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rural innovators
Across rural India, Indians have turned serious innovators. These are the stories of individuals, practitioners of rustic science that is compelling, practical and applicable.
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rural innovators
Pasiala, Haryana
Saikat Datta
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rural innovators
Jiakur, Assam
Wasbir Hussain
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rural innovators
Murulya, Karnataka
Sugata Srinivasaraju
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rural innovators
Kalawad, Gujarat
Haresh Pandya
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Gulbarga, Karnataka
Sugata Srinivasaraju
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rural innovators
Nagpur, Maharashtra
Saumya Roy
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rural innovators
Vanch, Gujarat
Haresh Pandya
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rural innovators
Mathia Dih, Bihar
Faizan Ahmad
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She is just 18, and she has applied for a patent for her non-electric washing-cum-exercise machine. All you need is to pedal. Forget the power cuts. You get your clothes washed and dried, with less damage to them than in a conventional electric gadget. And you would have also burnt a few calories at no extra cost.
A rust-proof mesh cylinder inside a metal box is connected to two pedals. Put the clothes in the box, add detergent, fill half the box with water, and pedal for four minutes. The cylinder moves fast enough to scour off the dirt with constant beating against the mesh. Rinse, and clothes are dried 80 per
cent. Cost: Rs 3,000. For another Rs 2,000, a cycle with a seat can be added on.
Remya's father, P.A. Joseph, once turned down her request for a washing
machine. Since then Remya's thoughts hovered on a machine that works on mechanical energy. Several sessions with the local mechanic yielded a simple
machine. The parents couldn't have asked for more. "She studies well, has won prizes in elocution, essay-writing, short story, mono act—she also learns her catechism well," says her
father. Remya, of course, brims with ideas: a smokeless oven, a vacuum cleaner that uses water.... Meanwhile, if the washing machine patent is accepted, she hopes she will have enough funds to pursue an electronics engineering degree in a reputed college.