Uddhab Bharali
| Uddhab Bharali | |
|---|---|
 Uddhab Bharali | |
| Born |
7 April 1962 North Lakhimpur |
| Residence | North Lakhimpur, Assam, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Fields | Physics |
| Alma mater | Jorhat Engineering College |
| Known for | Many innovations (eg.- pomegranate deseeder),Total of 118 innovations[1] |
| Notable awards |
President’s Grassroots Innovation Award Shristi Samman Award NASA Tech Create the Future Design Contest (2012, 2013) Rashtriya Ekta Samman |
Uddhab Bharali, (born 7 April 1962) is an innovator from Lakhimpur district of Assam, India.[2][3] Bharali has about 118 innovations to his credit, starting from the late 1980s[4]
Student life
Bharali was born to a business man in Lakhimpur district of Assam, India. He studied in government higher secondary school, North Lakhimpur. He was always made to stand out of the class for asking difficult questions to the teacher in Mathematics. He was double promoted twice, from class I to III, and again class VI to VIII. He states that in class VIII, he was able to solve some of the toughest sums of class XI and XII. He studied engineering in Jorhat Engineering College, Institute of Engineers Madras Chapter in Chennai. However, he was able to complete AMIE sec 1 only, due to various problems.[5]
Career
In 1988, his family was in debt. So he decided to start a polyethene making business. However, instead of spending about a lakh (hundred thousand) rupees on buying a machine, he designed his own[2] for about 67,000 rupees. This was the start, after that the list of his innovations increased.
His brother died in 1995, after which he was the only earning member in his family, and he started earning money by his innovations, which were very helpful in agriculture and small industries.[4]
His talent and innovations had been brought to the public knowledge for the very first time in 1995, when famous story-writer, novelist, river engineer and eco-technocrat Arnab Jan Deka wrote an extensive article about him and his innovations with illustrative photographs in the oldest and most prestigious Assamese daily newspaper in Assam, India, Dainik Assam in its Sunday issue dated 7 May 1995. Within a few months, Arnab Jan Deka wrote the first ever English article on Uddhab Bharali in another English daily The Assam Express. Both these articles by the famous author-technocrat made Bharali a household name in Assam, and paved the way for wider appreciation and recognition of his talent in the next two decades, even drawing the attention of Discovery Channel and other global media. On July 5, 2012, Bharali was entered into an online voting competition for the NASA Exceptional Technology Achievement Medal for his design of a benchtop pomegranate de-seeder.[6]
He is a recipient of ‘President’s Grassroots Innovation Award’, 2009. In 2007, he got ‘Shristi Samman Award’. He is the winner of engineering design contest organized by NASA Tech ‘Create the Future Design Contest’ for the year 2012 and 2013. He is also the recipient of ‘Rashtriya Ekta Samman, in 2013. He was one of the speakers in TEDxISMDhanbad held in October 2014.
References
- ↑ "Uddhab Bharali, the man from Assam with 118 incredible inventions".
- 1 2 "AMAZING: Meet the Indian engineer with 98 INNOVATIONS!". Rediff India. 2012-07-16.
- ↑ "Assam innovator in Nasa prize shortlist". Seven Sister's Post India. 2012-07-05.
- 1 2 "The Hindu".
- ↑ "Sanki". Sanki. Retrieved January 8, 2012.
- ↑ "Innovator selected for Nasa award". The Telegraph India. 2012-07-13.