The Trio got their act together and the crude design of a prototype was ready. In September 2016 they had manufactured first 40 pieces for a Pilot run. In Jan 2017, they sold them to the Indian Navy, a couple of Automobile plants, a couple of construction sites and a steel plant. The feedback was very good, except for the design which had to be improved to suit the industrial needs.
After the initial success with the Pilots, they are far too excited and enthusiastic at their newly found venture “Jarsh Innovations” and working non-stop and boast about being the first to come up with air-conditioned helmets.
Next Step
Now in Feb 2018 design changes to suit the industrial environment is being done through specialists. The companies where the POCs were successful are now ready to place their next orders. The focus on adding more clients and Benchmarking on regular revenues is ongoing.
Mechanism
-The COOL Helmet is powered by a rechargeable battery.The helmet is ultra light and can provide both cooling and heating capabilities(20°C-30°C). It has Thermal, Eye and Impact protection.
There are two models.
- Model E lasts for 2 hours and can be used by supervisors and visitors.
- Model S lasts for 8 hours and can be used by workers.
Benefits
-the workers are thrilled with the concept of a comfortable work environment.
-the companies are thrilled too as this would not only keep their employees happy but increase the productivity as well.
How Cost Effective is it?
This is the utmost question on everyone’s mind and understandably so. The kind of comfort and joy it has brought to the workers, there is definitely no debate on the cost at all. They are estimating it at Rs 6000/- but it is bound to reduce in the future depending on the volumes.
Interesting Take on FUNDING.
Parents and family seem to encourage their millennial kids to think differently and extend their support and that’s where the initial moola comes from. Of course, the colleges too seem gango about innovations and inspire students. This is exactly what happened to Kausthub’s Alma Mater college VNR VJIET, where under the leadership of Dr D.N. Rao, he was offered a Rs 5 Lakh seed funding in the very early stages. Dr Rao continues to mentor and guide the team even now.
Then they also received funding from the Ministry of MSME and of course, they are using the revenues from the pilot sales.
The support of parents in actively accepting taking the riskier path of entrepreneurship while rejecting plush job offers has been instrumental in instilling confidence in them.
Riders anxious.
Kausthub has not forgotten his first fantasy dream of a COOL HELMET for Bike riders and the trio are working side by side on this. Bikers will have to wait till the end of 2018 to take their cool rides.
How Thanda Thanda Cool Cool is that !!.
Any industries looking to keep their workers happy with this new innovative COOL Helmets, drop them a mail at info@myjarsh.com and visit their website www.myjarsh.com
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At the Harvard graduate’s Chai Point - you are sure to get “Your cuppa-tea”
Chai Point Founder Amuleek Singh Bijral
Chai has always been a big part of Amuleek's life. From the age of 10, he was known as the chaiwala of his family and women of his family loved the tea he brewed. At the initial days, when he shared his thought of entering into Chai's hub, the typical stereotype family was not in support for him. His mother said “If you wanted to sell tea, why did you waste money studying MBA at Harvard. You should have simply assisted our helper Mohan Lal for a few years, by now you would have had the required experience.” They all had a hearty laugh that evening. But to his thoughts, the Tea market in India estimates 911 million kilograms of chai every year whose value is approx Rs 33,000 crore. Also, there was not even a single organized player in the market offering chai to people. There were many like café Coffee Days, Baristas, selling coffee but in the city like India where tea lovers are more, such consumers remain neglected. It wasn't a novel concept but Amuleek dreamt of taking Chai to the next level. Their tag line reads further “India Runs On Chai”.
He always wanted to become an entrepreneur since he was studying an MBA at Harvard Business School but was uncertain about the offerings. After returning to India, he started working with an IT company but still had his strong determination of setting up his venture. In his workplace, he observed how particular everyone was with their tea breaks. A group of people leaving a Shanty tea shop fascinated him and made him realize the need for chai joints at large tech parks. That day he decided to enter the world of Chai and resigned from his company.
The success journey
The initial day's challenge was to gain confidence in his junior employees who feared being labelled as chaiwalas for which they arranged various programmes. Today they had a strong team of 825 people consisting of employees with experience in companies like Starbucks, Café Coffee Day, PepsiCo and Oberoi. Amuleek tried to customize and modernize the tea drinking experience so he kept the affordable prices with superior quality along with digital transaction facilities. He has also made it environment-friendly by using bio-degradable cups and providing electric scooters for delivery.
India's largest organized Chai retailer ‘Chai Point' brings you a perfect blend of chai made with fresh ingredients to refresh the working professionals throughout the country. It has become the most loved brand for Chai lovers with over 300,000 cups sold every day. Chai point is an Indian company which serves tea-based beverages in eight cities including Bangalore, Delhi, Gurgaon, Noida, Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad and Chennai. It was founded in Bangalore in 2010. Currently, it has its outlet with over 100 services hubs located in retail locations including airports and business parks. They also provide online delivery services which are popularly known as ‘Chai-on-call' and a vending kiosk-based solution called 'BoxC.in which focuses on operations. The chai is been served on heat resistible disposable flask which keeps it hot for 60 mins. Since October 2017, it has started selling tea on E-commercial websites like Amazon. It also has mobile-based applications since 2014. Chai Point had raised its funding till $10 million in September 2015, which has increased to $20 million on April 19, 2018. It is the single largest in C series funding, so far.
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