a portal techepdia.sristi.org is explained to link engg tsudnets with small industry and society

1. Anil Gupta , hiranmay mahant, and Techepdia
team, sristi, gian, NIF and visiting faculty, IIMA
anilgb@gmail.com -
Linking students, society,
small industry and nature:
techpedia.in 2012-13 , i

2. Honey Bee Network
founded in 1987-1988
A nameless, faceless innovator or traditional knowledge
holder comes into contact with the Network and gets an identity.

3. Informal Network of like minded
people and organizations. It has
no physical address
First formal steps,
an NGO to
support the HBN
Regional Technology
Business Incubators
to augment grassroots
innovation through
value addition &
business development
National level body
supported by DST.
Govt of India to
scale up green
grassroots
innovations
Honey Bee Network- an Incubator of
Institutions

4. Design for Extreme aff
•Less material
•Local material
•Repairable features
•Upgradable features
•Aspirational connect
•Sticking to essentials

5. Meghalaya
Technology is like
words,
institutions are like
grammar and culture
is like thesaurus
Three pillars of
sustainability

6. Dynamics of small town, small
institutions, sub cultures
Lessons from www.techpedia.in by sristi.org
Innovations will emerge from big minds in
small places, young people, even less trained
ones

7. www.techpedia.in
• initiative to link academia, society and industry
techpedia.in, (a portal by SRISTI ( sristi.org) pooling
180,000 engineering projects by 550k students from
over 500 institutions) etc., engaging with youth in
the one of the youngest country
• Gyti.techpedia.in awards at Festival of Innovations,
Rashtrapati Bhavan, New delhi
•

8. Shanu sharma: vardan, iitk

9. Image, Speech Recognition and
Speech Synthesis for
deaf and dumb to talk to normal people
Saurabh Saket and Rahul Ranjan , Bhutta College of Engineering & Technology, Ludhiana

10. Has any big company given you fridge that also gives you hot
water, keeps food warm and consumes less electricity
Lpg gas based refrigerator
Chintan, mayank, biren Mehsana
Hot water from fridge
Dhruv Mehsana
Exhaust pipe
cools drivers
cabin
`

11. Ignite
Recognising creativity of children and nurturing
their dreams:
thank God, children are much less patient with inertia than us

12. I want a high tech school bus
which can give alert signal as
it approaches my bus stop. I
would not miss my bus this
way!!: pallavi, 9th
class
I want to integrate the
gait of a person with a mobile. As walking style differ person to person,
the software will be able to identify the signals based on the body movements while
walking
If the mobile will sense a different movement once act
will lock itself and send a message about its location
predefined number. : anurag rathor 9th
class
Why pierce skin to
get a blood test done?
I wish to make a blood testing system
that would do the required test by
scanning the skin surface or testing
the skin excretions :srishti class iv

13. Source: Honey Bee Vol 17(3) July - September 2006

14. Nisha Chaube
NOIDA
Bag with folding seat

16. Arnab from, West Bengal

17. Blind
recognition
system

18. Survesh , tamilnadu

19. National Innovation Clubs
•Search: Celebrating the decade of innovation by
scouting and mapping the creativity and
innovations in the hinterland
•Spread: Disseminating/Cross-pollinating
innovations across spaces, social segments and
sectors
•Sense or Benchmark: Identifying the roots of
persistent problems and the mindsets that trigger
their continued tolerance in society to solve
problems
•Celebrate: Recognising achievers in different social
spheres

20. Young technology students across
the country address challenges in
formal and informal sector, MSME
clusters, grassroots innovations
and other social sectors

21. Why France and India must collaborate
distributed learning
Why young technology youth can play crucial role?
Advantage for India and world
• Nearly 3393 Eng colleges
• Nearly one million technology
graduates per year
• Every Student is asked to put
10 months of effort in final
year for doing a project to
help some one.
• 20 Million human months of
efforts per year in India can be
harnessed for solving real life
life issues pertaining to various
sectors, sections, space and
seasons.
Advantage being youth
• Less reverent
• New ideas taken with
higher alacrity
• Impressionable
• Grossly under mobilized at
present scenario
• Large in numbers
• Inevitable given Indian
demography

22. How it was achieved at Techpedia (www.techpedia.in)
with cooperation from technological universities
• By putting the problems of micro, small and medium
enterprises, informal sector, grassroots innovators and other
social sectors on the agenda of the young technology students
across the country .
• By creating academic incentive system and co-creating an
innovation ecosystem virtually in universities.
• By benchmarking standard for every single innovation
periodically and periodic inputs provided to stakeholders for
optimizing the efficiency
• By creating virtual support system for IPR , reward ( GYTI
Awards) and exposure and networking innovations, innovators
and ecosystems.
• Linking societal, environmental and entrepreneurial needs for
students aspirations

