Bicycle Sprayer Case Study
Bicycle Sprayer
1. Coverage 4 acre in 3hours
2. Span of use - approximately 3.5 feet from user (either side)
3. Capacity of tank: 20 Litre
Key Features of innovation
Bullet Santi:
1. Easy to assemble and disassemble, therefore the motorcycle can be used for transportation after completing farm operations.
2. It can also be used for goods transporting operations by attaching a small trailer.
3. The low cost attachments that can be used in farming has enabled the farmers to easily avail the benefits of Bullet Santi, thus improving their lives drastically. It costs 40, 000 INR (ex-factory cost), including main attachment and four different types of farming equipments for shallow ploughing, harrowing, sowing and inter-culture operations.
4. The unit is capable of performing all sorts of agricultural operations, thus effectively replacing a pair of bullocks. Its operations can be considered as a subset of that performed by a tractor.
5. The machine is much smaller than tillers and tractors, but more powerful than bullocks.
6. The machine is light in weight, beneficial in preventing soil …show more content…
Recently, he has been chosen as a recipient for the NABARD award for rural innovations, that discovered Mansukhbhai’s innovation in 1998. He has also been selected by FORBES to be included in their list of seven of the most powerful rural Indian entrepreneurs whose inventions are “Changing Lives” across the country. He was invited to the executive committee of the Commonwealth Science Council consisting of the Science and Technology Ministers of some 54 member countries, that had their meeting organized in South Africa on the 10th and 11th of June, 2002, to discuss the role and activities of Commonwealth Science Council and formulate a plan for the Commonwealth Knowledge Network
1. Coverage 4 acre in 3hours
2. Span of use - approximately 3.5 feet from user (either side)
3. Capacity of tank: 20 Litre
Key Features of innovation
Bullet Santi:
1. Easy to assemble and disassemble, therefore the motorcycle can be used for transportation after completing farm operations.
2. It can also be used for goods transporting operations by attaching a small trailer.
3. The low cost attachments that can be used in farming has enabled the farmers to easily avail the benefits of Bullet Santi, thus improving their lives drastically. It costs 40, 000 INR (ex-factory cost), including main attachment and four different types of farming equipments for shallow ploughing, harrowing, sowing and inter-culture operations.
4. The unit is capable of performing all sorts of agricultural operations, thus effectively replacing a pair of bullocks. Its operations can be considered as a subset of that performed by a tractor.
5. The machine is much smaller than tillers and tractors, but more powerful than bullocks.
6. The machine is light in weight, beneficial in preventing soil …show more content…
Recently, he has been chosen as a recipient for the NABARD award for rural innovations, that discovered Mansukhbhai’s innovation in 1998. He has also been selected by FORBES to be included in their list of seven of the most powerful rural Indian entrepreneurs whose inventions are “Changing Lives” across the country. He was invited to the executive committee of the Commonwealth Science Council consisting of the Science and Technology Ministers of some 54 member countries, that had their meeting organized in South Africa on the 10th and 11th of June, 2002, to discuss the role and activities of Commonwealth Science Council and formulate a plan for the Commonwealth Knowledge Network