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December 10, 2010 by Team EAI
I have been in Delhi last couple of days, and today I had to travel the length and breadth of Delhi for three meetings - from near the airport to Noida, to Oberoi hotel (Lodhi Road) and from there to Gurgaon, and back to the airport; and all within 7...
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December 2, 2010 by Team EAI
It's not everyday I gallivant around my city...it's not everyday (even during winter) that it rains heavily in Chennai...and it is a very rare day indeed when I see absolutely verdant localities with deers roaming right next to the road. And when all the three happen on the same day...
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November 29, 2010 by Team EAI
Read an interesting article in today's Financial Express (Nov 29) that the government of India is considering providing tax breaks to companies if they can prove that the total carbon content of their operations had been on the lower side. In this context, it is reported that the ministry of...
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November 28, 2010 by Team EAI
About a week back, I had gone to Coimbatore to present a brief lecture on green IT, at the VLB Janakiammal College of Engineering, on the outskirts of the city. The college itself is located in a pleasant setting, almost amid the hills, so I must say it was a...
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November 27, 2010 by Team EAI
Came across a news item in the Business Line that kind of woke me up to an important area of concern - losing productive soil to erosion. The news item says that "India is losing 5,334 millions tons of soil every year because of indiscreet and excess use of fertilizers,...
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November 25, 2010 by Team EAI
Here's a nice summary of DIREC. Published by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) in collaboration with the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India.. For those who missed the actual event, I'm sure this will be good stuff Link
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November 25, 2010 by Team EAI
Came across an interesting article in the Business Line newspaper (18 Nov 2010) that talked about India's sanitation woes. What really got me reading the article was the mention that a much larger percentage of Indians had mobile phones than those who had toilets. It struck me as an astonishing...
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November 24, 2010 by Team EAI
The third EAI Club meet was organized on the 21st of November 2010. It was held at the EAI office on Nungambakkam High Road. The meet was attended by an eclectic mix of experienced industrialists, energy consultants, energy auditors, aspiring entrepreneurs and other green enthusiasts. The vibrant mix of people...
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November 21, 2010 by Team EAI
It was a nice feeling for me to read earlier today an article by Sanjeev Chada, the CEO of PepsiCo India, on how Pepsi is using its deep knowledge in areas like nutrition science and irrigation techniques to strengthen the links between agriculture, environment and nutrition. In India the company...
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November 15, 2010 by Team EAI
A few months back, I had written about the status of offshore wind in India ( see: ) where I had mentioned that very little work had taken place in this area, to the extent that we do not even know the exact potential for offshore wind in India....
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