In an attempt to help the Government of India to fight the novel coronavirus pandemic, Mahindra group has come up with in-house ventilators, that will play a crucial role during these unprecedented times.

Mahindra's Igatpuri and Mumbai teams are working on an affordable respiratory device project and have already prepared the first ventilator prototype within days of the official announcement.

The first ventilator was created within 48 hours according to media reports.  

After making the prototype, the company has now started the testing of its ventilator and will send approval to the govt of India soon. Dr. Pawan K Goenka, Managing Director, Mahindra & Mahindra went ahead to share a video on Twitter appreciating the effort made by the teams to make the in-house affordable respiratory device.

The video shared by Dr. Pawan K Goenka shows a working model of a ventilator. He also mentioned in his tweet that the packing of the device is yet to be done. He also asked netizens to come up with naming suggestions for the ventilator.

He further specified that they are awaiting approval from the government of India for the affordable respiratory device that Mahindra managed to develop in-house.

According to several media reports, the cost of one ventilator will be something around ?7,500 but no official announcement has been made yet.