Mr. R. Jeeyaseelan
State : Tamilnadu (Virudhunagar)
The Innovator
Mr. R Jayaseelan has studied upto SSLC and owns a coconut garden and mango orchard in Koomapatti. He also manages few coconut gardens on lease for the last six years. He performs dehusking and packs the coconuts in gunny bags. He sends lorry load of nuts through agents at Madurai and from there to northern states.
The Innovation
Coconut dehusker
Called the Coconut dehusker, it runs on 1.5 hp motor. The device
has two sharp blades, attached to a cylindrical metal rod, which is
useful in dehusking more coconuts compared to manual effort.