Telangana: Four persons get ‘Intinta Innovator Grameena Awards’
Hyderabad: The Telangana State Innovation Cell (TSIC), as part of its Republic Day celebrations, has initiated ‘Intinta Innovator Grameena Awards’ to enable local recognition for the innovators. Under this, four innovators were have been presented with the awards Edulapuram Shashidhar from Azamnagar village of Jayashankar Bhupalapally devised a mechanism to automatically switch-off and on the […]
Hyderabad: The Telangana State Innovation Cell (TSIC), as part of its Republic Day celebrations, has initiated ‘Intinta Innovator Grameena Awards’ to enable local recognition for the innovators. Under this, four innovators were have been presented with the awards
Edulapuram Shashidhar from Azamnagar village of Jayashankar Bhupalapally devised a mechanism to automatically switch-off and on the streetlights in his village thus paving way for energy conservation. His innovation works on a one-to-many mechanism, where one device fixed in the lane automates the on-off for all the streetlights in the concerned lane.
Vollala Sai Kumar from Palampet village of Mulugu district is a serial innovator who devised solutions for farmers, specially-abled, and electricians. His recent solution is a mechanism to save electricity in the village parallelly preventing electric shocks to citizens.
Velle Srinivas from Jayyaram Village of Mahabubabad district is a Cable TV Mechanic who devised an automatic advanced drip irrigation system using solar energy. Once fixed in farm, it tests moisture of soil at intervals and automates the working of motor for water flow.
Barige Sai Praneeth Rao from Pamireddypally of Wanaparthy district is a school innovator who. He along with his teacher came with an idea of wall-mounted toilet commodes fixed, based on minimal and maximum height of students in the school.
The objective was to sensitise villagers on the concept of frugal innovation and to pave way for Gram Panchayats to become social and cultural validators for innovation and innovators. This is a pilot initiative to capture the interest from the village and learn about the support mechanisms that could be established, said State Chief Innovation Officer Dr Shanta Thoutam.
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