Kanpur: Mukund Tiwari, a student of Class XII from Kanpur has won award at the International Science and Engineering Fair in the United States for developing a multi-functional model that helps children with cerebral palsy with increased mobility and do therapeutic exercises.
Tiwari, a student of St Aloysius School in Kanpur, won the prize for his system that helps such patients to do all essential therapeutic exercises and also provides mobility to patients, School Principal Edward Goveas claimed.
The "uniqueness" of this multi-functional system is that the mini tri-wheeler provides all therapeutic exercises on a single system, he said.
The system can be driven by both hands and foot pedals and its dual steering system enables the patient to steer it on his own. Otherwise an attendant can also steer the vehicle from behind.
Goveas said Mukund got selected to represent the country at the fair after he emerged as the national winner in December 2005 in Science Talent Discovery Fair held at Bangalore.
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