Jai Chachra - A
Neoteric Generation Entrepreneur
& his
innovation ‘Just Charge’-an app based
battery operated cycle
Entrepreneurship
is essentially the philosophy of an innovating mind, a nouveau culture and a creative mindset. It is the ability to create an impact in
whatever one does in an enterprise in the face of constraints, risks and
ambiguity. And this is precisely how the journey of Jai Chachra started. He joined Chandigarh University as a student
of graduation in Computer Science Engineering (with specialisation in Cloud
Computing). As a freshman in the very first year, he was pulled up by one of
the faculty members for not carrying any register or pen to write notes. To admonish him, the teacher went on to hand
him the cap of a pen to write with. This instead, sparked the thinking terrain
of his mind and Jai came up with a unique innovation of a 2cms pen that could
be worn on a finger. This wearable pen
is shaped like a ring and can write 500 pages in one cartridge. All because he
does not wish to carry a pen around – so just wear it! It would take 2 to 3 days to train a person
to practice writing with it. This innovative product is today a boon for the
differently abled persons who may have lost a finger or a hand or is using his
feet for writing! Jai’s patented ‘Finger Wearable Pen’ takes the pain out of
writing for those who may not have the essential appendages for writing.
With
this start, Jai went on to innovate an ‘Accidental Survival Kit - Rakshak’.
This idea came up because way back in 2017 only cars costing upwards of 18
lakhs had airbags safety option. So, using an enhanced version of micro control
units, he designed a system whereby a cars driver seat area was sensitised to
alcohol vapors. Thus, when a driver who has consumed alcohol wishes to drive a
car, this device would apply an AI based system and the car would be restricted
to travel upto 18kms per hour only! Of course he is the patent holder for this
product too!
By
the time he completes 3nd year of graduation, Jai already has 5
patents in his pocket - all thanks to his mentor and life coach Dr Sanjeet
Singh who has been handholding him, egging him on and ensuring he does not
buckle under challenges. His dream
project “Pet-It” was literally evolved in his dream where he visualised himself
being recognised as one of the Fortune 500 qualifiers for a ‘Pet Tracking
solution’. To follow this dream he actually evolved, patented and popularised
“Pet-It” – a smart pet ecosystem that can be attached to a pets collar. This helps for scheduling vet
visits, food timing, and any other activities that need to be followed for the
pet. All pet lovers find this a unique and pet care friendly product. With several
companies in the US chasing this product, Jai is completely grounded in the
knowledge that all entrepreneurship is not always about running a business.
Jai
strongly believes that every problem has a solution and applies this philosophy
to evolve products as a solution to existing problems. Thus, Jai was never
inclined for a ‘placement drive’ nor did he join the CSE programme with
Chandigarh University to be placed with a corporate big-wig. As a
self-motivated innovator, he feels that today, no one accepts you because of
your visiting card. You have to build
your reputation and its public acceptance step by step. Infact, no entrepreneur starts with infinite
resources. They are just persistent in their resolve.
This
resolve led him to innovate ‘Just Charge’ – an app based battery operated
cycle. This was aimed as a solution for hostel students on the campus who have
to walk extensive distances during a day, from their hostel to their department
- to the administration block and to the dispensary and back to hostel. All
this walking in the Indian summers was very disconcerting for Jai and he researched alternatives like
ordinary bicycles, electric skate boards (as seen in the popular movie ‘Koi Mil
Gaya’) with a handle and hover boards from the perspective of affordability,
usage over uneven terrain, the weight it may be able to transport and battery
life.
As
a sophomore at the university, he reached out to the seniors and peers in the
department of mechanical engineering to help him shape his innovation. The
entire journey was replete with
changing, making adjustments, accepting errors and modifying by the minute.
The
entrepreneur in Jai accepted that he will not get it right always so he reset
his course correction to bounce back higher. He manufactured 10 units of his
‘Just Charge’ and started talking to resorts if they wished to offer
independence to their guests instead of golf carts and the idea clicked! He has currently offered to manufacture
initial stock for the hostel students of his alma mater. He will further take
this up with universities spread over sprawling vast spaces.
Jai
keeps re-imagining possibilities. He is
not waiting for a public tag or an honorary badge - he just keeps persisting in his efforts with
the larger purpose of solution finding.
