Bringing general knowledge to your fingertips, a computer science student from Nashik has developed a cell phone application for the same and will soon add the whole course of common entrance test (CET) to it after his App got 570 users in three days and over 3,700 conversations per day.

Apurva Muthe, a firstyear student from Weber State University in the US, developed the app during his vacation in his home town. Initially, he thought of developing the Tinker Bot App only for general knowledge. But seeing the response he got for the Application, he decided to add CET as well so that students can clear out their queries faster.

‘I have used artificial intelligence to develop the application, which is a common thing to do in the US but not common here. The App teaches the users in a conversational form and is useful for students from Std V to post-graduation. I created it using the Facebook Messenger so that the users can get easy access to it and there is no need to download the App,’ said Apurva whose App got over 500 users within three days of launching it.

‘After seeing the education system in the US, I thought of creating something back home. I have come to Nashik for my holidays and decided to create this App. All that the user needs to do is search for Tinker Bot on Facebook Messenger and send a ‘Hi’ to it. The conversation then starts. The App is available in Marathi, Hindi and English and the user can ask questions which will get answered. The App also asks questions and if the user gives a wrong reply, it explains why the answer is wrong,’ he further added.Courtesy TOI