The Coolest innovator ever

A Time Bomb, An Automatic Food Maker, A Robot – Here’s Why Abhishek Is The Coolest Innovator We Know! 

At 12, using a torch, an alarm clock and an explosive firecracker, Abhishek Bhagat was ready with his first innovation – a time bomb, which blasted as soon as the clock struck four. 
“It was just an experiment and I wanted to check how it works. My family thought that I was in wrong company that they sent me to a hostel,” he remembers.

But this did not bring his curiosity down. Interested in experimenting and innovation, Bhagat always learnt his lessons the practical way. Bhagat made a path-breaking innovation which gave him recognition internationally and brought him to the notice of Dr. Kalam.

At 13, he innovated an amazing food making machine that makes dishes which taste as good as his mother’s recipes.
When his mother fell ill, he had to cook for the family and he realized how tedious and time consuming it was. To make cooking simpler without changing the taste, he came up with an interesting idea.
“I first got the idea of creating a tea-making machine, as I would make tea for my parents everyday. I wondered why we had to wait for the water to heat and then the tea leaves to boil, etc. Wouldn’t it be great if a timer could take care of everything?” he asks.

Not knowing how to give shape to his idea, he saw Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam on television and found that he encouraged children to be innovative.He wrote a letter to Dr. Kalam asking for suggestions and to his surprise, he got a response from Dr. Kalam within a month. He suggested that Bhagat send his ideas to the National Innovation Foundation
He first made a cardboard prototype and gave it to a nearby shop to create a replica of the model from steel. When he was ready with his final model, he sent it to NIF. It was widely appreciated and was even sent for the national level competition, where he grabbed first prize.

With further research, modifications and NIF’s help, he finalized the idea and named it Robocook, an electrically operated automatic food making machine, where ingredients are loaded in boxes and the cooking is completed according to the recipe fed in the system.

The young innovator is full of ideas, and in the future, he wants to create robots which can perform all tasks that humans can.
“I just advise all young students to always understand things and ask your teachers where and how can we use the lessons or syllabus in real life, or what is the use of what we are learning. Education is not only about reading and passing exams. To use what you have learnt to do something new is real study,” he says.

Thus, India can now foresee a greater future in the field of innovation owing to budding innovators like Abhishek.