Mohammed Saidullah

He is, without doubt, a man of ideas. Mohammed Saidullah grew up in Motihari district, Bihar. Though not well educated, it was soon clear that he loved to innovate, (with almost every article named after his wife). And here's a list of his inventions - an amphibious cycle, a mini tractor, a key operated table fan, a fodder cutteroperated mini water pump, a spring loaded cycle . But it was his amphibious cycle that got him international fame and which he designed after a flood, in 1975, in Champaran. In 2005, former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam presented him with the National Innovation Foundation's (NIF) lifetime achievement award. In the same year, he was selected as one of the 12 finalists for the Wall Street Journal Asian Innovation Awards. He was also profiled for Discovery Channels' "Beyond Tomorrow" programme.