Be your OWN BOSS : New FRANCHISE alert.

 In General:

Laundry industry is an age old industry and it has taken many twists and turns to come into the present form. From manual washing to machine washing the industry has seen many new changes.

The laundry industry in the western world has nicely taken a shape because of their cultures and other factors.

In our part of the world, the transition is a bit slow but it is surely picking up.

This pandemic is an opportunity in disguise for many people who want to become entrepreneurs. Jobs are lost and the unemployment rate in India is at an all-time high.

PKC Laundries:

PKC Laundries is an online laundry services based out of Hyderabad. It was started in December 2015. 

To all those who want to be an ENTREPRENEUR and be their OWN BOSS here is a real big FRANCHISE opportunity from PKC LAUNDRIES.

The two different type of Franchise models PKC is offering in Hyderabad are-

• Standalone Stores
• Live Studios

• STANDALONE STORES:

PKC is offering standalone stores throughout the city of Hyderabad and also in gated communities. People who want to start PKC franchise in a gated community can also avail this wonderful opportunity.

A store in which people can drop and pick up their clothes. The store acts as a drop point. A person will be situated in the store and will collect the customers clothes. These clothes will be processed in a centralized factory. The factory can either be located in the outskirts or in the center of the city. There can be multiple standalone stores for a particular Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Company. All the clothes will be brought to the centralized factory and the processing will be done in the factory itself. Once the processing is done, all the clothes will be again sent back to the stand alone stores. The various types of services they provide here are-

• Wash and Iron
• Wash and Fold
• Dry-Cleaning
• Steam Iron
• Rolling etc.,

Requirements:

Store space: 150-200sq.ft

PKC Responsibilities: 

• Setup the store
• Training of the staff
• Backend operations(processing of the garments)
• Logistics
• Marketing/Sales

Franchise Responsibilities: 

• Generate more SALES, 
• Customer Relationship
• Store Maintenance

Financials:

6 Lakhs

• Live Studios:

PKC is offering first of its kind LIVE LAUNDRY STUDIO in Hyderabad

This is relatively a new concept and it is at a very nascent stage in India. Processing of the garments is done in the store itself and in front of the customer. Customer has a first-hand experience on how his/her garments are processed. The various types of services a live studio can offer are-

• Wash and Fold, 
• Wash and Iron, 
• Dry-Cleaning 
• Steam Iron
• Rolling etc.,

The type of machines we will be having in the store are-

• Washer Extractor
• Tumble Dryer
• Steam Iron Tables with Boiler
• Automatic Ironing Machines (which can iron a shirt or a trouser within 60 seconds)

Requirements:

Store space: 500-800sq.ft

PKC Responsibilities: 

• Setup the Live Studio
• Training for the Franchise Partner
• Marketing/Sales

Franchise Responsibilities: 

• Generate more SALES, 
• Processing of the garments
• Customer Relationship
• Store Maintenance

Financials:

16Lakhs

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Talking point of the nation, should the JEE and NEET exams be held?

The issue of postponement of JEE- Main (Joint Entrance Exam) and NEET-UG (National Eligibility and Entrance Test- Under Graduate) exams merit a serious discussion, and it has also become a political hot topic.

The Ministry of Education has decided not to postpone the JEE-Main and NEET-UG. Recently, the National Testing Agency (NTA), which conducts these exams, said: The examination is going to be held with due precaution and it is not going to be postponed. The NTA, also said that all most all aspirants of JEE-Main and NEET-UG will be offered their preferred choice of exam centers.

Eligibility criteria has been tremendously relaxed, too. 

The exams have already been postponed twice due to the corona virus pandemic-

JEE- Main (computer based test): Originally was scheduled from April: 7-11, but postponed to July18-23 and now to September: 1-6

NEET-UG (paper and pen based test): Originally was scheduled for May: 3, but postponed to July: 26 and now to September: 13

Chief Ministers of West Bengal, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Punjab, Chhattisgarh and Puducherry are in favor of postponement of the exams. Along with 7 chief ministers, DMK chief MK Stalin urged the Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Kerala and Odisha to join the other states and approach the Supreme Court to seek deferment of this year’s National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test and the Joint Entrance Examination. 

