Amazing innovators from Rural India!!!

As the Indian economy continues to progress with time, one cannot ignore the fact the rural India has always been the backbone of various sectors including food. Here’s an interesting insight into the lives of these five amazing innovators who have made a difference in the rural lifestyle, thereby helping it grow at a much faster rate.

1.Uddhab Bharali

Uddhab Bharali is a serial innovator who has designed and prototyped around 85 devices for different purposes.

He first developed the polythene-making machine in 1988. Some of his innovations include:
Pomegranate De-seeder: It separates the outer cover and thin inner membrane without damaging the seeds. It has a capacity of deseeding 50-55 kg of pomegranate fruits per hour. The machine has been exported to Turkey and the United States of America.
Arecanut Peeler: Annoyed by the injuries caused while peeling the areca nuts manually, he developed an areca nut peeling machine with a capacity of peeling 100-120 nuts per minute.
Cassava peeler: It is a portable electric machine that can process up to five kg of cassava per minute. NIF facilitated the technology licensing on non-exclusive basis to a Guwahati based entrepreneur. One unit has even been sold to a customer based in Kenya.

2.Bachubhai Savjibhai Thesia

Bachubhai is known as 'Khopadee' (brains) in this small township. To many he may appear a persistent explorer of crazy ideas, but his reputation as a serial innovator has spread far and wide.
Doing away with the steering wheel, Bachubhai (58), an inventor and innovator, has developed a lever operated farm machine capable of doing most agricultural operations.

3.Dhirajlal Virjibhai Thummar

Here’s a man who created a new wilt resistant groundnut variety when In 2004, he saw a complete crop failure as the whole field got infested with the stem rot disease resulting in wilting.
'Dhiraj 101', the new variety of groundnut, selected from the GG 20 variety is early maturing and is resistant to wilt due to stem rot. At 3,200-3,500 kg per hectare, the yield is also higher than that of the locally cultivated varieties (GG 20 & GG 2).

4.Pandharinath Sarjerao

A farmer from Maharashtra, Pandharinath Sarjerao More developed an affordable, semi-automatic transplanter for timely sowing of onion seedlingsThe task of transplanting onion seedlings manually is time consuming and labour intensive.
Pandharinath's onion transplanter is a tractor drawn semi-automatic unit. It can perform three functions at a time viz. transplanting the onion, applying the fertilizer and making the irrigation channels.

5.Mushtaq Ahmad Dar

Mushtaq Ahmad Dar (28), a young innovator from Kashmir, has developed a machine that can crack walnuts and peel the green ones.He has also made a portable climber that can be used to climb trees and poles. Presently, he is developing a machine for cracking almonds.
Looking at their achievement s we can surely say that innovations takes place in the mind of those who care to do things for others, the people with vision and passion to contribute something for the society.


Source: Rediff