Month: March 2022

Carbon/air secondary battery: A new way of electric energy storage

– Dr. Mukta Tathavadekar World has started witnessing adverse effects of extensive use of fossil fuels on our environment and people now realize the importance of renewable energy. However, incorporating renewable energy into our day-to-day life is still a big challenge. The intermittency of renewable energy sources is the main hurdle, and this problem can …

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Pipelife’s Soluforce: an answer for tight Hydrogen transportation

-Dr. Richa Bobade Hydrogen fuels have gained much interest since they are clean, non-toxic, and renewable, making them suitable for use as substitutes for petroleum-derived fuels in vehicular applications and in industries. To embrace this paradigm shift of usage of fossil fuels to renewables in the form of hydrogen, industries across the world are transforming …

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Green hydrogen steps up with 3 new upcoming projects in the US

Dr. Aparna Deshpande The global atmosphere is now expected to have reduced carbon emissions with the launch of 3 new green hydrogen projects. The concept of green hydrogen envisages the use of renewable resources for its production. Coal and Gas remained the only major feedstocks for hydrogen until now. But the upcoming water electrolysis technology …

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Is India ready for Electric Vehicle?

Dr. Smita Chaturvedi Indian economy and the Indian market both have been very receptive to cost-effective technologies. Be it electronic gadgets, automobiles, or any other technology product. Electric Vehicles have significant advantages over normal vehicles. It is low maintenance, sustainable and cheap. The worries of engines oils, transmission failures, coolant spills, etc. are non-existing for …

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Bhu Parikshak- fastest & cheapest soil health analyzer

– Kshitija Athlekar For many decades, the Indian economy has served primarily as an agriculture-driven economy. When as much as 70% of rural households depend on agriculture for their livelihood, it’s astonishing to know that 82% of these farmers still operate at a small and marginal level. There are several problems faced by farmers in …

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Engineered Bacteria to Upcycle CO2 to Chemicals on Industrial Scale

– Dr. Richa Bobade Sustainable industrialization is much sought after knowing the severe and irreversible damages caused to the environment due to extensive usage of fossil fuels. Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the most commonly produced greenhouse gas by major industrial operations utilizing fossil fuels. The lesser-known fact about CO2 is that it can be used …

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Kamala Sohonie: A Pioneer in the true sense

Pic Source: Wikipedia www.ias.ac.in/womeninscience/kamala.html -Dr. Deepti Sidhaye When girls were mostly away from higher education and women were mostly confined to their homes, Kamala was the first Indian girl student to obtain Ph.D. degree in the discipline ‘Science’. Kamala was born in the academics- oriented Bhagvat family. Her father Narayanrao Bhagvat and her uncle Madhavrao …

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Dr Smita Chaturvedi
Smita is an experimental condensed matter physicist. The quest for multifunctional materials motivates her. Smita finished her PhD from RDVV Jabalpur and BARC Mumbai in the year 2002 and worked as a research associate in IIT Mumbai and Oakland University, Michigan. Smita was awarded as a Fulbright Nehru Academic and Professional excellence fellow in 2018-19. Smita holds more than a decade of research and teaching experience. She possesses good knowledge about education system and research opportunities in India as well as abroad. Music and gardening are her mindful meditations.
Dr. Priyadarshini Karve
Dr Priyadarshini Karve has worked in the areas of household energy, decentralised waste-to-fuel technologies, climate change mitigation and adaptation, sustainable and climate-ready urbanisation, etc. She runs her own social green enterprise Samuchit Enviro Tech in Pune, focused on enabling access to sustainable products and services. She is also a co-founder of OrjaBox, a startup promoting solar thermal technologies. Dr Karve is a Founder Member of Clean Energy Access Network (CLEAN - a multi-state society of decentralised renewable energy practitioners and entrepreneurs) and Cleaner Cooking Coalition (CCC - an international organisation focused on promoting user-centric cooking energy technologies that are good for health as well as climate). She is also the National Convener of Indian Network on Ethics and Climate Change (INECC - focused on climate justice issues and working to bring people's voices in policy choices). Her work has been recognised by several national and international awards and honours.
Sanjay Khare
Sanjay Khare ,after his graduation in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, in 1986 has been associated with major Japanese & European Automotive OEMs in Indian Subcontinent for 35 years . Widely travelled across Europe & Asia , he has held positions across diverse functions of Automotive Corporations.
In his current role as Board Member and Vice President at Skoda Auto Volkswagen India , he is Chief Sustainability Catalyst to guide actions at Skoda Auto Volkswagen India along with the sister brands Audi, Porsche & Lamborghini.
He leads an active Climate Resilience program where the automotive major in India has already achieved Zero Waste to Landfill, Water Positive & Zero liquid Discharge Certification, Zero Accidents , targeting an 18.5 MW of installed Roof Top Solar plant at a single Automotive site in India in 2021 and fully Carbon Neutral Production by 2025.
Sanjay has done his Executive MBA from Management development Institute ,Gurgaon specialising in Strategy & Marketing . He has active interests in driving Cultural Change, Competency building , Human Motivation topics while adopting/ innovating the technological advancements and total quality revolution.He is also a Qualified Independent Director registered with Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Govt. of India. An active speaker on Automotive & Sustainability topics on National & International forums.
In personal life, he is an Endurance Cyclist having participated in many adventure ride expeditions . He also spends his time in developing mastery on Indian Classical Music instrument Sitar.