At a national-level community problem solving competition organised in Madurai earlier this month, six students from SR Engineering College in Warangal emerged winners competing with 29 other colleges. Their innovative and cost-effective solution to help idol makers in a nearby village increase their productivity while saving time, impressed the judges.
“When we were taken to the village, we looked around to see what solutions we could give to make life easier for its residents. We noticed that a majority of them made a living out of making clay idols and we decided it would be great if we could come up with something to make the production easier,” shares Paul Vineeth Reddy.
With contestants coming from states like Punjab, Maharash-tra, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Gujarat amongst other places, it sure was a boost to win the competition. Recalling how the whole event unfolded, Vineeth, a 4th year student, also the senior-most in the team where the rest are in 3rd year, says, “It was a three-day workshop with one day spent in a village. Through our conversations with the locals, we understood that they mostly worked manually, with each unit producing around 10 idols a day.”
