Project: Solar Lamp

Omkar Tarle (KLECET)

People in the village of Benali suffered from frequent power outages and therefore had little electricity to supply their homes.  So, Omkar designed a solar powered lamp, which provides free light source to people affected by the power outages.  The construction of the lamp was quite an undertaking-material had to be gathered from Belgaum as well as from Bangalore. Omkar distributed 20 solar lamps, and 150 people are benefitting from these lamps. 

Project: Seeds for Life

Sandesh Bhat (MES College of Commerce, Sirsi)

Sandesh identified major agricultural issues: there existed a scarcity in desi rice seeds, and farmers were not receiving proper guidance.  After identifying these issues, Sandesh took action.  He informed several local NGOs about the problem and and collaborated with the NGOs to hold a workshop for local farmers that would teach them how to conserve seeds.  The workshop was facitliated by Kerya Guda and attracted 100 farmers.  During the workshop, farmers not only learned better farming techniques, but they were also given the opportunity to exchange ideas with each other.  Sandesh’s project only cost Rs 3000, but the impact he created on these farmers’ lives has no value.

Project: Recycling of Waste Chalk

Atheeq MD (REC Hulkoti)

Atheeq noticed that a lot of chalk was being wasted at his college.  He came up with an idea to recycle and reuse the wasted chalk.  Atheeq devised a method to recycle use chalk, and he presented this method to the principal.  After this method was successfully implemented at his college, he introduced his idea and implemented his method in a local government school.  

Project: Automatic Operated Water Pump

LEADer: Nitinkumar Meghannavar

College: KLS Gogte Institute of Technology, Belgaum

Water plays a key role in human life. In some areas, water get wasted from overflow of the overhead tank. This depleted both the water resource as well as energy resource. To overcome this the team made an attempt to conserve the resources. It is most useful for people of the house, who face problems in switching on/off the pump at regular intervals of time. The water pump can be installed in old age homes, hospitals, hotels, hostel, and colleges. The team started the project with a proper plan, sketch of the equipment and the list of raw materials required. Convincing the residents of the house was a difficult task but after explaining the importance of the project, they gave their support. The purchase of materials, machining of materials and assembly were some of the activities done. But the main problem was the switch (one of the part of equipment), which the team was not able to find one that is suitable. To overcome this Nitinkumar and his team designed their own model and it worked, then after the installation of the equipment, they demonstrated it to the residents. The moment when the pump automatically turrned off, everyone present there was surprised and happy. They congratulated the team for their work. After the completion of this project many of the team's neighbours and friends were interested and ready to install it. As of now the team has seven orders from places including Chikodi, Dandeli and Sulebhavi.

Project: Generation of Electricity from Cow Urine

LEADer: Prabhudev
Team Members: Shridhar Hallikeri, Raghvendra Divanji
Location: KLEIT

The team visited a nearby village to know how much urine was wasted and found that 200 litres of urine was wasted each day. They collected urine samples and brought two electrodes, dipping them in beakers containing urine. Connecting the electrodes to the multimeter the team members noted down the voltage reading. After three attempts they were successful in generating the power of about 0.4-0.6 volts, and the team hopes to produce a larger amount of voltage given a large quantity of urine.

The main objective of the project is to provide the rural area people with proper electricity facility, and also to bring the awareness about the proper utilization of the naturally available  urine in the rural area. The project has been done on the small scale and was able to generate 0.6 volts from a half litre urine. 

Prabhudev: "If considered on the large scale ...the day isn't far when we find no houses without electricity in the rural areas. Thanks to all my team members and my sir Dr.Nagaraj Shetti for his guidance."