23. Impact

24. Nearly 74% increase in academic students/faculties taking projects based
on real life challenges of country within 1st
year of exercise with GTU.
Faculties and students worked with nearly 6,800 MSMEs since summer of
2011

25. Prominent sectors in which the exercise was
successfully done and results were appreciated by
MSMEs and others
• Textile Technology
• Metallurgy
• Mechanical Eng
• Instrumentation & Control
• Food Technology
• Environment Eng
• Civil Eng
• Chemical Eng
• Bio-Technology
• Energy & Powers systems
• Bio-Medical Eng
• Electrical Eng
• Information Technology
• Computer Eng
• Aeronautical Engineering
• Grassroots Innovations
• Plastic and Polymer Eng
• Mining & Petroleum Eng
• Agriculture Eng
• Electronics & Communication

26. Industry Authorities sharing appreciation and acknowledgement
letter with students confirming the benefit obtained by
student’s innovation based on the real life challenge in their
industry.

27. Few cases of success at a glance
Textile Eng:
Name of
Industry
Name of
students
Challenge Sector Solutions/Innovations
Siddhi Vinayak
Knots & Prints
Pvt. Ltd.
Garg
Charchit ,
Gemlawal
a
Vicky,Das
Dipankar
Weight reduction of
Polyester which
includes the
optimization of
quantity of caustic to
be used,
determination of
utilized and
unutilised caustic
and its threshold
value in weight
reduction of
polyester .
Textile
Proces
sing
Pre-
Treat
ment
Team improved the
weight reduction
factors, quality features
of fabrics and other
auxiliary chemicals in
the process got
improved. A balanced
way was found to
optimally use the
concentration of caustic
with respect to active
parameters like
temperature, time,
pressure etc .

28. Textile Eng:
Name of
Industry
Name of
students
Challenge Sector Solutions/Inno
vations
Arvind Mill
Ltd.,
Naroda,
Ahmedabad
Josi Pratik
Vijaybhai,
Dabhi Prince
Arvindbhai,
Patil Pragnesh
Photochromic dyes show
a reversible colour change
from colourless to
coloured when exposed to
UV light. Better results
were needed in Synthesis
And Aplication Of Photo
And Thermo Cromic Dyes.
The concerned industry
needed help in specific
colour change process as
per contextual needs.
Dyeing ,
Synthes
is
Students made
detailed study
under different
experimental
conditions, and
showed a
unique slow
colour change
from orange to
grey process
and codified
such processes
for industrial
usage.

29. Few cases of success at a glance
Metallurgy :
:Name of
Industry
Name of
students
Challenge Sector Solutions/Inno
vations
Inspiron
Engg Pvt
Ltd,
Ahmedaba
d
Kunal Patel,
Patel Parimal,
Gudaliya
Harshad
In gravity die-casting they
found out blow holes in
the casting, In HIGH
PRESSURE DIE CASTING,
there are some component
which have not filling
proper rib or un filling
problems . Other problem
like splashing metal from
the die due to uneven
pressure of the machine
was noticed. blow holes
problems due to pressure
problem was critical.
Defects
detectio
n and
removal
In Lpdc,
Hpdc &
Gdc
Product
s
Team
innovated in
process and
control
parameters to
avoid the
material and
efficiency loss
and improving
quality output.

30. Metallurgy
Name of
Industry
Name of
students
Challenge Sector Solutions/Innov
ations
Shah Alloys Abhishek
Patel,
Parekh
Sunny,
Nitesh
Mishra
To improve the the
argon dilution and
minimize unwanted
oxidation of precious
elements contained in
specialty steels, such as
chromium. Over 75%
of the world’s stainless
steel is made using this
process and hence
finer accuracy was
desired.
Process
Improveme
nt In Argon
Oxygen
Decarburiza
tion (AOD) .
Team worked
out innovative
ways and could
avoid unwanted
oxidation of
precious metals
elements
contained in
specialty steels,
such as
chromium

31. Metallurgy
Name of
Industry
Name of
students
Challenge Sector Solutions/Inno
vations
Tata Motors
,Chinchwad
Pune
Wagh
Abhijeet,
Pharkate
Vinayak
The variation pattern of a
cylinder block casting was to
be reduced. Proper
combination of different
resin with amount and
different sand sizes grading
was required to arrive at an
optimum combination to
ensure minimum variation
in wall thickness .
Effect Of
Shell
Resin On
Core
Distortion
In
Different
Varieties
Of
Cylinder
Blocks
Team worked
out a proper
mixture
combination of
resin and sand
size which
helped in
improving the
thickness
variation
during making
of Cylinder
Blocks .

