Chuvarbot 2.0 in action
| Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
In the weeks leading up to the 2026 Kerala Assembly elections, Tevanova Techtrade Private Limited was testing the prototype of its latest product, Chuvarbot 2.0, a CNC-based (Computer Numerical Control) wall painting machine. The name, a portmanteau of the words chuvar, meaning wall in Malayalam, and robot, encapsulates what the product set out to do — making wall paintings efficient.The team led by CEO Shakkib Geethanjali and directors Dr Acsah Peter and Shibina Shyni oversaw the trials in Palakkad, where they reached out to families to spray paint their enclosures. They would clean and paint the walls to calibrate the machines and whitewash them once finished. Soon, they were approached by a few local politicians to paint walls as part of the election campaign of United Democratic Front’s candidate Ramesh Pisharody.Videos about Chuvarbot went viral, and enquiries rushed in from political parties and commercial companies. As the product is set to enter the market later this year, Tevanova Techtrade Private Limited has received a productisation grant of ₹12 lakh under the Kerala Startup Mission Innovation Grant Scheme.
(from left) Shakkib Geethanjali, Anoop Ambika (CEO, Kerala Startup Mission) and Dr Acsah Peter
