Press Release

GoK organise Contest to design and produce to Cool Jacket

The Department of Industries and Commerce, Kerala intends to organise public

contest to design and produce a ‘Cool Jacket’, which can protect the workers from sun
burn and problems caused by high temperature. This special move by the South Indian
State, which recently had emerged as one of the most investment-friendly Indian states,
is as part of its continuous efforts for Industrialisation and entrepreneurship
development.
Two third of the world is in tropical area and a large number of labourers,
mainly the construction workers, work in open spaces under the burning sun without
any protection. Lakhs of Keralites as well as people of other states of India employed in
gulf countries are the major victims of this situation. A few north Indian states also face
the threat of sunburn. In Kerala also this has become a serious problem as the
atmospheric temperature rose to 50 degree Celsius in the in hot summer in recent years.
It would be a great relief for such workers and other people living in hot climate
if a suitable jacket is designed to maintain their body temperature below the ambient
temperature just opposite as the woollen jacket that protects us from cold. Such a jacket,
which can be worn continuously, would enable them to operate comfortably resulting
increased efficiency.
The cool jacket should maintain the body temperature of the person to at least
10o C below the ambient temperature for minimum eight hours. It should be of light
weight, portable and suitable to use in open spaces. The cool jacket should cover entire
body including head.
Experts say that materials like dry ice, special fabric etc can be used to produce
the cool jacket. But the Government does not put forward any suggestion on this.
Design, technology, manufacturing process etc are to be selected accordingly. The
source of energy, if needed, can either be solar or rechargeable battery or any special
substance which could ensure refrigeration.
In the first stage of the contest, proposals for design, production idea, concept
etc, will be invited from the public. An expert committee will evaluate the ideas so
submitted.
The Committee shall select ten proposals after interviewing the persons who
come up with excellent ideas and those ten persons will receive Rs. 1 lakh each for
producing the cool jacket.
In the second stage these ten selected innovators have to demonstrate their
product before the expert committee. All other interested persons, either participated in
the first round or not, are also eligible to demonstrate their products made with their
own money without any assistance from the Government.
Based on the overall performance of these products, the expert committee will
select three most excellent innovators who will be provided with Rs. 10 lakhs each for
the commercial production of the product.
The entire process of this contest shall be completed within six months.
This is the second contest in this series which is a special initiative of the State
Government to encourage and promote innovators and inventers and to address a few
serious needs of the society, especially the working class.
The first in this series was to develop a coconut harvesting device which can be
controlled from ground. It is in the culmination point as the final round of the
competition, which is a demonstration round, is taking place on 7 and 8 of October at
the Agricultural College coconut farm in Vellayani near Thiruvananthapuram. Nearly 40
devices are expected to be demonstrated in the event. There were 462 contestants in the
first round of this competition. This time in the Cool Jacket Developing Contest at least
1000 applications are expected to participate from all over the world.
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