These states want to postpone the exams as they feel- 

• The corona virus is on the rise in our country, 
• The institutions who are organizing the exams might not able to handle if there is any outbreak, 
• The unprecedented floods in some parts of the country will make it difficult for the students to take the exams and many other things

In Numbers:

• JEE- Main: 9.53 lakh candidates have registered 
• NEET- UG: 15.97 lakh students have registered 
• JEE- Main centers have been raised from 570 to 660
• NEET- UG centers have been increased from 2546 to 3843

My View:

The postponement of exams comes will suffer the loss of a valuable academic year. Does anyone have an idea on how the situation is going to be after three months or five months? Even if the exam is held in September, the colleges won’t be able to start classes before the middle of November. This itself means almost a loss of a semester. Further delay will do nothing other than loss of a year and then next year you will have two first years’ batches and our institutions don’t have the required infrastructure to handle such a situation

The pandemic seems to be here to stay until we find an effective vaccine. Hence, it is important that we keep moving towards our significant individual goals, one step at a time.

Also, medical admissions are time-bound and therefore, it makes no sense to further delay NEET-UG, which will eventually delay the overall admission process as well. 

Keeping in mind the effort put in by students who have prepared, it is critical that the exams are conducted as scheduled. Delay in holding the exams will lead to serious repercussions for the students as well to IIT’s and most of the year 2020 will be washed out”.

Lastly the mental health, anxiety, stress levels have increased in almost every student and parent who are appearing for these exams

However, strict adherence to preventive norms, have to be applied and followed. 

Students and Parents should not entirely leave the situation on the government. It is each and every individual’s responsibility to take care of themselves. A government can maximum do 25% of the job by setting up exam centers, sanitizing etc., and after that it is the responsibility of the candidate who is attending the exam. 

Lastly so important points for the major stakeholders who are involed in the exams-

Students:

• Students should first be aware of how the virus spreads, once they know this they should take their own precautions
• Students should wear a face mask, if necessary a face shield as well, sanitize their hands, maintain social distancing(a minimum of 6feet) and lastly take nutritious food so that they don’t fall sick easily
• Students should be cautious of what is happening around them and they should act accordingly
• As everyone is in the age group of 17-25 and everyone is well aware of the situations in the world from the past 6-8 months each student should be disciplined and follow the protocols set by the authorities so that everything goes in a good way
• Lastly the focus for a student at the moment should be on the exam they are giving rather than the outside noise. It is tough but they should do it!

Parents:

• Parents role is very critical here as they should motivate their children
• Parents should constantly monitor their kids and help them understand the real ground situations
• Create a happy and positive environment in the home
• Parents should distance themselves and their kids from the media. This will help the kids in developing a most positive attitude to the exam

Government:

• Government should create a positive environment for the students
• Authorities should follow strict rules and regulations while conducting the exams
• There should be no room for error on any of the exam days
• Strict adherence and preventive covid-19 norms, have to be applied and followed

For more information,

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PK,

PK Enterprises.

www.pk-enterprises.com

Is investing in real estate the best bet?

Real estate is the land and any permanent improvements attached to the land, whether natural or man-made it includes water, trees, minerals, buildings, homes, fences and bridges. Real estate is the real property.

Out of all forms of investments-

• Equities
• Commodities
• Mutual Funds
• Gold
• Real Estate

As the world population is increasing day by day and the land available on earth is constant, this form of investment seems to be the best bet in the years to come.

Successful real estate investing starts while buying and not selling. Buying at low prices and Selling at high prices

Real Estate Sector Across India:

Since 2011, while Mumbai and NCR (Delhi) took the top positions in office space investments with over $5 billion and $2.8 billion respectively, Hyderabad took the 3^rd position accounting for 15 per cent of the overall investments in the country, attracting 12 deals, worth $2 billion.

On the retail investments front, while Mumbai, Pune and Chandigarh topped the national charts with $951 million, $434 million and $267 million, respectively, in the last one decade, Hyderabad stood 4^th in the country attracting $197 million.

