Mariel delivered a presentation and a workshop during EWB-UK's Research Weekend in London on April 18th and 19th! If you're interested in learning more, contact us!

We've begun posting completed Design Challenge solutions on the Current Researchers page!

An article on engINdia has been published in the MIT International Review. Go to the MITIR website or read the PDF version.

Now you can meet the villagers and student engineers of Pabal! View our newly posted videos.

engINdia.net is an online resource for student engineers. On this site you will find numerous projects targeting challenges that face people in rural India.

engINdia exists to promote appropriate and sustainable engineering solutions in developing areas. The organization focuses on Pabal, Maharashtra, a rural village in India located 80 miles east of Mumbai. Pabal is home to Vigyan Ashram, an educational institution that focuses on rural technologies. The existence of Vigyan Ashram and Pabal's proximity to Mumbai made it the perfect starting point for engINdia.

The Design Challenges posted on this site are project ideas created by the villagers of Pabal. The solution to each Challenge will alleviate a technological need in Pabal and help to increase the quality of life for the villagers.

Have a look at the links at the left to find out more about what we do and how you can get involved. You can also go straight to the list of Design Challenges that we collected in Pabal or view media from our expedition. Students and villagers who are working on Design Challenges should check out the Current Researchers page for information on how to stay involved with engINdia while working on projects.

If you have any questions or feedback please email us at engindia@mit.edu.

engINdia is a partnership between 6 students from the University of Cambridge, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB). An expedition was conducted during the summer of 2005 to the area of Pabal, Maharastra. There, the engINdia team worked with Vigyan Ashram and the local community to gain an understanding and appreciation of the development issues faced by rural India which could be tackled through engineering.

During the expedition the team surveyed the attitudes of the local community and the rural technology available to the reigon. The team witnessed emerging, successful and unsuccessful development projects while conducting its own research.

The expedition was approved and partly funded by the Royal Geographical Society (RGS) and officially recognized by Cambridge University.

The engINdia team at Vigyan Ashram in summer 2005.