CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -IIT Madras launched the country’s first indigenously designed standing wheelchair in collaboration with Phoenix Medical Systems. A ‘standing wheelchair’ called ‘Arise’, was developed at the TTK Center for Rehabilitation Research and Device Development (R2D2) at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.

Detailed explanation-2: -“Called Arise, the standing wheelchair was designed and developed by the TTK Center for Rehabilitation Research and Device Development (R2D2) at IIT Madras headed by Sujatha Srinivisan in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Madras,” read the official release.

Detailed explanation-3: -The advertised price of the Arise standing wheelchair is Rs. 15,000 (approx.

Detailed explanation-4: -About Wheelchair ‘Arise’ The assistive device enables a differently-abled person requiring a wheelchair to shift from sitting to standing position, and vice versa, independently and in a controlled manner.