The land prices have always been on the rise in Hyderabad-

Covid-19 Scenario:

As most of the world goes into lockdown, we can see the impact of the pandemic in the following ways on real estate in decreasing order of impact:

• Hotels: 

The most affected asset class within real estate will be Hotels for all the well-known reasons one can think of. Hotel stocks around the globe have seen significant fall in stock prices in the fear of falling occupancies and room rates.

• Retail Malls: 

Next in line are retail malls. Malls have been the first to be shut down as governments wanted to limit large gatherings. Retailers will be hit hard and kept negotiating rents during those months with landlords. After returning to the normalcy, it takes months of lower rent payments to get them back on their feet.

• Warehouses: 

Industrial activity has reduced significantly in the last 5-6 months. This has led to very low demand for logistics assets like warehouses. E-commerce companies are the only ones holding demand in the segment but that too is bound to slow down.

• Office: 

The last asset class to be affected is Office Space. There are two types of tenants here – front office tenants and back offices tenants. 

Front office tenants, though not affected immediately will see an impact in the medium term as hiring freezes kick-in and a general recessionary mindset sets-in. 

Back-office tenants have proven to be quite recession proof as was the case in the 2008 crisis where office take-up and rents in cities like Bangalore, Pune and Hyderabad actually went up as multinationals outsourced more functions. 

• Residential: 

The sales of all the residential units have also drastically come down by more than 80% in all the prime locations in the country. People are spending tightly and are going in a wait and watch approach.

The real estate sentiment remains one of cautious optimism. Even as the current trends look weak in view of Covid-19, much of Hyderabad real estate market’s key stakeholders are hoping for normalcy to return, which will boost growth across all asset classes.

Though the short-term market sentiment indicates that the investors would prefer to wait till the pandemic comes under control and also look to gauge the impact of forecasted recession on office space demand in 2020 before investing, the strong fundamentals of Hyderabad could help in faster recovery.

My Take:

Hyderabad is on the advantage front as it is the capital of a relatively young state and is home for many MNC companies. In the last few years it multiplying its IT/ITES base faster than before. As a result some of the global majors like Amazon, IKEA, Flipkart have come into the warehousing real estate sector by opening their warehouses/fulfillment centers in and around Hyderabad

Coming to the residential sector as the prices on the land have somewhat come down from its peak it is better to invest before it again increases. As in the earlier info graphic we’ve seen that the land prices have always been on the rise until the pandemic has struck us!

All and all it is important for people to be cautious and at the same time optimistic towards the realty sector!

For more information,

www.pk-enterprises.com

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If a person succeeds he/she will be happy and if he/she fails they will learn a lesson and move on!

The origin of the word Nepotism comes from Catholic bishops who would pass on wealth, property, and priesthood to their “nephews”. The nephews were usually their illegitimate offspring, and it served as a way for church clergy to both own property and to retain power in their families.

Politics, businesses, mainstream cinema and other occupations where talent is subordinate to lineage are dominated by family cartels, who plant their own over the rest. Everywhere in the world there is a 100 percent reservation for its own genetic material. 

Recently there was this huge debate in India that there is nepotism in the main steam Indian cinema. There was extensive media coverage, outrage on social media and what not, people couldn’t take it and outpoured their opinions and emotions. People were so emotionally disturbed that many were not getting the opportunities when compared with the kith and kin of the biggies in the Bollywood industry

Take it Politics, Business families or anything, nepotism like royalty, is sexually transmitted.

But the point to be understood is that there is nepotism in every walk of life. For example, the head of the family first takes care of his wife, children, parents, siblings, relatives and then if he has still something left in him then he takes care of people outside his family. Be it financially or anything he first looks after his family and then only he comes outside.

People have stopped thinking rationally and they target people who don’t have any power and make themselves happy. People should question themselves before jumping on to someone and passing unacceptable statements. 

My take on Nepotism:

Nepotism starts basically from our home. We simply don’t abandon our kids and go to an orphanage and adopt a kid. We first fulfill our kid’s requirements from education-entertainment-marriage-whatnot and then if there is something else left then we think of somebody else.

Therefore if we are showing favoritism to our family then there is no harm in businesses, politics, main stream cinema showing favoritism to their kith and kin.

