Biplove Sharma's two inventions, which may hold the key to the world's energy and environmental problems, have made it to an int'l engineering award ceremony
Biplove Sharma's two inventions, which may hold the key to the world's energy and environmental problems, have made it to an int'l engineering award ceremony
At first glance, Biplove Sharma can be mistaken for just another engineering student from Malad's Atharva College. But this 18-year-old might just hold the key to two of the biggest problems faced by the modern world.
Sharma has invented two machines that, he says, can help solve global warming and the electricity shortage. He will soon take these devices, named Krishnela and Krishnela SJ-108 respectively, to an international platform the Mondialogo Engineering Awards 2009.
Inside the devices...
The Krishnela is a pollution control device that helps eliminate the green house gases that lead to global warming. The device recycles the harmful green house gases into useful byproducts like hydrogen, limestone and water, said Sharma.
Meanwhile, he added, the Krishnela SJ-108 could be India's answer to the energy crisis. "India has the largest railway network in the world. So, I plan to mount this device in trains. That way every train would generate electricity to light up at least 250 tube lights every day," said Sharma.
"This device will use the mechanical energy of the train, which is wasted right now, to produce energy. The device can be placed at the doors where the energy from the wind can help generate electricity. It can also be placed in the middle of the wheels of the trains to convert the energy produced by the wheels to electricity," he explained.
Explaining how he reached the international platform, Sharma said, "I was informed about the contest by the college. I sent the organisers a project proposal and they liked my inventions. They gave me a partner from Germany to help me develop the project."
Sharma's inventions will feature among the 181 teams from all over the world. The winning team will be awarded u20ac300,000 (Rs 2 crore) by the UN. The results will be declared by the end of May.
How the competition works
The Mondialogo Engineering Awards 2009, which are conducted online, asked students to post their ideas on improving the quality of life in the developing world. The organisers then paired up each selected student with a like-minded partner from the Mondialogo community members. Each team has one partner from a developed country and one from a developing one. The duos then formed local teams to develop their projects.
