Till now he has sold around 400 Plutos. 17-year-old Ishan Malhotra is an innovator who understands the problems of a poor farmer and his device Pluto is all about helping them. So, I started looking for crowdfunding,” he says. It provides the user with accurate information of the electricity status of the area where it is being used as well.”.”But the dream project for Ishan will be around the lines of artificial intelligence.

But Pluto wasn’t his first innovative work. So, it will be around Rs 1000. They had to fix their schedule their day around the erratic hours when electricity was available,” he says, adding, “It is then that I thought of inventing a device that could control the pumps remotely. So, it’s not just me but a number of people who have made Pluto a success. Hence, the user doesn’t have to be physically present to turn on the water pump, or to turn it off. “I have had many mentors.”Pluto enables the user to remotely connect the submersible pump or any other electrical device to its source of power from any corner of the world by using any kind of phone. “But after a point, I realised it can’t be the only way.Ishan decided of naming the device Pluto as just like the former-planet, it works from long distances.“These devices are also really durable as over the two years we haven’t received any complaints. “Though it’s hard to remember what exactly, I made quite a few things for fun — like drones or a bedside lamp that could be controlled through a remote. The device works on the main power supply and has no embedded batter in it. The earlier version of Pluto was sold at Rs 700 but the new version that he is about to launch will be slightly more expensive as it incorporates more technological advancements.

The 17-years-old wants to pursue computer science and mathematics for his undergraduate studies but is also keen on exploring other fields. I told her about Pluto and how I could make it better.It wasn’t just witnessing the lack of power supply in his grandmother’s village but also his in-depth interaction with his driver that made him realise the kind of hardships that the villagers go through due to the lack of power supply.It was Ishan’s parents who funded the project initially.Pluto enables the user to remotely connect the water pump to its source of power from any corner of the world. Right now I’m working on an interactive computer, wherein the computer can see and feel humans and in turn interact with them. It was while observing the state of farmers that he decided to develop a device that would somehow help them. Also, for technical issues, we have a helpline service,” he says. Even in Delhi, I had a science teacher who helped me out and in school, my chemistry teacher always motivated me and helped me out when I was facing problems while making Pluto.“I saw that the farmers had no choice but to get up really early in the morning to turn on the water pumps because there was no electricity in the village for most of the day. “This was one thing I could help with, as I had attended a summer course where I learnt about the Internet of Change — IOT, I wanted to apply it here as well. As I said, I attended a summer programme but even after it ended, I was well connected with my professor. For 17-year-old Ishan Malhotra, a summer at his grandmother’s house in 2015, proved life changing.He is not alone in his innovative journey. After making the prototype, I even shipped it to US wheel unit bearings Suppliers so that she could have a first-hand experience and guide me further