Mushtaq Ahmad Dar (28), a young innovator from Kashmir, innovated a foldable cylinder carrier. A ‘full-time’ innovator, Mushtaq also helps his brothers in running the family business and managing the household. Knowing Mushtaq’s creative nature, in 2005, his friend, Zahoor Ahmed Shah brought him to Ahmedabad for NIF’s Third National Innovation Award Function. Mushtaq was intrigued to see and meet so many people from different parts of the country who were not trained or aided but had created so many innovative solutions based on their observation skills, ingenuity, effort and hard work. He was immediately reminded of his troubled home state, which was plagued with unemployment and unrest. He imagined an innovation that, apart from solving a persistent technological problem, would also help in generating employment.