It is interesting to note that this completely “Made In India” Dhaman ventilator was manufactured with the minimal cost of approximately Rs. one lakh only against the very highly priced (at least six times higher) imported devices.

During this unprecedented time the entire Nation is preparing itself to fight against the threat of the novel Coronavirus (Covid 19) pandemic. The Government of India has been very proactive to take the stock of situation to conquer this challenge and to ensure the medical preparedness. The first and the foremost challenge foreseen by the Government of Gujarat was the shortage of the lifesaving ventilator during this challenging time. The role of ventilator has become very crucial to treat this disease, which directly attacks the respiratory system of the human body. The Govt. has expressed this worry during one of the local body meeting to face this crisis proactively.

This challenge to design, develop, test and deploy required quantity of ventilators was well accepted with the courage by Parakramsinh Jadeja, CMD, Jyoti CNC Automation Ltd., Rajkot. The same task was immediately briefed to the R&T team of Jyoti and in parallel all the necessary resources were scouted by Team Jyoti. In this journey the experience of Rajendrasinh Parmar (RHP Medicals) came as blessings.

A team of more than 150 professionals from Jyoti CNC and 26 other allied companies have worked round the clock to accomplish this mission of designing and developing the first prototype within the stipulated time frame. The design was charted out and the critical components were produced at the manufacturing facilities at Jyoti, and at some other end to fasten the process of preparing the prototype of this ventilator which was later on named as "Dhaman-1" (Dhaman is the Gujarati word which represent as the blower that pumps the air.)

The first prototype was tested and rested locally and finally was presented to the EQDC (Electronics and Quality Dept. Center, Gandhinagar). Everything went on smooth and the device was successfully tested as well as certified by the EQDC on the same day.

The next day this indigenously developed ventilator was tested on a patient at the civil hospital, Ahmedabad in the presence of Vijaybhai Rupani, Chief Minister, Gujarat, and Nitinbhai Patel, Dy. Chief Minister, Gujarat.

It is interesting to note that this completely "Made In India" device was manufactured with the minimal cost of approximately Rs. one lakh only against the very highly priced (at least six times higher) imported devices. As a tiny contribution in this testing time for the nation, Jyoti CNC has committed to donate the first 1000 devices to the Government of India. Team Jyoti is thriving hard to accomplish this pilot task of manufacturing first 1000 devices within the timeline of just 10 days.

The project has yet again complemented the mission of Jyoti CNC Automation Ltd. - "Propelling Technology, Prospering Life" diligently.

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