Student working to provide gadget support to farmers in trying times Updated: Updated: Share Article I PU student K. Rakeshkrishna with his ‘multi-purpose seedographer’. | Photo Credit: RAGHAVA M. The skyrocketing wages of agricultural labourers, the absence of skilled labour, and decreasing farm yield inspired the creation of a gadget with which farmers could single-handedly sow seeds and do a host of other activities, including soil testing, said I PU student Rakeshkrishna K. during an interaction with the Prime Minister here on Monday. Mr. Rakeshkrishna, 16, who hails from Bannur in Puttur taluk, was among six of 32 Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar awardees who had a virtual interaction with the Prime Minister through videoconference.