About MUSTHAV
MUSTHAV is an Indore-based company building practical technology for everyday sustainability problems. Our first product, GILAS, is a contact-free water dispenser that serves every drink in a steel glass, then cleans and disinfects it for the next person.
stands for Green India Litter-free Alternative for Sustainability
Our story
MUSTHAV began in classrooms and labs in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. Between them, our founders have more than 55 years of teaching, research and industry experience in energy, environmental studies and electronics.
They kept seeing the same thing at schools, hospitals and events: water points stacked with plastic tumblers that were thrown away a minute later, or a single steel tumbler passed from mouth to mouth. Every option meant choosing between waste and hygiene.
So they set out to build a machine that removes that choice. GILAS dispenses drinking water into a reusable steel glass and, once it’s returned, cleans and disinfects it on the spot with no staff needed, so the clean, plastic-free option is also the easy one.
Replace single-use plastic tumblers with safe, reusable glasses wherever people drink together, starting with schools, hospitals and events.
A litter-free India where every glass of water is safe to drink from.
What we stand for
We build technology only where it solves a real problem, like plastic waste and unsafe shared glasses.
Sustainability can’t come at the cost of health. Every glass, every person, every time.
Evidence before claims. We label what isn’t validated yet and publish how we measure.
Built for crowded water points, busy staff, children and patients, not for a showroom.
Leadership
Founder
Ph.D., Energy & Environmental Studies
30 years of teaching and research in energy and environmental studies, and an Associate Professor. His work on sustainable waste management led him to conceive and design GILAS.
Focus: Concept, design direction and sustainability strategy
Founder
M.Tech., Electronics & Communication
25 years of experience, 7 in industry and 18 in teaching, and an Assistant Professor. He leads the technical development and realisation of the GILAS prototype.
Focus: Electronics, engineering and prototype development
Milestones
Done
Our founders design a single unit that dispenses water, then cleans and disinfects the steel glass for reuse.
Done
A provisional patent is filed on the integrated dispense-and-clean mechanism.
Done
GILAS is selected under the Ministry of MSME’s Hackathon 6.0 and awarded a ₹12 lakh R&D and development grant.
We are here
The grant funds component sourcing, fabrication and integration of the dispensing, cleaning and disinfection modules.
Next
Third-party hygiene testing and food-contact safety certification.
Next
Field pilots at a hospital and a school, plus event-rental trials.
Next
Manufacturing readiness, then our first customers.
We’re a small team with a big problem to solve. If you work in hardware, manufacturing, public health or institutional sales and this mission speaks to you, we’d love to hear from you.
