Feeling great that one fellow Assamese is being named for Meritorious Invention Award.
Regards Pranab J Doley http://www.pranabdoley.com On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 10:18 PM, Buljit Buragohain <[email protected]>wrote: > > > State innovator named for national award > > Staff Reporter > GUWAHATI, Jan 4 – Working silently in a flood-ravaged remote corner of the > State, innovator Uddhav Bharali, a trained mechanical engineer, has brought > laurels for the State once again. He has been nominated by the National > Research Development Corporation’s (NRDC) ‘Meritorious Invention Award’ for > the year 2009 for his pomegranate de-seeder machine. > > Meanwhile, Bharali has innovated a low-cost green tea manufacturing machine > that can produce 25 kgs of green tea in three hours’ time. The cost of the > machine is expected to be within Rs 2 lakhs and it comprises two parts—a > steamer and a dehydrating dryer. With this device, Bharali has so far > innovated 92devices. > > > Talking to this newspaper over phone from his North Lakhimpur residence, > Bharali said that he is flooded with orders from the small tea growers to > supply the new device. However, he would require some time to get himself > prepared for commercial production of the device, which can be operated by > three persons and maintains the quality of the green tea intact, Bharali > said. > > > The Feature Group of Companies, which runs the Big Bazaar shopping mall > chain, has selected the domestic type of Bharali’s pomegranate de-seeder for > marketing. For the purpose, the company has asked Bharali to supply five > samples of the device for displaying at its metropolitan malls. The > innovator is supplying these samples of the device to the Feature Group > shortly. > > > It needs mention here that pomegranate juice has emerged as one of the most > important health drinks these days. A domestic type pomegranate de-seeder > will cost the buyer around Rs 3,000, said Bharali. > > > Each of the green tea producing machines will be available to the buyers at > around Rs 2 lakh. > > > The steamer part of the device can be run with firewood or LPG cylinder. > Its de-hydrating dryer removes the water from the steamed leaves and dries > them up keeping their green colour intact. > > > The device developed by Bharali is able to produce quality tea. > > > Green tea is also regarded to be a fabulous source of antioxidant. Green > tea, because of its high production cost is at present priced higher. This > has made it unaffordable for the common tea consumers. > > > This machine is expected to help small tea growers produce green tea > without any big factory. It requires only a small room, 1.5hp power, which > can be derived from domestic connection. > > > Some Nilgiri tea planters initially requested Bharali for this device. Now > many Assam small tea growers have been placing their orders with him, said > the innovator, who could develop the device within a month’s time. He has 53 > assignments in his hand. > > > (The Assam Tribune, 05.01.2011) > > __._,_.___ > Reply to > sender<[email protected]?subject=re%3a%20state%20innovator%20named%20for%20national%20award%20%28the%20assam%20tribune%2c%2005%2e01%2e2011%29>| > Reply > to > group<[email protected]?subject=re%3a%20state%20innovator%20named%20for%20national%20award%20%28the%20assam%20tribune%2c%2005%2e01%2e2011%29>| > Reply > via web > post<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NorthEastIndia/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJxNGJ0YTNiBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzEwOTQzODg1BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTgzODA3MwRtc2dJZAM3NTc3BHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA3JwbHkEc3RpbWUDMTI5NDI0NjE1Mw--?act=reply&messageNum=7577>| > Start > a New > Topic<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NorthEastIndia/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJmOTAxM210BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzEwOTQzODg1BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTgzODA3MwRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNudHBjBHN0aW1lAzEyOTQyNDYxNTM-> > Messages in this > topic<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NorthEastIndia/message/7577;_ylc=X3oDMTM1MzAxNHVoBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzEwOTQzODg1BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTgzODA3MwRtc2dJZAM3NTc3BHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA3Z0cGMEc3RpbWUDMTI5NDI0NjE1MwR0cGNJZAM3NTc3>( > 1) > Recent Activity: > > > Visit Your > Group<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NorthEastIndia;_ylc=X3oDMTJmcXZvNDZmBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzEwOTQzODg1BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTgzODA3MwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzEyOTQyNDYxNTM-> > [image: Yahoo! > Groups]<http://groups.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTJlaHJlNjdoBF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkAzEwOTQzODg1BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTgzODA3MwRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNnZnAEc3RpbWUDMTI5NDI0NjE1Mw--> > Switch to: > Text-Only<[email protected]?subject=change+delivery+format:+Traditional>, > Daily > Digest<[email protected]?subject=email+delivery:+Digest>• > Unsubscribe<[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>• > Terms > of Use <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> > . > > __,_._,___ > _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
