MUMBAI, India, Jan. 2 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202541125127 A) filed by Vikneswaran; Dr. M. S. Nitin; Dr. T. Elangovan; Dr. A. Santhosh Kumar; and Srm Institute Of Science And Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on Dec. 11, 2025, for 'smart rainwater energy harvesting with 3d-printed kaplan turbines.'

Inventor(s) include Vikneswaran; Dr. M. S. Nitin; Dr. T. Elangovan; Dr. A. Santhosh Kumar; Trayansh Kumar Sahu; Darsh Maheswari; Ambikesh Bandyopadhyay; and Yogesh Chandra.

The application for the patent was published on Jan. 2, under issue no. 01/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "This invention introduces a rainwater-powered electricity generation system fea...