Helmet call

Picture this. A biker meets with an accident and is rendered unconscious. Not much help is available on the spot. Every passing minute is precious and receiving medical aid is crucial; a delay could turn fatal or lead to a permanent disability. This is not a script for a scene in some Bollywood movie or a narrative for a television series on Netflix or Amazon Prime. On the contrary, it is a harsh reality that most Indian households are living with. Families have lost near and dear ones in road accidents because help didn’t arrive on time. The story with 23-year old electronics engineer Prateek Kumar from Delhi isn’t very different, except that he was lucky to survive a near fatal accident while riding back home in November 2016. Saving lives became his life goal thereafter, which led to the birth of Vida Salvateur International Pvt Ltd (VSIPL). A company registered in 2018 under the government’s Startup India scheme; it’s name aligns with the founder’s vision with Vida standing for ‘Life’ in Spanish and Salvateur meaning ‘Saving’ in French. After two years of hard work, which began while Prateek was still pursuing BTech at the Delhi College of Engineering (DCE), now Delhi Technological University