No engineering degree, 13 years of learning: Uttarakhand man builds flying car

Ravi Tamta, from Uttarakhand’s Almora district, spent 13 years learning through online resources and experiments to develop an electric flying vehicle. With a Bachelor of Arts degree and no formal engineering education, his journey challenges conventional ideas about who gets to innovate and where learning begins.
Ravi Tamta, a Bachelor of Arts graduate from Uttarakhand’s Almora district, has built an electric flying car prototype after 13 years of learning through online resources and hands-on experiments, despite having no formal science or engineering educa... [2641 chars]
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- Friday, 23 October 2026, 2:05 pm IST
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