IT all started in the year 1986 in Durgapur (West Bengal). A professor was teaching working of an Internal Combustion (IC) engine at the National Institute of Technology, in a class of Mechanical Engineering. Whilst he was teaching, a student asked the professor if the piston could be used in revolving motion, instead of using in vertical motion. The piston revolving around itself will make the engine small, easy to use and more efficient. After listening to this question a wave of laughter spread in the class and the point got lost as the topic’s seriousness. But this inquisitive student, who had asked the question, did not get disheartened. In his quest to find the answer, he made a wooden model of an engine with revolving motion at home and started studying more about it. This proved as a precursor to the making of a revolutionary innovator, who developed the RVCR engine technology that can work on any type of fuel. This innovator was Das Argi Kamat.
This radical innovation by Kamat can give a new direction to the Global Automobile Industry. This Indian innovation is patented in over 51 countries. America’s research organisation – Lockheed Martin Corporation had organised Global 1500 Best Innovations recently, where this technology was positioned in first 8 best innovations and on behalf of an organisation ICSquare of Texas University, this technology was elected to develop America’s Commercial Schemes. Kamat can very well be regarded as the first Indian technologist to achieve this laurel. Besides that, this technology will also be presented in Engine Expo 2013-14 to be held in October at Automobile Industry’s alma mater– Detroit. University of Maryland has also proposed to use the RVCR technology in wind energy sector.
Born in Kerala and raised in Bhilai (Madhya Pradesh) Das Argi Kamat applied for an intellectual property right or patent in the year 1999 and today this technology is patented under his name in 51 technologically developed countries across the globe. Vehicles like cars, motorcycles, trucks, tractors, as well as power generators, ships, and defence related machineries can use this technology. This not only saves around 30 per cent of the fuel but also reduces the engine size.
