Notable inventions discovered by Indian professor In this Friday, May 25, 2012, photo Prof. Anil Gupta, right, gives a certificate to Ghanshyam Lal, an innovator, during his visit for the Shodh Yatra (Journey for the Search of Knowledge) in the village of Dabati in the Sehore district of Madhya Pradesh, India. Gupta and his aides have uncovered more than 25,000 inventions. AP Photo SEHORE, INDIA:Indian professor Anil Gupta has spent decades scouring the Indian countryside searching for unsung inventors in rural villages. He works in the belief that the most powerful ideas for relieving poverty and hardship in the country wont come from corporate research labs but from those struggling to survive. He has documented 25,000 innovations from the bicycle-mounted crop sprayer to the bulletproof vest made of herbs. Heres a look at some other innovations hes found: In this undated photo provided by the National Innovation Foundation, Nattubhai Vader stands next to a machine called Cotton Harvester, which he invented in India. Vader, a farmer from the state of Gujarat, invented the apparatus that fits over a tractor after watching women and children performing the slow grueling work of harvesting an especially troublesome variety of cotton. AP Photo COTTON HARVESTER: Nattubhai Vader, a farmer from the state of Gujarat, invented a special cotton harvester that fits over a tractor after watching women and children performing the slow grueling work of harvesting an especially troublesome variety of cotton. In this undated photo provided by the National Innovation Foundation, late farmer M.J. Joseph, also known as Appachan, from Kerala, India demonstrates his invention called the Tree Climbing Machine. AP Photo COCONUT PLUCKER: The late farmer M.J. Joseph, also known as Appachan, had only a fourth grade education but was still able to create a device for climbing coconut trees to harvest the fruit.
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