Them — The Forgotten Indian Inventors!

Throughout history, all kinds of people have added to the development and advancement of humanity in their own unique ways; some tried to work in the realm of science while others worked towards the improvement of machinery or musical instruments. Every one of the numerous contributions delivered by inventive personalities all over the planet have made things simpler or transformed “impossibilities” into reality. Tragically, a large number of most powerful creators got next to zero acknowledgment all through their lives despite clear significance of their ideas and inventions. Here we acknowledge 3 Indian Innovators who got less recognition than they deserved for their efforts.

Shankar Abaji Bhise

Shankar Abaji Bhise was an Indian inventor, pioneer and researcher who was completely self-taught. An innovator who was once named in a US paper as the “Edison of India”. He spent his youth perusing the Scientific American Magazines which were first experience with the field of mechanical designing and said, “I owe everything to the mechanical instruction I got from that American magazine.” He invented new and intriguing models from kitchen devices, automatic toilet flushers, a phone, and, surprisingly, an early model of the push-up bra.

Nonetheless, it was his invention in the printing business that grabbed the eye of the world. He developed one such machine cast where 32 distinct metal types were being used to print papers and books at the same time. Be that as it may, individuals didn’t trust his cases, and he was tested. Bhise Accepted the test, set up his own foundry, the Bhiso-Type Ltd, with monetary help from London and delivered a machine in 1908. This silenced his critics as well as those British engineers. The machine could automatically project and cast 1200 different types every minute.

Bhisey through the course of his career had 200 developments and 40 patents. He died on 7 April 1935, in New York at 68 years old. Sadly, Bhisey slipped into obscurity & this just another attempt to revive his legacy.

Anna Modayil Mani

Mani was born in 1918 to an affluent family and showed gigantic interest in perusing and learning from her childhood. Once upon a time when women were scarcely apparent in the scientific domain, Anna Modayil Mani from Travancore, Kerala, was a recognized meteorologist and physicist who surprised the world with her astonishing inventions. Among different achievements, she formulated novel techniques to check the weather⁠-by standardizing around 100 meteorological instruments. She additionally pioneered the research to use solar and wind power as sustainable sources of energy. Her study on ozone level estimation utilizing her apparatus ‘Ozonesonde’ is strikingly exceptional.

She worked as a researcher in Nobel Laureate Sir CV Raman’s research facility. Despite her detailed thesis on glow of precious stones and rubies, the Madras University banished her from acquiring her PhD degree. She utilized her scholarship savings to funds her higher physics research and specialized in meteorological instrumentation. Mani returned to the independent India in 1948 and designed radiation instrumentation from nothing without any preparation at Indian Meteorological Department, Pune. Mani is likewise credited for setting up a meteorological observatory and an instrumentation tower at the Thumba rocket sending off office. Following a paralyzing stroke in 1994, Anna Mani took her last breath on 16 August 2001.

Dr. Nautam Bhatt

Born on 10th April, 1909 in Gujarat’s Jamnagar. This Padma Shri physicist’s name seldom includes in the rundown of top Indian researchers however his contribution keeps on inspiring present-day physical science research in India. The founding director of Solid State Physics Laboratory, Delhi, accomplished great heights in defence research in India by designing the Variable Time Fuse for rockets, development of helium-neon lasers, sun powered cells, semiconductor chips and so on which revolutionised India’s defence space. Dr. Bhatt got his Master’s certificate in Physics under the supervision of the great Sir C V Raman at Indian Institute of Science (IISc). After his doctorate at MIT, Massachusetts, he got back to India and served as a teacher in IISc.

Soon after Independence, in 1949, he was inducted into the Defense Science Organization in Delhi, where he introduced his most intriguing innovations. A large portion of his work is under the conventions of Defense Science Organization, his active commitment to acoustics in India should be referenced.

Dr. Bhatt designed the acoustical elements of 70 mm theaters in India like the Sheila and Odeon in Delhi and Birla Matushri Sabhagruha in Mumbai, to capture the essence of Indian traditional music, thereby nullifying the requirement for amplifiers and enhancers. Unfortunately, Dr. Nautam Bhatt died on 6 July 2005.

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Technotreon Intellectual Ventures salutes these unsung innovators and is proud to be a part of this industry. We aim to continue to the Indian society to the very best of our abilities. We salute these heroes and thank them for serving our nation.

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