O K Karthick, doing his first-year MBA and K Harish Kumar, a 3rd year mechanical engineering student fromKNL Engineering College, has come out with a design comparable to e-bikes. "E-bikes are a good option when petrol prices are soaring, but where do we go for electricity in this scenario," Karthick says.
The idea struck him one month ago, when one of his professors brought a solar mobile phone charger. "As anMBA student, I thought that this could become a business model when there is a severe power crunch," he said. Along with his friend Harish, he started researching the topic. The boys decided to use all scrap and hence fished in items such as a bike chase, shock absorbers and seats from the Sunday market. The solar panels cost them more since they could not find many dealers in such items. They shelled out Rs 6,000 each for a panel. But they are optimistic such panels will be cheap in cities likeBangalore and Coimbatore and decided to procure them from these places for their next venture, they said.
They have fixed four 20 watts solar panels with one at the front and the other three in the rear. Out of the three, two can be foldable while riding, thus not hindering navigation in crowded traffic. When parked, the solar panels can be unfolded to receive maximum sunlight. The photovoltaic cells in the panels create energy and save it in the batteries, fixed in the bike, which powers the motor attached in the rear wheel like normal e-bikes. "When charged for six hours in daylight, the bike runs for 30 km. During rainy days, the bike can be charged with normal electricity," Karthick said.
Another novel idea the boys struck upon was to use old dynamos found in bicycles to power the head lights. "The two dynamos attached to the front wheel power the headlights at night and during day, the minimum power they generate will be sent to the batteries," Karthick said. "In fact, finding dynamos was a tough task since they are almost obsolete. We found two of them in a village after a lot of searching," Harish said. The boys are further planning to increase the power of the bike and try their hands at ergonomics to make it more comfortable and stylish. "We are into further research and we were told that nano-solar cells are in the research phase. Once they are introduced, the size of the solar panel will reduce, generating more energy," they said. A M Nagarajan, professor of mechanical engineering, guided them in designing the model, they added.
ISBR has its first campus setup in Bangalore at Electronic City located amongst global giants like HP, Deutsche Bank, Wipro, Infosys, IBM, DELL, Siemens, STPI and other top Multinational companies. Later another world Class Campus was established in Chennai which is strategically located to provide refined and unique study environment.
ISBR Business School is Ranked among Top B-Schools of India by Dalal Street Journal consecutively for years 2008 – 2009,2009 – 2010and 2010 – 2011 Ranked as 12th Best B- School in South India by Bhaskar Lakshya 2011 - A Dainik Bhaskar Group, Ranked as 34th Best Brand B-School of India by Business Barons 2009 – 2010, 10th Best in Industry Interaction by Silicon India Survey 2009 – 2010, India’s Top 29th Institute by Silicon India Survey 2009 – 2010, Awarded Business Excellence Award by the Bharti Resources for the year 2007–08, 2008-09 and 2009-10, Awarded Centurion Award by the Centum Learning Centre – Year 2008-09, Achieved 20+ Years of Excellence in Teaching, Achieved National Championship for Entrepreneurship activities by National Entrepreneurship Network.
Some of the Features of ISBR Colleges are as follows:
• Dual Specialization Programs
• Option for Foreign Educational Trip
• Tie ups with International universities
• Continuously enriching corporate interface through Networking meets, Guest Lectures & Industry Visits
• Comfort & Separate Hostel for Boys & Girls
• Inbuilt Cafeteria with home like food
• Multi-cultural learning environment
• Active Student cells & clubs
• Strong & Excellent Placement services
• All India active Alumni Base
ISBR Bangalore offers two types of Post Graduation Management Programs. MBA Program which is under Mysore University, a NAC A++ Graded, UGC, Ministry of HRD, Government of India recognized and PGDM Program which is AICTE approved, Ministry of HRDand Government of India. Both these program has gained immense recognition in Corporate Companies for its quality in Education with specializations in HR, Marketing, Finance, Information Technology, International Business, Tourism & Travel, Health Care, Small Business Management & Entrepreneurship, Retailing & Supply Chain Management and Banking & Insurance.
ISBR Chennai offers Full Time Regular MBA program MBA Program which is under Mysore University, a NAC A++ Graded, UGC, Ministry of HRD, Government of India recognized with Specialization in HR, Marketing, Finance, Information Technology, International Business, Tourism & Travel, Health Care, Small Business Management & Entrepreneurship, Retailing & Supply Chain Management and Banking & Insurance.
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