Rational Thinking:

Opportunities don’t simply come to us, we should create opportunities. It is upon the individual on how he/she grows their network and relationships with people and then connects them with their personal growth.

Sports: M.S.Dhoni, Virat Kohli, Christiano Ronaldo, Rafael Nadal, P.V. Sindhu etc.,

Cinema: Ram Gopal Varma, Vijay Deverakonda, Samantha, Nani, Shahrukh Khan etc.,

Politics: K.Chandrashekar Rao, ChandraBabu Naidu, Y.S.RajaSekhar Reddy, Narendra Modi, etc.,

Businesses: SunPharma, Divis Laboratories, Flipkart, Paytm, Ola, Oyo etc.,

All the above people, businesses thrived in their respective fields when the so called other people were bragging about nepotism because of lack of opportunities and other stuff.

Therefore it is upon the individual on how, he/she makes the best use of their circumstances and takes the decisions at the right time. 

If a person succeeds he/she will be happy and if he/she fails they will learn a lesson and move on!

Therefore it is very important to take a stand and lead your life on your own terms and do not blame anyone!

For more information,

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PK,

PK Enterprises.

There is no point in destroying already bought China goods instead a wise one will not buy new ones.

Anti-China sentiment has been on the rise in India since past few months amidst the border tensions.

20 Indian soldiers were killed in fighting at a disputed border site in the Himalayan Galwan Valley.

Normal people, Celebrities, Activists across the country have thrown Chinese TV sets, mobile phones down their balconies. While traders in the capital, Delhi, protested by burning Chinese goods.

The Indian Railways have reportedly cancelled a signaling project that was given to a Chinese company in 2016. The government has also asked e-commerce companies to display the country of origin for the products they sell.

But, easier said than done there is a lot more back stage than what is appearing to our eyes.

Do we really have an alternative? 

China is India’s second-largest trading partner after the US. It accounts for nearly 12% of India’s imports across sectors such as chemicals, automotive components, consumer electronics and pharmaceuticals.

Pharmaceuticals:

At least 70% of India’s drug intermediary needs are fulfilled by China. Although India has announced a new policy to become more self-reliant in drugs, it will definitely take time for our country to become self-reliant. 

Our PM has started a new project- AatmaNirbhar Bharat, which is highly required at this time. But one has to keep in mind that anything requires time and it cannot happen over night

Smartphones:

India’s booming smartphone sector is also heavily dependent on cheap Chinese phones made by Oppo, Xaomi and others with the lion’s share of the local market which is close to 50%

Consumer Electronics

Most consumer electronics makers will be paralyzed if they can’t import crucial intermediate goods from China.

Most players across the globe import key components such as compressors from China, Many industry experts say that it will take a long time to set up local supply chains, and that there are few alternatives for certain kinds of imports.

Chinese Investments fund Indian Unicorns:

India and China have also become increasingly integrated in recent years. Money from China, for instance, has penetrated the India's technology sector. With companies like Alibaba and Tencent strategically pumping in billions of dollars into Indian startups such as Zomato, Paytm, Big Basket and Ola. 

There have been more than 90 Chinese investments in Indian startups, most of them made over the last five years. 18 out of 30 Indian unicorns [tech startups valued at over $1bn] have a Chinese investor

At $6.2bn, direct Chinese investment in India appears relatively small. Restricting the likes of Alibaba from creating monopolies in the Indian market will be the need of the hour.

India has already amended its FDI (foreign direct investment) rules to stave off hostile takeovers of Indian companies.

Ban of 106 Chinese Mobile Applications:

India in total has banned 106 apps which have links with China. The most popular banned apps are TikTok, Helo, Shareit, UC Browser, CamScanner, Baidu Map, Bigo Live Vigo Video, Likee, Mi Video Call - Xiaomi, Clash of Kings as well as e-commerce platforms Club Factory and Shein and others. 

Some reports also said 275 other Chinese apps could also be on the chopping block over similar concerns, including the hugely popular "PUBG Mobile" game owned by tech giant Tencent.

Is self-reliance the answer?

