I was invited to speak at Rotary Club of Cochin to speak about ADITYA story – The making of India’s first solar ferry. Points discussed: Challenges – both technical and non-technical, during the design and construction of ADITYA. ADITYA, India’s first solar ferry and its successful performance in the last four months. Each day the…
Speaking at One Mega Event – Transport India 2017
I had the opportunity to speak at Green Technologies panel in the Transport India 2017 at Pragati Maidan. There were speakers from the roads and railways. I was focussing on water transport. Points discussed: ADITYA, India’s first solar ferry and its successful performance in the last four months. Each day the boat saves 100 litres…
Speaking at Green Shipping India
I was lucky to get a chance to talk about ADITYA in the session “Green Ship design and Shipbuilding” organised by Littoral Shipping on 7 April 2017 at Mumbai. In the session I talked on the following: Existing public ferries and problems associated with them Challenge of designing and building a solar ferry Non-technical challenge…
Speaking at Young Indians event
I got an opportunity to speak to young friends through a program hosted by Young Indians (YI) Kochi chapter at Nucleus Mall, Marad. Read about the event here. Event: 12 Mar, 2017
Speaking at Seminar on Inland Waterways at CUSAT
It was great to be at CUSAT talking on ADITYA – India’s first solar ferry, its success and how it can be replicated across India. The talk was titled “Replicating Successful Solar Ferry for Inland Water Transport“. Even: 5-Mar-2017 A one day seminar on ‘Inland Waterways Systems in India, its challenges and perspectives’ was held…
TiE “My Story Session” Special Dinner Meet
WHEN: February 21, 2017 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm WHERE: The Dunes Hotel Cochin Event Details
In conversation with ET Energy World
In this video, in a conversation with Sudheer Pal Singh, ET Energy World, I talk of story of our solar ferry and future.
Expectation from Budget for Startups
What entrepreneurs expect from budget and what they got (later)
Speaking at Inaugural Session of Headstart Calicut
It was a lucky opportunity to inaugurate Headstart in Kozhikode city at IIM campus. My talk focussed on the experience as an entrepreneur and some of the insights that might be useful for a person who is taking the plunge to entrepreneurship = nation building. Read news coverage: MBA universe
CARITAS
Caritas India is nothing but Catholic Bishops Council of India. Caritas itself is virtually a subsidiary of the Vatican. Caritas India Chairman – Bishop Lumen Monteiro Website: http://caritasindia.org Balance sheet FY2015-16 shows their foreign funding has reduced by about 25% but they are still flush with funds.
Meera Nanda
Books Breaking the Spell of Dharma and Other Essays Prophets Facing Backward: Postmodern Critiques of Science and the Hindu Nationalism in India Postmodernism And Religious Fundamentalism: A Scientific Rebuttal To Hindu Science The God Market Summary Born 1954. Meera Nanda is an Indian writer, historian and philosopher of science with a PhD from Rensselaer Polytechnic…
Martha Nussbaum
Books Cultivating Humanity Sex and Social Justice From Disgust to Humanity: Sexual Orientation and Constitutional Law Plato’s ‘Republic’: the good society and the deformation of desire The clash within: democracy and the Hindu right The new religious intolerance: overcoming the politics of fear in an anxious age Summary She is the current Ernst Freund Distinguished…
