Inventor’s Den

Inventor's Den builds smart hydro technologies for real-time water quality monitoring.

About

Inventor's Den is a technology startup focused on hydro innovations for water quality monitoring. They design and develop smart, field-ready solutions for the real-time assessment of water bodies, supporting data-driven decision-making for environmental protection, public health, and sustainable water resource management.

TRACTION & ACHIEVEMENTS

Funding / Grants

We received a product development grant under the Incubation Scheme (Idea Hackathon 2.0) by the Ministry of MSME, Government of India. The grant was for Rs. 15,00,000/-. Close to 2.5-3 lakh ideas were submitted from all over India, and only 276 were funded; ours was one of them.

Patents & IP

The IP portfolio includes a product patent currently under examination, two received design patents, and two received copyrights for software design and data visualization & process flow.

Awards & Achievements

Recipient of the Best Innovation Award by the Ministry of MSME, Government of India, and Best Idea (Social Impact) at Sage Startup Expo. Featured twice on Doordarshan MP Startup Talk Show (2025) and in Dainik Bhaskar’s “Research for People” for public impact. The innovation is also validated with 95% accuracy by a NABL-accredited laboratory.

Team

The core team of eight people features highly qualified individuals, including an IIT Indore-incubated CEO, an IIT Delhi PhD scholar CTO, an Ex-Larsen & Toubro CDO, and mentors with doctorates from IIT Kanpur and IISER Bhopal.

TEAM MEMBERS

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Aditya Upadhyay

CEO

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Ashish Mishra

CTO

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Mahendra Joshi

Management & Growth Mentor

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