Tag: Abdul Khader Nadakattin

New Delhi The government has honoured Abdul Khader Nadakattin, a resident of Dharwad in Karnataka, with the Padma Shri award in the Other Category (Grassroots Innovation), the Ministry of Science and Technology said on Thursday. Nadakattin, a serial grassroots innovator from Dharwad in Karnataka, is a serial innovator, and his prominent innovations include a device to separate tamarind seeds, ploughing blade manufacturing machine, seed cum fertilizer drill, water-heating boiler, an automatic sugarcane sowing driller, and a wheel tiller. All his innovations demonstrate principles of sustainability, cost-effectiveness, eco-friendliness, and most importantly a,...