IISc team wins Lexus Design Award 2019 (Open Category)
Winners in the Open Category—the students of IISc, Yogansh Namdeo and Ujjal Hafila and their professor Monto Mani—created a sewer cleaning robot, which besides being prototyped for under 2 lakh rupees (the average sewer cleaning robot retails for $10,000 internationally), creates a mechanical replacement for dangerous work done by hand. Source: https://www.cntraveller.in/story/celebration-local-innovation/ https://yourstory.com/2019/01/india-winners-lexus-design-awards/