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Students from various colleges in the state put up an impressive show at the Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Awards’ function
Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Awards ceremony was held at IIMA on Thursday where the best innovations by students from various colleges in the country were honoured. The awards organised by Society for Research and Initiatives for Sustainable Technologies and Institutions (SRISTI), were categorised in three areas — Socially relevant technological innovation award, More-for-less for-many award and Technological edge award. According to sources, SRISTI received more than 5,000 applications from across the country. Interestingly, 3,000 applications were from Gujarat. Mirror gives you a sneak peek into some of the best creations.
Multi-desire Wheelchair
Innovators: Pratik Gandhi, Chintak Dholakia, Sumit Shatwara, Bhargav Desai, Priyesh Rajnikant, Vanraj Kamliya
College: L D Engineering College
Cost: Rs 80,000
It is designed for physically challenged people. The battery-powered wheel chair can be operated with the help of a joy stick and using tongue or head movements. Pratik said, “This product was part of the curriculum. The cost can be reduced if it is produced in large numbers.”
Low-cost incense stick making machine
Innovator: Keshav G
College: IIT-Gandhinagar
Cost: Rs 500 (Prototype cost: Rs 5,000)
It is a low-cost semi-automatic machine operated by hand. According to the innovator, it doubles production. The machine is ergonomically designed to mitigate backpain and other spinal problems.
A woman can roll out 6,000 sticks a day. Keshav said, “The idea struck me when I was interning at a village in Bangalore last year. I had witnessed the village women preparing the incense sticks. I saw their hardship and decided to use my knowledge to ease their problems.”
LPG-based refrigerator
Innovators: Jainil Bhatt, Dhruvin Kagdi, Tirth Jani, Kunjal Jadav
College: LDRP college, Gandhinagar
The refrigerator is made by developing a heat exchanger comprising network of pipes containing gas. These pipes are covered with thin and closely spaced fins. These fins help in effective and fast cooling and the insulating material helps in storing the cooling effect for a longer period of time.
Image, Speech Recognition & Speech Synthesis for disabled
Innovators: Saurabh Saket, Rahul Ranjan
College: Bhutta College of Engineering and Technology, Ludhiana
Cost: Investment Rs 3,50,000
Project Hope aims to aid people suffering from hearing and speech impairments. Saurabh said, “This system is able to identify and convert signals by the user into speech using a voice synthesizer. For those with hearing impairment, this system converts external voices into written instructions.”
Domestic Refrigerator with water heater
Innovator: Dhruv Patel
College: Gandhinagar Institute of Technology
This innovation deals with utilisation of heat rejected by the condenser by way of generating lukewarm water. This device will also save up to 20 per cent electricity. Daily, 100 litre of water can be produced.
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