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My trip yesterday to my village Mathuramangalam, a really small hamlet some 50 Kms outside of Chennai, was to attend a family function. As with many Indian villages, mine is also centered around a temple - in this case, a 1000-year old Vaishnavite temple. The village is the birthplace of Embar, a cousin...

Over the last century, our society has become heavily and widely reliant on disposable plastics, which has now become a severe environmental threat globally. Sanitary napkins, which are used and disposed by women every day, also make use of plastics in the non woven fabric and polyethylene around the adsorbent...

Cleantech Funding Event for ESCOs organized by AEPL & TiE, Chennai Date: Wednesday, 25th January 2017 Venue:  Hall No 1 IIT MRP, Kanagam Road, Taramani, Chennai Time: 9.30 am -11.30 am Entry: For TiE Members - Complimentary For Non-Members - Rs. 500/- Note: Registration, Networking and Breakfast begins at 8.30 AM Click here...

While I mostly research and write on renewable energy, the overall domain of cleantech is equally interesting to me, and some of my reading and explorations are into sustainable products and materials. In this context, I have been looking at the eco-friendly and sustainable products domain for quite a while....

Many companies in India, and worldwide, are shifting from the use of fossil fuels for their boilers to using biomass. Such a transition is not easy though, given the significant differences between biomass and coal or other fossil fuels - differences both in terms of product characteristics as well as...

Mangalore based entrepreneur Ashwath Hegdehad, with his company Envigreen Biotech India Private Ltd in 2016 in Bengaluru, has come up with 100 per cent environment friendly and biodegradable bags. “The EnviGreen (EG) bags are 100 per cent organic, edible and recyclable which will eliminate plastic from our country,” says Hegde....

I have launched a blog focussed on cleantech finance. The goal is to bring a focus on the various dimensions of financing for the cleantech industry. I will be providing updates on financing across instruments - VC, PE, asset financing, government financing - and also across the entire cleantech sector and...

Minimizing utility bills is always a concern for most businesses – especially for small and medium offices and commercial establishments that always grapple to increase their bottom line. Most maintenance managers and utility in-charges know that Air Conditioner is the villain. But it is the villain they cannot live without....

In October, we caught up with Bengaluru-based social entrepreneur Samanvi Bhograj of Visfortec Private Limited. Plastic pollution or white pollution has become a dire global threat, and the situation continues to become worse. A report from the Ellen McArthur Foundation released in the beginning of this year revealed that globally...

When it comes to using solar for your heat and electricity requirements, the obvious solution is to have a separate solar PV system for producing electricity and solar thermal collectors for water heating. It is not uncommon for many industries, commercial enterprises and even residential units to go for both...