National Institute of Design develops survival kit

AHMEDABAD: When Araisrang Brahma, seventh semester student of product design at National Institute of Design (NID), had to choose a project for his final year, he went back to his experience of surviving a flood in his native Assam. A resident of Kokrajhar, Brahma knew difficulties of residents first-hand.

“Thus, I am developing a kit that can sustain a person for at least four-five days even when stranded. It consists of two containers which can be filled with puffed rice (poha) as main component along with dried fruits and other snacks which can be stored for long,” he said.

Brahma has installed a filter in bottom of the first container which can purify water taken from any nearby source. “Puffed rice, when mixed with water, makes a nutritious meal and can sustain a person when there’s nothing else available. I worked on a few designs and eventually zeroed-in on two container design where a person can literally take any heavier container as bottom and a lighter one on top to prevent it from falling off,” he said.