Betiah, West Chaparan :Meraj Ahmed has won several awards for his innovations – the recent one from President of India. Nowadays he is working on a rail engine like that of bullet train. But his bullet train engine will run on the normal railway track.
Talking to www.twocircles.net he shared much about his life and inventions.
Mr Meraj, please tell us about you and your background.
I am Meraj Ahmad. I am from a lower class family in Betiah district in West Champaran. We are 3 brothers and a youngest sister. My father is in Revenue department where he works as a clerk. Economic problems have always been with my family. I have done I.Sc. (Mathematics) by doing tuition. I started doing innovation from class VII. I have done so many innovations, some very new. I want to do something big in future. I want to be a big scientist and serve the society and the country.
What is your first innovation?
Firstly I have created a “Picture tube chargerâ€. When TV becomes old then its picture is not shown clearly. With my charger the picture tube can be charged again. After that we will get new quality picture tube that can run up to 4 years. It costs only Rs 150. You can charge your home battery of 12 volts also with this charger.
I heard that you got award for this innovation.
Yes, President of India Pratibha Devisingh Patil gave me a prestigious national award for the grassroot innovation.
Tell me about your other innovations that you have done.
I have done 20 inventions. They include “Rat trapping machine†and “Magnetic weighing balanceâ€. This magnetic weighing balance ensures exact weight and there is no need of mass or weight and it’s not costly either. Secondly, I made a new type of “Cycleâ€. Without pedalling it will run up to 10 minutes. It has some other features also. If there is crowd on your way, you can pull brake and after crossing the crowd when you leave clutch the cycle will start running automatically.
Have you got any support from govt.?
No, I did not get any support from the government. Some media persons came here and told me that they will try to provide me some help, they also told me to do marketing of what I innovate, but I don’t want how to do marketing and I don’t want to stop at the President award. I want to become a scientist. If anybody wants to help me then I want to continue my education. I want to do B.Tech. from a good institution.
On which projects are you working nowadays?
Nowadays I am working on 2-3 things. One is train. I am working on a fast train engine that will take only half the time of a fast train that takes 16-17 hours to cover 2000 kmss. Among fast trains there is train called bullet train. For bullet train, there is a special track, special engine and special configuration. But I am making a structure of an engine that will run on the same track but will cover 16-17 hours journey in only 8-9 hours.
Are you getting any support for your train project?
Till now I am not getting any support but one of my relatives who is a railway staff is giving me some monetary support. He encourages me to work on the project.
In future what do you want to do?
I want to do B.Tech. from a good university and also want to work on new innovations. If I am given chance I want to put before people what is in my mind.
Meraj’s first innovation
Your message to Muslim youngsters and youth?
At this program of Rahmani 30, their successful candidates of IIT-JEE said that they had support of their teachers and parents but I want to say that I have got President Award without any support. I did not take any tuition as I could not afford. What I am today is the result of my own hard work. I want to tell the youngsters that if they are getting any economic or physical or any problem they should fact it. They will get success one day and everyone will know them.
Excerpted from http://twocircles.net/2010may28/bihar_s_budding_scientist_meraj_ahmad_working_rail_engine.html
brilliant efort
this all progect gave you a big name in this whole worldand i hope you change this world by your creatures and win the chance to get novel prizes.and you become like instien or other great scientist
Congratulation…Meraj.
I am Chandan Prasad B.E Computer’s here I need one answer from all of us that “Is in Bihar students getting better education for better future?”
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Why people are not willing to do job in our own state after getting Degree?
Apart of all at personal level I am here in Bihar surveyed many institutes of computers they are not even know abc of computer.
Is this the way that government achieving maximum educated percentage.
It is also big reason of unemployment.
Sir I want to say that i here to serve my birth place with your help or without your help.
Waiting for response of bihar government. I will send mail every day until i will get answer.
Chandan Prasad
(A common man of Bihar)
chandanprasad.1988@yahoo.in
chandanprasad.1988@gmail.com
I truly understand your feelings that one should work in his home state. But the point is that, there is so much unemployment in Bihar that if someone working elsewhere comes back, he would definitely take away an employment opportunity, which otherwise would have been given to some other prospective unemployed person in Bihar. Put simply, we need to create more employment opportunity before inviting outsiders for a job.
The same thing is happening at India level also, where people are migrating to Gulf, USA, UK for jobs.