Graduation success for Indian student

Updated on: Thursday, December 31, 2009

Kolkata: A final-year student from Swinburne University of Technolgy, Australia has designed a vehicle to give Indians with disabilities the opportunity to run their own businesses.

The vehicle, engineered by product design student Rachit Vora, is a wheelchair driven by a manual lever with built-in storage space, which will allow the user to store and sell products such as magazines and newspapers.

Vora said that his design would also provide a cheaper mode of transport for people with physical disabilities, who often find it hard to gain employment.

“This product will open up more opportunities for Indian people with disabilities so they can better support their families and become involved in the community” he said.

Vora will be graduating with around 150 Indian students at Swinburne’s international graduation this week.

“My study experience in Australia has been very positive. I have made many new friends here who helped me to adjust to living in a new country,” Vora said.

He will be attending the ‘Designing for Children’ conference at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, from February 3-5 with Swinburne engineering lecturer Soullis Tavrou to discuss how to better implement design into university and school curriculum.

Graduation success for Indian student

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