[Assam] Assamese innovator designs 40 user friendly machines-AT

[Ram Sarangapani]

Yes, Manoj - just saw the item in the AT. Thanks

--Ram da


On 9/5/06, Manoj Das <dasmk2k at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  Hi Ramda
>
> I read about him today in AT. Although I belong to NLP, haven't heard
> about him. They are the unsung heroes.
>
> May be they should be given exposure by our NRAs for upgrading their
> skills.
>
> Rgds
> Manoj
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>
>
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> On 9/5/06, Ram Sarangapani <assamrs at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >  Manoj,
> >
> > Thank you for forwarding this piece of good news. Bhuban da is right. I
> > read the AT and the Sentinel fairly regularly (on the net), but have not
> > seen any mention of Bharali over the years. Must have just missed it!
> >
> > But Bharali does deserve kudos for the innovations.
> >
> > --Ram da
> >
> >
> >  On 9/4/06, Manoj Das < dasmk2k at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > >  *Assamese innovator designs 40 user friendly machines
> > *By Ajit Patowary
> >  GUWAHATI, Sept 4 – Working out the problems in a small workshop at
> > North Lakhimpur town in the State's flood-ravaged Lakhimpur district, this
> > 40-year-old innovation wizard has so far designed and manufactured 40 long
> > sought-for machines. He is now a technical expert-cum-role model for the
> > National Innovation Foundation (NIF) of the country.
> >
> > He is Uddhab Kumar Bharali, a mechanical engineer of the 1988 batch of
> > the Institute of Engineers (India). He started his UKB Agrotech, a
> > house-machine design and research firm, around 1992 on his own, spending
> > some hopeless years running after those in the corridors of power seeking
> > support to set up a machine designing-cum-training firm. His first machine
> > was the modern dheki, the re-designed Assamese paddy grinder, which could be
> > operated by turning a wheel.
> >
> > But to emerge as the real innovator, he had to borrow an amount of Rs
> > 30,000 from a private moneylender at a monthly interest rate of 10 per cent
> > on the principal amount. In the meantime, he had to shoulder the burden of a
> > family loan of Rs 11 lakh. With the amount he borrowed, he developed the
> > green arecanut-peeling machine in 2001.
> >
> > Bharali had to accept the challenge of developing the arecanut peeler
> > thrown by the then Chief Innovation Officer (CIO) of the Gyan-NE, the NE
> > branch of the NIF, to secure NIF support. Till then developing a green
> > arecanut peeler was thought to be impossible by the innovators worldwide.
> > Bharali could develop the machine within 20 days. The innovation of Bharali
> > was so appreciated that when its live demonstration was held on the Guwahati
> > IIT campus, Karnataka-based Dharma Technology acquired its technology for a
> > period of five years since 2001, for the state of Karnataka. The same
> > company also procured the machine for marketing in Singapore and Chile, said
> > Bharali.
> >
> > Then came the cassava-peeling machine in early 2002. This machine has a
> > tremendous demand in South Africa and Central American countries. As, in
> > these countries, which have been facing famine-like situations, cassava
> > flour is considered to be the best nutritious food.
> >
> > By this time, he was successful in receiving the support of the NIF. And
> > with such support, Bharali started working on a series of machines and thus
> > came the 'Safed Musli Peeler', the 'Passion-fruit Gel Extractor', 'Aloebera
> > Gel Extractor', the 'Dhoop Making Machines', the 'Bamboo-craft Machines',
> > the 'Paddy Thrasher', the 'Stevia Pulveriser', the 'Garlic-peeling Machine'
> > and finally the 'Pomegranate De-seeder'. The last named machine has found
> > market all over the world.
> >
> > Bharali is the first man in the world to develop the 'Cassava Peeler',
> > the 'Arecanut Peeler' and the 'Pomegranate De-seeder'. The Discovery Channel
> > telecast his innovation of the third machine in January last. In his list of
> > innovations, one more machine—'Jatropha De-seeding Machine'— was also added
> > recently.
> >
> > Now Bharali is engaged in developing a device that can mechanise bamboo
> > splitting for weaving tarza walls. The NEDFi has sponsored this venture.
> >
> > Bharali has by now received 33 national and international assignments,
> > which include the ones for sugarcane-peeling, mango-peeling, mini tea plant
> > with the capacity to produce 100 kgs of processed tea per day and bamboo
> > artisan craft machine. A company from Nairobi has placed the order for the
> > mini tea plant with him, while he received the order for the bamboo artisan
> > craft machine from a South African company through the Beijing-based
> > International Network for Bamboo and Rattan. He has also received several
> > other assignments from International Fund for Agricultural Development.
> >
> > Of late, he has received an assignment for manufacturing a
> > ginger-peeling machine from Nepal through the NIF and another assignment for
> > a potato-peeling and slicing machine from the UK, Bharali said.
> >
> > He attributes the popularity of his innovations to their designs that
> > make more production possible with less consumption of power. Moreover, his
> > machines do not require any foundation, he said.
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