Untold Story of Electric Rickshaws in India

This podcast is about the pioneering development in mid 1990s of e-rickshaws by Dr. Anil Rajvanshi at Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute (NARI), Phaltan, Maharashtra.

 

Dr. Rajvanshi narrates how he worked on this problem and what made him undertake this development and how it was done in a small rural based Institute. It is a fascinating story on how meaningful R&D can be done in a small research institute with limited resources.  The article on which this podcast is based is here.

 

Similar story of NARI's renewable energy work is detailed in the book "Romance of Innovation".