Chintakindi Mallesham has revolutionised the way the famous Pochampalli silk sari is made in Andhra Pradesh. He has invented and patented a machine which has cut to one-third the time needed for processing the thread for weaving a sari on a loom.
It was his mother, Lakshmi’s plight that moved Mallesham to invent a mechanised version of the traditional Asu machine which women weavers used to process the thread.
Lakshmi lost vision in her right eye and has a severely damaged shoulder because weaving the sari the traditional way is an arduous task and puts immense. . .
