In this two-year project, the team will devote the first six months to installing six such bicycles in six Adivasi Ashram Shalas (tribal schools) and collect the data through trials. In later stages, they will try to bring down the costs. The target price for the attachment is Rs 2,000. “We wish to sell this apparatus to the Adivasi Ashram Shalas at a 50 per cent subsidy and will start working towards that soon,” says Sankarreddy. The team has set a target of 42 Ashram Shalas and 12 nomadic camps to install these bicycles over the next two years.

They are also trying to fix mobile phone chargers in the apparatus. “Today, most nomads and tribals have cell phones, but to get them charged at local stores, it costs them at least Rs 5. If we can improvise on this model, we could help them charge their cell phone for free while cycling,” says Kulkarni.