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'''Banwari Lal Chouksey''' is an Indian machinist and inventor, known for his innovative engineering ideas.<ref name="Padmashree Chouksey -- a labourer -- penning autobiography">{{cite web | url=http://www.oneindia.com/2007/02/09/padmashree-chouksey-a-labourer-penning-autobiography-1171025473.html | title=Padmashree Chouksey -- a labourer -- penning autobiography | publisher=One India | date=9 February 2007 | access-date=December 2, 2015}}</ref> He was born in [[Ganga Pipaliya]], in [[Bhopal district]] of the Indian state of [[Madhya Pradesh]] and did not have formal education beyond high school level. He started his career with [[Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited]] as a mechanical labourer where he rose in ranks to become an engineer. He is reported to have designed alternative spare parts for heavy machinery which saved money for the company and he holds patents for some of his inventions.<ref name="BHEL employee gets Padmashri">{{cite web | url=http://beta.sify.com/services/legal/fullstory.php?id=13658850 | title=BHEL employee gets Padmashri | publisher=Sify | date=29 January 2005 | access-date=December 2, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305175432/http://beta.sify.com/services/legal/fullstory.php?id=13658850 | archive-date=5 March 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref> He is the recipient of the several awards such as Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Samman of the Government of Madhya Pradesh, Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskar and Shrambhushan Samman.<ref name="BHEL employee gets Padmashri" /> The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]], in 2005, for his contributions to Science and Technology.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=July 21, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=October 15, 2015 }}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited]]<br />
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