32. Food Technology
Name of
Industry
Name of
students
Challenge Sector Solutions/Innovations
Vidya
Dairy
Pooja h.
Arora ,shivani
jhala
Analyze The
Refrigeration
System &
Suggest
Measures To
Reduce
Power
Consumption
Energy
conserva
tion and
optimizat
ion
Students worked in reducing
the ambient temperature
around cooling tower and
decreasing temperature
difference of cooling tower
and hence refrigeration
effect was increased and the
power consumption also
reduced. They optimized
inlet and outlet temperature
of cooling tower and velocity
of air in it to further improve
the need.

33. Food Technology
Name of
Industry
Name of
students
Challenge Sector Solutions/Innov
ations
Britannia
Industries
LTD
Smit s.
Patel
Prevention Of Steam
Losses During The
Production Of Dextrose
Monohydrate And Liquid
Glucose Plant . Steam loss
was seen at dextrose
monohydrate plant in
Dryer section at all steam
valve causing loss of
efficiency in the entire
process and students
noticed it while
interacting at floor level.
Efficiency
optimisation
and process
innovation
in
foodprocess
ing
industries
Students
reduced 10%
steam loss factor
to 2-3%. Proper
insulation having
low VOC water
base quality
system materials
with low thermal
conduction was
suggested and it
satisfied in many
needs.

34. Food Technology
Name of
Industry
Name of
students
Challenge Solutions/Innovations
Dhruva E
nterprise
Hetal Improve
moisture
retention in
different
varieties of
bread
The industry has profitably used it.
Dhruva Enterprise found its sales increasing by
incorporating the technologies.
Earlier, Dhruva used pectin as a binding agent
but she developed a method without use of
pectin.
AnshulAg
encies.
Mitali Pat
el
Finding
natural
colours for
multi
nutrient
beverages
with less
hazardous
effect in
body.
The industry proudly mentions that they have
saved about Rs13.44 lakh per annum because
of her contribution. Not only that, the use of
hazardous chlorine came down by about
65%. Mitali Patel and others used natural
colours for multi nutrient beverages, an idea
that was found useful by Anshul Agencies.

35. Bio-Technology
Name of
Industry
Name of
students
Challenge Sector Solutions/Innovations
Adani Spices Khushbu
Lalikya, Bhumi
Bhadeshia,
Madhuri
Sheth
Increasing
Capsaicin
Content In The
Chilly Cultivar
(reshampatti)
Of Saurashtra.
Process
innovation
in food
biotechnolo
gy
The team developed
new cultivar of
Reshampatti with
desired level of
pungency through
micropropagation."
Agriland
Biotech Ltd.
Malli Nirav,
Parakram
Jadeja
Cost effective
and easy to use
Decomposition
Strategies For
Agricultural
Wastes
Process
innovation
in
agricultural
biotechnolo
gy
A modified way based
on micro organisms
was suggested by
team to Agriland
Biotech Pvt. Ltd. at
Savli .

36. Bio-Medical Engg.
Name of
Industry
Name of
students
Challenge Sector Solutions/Innovations
V5
Technologi
es
Doshi rajul j,
bharwada
riddhi r,
parmar nikunj
r, thakkar ankit
h
Design Of
Automatic
Control For
Cpap Machine
Biomedical
Instrument
ation
The prototype made by
team is having alarm
facility , storage of
patient data, this
machine requiring less
human interaction and it
can be particularly useful
for infants
Nidhi
meditech
systems
Kalathiya
Avani,Juhi Jain,
Binal
Barbhaya,
Meera
Kathrotiya,
Conversion Of
Conventional
Uroflowmeter
To Wireless
Uroflowmeter
Biomedical
Instrument
ation
This prototype
eliminates signal drop
while travelling from
sensor to the processing
unit. There is no extra
need of connector and
cable and the chances of
malfunctioning due to
this is reduced.

37. Bio-Medical Engg.
Name of
Industry
Name of
students
Challenge Sector Solutions/Innovations
ABTronics,V
adodra
Bhavya
Mathukiy
a, Vishal
Shah,
Manju
Singh,
Kirti
Sharma
Data Logger For
Diagnostic
Equipments Using
Usb
Biomedical
Instrument
ation
Student used USB to send
the data from controller to
computer because it has
little or no impact on the
PC software application,
requires minimal changes
to the existing application
firmware, shortens the
development cycle time,
eliminates the need to
support and maintain a
windows driver which is a
very demanding task and
is less expensive.

38. Agriculture Engineering
Name of
Industry
/Clusters
Name of
students
Challenge Sector Solutions/Innovation
s
All India
Arecanut
Growers
Association
B. Shankar
Rao , Sandeep
Hegde, Tonse
Supreet
Design
machine to
reduces the
cost of de
husking by
reducing need
for skilled
laborers
Agriculture
Engineering
Dozen students and
faculties closely
worked to develop
the solution and
successfully the
projects is done
under the guidance of
Mr. Ananth Pai of
Mechanical
Engineering
Department costing
just -18,287/-INR.

