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Tech that: School kids trump engineers

Out of the 500 entries, only 20 were selected for the presentation and finally this team of eight kids, including, Sidharth Jain, Shiv Mehta, Ayush Shah, Atharva Patankar, Jai Jariwala, Tanay Nistala, Vanshaj Ajmera, and Armaan Sheth, won, says Sidharth Jain, a member of the team.

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(Left) Members of Team Tec pose for a photo and participants during the competition (Right)
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Team Tec was the youngest (age group 11-14) team to win the Innovation Tech Challenge 2016 of the recently concluded IIT Tech Fest, for their design to dispose trash while traveling in trains. The team beat college students and engineers from across the country.

“Out of the 500 entries, only 20 were selected for the presentation and finally this team of eight kids, including, Sidharth Jain, Shiv Mehta, Ayush Shah, Atharva Patankar, Jai Jariwala, Tanay Nistala, Vanshaj Ajmera, and Armaan Sheth, won,” says Sidharth Jain, a member of the team.  

Shiv Mehta, one of the winning  participants says, “On one of our excursion trips to Bhuj, we realised that people don’t like to take the trouble to find a dustbin, they find it easier to throw the trash out  of the window. After thorough research — going past multiple stations, collecting various types of trash (to understand what kind of trash gets thrown), talking to BMC officials about the challenges of the trash disposal process and then after talking to several engineers and technicians, we decided to add chutes below the windows. One has to press the foot paddle, and the chute opens to receive the trash,” they explain. 

“Every bogie will have a central chamber with a capacity of 5,100 litres,” says Armaan Sheth, 13, explaining their project. “This can be easily attached to the coaches (which means that they can be retro-fitted) and even the cleaning process  will be more effective than the current process”, he adds. 

After developing the prototype, they took it for testing and validation with the senior railway authorities who confirmed the “practicality and retrofitting concept.” 

“It’s a great feeling,” says Sidharth Jain, who like his friends, wishes to be an engineer. The cost per boogie fits is only Rs 51,000 which is significantly lower than the current cost. Also, the time taken to clean the boogies will come down to only 10 minutes as compared to the seven hours, the group claims. All from different schools, the team met at a children’s technology workshop.

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