Date: 14th February 2012
Time: 04:15pm – 06:00 pm
Venue: CUSAT
No. of Participant’s: 30 Students and 10 Professional members
IEEE R10 Special Interest Group on Humanitarian Technology presented ‘BBOX Rural Electrification Project Workshop’ co-organized by CUSAT, in Association with Kochi Subsection and IEEE SB CEC on 14th February 2012 at Cochin University of Science & Technology. The event started at 4.15 pm.The session was taken by Mr. Sudeep and Mr. Varun of BBOXX, UK. Mr. Amarnath Raja, Chair IEEE Humanitarian Ad-Hoc Committee, Mr. Shahim Baker, Secretary IEEE Kochi Sub-section, and Smt. Mini Ulanat, Lecturer, CUSAT were also present in the event.
BBOX is basically a battery which is used as a Power Source in rural areas. This battery is transported daily by their user to its charging point in day time and used during night time has a backup up to 6 hours. It’s has been quite successfully implemented and maintained in Africa.The event covered the following topics:
• BBOX Technology from basics.
• How this technology fits in a country like India.
The speakers acquainted the participants on how to sustain humanitarian projects. It made the participants understand how to convert their projects into products, model and take it into entrepreneurship. The feedback given by the participants was positive as well. The programme came to an end by 6:00 pm.