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India Impact of Engineering

Marvel from and for India

INDOvation ?

Buzzwords

• Indovation

– SELCO, Tata Nano

• Reverse innovation

– John Deere, GE

• Poly-centric innovation

– Xerox, Microsoft

• Frugal Engineering

– Renault

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A different ATM

robust design for rural conditions

biometric authentication

dispense new and soiled notes

no air conditioning required

operate on 50W max power

60% Vortex Rural ATMs are Solar Powered:No Air-Conditioning. But, no Shut-down.

Largest Footprint of Solar ATMs

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ERTL Test Certificate

Vortex ATMs can function without AC in the harshest summers

Tested up to 55°C

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The ‘always’ ATM

Discovery Channel featured solar powered Vortex ATM installation in a village bordering the Thar desert, Rajasthan

Grid power not available for days at a stretch…

But Vortex ATMs are available every day

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The ‘anywhere’ ATM

A Vortex ATM being transported inside a ferry for installation in the Ganges Delta, Poschim Bongo 8

Awards and Recognition“One of 10 Start-ups that will

change your life”

Finalist at Asia Innovation Awards 2010

Technology Pioneer 2011

Vortex joins UN’s Select Group

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The Microspin Initiative

Inclusive Textile Manufacture

The Technology Gap

Producers get mere piece-rate wages

Yarn?

The Design ChallengeSpinning is done only on huge and complex machines. How can it be done in a village?

The Microspin Sequence

Loose LintIs gently carded

Finally, it is spun and reeled.

Then it is drawn as roving

In 3000 sft

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How to build a quality workforce?

E-learning:

complement to classroom learning…

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But hands-on skills?

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Demographic Dividend, or Malthusian Catastrophe?

So we took welding as an example…

5 Lakh more welders needed in infrastructure sector alone, by

2022

Auto Industry needs more than 1.5L welders

immediately


Gas Weldin

g

Arc Weldin

gTIG MIG

Conventional Skill Training


Optimum Sequence for Skilling

TIG

Arc Weldin

g

MIGOne Hand, single axis

One Hand, double axis

2-Hands, double axis

40% market share, fastest growing demand


Conventional Skill Training is Expensive

Per hour of practice – Rs 250 to Rs 450

This results in fewer hours of practice

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Aura• Measure the

skill-elements

• Precisely identify shortcomings

• Give targeted feedback

• Graded improvement

THE “QUALITY” CHALLENGE

Her definition of quality?

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NOT “six pieces of currency/sec”

“I should get my money, even if there is no power”

‘Quality’ is what the user values

NOT “strength, uniformity, fineness…”

“Feel, Fall, Drape…”

Cloth commands a premium


Existing simulators: awesome 3D-goggles,

but…• Rs 200 L for a tool?

• Welding & feedback: on different screens?

• No audio feedback, especially in local languages

Thank you!

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