Indian villages have proved their excellence by making extraordinary inventions. Despite many limitations like lack of education and severe cash crisis, but most of them have succeeded in using technology cost-effectively to build ingenious products, reports rediff Business.
The products were exhibited at Rashtrapati Bhavan and President Pratibha Patil inaugurated the three day exhibition. The exhibition was organized by the National Innovation Foundation (NIF), a grant-in-aid institute under the Department of Science and Technology (DST).
Here is the list of innovation from rural India
Gopal Bhise (Bicycle Weeder) Maharashtra
Gopal Bhise has made a very useful device for ploughing culture operation in very small farm plots, gardens and kitchen gardens. He has fixed a rod with a blade at the end, to an assembly consisting of only the front wheel and the handle of a bicycle. He said economic frustration to even buy a pair of bullocks led him develop this device.
Swayambhoo Sharma, Madanlal Kumawat, Chandan Agarwal
(Modified hand pump with tap and attachment for filling animal trough) Rajasthan/Delhi
Swayambhoo Sharma came up with an interesting solution to address the drinking water needs of animals, as lack of surface water sources and falling water table has made availability of clean drinking water a major problem in Rajasthan.
He developed an arrangement such that every time people pump water for their use, 20 percent of pumped water will directly go to fill animal water trough. Another problem faced in hand pumps is that a single person finds it very difficult to pump and at the same drink water. Chandan, a first year student at IIMA came out with an idea of storing water in the body of the hand pump so that having pumped; one could use a tap and drink water like any other tap.
Yusuf Khan and Madan Lal Kumawat, two other innovators combined the idea of Chandan and Swayambhoo Sharma and developed a hybrid model
Raghav Gowda (Milking machine) Karnataka
Raghav Gowda has developed low cost simple milking machines, which works on new milking technique. These machines perform similar to
any other high-end machines used worldwide. It's an easy to operate and low cost milking machine that can milk 1.5-2 litre of milk per minute.
K Nicholson (Shock proof converter) Manipur
Nicholson has developed an innovative device which converts all electrical lines into shock-free power lines. The device can be in
stalled just after the energy meter so that each and every connection in the building establishment gets connected to the device and becomes shock-free.
Sakrabhai Prajapati (Exercising chair- Maruti Jhoola) Gujarat
Maruti Jhoola is a unique health chair with multiple capabilities, functions and settings for various po
stures and seating dynamics. It is ergonomically designed and serves the purpose of seating as well as exercising for a person weighing up to 120 kg. The health chair is useful for people suffering from arthritis and joint ailments.
Abhishek Bhagat (Automatic Food Making Machine) Bihar
This food machine is a tested gadget with boxes in it to hold different ingredients and a display screen from which
one can select options to cook different items. Then, the screen displays the required quantity of each ingredient. Once the items are fed into the machine, it cooks the dishes.
Bhagwan Singh Dangi (Reaper windrower machine) Madhya Pradesh
To solve the problem of non availability of labourers, which can shatter the soybean pods, Bhagwan Singh
decided to develop a reaper windrower machine. The device can reduce manpower requirement and the drudgery involved in the harvesting process. The machine has 7 ft width of operation and can cover 0.4 hectares per hour. While operating this machine, fuel consumption of tractor is 2.5-3 litres per hour
N Sakthimainthan (Hand operated water lifting pump) Tamil Nadu
Sakthimainthan built his hand operated water pump in response to a dearth of available pumps that could be
afforded by small farmers. The water-lifting device is operated by the continuously rotating a handle. It is simple in design and has a high discharge at low cost compared to the motorized pumps and conventional hand pumps.
Radhey Shyam Sharma (Bullock operated sprayer) Madhya Pradesh
The bullock operated sprayer is pulled by a pair of bullocks and gets the drive from the ground through
a gear box and belt pulley system. This sprayer considerably reduces time requirement as compared to manual spraying and also the drudgery and health hazards involved in manual spraying.
P K Ravi (Pepper thresher) Kerala
The thresher can be operated both automatically and manually with higher output and minimal damage. About 100 kg pepper can be threshed in a on
e HP machine in ten minutes. It consumes 3/4 electric units per hour, has threshing efficiency 90 percent and the damage is about 2-3 per cent. The Spices Board (Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Govt. of India) has recognized Ravi's innovation and included it in the Board's subsidy scheme.
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