Thursday, May 7, 2009

My Press Release !






Aalok- Revamp Lighting, Empowering Lives

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“Necessity is the mother of invention”, this dictum has governed the most breakthroughs in the technical domain thereby fortifying bases of mega successful business ventures. Aalok is a pristine targeted at vast Indian niche market segment which is either off-grid or has inadequate grid supply (for 1 -12 hrs.)
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Aalok came into being owing to the foresight of
Mr. Abhishek Sinha (8th sem EEE) and Mr. Mrinal Anand (8th sem ECE) and the legendry vision of Prof. D.N. Rao., IIM-C, director of JITM .This concept was felicitated as
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The BEST ELEVATOR PITCH @ IIT-KGP's "B-Plan Contest" @ "Kshitij’09" & 26th Feb, 2009, Indian Express, Vizag.

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The BEST INNOVATION @ IIT-KANPUR'S "Bio-Business" @ "Techkriti’09"

Press Release in Sambad, 20th Feb, from Berhampur, Orissa
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Aalok is a multi-purpose lighting system encapsulated in design of typical hurricane kerosene lantern in its 1st prototype state it is comprised of following

Components;

a. 12 LEDs
b. Rechargeable battery, 6V/2.4 Ah.
c. A Solar Panel
d. Adaptor (6-12V)
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Its multi charging options include:
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a. Usage of solar panels
b. Use of Off-Grid Micro Power Generator (
CSIR accredition) CSIR accredited & awarded


c. Use of grid charging via adaptor.
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It provides 8 hrs. of lighting for 2-3 hours of grid based charging, 5-6 hours of solar charging or 20 minutes of charging via Off-Grid Micro Power Generator. The life of Aalok is conservatively 2-3 years & the device is practically maintenance free. Currently its priced at
Rs.1000/- per unit. (It was for the B-PLAN contest)

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