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Ankit thakker from V.V.P. Engineering College, Rajkot among India’s 24 best Innovators in competition and
show conducted by Times Group & Dupont named
“The Power of Shunya: Challenge for Zero”
Refer- http://www.powerofshunya.com/
Show details:
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Re-Telecast:
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The Power Of Shunya: Challenge for Zero
30th Nov’13, Saturday at 6:30 pm
1st Dec’13, Sunday at 11:30 am & 6:00 pm.
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Smart Wheelchair designed for physically handicapped people by Ankit Pramodbhai Thakker, Neeraj Maheshbhai Patel,
Parth Tusharbhai Pathak and Hardik Bharatbhai Meisheri, the students of V.V.P. Engineering College, Rajkot under the
guidance of Dr. Bhavin Sedani of EC Department achieved a position amongst 24 best Innovations in all-over India
The project was developed as a final year project by the above mentioned students. Ankit Thakker presented it in competition and a
TV Program “Power of Shunya: Challenge for Zero” organized by Times Group and Dupont. The project achieved fame among the 24
best innovations all over India in the same.
Photo 1: Ankit Thakker
Photo 2: Smart Wheelchair
Figure 3: (Left to right: Hardik Meisheri, Ankit Thakker, Neeraj Patel, Parth Pathak
“The Power of Shunya: Challenge for Zero” show is organized by Times Group, hosted by Gaurav Kapoor and it is on air on ET
NOW channel in 45 Countries. The Premier show of the same is already broadcasted on 12th October, 2013. The detailed show
featuring the project SMART WHEELCHAIR will be broadcasted at 6:30 p.m. on 30 th November’13, Saturday and will be
rebroadcasted on 11:30 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on 1st December’14, Sunday. In this show, Ankit Thakker will propose commercial plan
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for smart wheelchair, which will be greatly helpful for physically disabled people. He will also demonstrate a business model for the
same in the show.
Ankit Thakker mentioned that our aim was to develop a wheelchair that can be operated by differently abled people, that is
maintenance free and yet cost effective. We started with a prototype and developed a market ready wheelchair with team efforts,
within one year. Staff of V.V.P. Engineering College, Rajkot has provided noteworthy technical guidance and cooperation in making
our brainchild a reality. Lions Club Rajkot Main has provided all the financial support that was required for our wheelchair. The
Honorable Chairman of the college, Shri Pravinbhai Maniar also met these students and congratulated them on their achievement. This
entire thing had been video recorded.
Smart Wheelchair can be operated by Speech Recognition, Neck Movement and Joystick. It can also be operated by care taker using
wireless remote controller.
Feature of Smart Wheelchair:
 The specialty of this wheelchair is that it entirely can be controlled by the voice of handicapped person or by holding a
joystick device in the hand or by neck movement.
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It can carry weight up to 100kgs.
 Overweight do not damage the circuit and there is automatic shut-down.
 It is foldable and it’s operated on battery pack.
 It can be operated by care taker with the help of remote control.
 It is facilitated with Temperature Sensing and Protection, Air Cooling system and Over Load Protection.
 This wheelchair is ready to be launched in market.
In spite of being fully loaded with capabilities, it is cost-effective compared to available wheelchairs in the market. In order to prepare
smart wheelchair at low cost, the students designed entire wheelchair: from circuit to wheels, from scratch, with the help of latest
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equipped laboratories and workshop of VVP Engineering College, under the guidance of experienced and expert staffs. The project
was guided by Dr. Bhavin Sedani.
Ankit Thakker (M: 09167001513) has been selected for a job in Multinational companies like L&T Infotech and e-infochip. Presently,
he is serving L&T Infotech in Navi Mumbai. Recently. Ankit also presented his student venture ’www.allinrajkot.com’ during an
event at S4 (Student Startup Support System) at GTU Innovation Council and got appreciated from Honorable, VC GTU, Prof
Akashai Aggarwal. For this achievement, the Head of EC Engineering Department and guide, Dr. Bhavin Sedani and all the staff
members of the department, the Principal of V.V.P. Engineering College, Dr. Sachin Parikh and all trustee members as well as the
Honorable Chairman of the College, Shri Pravinbhai Maniar have congratulated all the students.
The project couldn’t have been successful without people who guided and helped to develop the project. The team is thankful to all
who contributed for the project’s success.
Special thanks to:
Ankit Bhalani
Nikhil Shah
Dipesh Kamdar (VVP EC Dept.)
Paresh Dholakiya (VVP EC Dept.)
Ravin Sardhara (VVP EC Dept.)
Rawat Sir and Mechanical Workshop staff (V.V.P. Engineering College)
Mr. Hiren Thanki
N.B. Detail Data: (same is already available on VVP website on following link for your kind reference)
Link: http://vvped ulink.ac.in/departments/elec-comm-engineering/student-achievement/
Ankit being appreciated for his student venture in the presence of Honorable V.C. GTU, Prof Akshai Aggarwal
during an event at Student Start-up Support System at GTU Innovation Council