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Innovation: ClimaGear Jacket
This jacket is going to cost Rs 40,000 and will be sold to the Indian army. It was designed by Kranthi Vistakula who found the cold tougher than the math at MIT.
By Sunaina Sehgal
This jacket uses battery and Peltier chips to manipulate temperatures in the
range of 18 to 40 degrees Celsius. (Imaging by Santosh Kushwaha)
Kranthi Vistakula put into practice the theory of converting temperature differences into electric voltage, and vice versa, and built a technology, called ClimaCon. He used it to make apparel that can control the body temperature of the person wearing it. ClimaGear, the jacket, uses battery and Peltier chips to manipulate temperatures in the range of 18 to 40 degrees Celsius. In 2008 he founded Dhama Apparel Innovations. Still being run out of the NID Incubation Centre in Ahmedabad, with help from a five-member team, the company’s other products include a helmet and a neck accessory. Priced at Rs 40,000, ClimaGear may be keeping the Indian Army warm, but is unlikely to be civilian chic any time soon.
High Achiever
Red Herring’s top 100 promising technology companies in Asia in 2009
First prize in Champion of Champions category in Intel India Innovation
Pioneer Challenge in 2008
A 2008 finalist in the Intel Berkley Technology Entrepreneurship
Gold medalist at Lockheed Martin Innovators competition in 2008
Won the MIT 1K business plan competition
Won multiple grants from DSIR, Government of India
Fashionably Yours
Made of micro-filament polyester
Water resistant
Detachable inner lining embedded with electronics and battery
Accompanied by 150ml water tank
Weighs 650gm
“While studying at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, I never found mathematics challenging. It was the extreme cold and hot weather that was tough to tackle.”
—Kranthi Kiran Vistakula, CEO and Founder, Dhama Apparel Innovations
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