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There is a dire need of making education compliant to societal needs. This initiative is determined to bring to the notice of entire nation, the problems that persist in rural India. Thus, we appeal to all the privileged Indians to come forth to find a sustainable solution to them. Renaissance, will then occur. |
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Challenge |
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Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, NAGPUR &
Rajiv Gandhi Science and Technology Commission, Government of Maharashtra
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 Going Beyond Green |
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Background |
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Cooking and lighting constitute 75 % of the total energy utilized in India’s rural areas, where more than 65 % of the country’s population resides [Rajvanshi, 2003]. Nearly 90 % of this population depends on some form or other of biomass fuels (firewood, agricultural wastes and cow dung) to fulfill its energy requirements [D’Sa and Murthy, 2004]. Smoke resulting from the combustion of these solid fuels contains complex pollutants. These are especially harmful when burnt in poorly-designed stoves in unventilated rooms. According to World Health Organization (WHO) estimates, over 1.6 million deaths worldwide are attributable to indoor air pollution resulting from the use of biomass fuels [ITDG, 2004]. Hence, to improve the living conditions of such a large number of people it is imperative to develop clean and sustainable alternatives to fulfill their energy requirements. The availability and cost of cleaner cooking fuels such as liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and natural gas keep them out of the reach of the rural poor. Besides, these fuels are non-renewable and hence present only a short-term solution. To solve the cooking fuel crisis clean and renewable alternatives have to be promoted. |
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CONTEST: |
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Very low cost solar cooker for rural
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The contest forms the first phase of a proposal to cover the entire state with a clear objective to entice rural households to switch to solar cooking. The rationale is to short-list a few working models for user trials as part of a pilot study. |
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Dates for the final showdown are April 02 – 04, 2010 |
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 UPDATE:Final Date for abstract submission has been extended upto 26th March, 2010 |
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What’s in it for you? |
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This is an invitation to savour the nation building pie. Share the pride that one has done his bit to serve a social cause. Go for an innovative value addition to what is essentially a simple technology. Apart from everyday food, the cooker may grill meat, bake chapattis, heat/pasteurize water, dehydrate whatever, demonstrate use as a refrigerator, & what have you! |
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We offer very attractive prizes to the best efforts. And we are working on giving you a lead role in the subsequent developments if you so desire. |
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Rules |
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Download specific details of the contest
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Mail us at: abhishek.lohiya30@gmail.com or mail@renaissance-india.org |
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To be a unified collaborative platform involving members, volunteers and mentors for addressing the grass root problem, offering socially and economically viable solution and assure its wide scale implementation.
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To address, solve and implement the top priority problems of fifty odd villages of India by 2012 by collaborative efforts.
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To motivate and engage the youths to participate in nation building by offering their time intellect and other resources via addressing, solving and implementing the grass root problems.
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