• According to a report India’s domestic manufacturing sector can substitute as much as 25% of total imports from China. This would lead to a reduced import bill of over $8bn in a single year.
• Handicrafts, for instance, is a category where India imported $431m worth of goods from China in the 2020 financial year without any significant reciprocal exports.
• But from India’s standpoint, none of this is likely to play out without grave consequences to the economy, especially during a severe downturn. China, on the other hand, is less concerned since India accounts for only 3% of its exports.

My View:

After deeply studying the Indian economic ties with China and on the global front, we have to now be self-reliant. Today it is China and tomorrow it might be the U.S, Japan or some other European countries. We need to have the following in place for the P.Ms Aatma Nirbhar Bharat to shine-

• MSME sector should be relooked and we should start manufacturing products from minute ones to big giant machinery. China is the export hub because its products are cost effective. The Chinese products are cost effective because it has the manufacturing infrastructure which nobody in the world has. India should also strive for that excellence in manufacturing. 
• Incentives for startups, businesses 
• Subsidies for land-power-water-taxes all these aspects should be relooked  so that entrepreneurship will come to the forefront
• Easy clearances for the basic requirements setting up of an industry
• Policies should be rolled out in such a way that we are first self-reliant in what we want and then go export/import
• We should make use of the 1.38 billion people of India which itself is a huge demand
• Before buying a product, people should make a habit of checking who the manufacturer of the product is and then buy it. It is just like checking from which restaurant we are ordering the FOOD!
• Celebrities, Public figures should stop breaking Chinese products and educate common people on why we should buy Indian products here after(though the price is on the higher side) rather than being emotional and creating ruckus in the Media
• People should here after stop taking emotional decisions and start taking logical decisions. Once they decide on something they should stick to it. In case the government rolls back some of the policies also they should be true to what they decide
• This may take decades of time, but somewhere the thought process and ground work should start so that at least the coming generations will eat the fruits

We should be first self-reliant and then export/import

For more information,

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PK,

PK Enterprises.

Trading is a good idea, but trading with caution is the BEST. Don't fall prey to easy money!

The domestic equity market continued its euphoric rally with less participation from the broader indices. The bench mark indices have rallied close to 45% from the March’20 levels.

It is observed that the percentage of shares moving in tandem with Nifty50 is far lower than what it was witnessed in previous few weeks. Early June quarter results are being cheered, but a good part of Q1 outcome is yet to come and that may not portray a promising picture.

IT, FMCG and financial services, including banks, have given an early indication that all is well! 

• IT companies managed to trim their operating costs, 
• Banking businesses were given leeway by RBI for delay in NPA classification, 
• Financial services witnessed people staying indoors, transacting digitally to procure insurance policies for their loved ones, along with a lot of trading and investing,

But this may not continue for long.

When ground reality catches up and life after Covid-19 becomes the new normal, the exceptional gains that are being cheered by the Street currently will lose sheen. Markets have a habit of overreacting to short-term events and that is why it would be prudent to avoid consensus views on the Street that IT, FMCG, financial services, including banks, will perform better in the near to medium term. After the country has unlocked the cases are rising every day and the businesses are not operating up to full capacities leaving everyone in tantrums.

Book profits or at least avoid them.

RBI has also cautioned retail investors to wait and watch the situations and not to become anxious on the stock markets.

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/stocks/news/rbi-signals-quick-withdrawal-of-liberal-measures-to-stem-economic-slowdown/articleshow/77147945.cms

It is better to keep in mind the 1992- Harshad Mehta Scam and be mindful on the company shares one is buying.

https://tradebrains.in/harshad-mehta-scam/#The_Broken_Financial_Environment_of_the_1990s

It is always prudent to make an informed decision rather than blindly following other people.

For a novice trader it is advisable to learn the various techniques like-

• Technical Analysis
• Fundamental Analysis and then start trading.

In the end I want to conclude that, becoming rich overnight is the riskiest thing and there are very very less chances of succeeding. 

Don’t run behind money, but master the trade money will automatically come to you.

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PK,

PK Enterprises.

The story behind our #AllTerrainVehicle. #ATV

We were 6 friends (Myself, Chaithanya, Anirudh, Karthik, Kalyan, Mallikarjun) we were into mechanical engineering wanted to build something practical for our final year project

Most of our batch mates have decided to do some IT projects from local institutes on the design front which were theoretical in nature and would not be of any use later on. But we wanted to be different from everyone.

