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Dear
netters
Following a
clue in India Today (18 July '05), I found the following interesting
news at Indianfo.com which I paste below. Information on "Ashden,
the Green Oscars" led me to a world hitherto unknown to
me.
I wonder
if the coming new generation of Assamese young men and women
will find inspiration from such news.
bhuban
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Three
Indians bag 'Green Oscars' for year 2005
Thursday,
June 30 2005 16:34 Hrs (IST) - World Time - 
London:
Three Indians have won the 2005 Ashden Awards, considered the 'Green
Oscar', for their outstanding and innovative projects.
Hyderabad-based Dharmappa Barki, Chairman and Managing
Director of Noble Energy Solar Technologies Ltd (NEST) won the
'Ashden Light Award' and a cash prize of Rs 2,40,000 for the Solar
lanterns he developed for India's poor.
Bangalore-based
Harish Hande received the 'Enterprise Award' and an equal cash
amount for his village level solar home systems.
Chandigarh-based Ramesh Kumar Nibhoria of Nishant Bio-energy
Consultancy, inventor of School cook-stoves running on crop waste,
was declared joint winner of the 'Climate Care Award' along with
Stuart Conway of Honduras, developer of a fuel-efficient cook-stove.
Both of them shared a cash prize of the Rs 2,40,000.
Britain's Secretary of State for International Development Hilary
Benn presented the awards at a glittering ceremony at the Royal
Geographical Society in London last night (Jun 29, 2005). Other
recipients of the Awards included Nepal's Sundar Bajgain (Welfare
Award) for developing Biogas cooking fuel for the home.
After receiving the award, an elated Barki told sources in
London that he would use the award money for creating a widespread
awareness of the solar energies system in
India.
PTI
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