Name : Asjadbhai I. Dhuka
District & State : Banas Kantha, Gujarat
Category : Agricultural (General)
Award : Consolation
Award Function : 5th National Grassroots Innovation Awards
Award Year : 2009
Innovation Description
- IPR Status
Failing to find a comfortable ride for his paralytic father, and pained by his helplessness, Asjadbhai Dhucca (35) developed a customized tricycle for him. This tricycle has many features that make its ride easy and comfortable for the differently abled.
Born in 1974 to Ibrahimbhai and Hamidaben, Asjadbhai is the third eldest among five siblings. His father was a farmer. An average student, he opted to study commerce in class twelve after passing class ten. He was a good painter and his painting of the Taj Mahal had won him a prize when he was in class ten. After class twelve he joined college but as he was weak in English, he could not cope up and to leave studies. He then started helping his family in agriculture and poultry farming, which was started by his elder brother.