Instawater: clean drinking water on demand—powered by innovation, built for emergencies.
Instawater by HN Technovations LLP is an IP-backed portable water purification solution designed for disasters, defense, and remote communities. It instantly converts contaminated flood, river, and pond water into WHO-grade drinking water using smart filtration, solar-hybrid power, and rugged, field-ready engineering—ensuring lifesaving water access anytime, anywhere.
1. Tata social enterprise challenge 2025 (seed fund support of 25 lakhs and incubation at IIM Calcutta) 2. Seed fund support from Startup Tripura (Govt. of Tripura) (2 lakhs) 3. MeitY genesis EIR grant (8 lakhs) and co-incubation at IIT Ropar
IPs applied: 30; IPs granted (till date): 17
Tata Social Enterprise Challenge 2025 winner (seed fund support and incubation at IIM Calcutta). Awarded first prizes for oral presentations at CACHE-2019 (paper on enhancing antibacterial capacity of activated carbons) and the International Conference on Advances and Challenges for Sustainable Ecosystem 2018 (paper on anti-bacterial activity of activated carbon from biomass). District Winner of the Business Idea Contest 2015. Won first prize at the Assam Biotech Conclave 2015 (INR 30K cash prize) for entrepreneurial research ideas. Received third prize at the NTPC Global Energy Technology Summit 2015 for work on membrane-based energy generation.
The team comprises a mix of academic leaders, including a founder from Tripura Central University, a co-founder, and senior mentors with backgrounds at NDMA and AIC-AUDF New Delhi.
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