Cooking is the most important activity of human race; we work hard so that our families can get minimum two square meals on their plate every single day. There are evidences of cooking methods dating almost 1.9 million years, ever since the cavemen discovered fire and started cooking their meals. The pity, however, is that even in 2021, we have over 3 billion people worldwide using fossil-based cooking (coal, wood, cow dung) and most of them are women, who inhale the deadly soot coming that is emitted by the traditional cooking methods. From some estimates it is believed that on an average a lady inhales soot that is equivalent to smoking close to 100+ cigarettes per day and this has a devastating impact on her health and the health of her children, especially neo natal yet to be born children. The evils of Indoor air pollution have motivated scientists and innovators to work on clean methods of cooking like solar based induction cooking, biogas cookers, natural gas cook stoves and electrical pressure cookers etc. a lot has been done, but even more is required to commercialise these technologies so that we are able to provide a healthy, reliable and affordable cooking solution.
We at Ohm Clean Tech Private Limited (Company promoted by Founders of h2e Power Systems) have invested ourselves in developing an innovative solution for clean cooking as well as energy access. Using our proprietary SALT battery, we are able to provide enough heat and power to cook two full meals for a family of 5 and provide critical power back-up to a rural home. What better than using SALT to provide a cooking solution.
We have put special focus on the design, which makes it very easy and convenient for the lady to cook either while she is sitting on the floor or even if she has the appliance mounted on a platform. An appliance that does not need any fossil input, has zero emission, is maintenance free without any recurring costs and yes, it is very simple to use and 100% safe. I think we owe this to our Mother, Wife, Sister and Daughter. We owe this to Mother Earth.
We are privileged to have an opportunity to innovate and to serve millions with solutions that are inspired from our vision statement: 24×7 clean, green, reliable and affordable energy to all. And what makes it even more motivating is the proactive support from the government, end users, investors and the media. Our team based in Pune is excited to bring our product AnnapurnaMPEP (Multi-Purpose Energy Pod) to the women in rural India and other parts of the world in 2021.
AnnapurnaMPEP was an idea that I (Siddharth R Mayur) and my Partner Amarnath Chakradeo gave birth to and was germinated with the real-world experiences and efforts of our wives Bhavana Mayur and Jyotsana Chakradeo, with technical support from our vibrant team of engineers lead by Dr. Dadasaheb Shendage.
Written by:
Siddharth R Mayur
h2e Power Systems