Congratulations, Prof. Ashok – Prof. Karthikeyan :

 Congratulations, Prof. Ashok – Prof. Karthikeyan :

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Congratulations, Calicut Cooker-Walas
https://lnkd.in/dBxwVfVF
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Your innovation has the potential to :

#  Save millions of rural housewives from lung diseases / premature deaths

#  Reduce carbon emission by millions of tons (if all of our 290 million households start using your innovation )

#  Save foreign exchange of Rs 70,000 Crore / year, currently spent on importing LPG for gas stoves
 
For your innovation to achieve the above-mentioned “ Goals – Targets – Objectives “, it is essential to educate those 290 million households with the following information / data :
 
#  Names and Contact Details of parties licenced to manufacture your Electric Cooker

#  Model wise “ Sale Prices “ ( Rs 10k-15k mentioned in the news report could be “ Estimated Mfg Costs “ ! )

#  Model-wise “ Technical Specifications “ of Stove / Battery / Solar Panel etc ( Do these meet specs – if
    any – laid down by Bureau Of Energy Efficiency – BEE ? )

#  Assuming one family meal requires continuous 2 HOURS of cooker usage, cooking of how many meals   
    would the battery support before needing “ re-charging “ ?

#  Such a “ recharge “ using current electric supply ( from DISCOM ), would consume how many “ Units (
    Kwh ) “ and cost how much ?

#  How long would the Solar Panel take to charge the battery ? Is that a Lead-Acid or Lithium-Ion battery ?

#  What is the weight of the battery ? I am envisaging a “ Battery Swapping “ scenario , where just like
    today’s home delivery of a 16 Kg LPG cylinder, the Battery Dealer delivers a charged battery and collects a
    discharged battery. This will dramatically reduce the “ Selling Price “ of your Cooker since Battery

    becomes a SERVICE instead of a PRODUCT which you OWN
 
UNLESS A MASSIVE EDUCATING CAMPAIGN IS LAUNCHED BY THE CENTRAL GOVT ( and your electric cooker is adequately subsidized by the Central Govt .,),  I AM AFRAID YOUR INNOVATION TOO  WOULD MEET THE SAME IGNOMINOUS FATE SUFFERED BY SOLAR COOKER OF IIT-B, WHICH WON THE FIRST PRIZE 4 YEARS AGO
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