Kerala Class 10 student builds remote-controlled farm machine, wins science award

Kerala Class 10 student builds remote-controlled farm machine, wins science award

Anax Joshi, a Class 10 student from St Mary's High School in Kerala's Idukki district, has won the Bala Shastra Puraskaram for designing a remote-controlled multipurpose agricultural vehicle. His innovation aims to reduce farmers' physical workload and the cost of purchasing separate machines for different farming operations. While the project offers a promising approach to small farmers' challenges, practical field trials will be essential to establish its reliability, affordability and suitab…