Mumbai-based, teenage protégée, 16 years old Shivam Tandon develops Trike, an innovation of a crossover between a motor cycle and a car. Tandon is very passionate about Technology, Gadgets and Cars. Disallowed by his family for riding a two-wheeler because of the risks involved Tandon thought of innovating a Trike. He created his own Trike, without any professional training or guidance, just as a Hobby.
He started making the Trike during his 2014 summer vacations after appearing for his 10th ICSE board exams, using a scrapped motor cycle engine, front wheel, shock absorbers and steering handle and rear wheels and axle of a motor car. The chassis and the body of the Trike and the supporting system has been indigenously created and designed by himself by procuring materials from the local vendors. The Trike has been developed and innovated at a total cost of Rs 35,000. Speaking about the development, Khalid Jamal, CEO & Principal Consultant of Orion PR said, “Shivam is very special and an IIT, material, please don’t let him go waste.”
At the age of 12, he participated in Robotics Program held by Indian Innovators Association and Think Labs ROBO.IN, SINE, IIT Bombay, Powai held at Reliance Web World, Powai. He made a robot along with other competitors in the Robotics Program and was declared the grand finale winner of the program. He had also made a remote control aero plane, a car, a centrifugal machine and a motor boat, when he was only 10 years old.
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