21-year-old Vijay Rana of Sharda Municipality-2 was interested in electrical goods since childhood. Others collected discarded materials, repaired them, and tested them into toys. According to his interest since childhood, he is now skilled in making various types of electronic devices.

At the age of 10, he has now built a small toy motor that runs on batteries. He has completed class 12 now. 

In his youth, he has made model airplanes, small watercrafts, motorboats, robots, drones, guns used to drive away monkeys, sensor lights, machines that detect wind speed and floods, machines that detect when animals are approaching, and tools for dropping corn. Based on general studies, he has made various machines and successfully tested them, surprising even the neighboring districts, Vijay said. Although his efforts are being appreciated all around, he is sad that the local level of Salyan has not appreciated and has not given support or encouragement.

"Even though I can make different types of devices, I am not able to expand and manage my capabilities due to lack of finances," he complained. 

Vijay has not only been studying science books, he has also been going to schools outside the district and training students studying technical education. He is now looking for a donor to perfect his skills and knowledge. 

Dinesh Mainali took him to Jhapa for the design of various equipments at the fun park after he saw a model of a ship being made while he was studying in Class 8 at Trij Mavi Luhaping. "There, I made mini-ships, drones, robots, etc. I worked with Mainali for 5 years. Opportunity to learn a lot and made more excited. Now I am continuing the same work.'

Vijay said that while working with Mainali in Jhapa, his studies were affected and he returned home after finding it difficult to meet his expenses. He said that within a month of his return home, he had made a machine for releasing corn, a gun used to drive away monkeys, long and short range guns, bombs, and a slingshot that could hit monkeys from a distance. "Now I am preparing to make a machine for plowing the fields, but it is difficult to get the materials due to financial shortage," he said. 

He said that due to lack of finances, he could not think about making big equipment, so he made the kind of equipment and machines that are useful for the locals in the rural areas. He said that by making and selling various tools and equipment, he has earned about 4/5 lakh so far and with that amount he is buying goods and making materials that can be used in rural areas.