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But today, Gayatri’s contributions have reached people far and beyond as she works with experts at Hyderabad’s Makers Hive Innovations to make India’s first bionic arm at just one-tenth of its cost in the Western market. Prosthetic arms available in India presently are only a wooden replica of an arm, with zero scope for movement. The team behind Gayatri’s bionic arm, is the brainchild of Hyderabad-based Pranav Vempati, P.M.
Sai Prasad and Philip Thomas, who started the institute in April 2018 which has since been the hub of creation for a better tomorrow. A bionic arm today costs almost Rs 25 lakh in the West. The company would then provide these 100 people with a bionic arm for their continued research..