The Rachana Vidyalaya Std VI student has been impacted majorly by lessons on environmental awareness.
Twelve-year-old Shrusti Nerkar is like any other child her age, but with a difference — she shows distinct awareness of the environment, wants to do something for it and has even tried to. She has developed a water-saving shower that's said to save 65 litres per person.
The Rachana Vidyalaya Std VI student has been impacted majorly by lessons on environmental awareness. And what's helped more is being part of a family of innovators. Her brother Amey, who is in Std XII, already has a patent in his name for developing a smart helmet that doesn't allow the two-wheeler to start till the rider wears it. Amey has many more innovations to his credit.
"I have seen my brother and father do experiments at home. Once, when I had gone to the car wash and seen them announcing washing of the four-wheelers in two litres of water, I was curious. I found out that they were using sprinklers of some type. I asked my father if we could replicate this for bathroom showers. We tried many combinations of pipes and nozzles, and finally got success in our fifth attempt," she said.
Shrusti added that first she used electricity wire pipes, then PVC pipes, and then they changed the nozzles. After that she used flexible elbows and finally settled for foldable pipes.
"The present design can easily give sufficient water for a healthy person. It uses only 15 litres for one person as against the 80 litres that's normally consumed," she explained.
Shrusti said her father Narendra, a professor of electronics at the government polytechnic college, provided all the encouragement she needed to come up with a design to her satisfaction.
"We encourage both our children to innovate. We have given them the freedom to learn and experiment," said Narendra.
Besides science and environment, Shrusti is interested in history. She is a good painter, has a collection of 3,000 erasers, plays the keyboard, likes basketball and also likes to perform magic on stage.
"I am very satisfied with my model. It felt great to succeed after all the trial and error. Now, I want to develop a sensor to the shower, which will ensure it goes off when the person is not under it," she said.
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