farming and nutrient cycles.
- Microgreens Project: Students learn nutrition science (5x more nutrients than mature leaves) and promote healthy habits.
Generative AI & Water Purification
Salwan Junior School & Salwan Girls School
Gen AI for Early Years
Teachers and students use AI to draft stories and create illustrations, but human warmth is preserved by recording narration with real voices (parents/students). This builds listening, sequencing, and AI literacy skills.
Portable Water Purification
A low-cost filter designed for off-grid communities using a layered natural system (gravel, sand, ceramic stones, activated carbon). Explicitly mapped to SDG 6 (Clean Water), SDG 3 (Health), and SDG 13 (Climate Action).
Human-Centred Robotics & Affordable Lab Tools
Salwan Public School, Rajendra Nagar (Robocoders Club)
The thread running through all projects is that tech is framed as solving human problems (livelihoods, safety, autonomy), not just tech for its own sake.
Assistive Tech
- Socks-Pairing Device: Matches socks by colour and weight for visually impaired users. Target cost ₹2,500 (vs expensive market alternatives).
- AI Smart Wheelchair: Integrates health sensors (ECG), obstacle detection, and carer alerts.
Lab & Agri Tech
- DropExact: India’s first affordable motorised micropipette (₹7k vs imported ₹94k+), opening precision lab work to schools.
- GrainEye Guard: Monitors CO2 and moisture to detect spoilage in stored grain.
Art as a “Language of Learning”
Salwan Public School, Gurugram
Ecosystem
- Hunar Mela: Craftspeople work side-by-side with students (pottery, embroidery).
- Heritage Club: Students recreate Indus seals and research endangered art forms like Sanjhi and Pattachitra.
- Dharohar Festival: Celebration of culture as a living part of identity.
Subject Integration
- Math: Fraction garlands, polygon art, string-art graphs.
- Science: Thematic art pieces linking chemistry of cooking to biology.
- Impact: Deeper conceptual grasp and natural development of the “4Cs” (creativity, collaboration, critical thinking, communication).
From Abstract Maths to Applied AI
Salwan Public School, Mayur Vihar
How school-level mathematics underpins machine learning and data analytics.
Mental-wellness platform using supervised learning to analyse mood data and facial emotion.
Real-time stock tracking using Yahoo Finance API and Matplotlib for predictive logic.
Low-cost 3D sensing using ultrasonic + IR sensors to build spatial awareness.
Closing Message
Salwan leaders stress the shift from teacher-centred → student-centred → co-created classrooms.
- Teacher and student learn with technology together.
- AI is used as a co-author and amplifier, not a replacement.
- Priority: Form resilient, empathetic, adaptive learners who keep the human at the centre of Education 5.0.
Main Entities and References
Below are the main organizations and initiatives referenced in the India segment.
salwanschools.org.in Salwan Public School (Rajendra Nagar) Host of the Robocoders Club and innovation hub.
salwanpublicschool.edu.in INSPIRE Awards – MANAK National innovation competition (DST, Govt of India).
inspireawards-dst.gov.in IGNCA Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts.
ignca.gov.in Techfest (IIT Bombay) Annual Science & Technology Festival.
techfest.org India International Science Festival Major science event where innovations were featured.
scienceindiafest.org