Anjaiah has won national awards and has provided employment to around 10 people through his Sri Anjaneyam Electronics Company in Kishanraopet.
Published Date – Thu, 24 Nov 22 09:30 PM
Rural innovator Anjaiah shows off his wild boar siren.
hunt: Injapuri Anjaiah has been busy lately. This Grade 5 dropout from Kishanraopet, Velgatur mandal in Jagtial is setting an example of where one’s determination can take.
Anjaiah, the second of three children from Posavva and Durgaiah, had to drop out of class 5 of school because of her frail health. He even lost his voice at one point. When he regained his voice, financial problems prevented him from going back to school, and he started working the fields with his father.
Since then, Anjaiah, 36, has been earning a decent amount every month, winning national awards and providing employment to around 10 people through his Sri Anjaneyam Electronics Company in Kishanraopet.
Rural innovator Anjaiah uses solar-powered weeders and sprayers
It all started with his habit of collecting old equipment and understanding how they work. The innovation spree started while working as a supervisor at a granite factory in Karimnagar. In order to help unit owners solve the water tank overflow problem, he designed the water tank overflow alarm in 2012.
Later, it was his wildlife sirens that made him famous. Originally manufactured in 2019 to help farmers by scaring away wild boars from damaging crops, the gadget was selected for the NIRD exhibition in Rajendranagar. He then received many orders from different parts of the state as well as from Andhra Pradesh. He went on to design two variants of the gadget, one running on solar power and the other powered by conventional electricity.
This little thing is very interesting, there is a horn that emits the sounds of different animals such as tigers, lions, elephants, dogs, etc. to scare wild boars. Each machine can cover three to four acres of land.
Anjaiah, which has also developed a solar-powered electric weeder and sprayer, received a cash prize of Rs 2 lakh from the Telangana State Innovation Cell in April this year.
Anjaiah says he’s now improvising a weed mower based on suggestions from farmers. It is being used to help farmers clear weeds from cotton and other fields, he added.
