Keshav G : IIT Ghandhinagar Student

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrb-8mE32GWBGazG4a7sbSK8DqB1EnPJ7CcRKZohoJpz_m9RSe_C8_EM8jxw7c3UK6PsODUA6Mx7PTo31VwDUm0vTdU5Ue06vbIboXNKtNHv5QHWU6BCp91tZ60nbJMGxp8Z0tpYqJ0-ir/s1600/DE29PERISCOPE_KESH_1192078g.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt=" Keshav G with his machine." border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrb-8mE32GWBGazG4a7sbSK8DqB1EnPJ7CcRKZohoJpz_m9RSe_C8_EM8jxw7c3UK6PsODUA6Mx7PTo31VwDUm0vTdU5Ue06vbIboXNKtNHv5QHWU6BCp91tZ60nbJMGxp8Z0tpYqJ0-ir/s320/DE29PERISCOPE_KESH_1192078g.jpg" title=" Keshav G with his machine." width="212" /></a></div> To reduce the drudgery from the lives of workers who roll 3,000 incense sticks a day with bare hands to earn as little as Rs. 20 per 1,000 sticks, an IIT Gandhinagar graduate is developing a low cost machine.Keshav G, a student from the maiden batch of IITGN who graduated this year, started developing the machine as a classroom project a year ago.<br /> <br /> When Keshav came face to face with slum dwellers in Bangalore making bundles of sticks for a pittance, he took up a project to design a low cost machine that would produce incense sticks at a faster rate to generate more income.<br /> <br /> <div> <br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><img alt="Low-cost Incense Stick Making Machine " height="160" src="http://www.way2k.com/way2k/images/Today_tips_images/Low-cost-Incense-Stick-Making-Machine.png" style="background-color: white; float: right; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px; margin: 3px 2px 0px 8px; text-align: justify;" title="Low-cost Incense Stick Making Machine " width="150" /><span class="bold_EntExam" style="background-color: white; color: #0e5fa1; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">Low-cost Incense Stick Making Machine:</span><br /> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span class="bold_EntExam" style="color: #163b52; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Innovators: </span>Keshav G.</div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span class="bold_EntExam" style="color: #163b52; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">College: </span>IIT-Gandhinagar.</div> Cost: <img src="http://www.way2k.com/way2k/images/png/Indian-Rupee-symbol.png" /> 500 (Prototype cost: <img src="http://www.way2k.com/way2k/images/png/Indian-Rupee-symbol.png" /> 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 back pain 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.<br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><br /> <br /></div> <div> Read Full Article :<a href="http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/society/article3831999.ece" target="_blank"> The Hindu </a></div> </div>

Keshav G : IIT Ghandhinagar Student

To reduce the drudgery from the lives of workers who roll 3,000 incense sticks a day with bare hands to earn as little as Rs. 20 per 1,00...

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