39. Instrumentation and precision eng
Name of
Industry
Name of
students
Challenge Sector Solutions/Innova
tions
Ceramic
Industry
Clusters at
Morbi ( Generic
challenge of
Small Ceramic
Units)
Ankit
Hareshbhai
Lakhani ,Pratik
Ladani,
Narendra
Goria, Ashish
Kalaria
Low cost
system to
classify tiles in
different
grades using
digital image
processing
Instrumentat
ion and
precision
eng
The team guided
by their professor
designed an
embedded image
procesing based
prototype which
is cheap and
easily portable
and having wider
usage for the
need in Small
ceramic Units.

40. Energy Engineering
Name of
Industry
Name of
students
Challenge Sector Solutions/Innovatio
ns
Micro Ion
Coating Pvt.
Ltd., Rajkot.
Thumma
r, Shruti
Ghetiya,
Heema
Dave,
Abhishe
k Jos
Reduction of
energy
consumption
while using
cleaning process
through ultrasonic
before
electroplating in
industries.
Manufacturing .
(electroplating
of a variety of
goods including
body parts of
time machines)
The team provided
new contextual
design of tank and
other accessories
and improved
process to reduced
power consumption
& save power
consumption of
3.2KW per hour . It
also reduced the
amount of chemicals
use and increased
productivity.

41. Quality Engineering ( efforts by Polytechnic students)
Name of
Industry
Name of
students
Challenge Sector Solutions/Innovations
Forging
industry
clusters at
Mehshana
Jay Prajapati,
Hardik Chavda,
Subhash Patel,
Kalpesh Patel
of MLIDS
Polytechnic
College at
Bhandu
Quality
improvemen
t in foundry
by shorting
the casting
process .
Quality
Engineering
in
manufacturi
ng floor
shop
Redesigned the process
of transaction of molten
metal between foundry
to cavity room and
avoid cooling defects in
molten metal during the
transaction. The
industry unit claims to
have 100% increase in
the efficiency and feel
that by involving more
and more students and
faculties from
Polytechnic level in
innovative tasks.

42. Learning platforms
from concrete to abstract
1) Artefactual - replication of similar design
2) Analogic - metaphor to inspire
3) Heuristic - models of thinking
4) Gestalt - configurational of factors
Gupta, 2012, Own compilation
Four levels of learning

43. Based on college level survey on the impact of
the efforts
• More than 50,000 students in summer of 2011 and more than
74,000 students in more than 30 sectors/disciplines in summer of
2012 worked with more than 6,800 MSMEs starting from locating
challenges via industrial visits and developing them further in final
year of their academic calendar.
• While doing a online survey University shared that around 19,10
units ( SMEs) claimed benefiting from the innovative inputs,
prototypes, suggestive process innovations and shared
complementary wishes with the students and faculties who worked
based on the challenge given by them during summer.
• Nearly 100 patents have been filed by students of 2012 batch after
1 cycle of this exercise.

44. How to reward:
Portfolio of Incentives for innovators
material-individual
Ipr or non ipr based awards
Awards
R and d grants
Endowments
non-material-individual
Recognition
Honour
Memorial
material-collective
Trust funds
Venture and incubation
funds
Collective awards
non-material-collective
Policy changes
Pedagogic changes
Forms of incentives
Material non material
Target
Of individual
Incentives
collective

45. Rethinking logistics for sustainable
future
learning from grassroots innovators
anil k gupta
anilg@sristi.org
shall we join hands in learning from grassroots green innovators
Fortune really lies at the Top of Innovation, ethical,
and value pyramid
Thus poor people are not at the bottom of all pyramids
anil k gupta
National Innovation Foundation, SRISTI, honey bee network, IIMA
www.sristi.org/anilg
Minds on the
margin are
not marginal
minds:

46. How did it happen:
The journey…..
SOCIETY FOR RESEARCH AND INITIATIVES FOR
SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES AND INSTITUTIONS
(www.SRISTI.org ) info@sristi.org
GRASSROOTS INNOVATION AUGMENTATION
NETWORK (wwwGIAN.org)
NATIONAL INNOVATION FOUNDATION (www.
NIFindia.org) info@nifindia.org
Anilg@sristi.org
Honey bee network , informal global social movement,
started in 1987-88,

47. Creativity counts
Knowledge matters
Innovations transform
Incentives inspire
( not just individual, but also collective, not just
material, but also non-material)
Join the Honey Bee Network!
For rewarding indigenous creativity and innovation
www.techpedia.in, www.sristi.org, www.nif.org.in
anilgb@gmail.com