Ravikiran Engineering Works

You can find Ravikiran Engineering Works over in Jalahalli West. We are at 32 Ramdevnagar Cross Road, which is right near the Kala Theatre. If you hear the sound of metal hitting metal or the hum of a lathe, that’s probably us. We do a lot of small-scale engineering stuff here. Mostly it’s fixing parts for machines or welding things back together when they break. The shop is full of grease, scraps of iron, and various tools that have been here for years. It’s not a clean environment, but it’s where things get fixed. We take on jobs that bigger factories won't touch because they are too small or too fiddly. Sometimes a guy comes in with a broken tractor part, other times it’s something for a local shop. We just look at it, see if we can weld it or turn it on the machine, and get to work. It’s just a few of us here. We don't have a receptionist or anything like that. If the shutter is up, we are working. The heat from the welding can be a bit much in the summer but we are used to it by now. We’ve been part of this Jalahalli neighborhood for a long time. People know if they have a mechanical problem, they can bring it to our gate and we will take a look.