We had 3-4 ideas on what to build-

• Electric bike
• Battery bike
• Electric auto
• All-Terrain Vehicle(ATV)

We had zeroed on the All-Terrain Vehicle as it had many challenges and overall we would get a good practical knowledge on automobiles. The specialty of an ATV is that it runs on any type of terrain. We wanted the below points in our ATV-

• It should be for 2 people
• It shouldn’t look like a very big monster but sweet and small just like a battery car

ATV: Designed to travel on all types of ground, including rough grounds

Research:

From the 1^st semester of our 4^th year we started our research on building an ATV. We went to many colleges, universities, contacted a number students, professors to gain practical knowledge before starting our project. 

One such encounter was when we met the students of Maturi Venkata Subba Rao (MVSR) Engineering College. It is one of the famous engineering colleges in Hyderabad. The students in MVSR had made an ATV with the support of their college in about 10-12 months. 

We neither had time nor the support but we had only 2 months of time in our hands to complete the ATV. The students of MVSR college had challenged us that it is a near impossible task but we turned the odds and built an ATV in less than 2 months.

Therefore after getting some knowledge on what we wanted and where to start, we started building our ATV on 13^th Feb 2012.

The steps which were important in building our ATV-

• Design:

The design part was always the critical one. We did a lot of online research, contacted many car servicing centers, old school mechanics on how to design our ATV. The things we had in our minds was-

• Ground Clearance should be high
• The price of building it should also be minimal and in later stages when used for commercial purposes it should be affordable

After contacting many people, garages there came up a person (a retired mechanic) who was interested in our project and wanted to help us. We told him our idea and he helped us in the designing and also the dimensions of the ATV

The whole design took a good 15-20 days of time.

• Purchases:

Material purchase was a very tedious task. We had to negotiate with all the vendors who sold the automobile parts. Afzalgunj is the biggest automobile market in Hyderabad. We got all the spare parts from Afzalgunj. 

• Engine

Before going for a Royal Enfield engine we searched online for engines for close to a week. Earlier in our research we found out that we can purchase engines online and assemble it with our body. But we found out that our assumption was wrong as the dimensions, engine efficiency and other things were not in line with our requirements. Then we got it in touch with a garage owner and told him about our ATV. He gave us an idea to use the Royal Enfield Engine.

Why did we go for Royal Enfield Engine?

The Royal Enfield Classic 350cc is powered by a 346cc, single-cylinder air-cooled engine that makes 19.8bhp and 28Nm of peak torque. These specifications are in line with what we wanted and on top of that Royal Enfield Engines are heavy duty, reliable and cost effective (with the specifications we wanted)

We went to Ranigunj for the Royal Enfield engine. That is a place where we get to repair the Enfield bikes and it is a famous place throughout the city of Hyderabad. We didn’t find what we wanted. 

Then we went to Nallakunta, the garage owner told us that he will get us an engine. We waited for 3-4 days but still couldn’t get one.

Finally we bought a seconds Royal Enfield Classic- 350cc bike in Afzalgunj and dismantled the whole bike and took its engine.

We wasted a lot of time while getting the engine but yes, we learnt a lot of things from that wasted time!

• Material for outer body, chassis:

We purchased steel, iron, aluminum at least prices from the market. We learnt negotiation skills from here.

• Tyres:

We had to change the tyres 4 times as we used to purchase heavier tyres each time and the steering system would completely break if the tyres were so heavy. First we purchased Auto Tyres then changed it to Maruti-800 then to Tractor Tyres and then finally we got what we wanted. The tyres were bigger than Maruti-800 but smaller than Tractor!

Each time we changed the tyres we had to change the discs on which we had to mount the tyres.

• Steering System:

We used the rack and pinion steering system. In this the steering wheel turns the pinion gear; the pinion moves the rack, which is a linear gear that meshes with the pinion, converting circular motion into linear motion along the transverse axis of the ATV (side to side motion).

We chose rack and pinion as it reduces the steering effort required to turn the wheels and the steering ratio of the vehicle is also decreased considerably. 

