ShodhYatra
Modified Wood Stove
harat Agrawat
(40) has innovated a
multipurpose wood
stove with two burners
at different elevations
that can efficiently run
using both, wood and coal as fuel.
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He has studied up to class tenth
and has been running agricultural
equipments’ workshop for past
25 years. His family consists of
his father (who is an innovator
himself and a national awardee of
NIF), grandmother, wife and three
children.
the stove consists
of two chambers,
each with a burner
for cooking, and a
geyser for heating
water. Both burners
can be used
simultaneously,
saving time and
using the heat
effectively
YOJANA March 2012
His father, Amrutbhai was a
Pujari in temple, began his life as a
farm worker after discontinuing his
studies in fifth class. He had set up
a small farm machinery workshop.
Later he also started making iron
doors, boxes for granaries and iron
gates.
Bharat started helping his father
since he was in sixth standard. He
has built many devices. The l