Voices of Grassroots Innovators

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Voices of Grassroots Innovators
National Innovation Foundation
Fab-5
Honey Bee Network
Techpedia.sristi.org
www.sristi.org
www.gian.org
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Electric Shock Proof Converter
Mr. Kshetrimayum Nicholson Singh

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Electric Shock Proof Converter
Mr. Kshetrimayum Nicholson Singh, Manipur

• The device can be installed just after the energy
  meter so that each and every connection in a
  household/commercial establishment passes through
  it
• Principle
• The device has a series of relays that gets
  actuated when there is leakage of current while
  touching and relays then redirect the current to
  other circuit thereby preventing electric shock.
• Shock is prevented when single lead is touched
  but when both leads are touched one will get
  electric shock.

A Input Voltage Controller B Input Voltage
Electronic Control Kit C Output Voltage
Electronic Control Kit D Input to Output
Changer E Panel board for Input Voltage, Output
Voltage, Leakage from Input to
Output Output to Input Voltage F Input
Output Terminal G Cabinet or Cover

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Just for the pain of the mother

• Asu making machine for Pochampally
• sarees C Mallesham, Nalgonda
• Laxmi Asu machine by Mallesham
• has relieved women from 8-9 hours
• of labour everyday.
• it just takes 90 minutes to weave a saree
  compared to the four hours required in the manual
  process.
• This has brought a revolution among the weaver
  community. The Indian Patent has been filed for
  the Innovation. The innovator has sold more than
  500 units of the same.
• Also see Honey Bee 19(3) 4-6, 2009 for his
  detailed profile

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This is how it was
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This is how it is
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Asu Machine
Mr. Chintakindi Mallesham
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Asu Machine
Mr. Chintakindi Mallesham Andhra Pradesh

• The process of Asu is essential for Pochampally
  silk sarees. Traditionally, women do this
  activity. This process involves moving hand over
  a space of one meter 9000 times for one saree.
  For each saree almost five hours was required. In
  a day an average woman could do asu for two
  sarees only.
• Innovator has mechanized the tedious, time
  consuming manual asu process for making
  Pochampally silk sarees
• Capable of providing six sarees worth of material
  in a day against one womens output of two
  earlier.
• No manual effort is required except in the
  beginning for placing thread on the machine and
  taking the configuration after the asu process is
  completed.
• Better quality control is possible
• Has sold over 500 machines

Video
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Automatic watering in flower pots and others
Mr. Abdul Kaleem
Video-electric shock
Video-flower pot
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Automatic watering in flower pots and others
Mr. Abdul Kaleem, Uttar Pradesh

• Automatic watering in flower pots  Solving the
  problem of flowers wilting due to inadequate
  moisture. Innovator has developed a system which
  consists of moisture sensor based controller.
• Whenever moisture content in the flower pot goes
  below the preset value, the controller
  automatically starts the pump and water is
  supplied in the flower pot. Once the preset value
  of moisture content reaches, the pump switched
  off.
• Alarm to protect from electric shock and fire
  Many times due to short circuit in an appliance
  (like electric iron , refrigerator, fan, cooler,
  etc) user gets electric shock. The device
  innovated gives off an alarm whenever there is
  short circuit.
• And many others

Video-electric shock
Video-flower pot
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Electrical and mechanical devices
Mr. Sagir Khan, Uttar Pradesh

• Remote flag hoisting device-video

• Toilet gas and exhaust purifier-video

• Battery terminal solution-video

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Phone operated switch others
Mr. Prem Singh Saini
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Phone operated switch
Mr. Prem Singh Saini, Ambala, Haryana

• It is phone operated on/off switch
• No call charge applied
• Authenticated user (preset number) needs to give
  miscall for switching on/off
• Innovator has also developed multimedia poster,
  electronic robots, welcome kit, wireless heart
  bit amplifier, automatic tea boiler and many
  other useful innovations

Video 1 -discovery
Video 2
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Compressed air car, propelling bicycle using
gravitational force and others
Mr. Kanak Gogoi
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Compressed air car, propelling bicycle using
gravitational force and others
Mr. Kanak Gogoi, Guwahati, Assam

• Compressed air car It is a 2 seater car of size
  36x 81x 44 and having flowing specifications
• Weight 210 kg , maximum speed 90 kmph,
  mileage 200 - 250 km /refill, Maximum load
  capacity 15o kg, recharging time5 min at refill
  station/  2-230 hours (220 volt.AC on board
  compressor) 
• Propelling bicycle using gravitational force It
  is a bicycle which has an eccentric wheel
  attached underneath the seat. due to the
  eccentric wheel the rider moves up and down,
  leading to generation of potential energy. The
  potential trapped in the mechanism gets converted
  to kinetic energy by the same, which propels the
  cycle with very less effort.
• And many others

Video portfolio (open fr source folder
Video cycle
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Pomegranate de-seeder, arecanut peeler and other
innovations
Mr. Uddhab Kumar Bharali
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Pomegranate de-seeder, arecanut peeler and other
innovations
Mr. Uddhab Kumar Bharali, Assam
Pomegranate De-seeder It separates the granules
of pomegranate from the outer cover and thin
inner membrane without damaging the seeds. It has
a capacity of deseeding 50-55 kg of pomegranate
per hour. The machine has been exported to two
countries, viz.Turkey and USA. Arecanut Peeler
Annoyed by the injuries caused while peeling the
areca nuts manually, the innovator has designed
and developed an areca nut peeling machine. The
machine has 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 in as many minutes. One unit has even
been sold to a customer based in Kenya. Bamboo
processing machines It is an assembly of
machines that can perform operations from
splitting long lengths of bamboo, sizing, surface
finishing and polishing etc.
Video small-pome
Video-arecanut (open fr source)
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Safety Device to Prevent Damage to Motors
Mr. Bharat Kamble, Maharashtra
Excessive voltage fluctuation in electric supply
is the problem that most of the rural people have
to live with. Poor quality of the electric supply
often leads to frequent or premature burn out of
the coils of motors. The electronic circuit
designed by Kamble attempts to provide a total
protection to the motor as far as possible within
a limited budget. It is specifically targeted
at the motors meant for powering water pumps. The
circuit switches off the motor when deviation in
any of the functional parameters beyond tolerable
levels may damage the motor.
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