The steering system was broken 2-3 times, due to excess weight of the wheels. We again had aligned it by welding and all other sorts of things which was a very tedious job.

• Braking System:

We used the Forced Oil Braking System. The rotating members of the ATV such as wheels are stopped with the engagement of brake calipers which are cooled by oil forced by a master cylinder.

The braking system also failed twice before the final one was in place

• Suspension System:

As an ATV will be driven on all terrains i.e., both on road and off roads, suspension system plays a very critical role.  Therefore we used the best suspension systems as the vehicle encounters many shocks, vibrations. Suspension Systems used-

• Front Independent Suspension System(i.e., independent suspension for each wheel)
• Rear Rigid Suspension System

• Other spare parts:

Seats, Batteries, Horn, Indicators, Fuel Tank, CNG cylinder, Cables etc.,

• Built:

Once the design was finalized and purchases were made then came the toughest part, THE BUILDING of the ATV. We found an old used car garage near to Amberpet and started building the ATV. 

The first iteration of the chassis and the body was built in 4 days and we had to put in almost 16-18 hours per day for it to be done. The owner of the garage gave us a professional welder, cutter. They helped us a lot in building the ATV.

We were not satisfied with the first structure and dismantled the whole and started from scratch. The second iteration took about 3 days and this time we had to dismantle it as we had a change the suspension system. 

The third time we were happy with the built of the chassis as the outcome was according to the dimensions and our plan.

During this time we had differences between us as there was wastage of money, time and the pressure was building as the deadline was nearing. We sat together, ironed out the differences and again motivated ourselves to build the best ATV available in town.

• CNG(Compressed Natural Gas):

2/3rds of the ATV was completed and still we want to improvise on it. We thought of many different things but none was feasible and affordable. Then came the thought of why can’t we use CNG to run the ATV. 

CNG is-

• Affordable
• Fewer emissions than gasoline(petrol, diesel)
• Safer than Petrol

Therefore once we knew its advantages we wanted to run the engine with the CNG. Again we searched online for the CNG distributers in Hyderabad. We found one guy near to Secunderabad who is a big dealer in CNG for automobiles but he asked us a big amount of advance and we couldn’t afford that. 

We didn’t give up and searched for a week then we finally got a guy who is near to 6No. He was reasonable and he helped us a lot in aligning the CNG cylinder to the ATV engine.

We knew where to place the petrol tank but we didn’t have the idea on how to connect the CNG practically.

But by the end of the project we had a very clear idea on how to power the engine with a CNG cylinder.

• The Final Hurdle:

The ATV has been completed and then by the time we had to start it, it was not starting. We had to turn on the keys or kick start the engine. Neither of them was working. We almost tried for 4 hours to start it. The Petrol Tank was full as well as the CNG cylinder. We didn’t have a single clue on where we went wrong. 

We thought all our dreams, hard work was shattered and we didn’t know what to do. The team fell apart and nobody had interest to take it further.

Then I and Chaithanya took the task to our chin and we found out a guy named Surya who helped us to start the ATV again. He was a bike mechanic and was very much interested in automobiles. 

In the last one week of our completion I used to wake up around 5 in the morning travel for around 50kms pickup Surya take him to our ATV so that he can do some modifications for it to get started.

After some slight modifications and getting to know the exact problem, we got the ATV up and running in 4-5 days.

As promised we completed the ATV in the scheduled time and we displayed it in our college on April 11^th 2012.

• Gains from the Project: 

On a personal front, I knew we spent a bit of extra money but I’ve learnt a lot of new things-

• Negotiations
• Determination
• Handling the pressure
• Pushing myself and not to give up!

Aftermath:

Many newspapers, TV channels have interviewed us on how we could build the ATV within 2 months of time with no prior experience. 

The sweetest point was Mahindra & Mahindra has asked us the patent rights for our ATV but till that time we were in different directions and didn’t file the patent. But all in all this was a game changing project of our lives.!

All the ideas, implementations we got were from the layman and not from big brands or online journals. At the end we understood that, if we are determined to do a particular work, the universe will conspire and help us to complete the job, only if we don’t give up!

The ATV is still in our college and the college management keeps it as a jewel in their crown!

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