Indian student designs special wheelchair for business purpose

MELBOURNE: An Indian student from Swinburne University of Technology (Australia) has designed a vehicle with built-in storage space which will give the people with disabilities an opportunity to run their own businesses from wheelchair.

The vehicle, engineered by final year student of product design Rachit Vora, is a wheelchair driven by a manual lever with built-in storage space, which will allow the user to store and sell products such as magazines and newspapers.

Vora said that his design would also provide a cheaper mode of transport for people with physical disabilities, who often find it hard to gain employment.

"This product will open up more opportunities for Indian people with disabilities so they can better support their families and become involved in the community," he said.

Vora will be graduating with around 150 Indian students at Swinburne's international graduation this week.

He will attend the 'Designing for Children' conference at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay in February with Swinburne engineering lecturer Soullis Tavrou to discuss how to better implement design into university and school curriculum.

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