Science and Technology
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Natural Water cooler
Arvindbhai Ranchhodbhai Patel of Gujarat created a low cost, energy efficient, environment friendly water cooler, which cools water naturally. It is based on the principle of heat exchange. The cooling process does not require external power source for operation. The technology has tremendous potential in dry and hot climatic conditions (i.e. tropical) where electricity is not available. This [...]
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Mobile Phone Operated Switch
Prem Singh Siani of Ambala produced a unique device which is operated through a cellular phone in which a configured phone number is stored. It is only through these configure phone numbers that the designated mobile phones are connected to the switch can be operated only by designated mobile/s whose number/s are stored in memory [...]
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Earthen Kitchen Products
Mansukh R Prajapati of Rajkot, Gujarat developed an earthen kitchen product, which is a non- stick earthen griddle and has non-stick coating. It gives advantages of non-stick cookware while preserving natural taste of earthen griddles and is a cheaper alternative of metallic non-stick cookware. It costs RS 40-60 (6-9” diameter) and appeared in the market in the year 2003. [...]
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Modification in Jacquard looms for extra weft insertion
Conventionally, the task of the insertion of weft threads to make a variety of designs is done manually by tying knots. It is tedious, cumbersome and time consuming. The thread is also wasted in the connection between one motif and another. Deepak Bharali of Assam came up with a device consisting of three components; base [...]
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Milking Machine
Raghav Gowda of Karnataka created a milking machine. This machine is easy to use. It can also be operated by women easily. The machines are available in three variants and have an exceptionally good demand across the country. This product was manufactured and marketed under the banner of Ksheera Enterprises in the year 2005. It [...]
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Youngest Organ Donor
Kishore Kumar is a young Revenue Inspector in Mahabubnagar District, Andhra Pradesh and his wife, Hymavathi, a school teacher, delivered a pre-mature female baby on July 8, 2010 at Durgabai Deshmukh Hospital, Hyderabad. Although the infant was normal for two days, but she developed complications, as a result of which, the doctors ventilated her, and [...]
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Shortest Hospital Stays after Bilateral Knee Replacement Surgery
Dr Vijay Shetty from L H Hiranandani hospital Powai, Mumbai performed a bilateral total knee-replacement surgery on a patient Baby Shetty on February 10 ,2010 and was discharged on February 12, 2009. According to medical literature, the average hospital stay is 7-10 days. This is the shortest hospital stay ever recorded for a patient after such [...]
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Maximum Knee Replacement Surgeries
Dr. Ashok Rajgopal, Director of Orthopedics and Joint Replacement at Fortis Hospital along with his team of doctors and paramedics did maximum knee replacement surgeries in a day. He performed 24 knee replacement surgeries on March 24, 2009 from 7.00 am to 3.45 pm at Fortis Hospital in Vasant Kunj (New Delhi).
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Maximum Homeopathic Patients
Dr. Parth Sarthi Sharma( born on June 15, 1970 ) of Agra, U.P at the age of 37 years has treated around 4,000,00 patients at Poojya Prithvichand Homeopathic Dispensary, Agra ( Uttar Pradesh).
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First Robotic Thymectomy
A team of doctors led by Dr Arvind Kumar performed robotic thoracoscopic thymectomy on six patients with myasthenia gravis, a rare autoimmune disorder at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi on June 21,2008 .AIIMS has been performing Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Thymectomy (VAT), or removal of thymus gland, for the past eight years involving [...]