India cannot repeat the same mistake like the United States in managing its resources. It has to use them intelligently and judiciously to come out successful from the energy and environment crisis the world is facing.
Vijay Bhatkar, president of Vijnana Bharati and the man who gave the country its first super computer, told TOI after the culmination of Rashtriya Urja Jana-Jagriti Abhiyan in the, that the world was facing an energy and environment crisis but science will successfully bail the mankind out. "India specially needs to manage its resources wisely and cannot afford to commit the same mistake as the US. Scientific community is working hard on better and renewable sources of energy. Major breakthroughs are expected in nano-science and technology sector which will change the energy sector,'' he said. Following the UN objectives the other areas where the country needs to move wisely are water, habitat, agriculture and biodiversity.
However, Bhatkar feels that the government needs to set a precedent by using 'green technology' first to involve masses in the change that it expects from people. It should be rating its own establishments and buildings based on their utilisation of renewable energy sources. "Beginning with gram panchayat buildings to the highest offices, the switchover should be visible in government sector first," he said.
Better known as the architect of Param series of supercomputers in India, Bhatkar, the former director of Centre for Development of Advanced Computing ( CDAC), Pune has been making efforts in taking science to people. But he too admits that it is for the first time that the scientific community could reach the masses at such a large scale in the country through a single event, the 'urja yatra', involving more than one crore population covering 8,000 kms across 18 states. "The yatra was a grand success. The response was unbelievable in rural areas. People are ready to switch to newer sources of energy. We only need to take the right information to them. We are working towards the concept of developing technology enabled villages," said Bhatkar. They were amazed to see the vehicles running on biodiesel and demanded better and cheaper technologies in agriculture and energy.
Solar photovoltaic cells, light emitting diodes and biofuels will be utilised on a large scale. The government already has a solar mission in place which plans to introduce at least 25 GW solar energy by 2023. Bhatkar told TOI that scientists and technocrats attending the three-day India International Energy Summit (IIES) at VNIT.H
Vijay Bhatkar, president of Vijnana Bharati and the man who gave the country its first super computer, told TOI after the culmination of Rashtriya Urja Jana-Jagriti Abhiyan in the, that the world was facing an energy and environment crisis but science will successfully bail the mankind out. "India specially needs to manage its resources wisely and cannot afford to commit the same mistake as the US. Scientific community is working hard on better and renewable sources of energy. Major breakthroughs are expected in nano-science and technology sector which will change the energy sector,'' he said. Following the UN objectives the other areas where the country needs to move wisely are water, habitat, agriculture and biodiversity.
However, Bhatkar feels that the government needs to set a precedent by using 'green technology' first to involve masses in the change that it expects from people. It should be rating its own establishments and buildings based on their utilisation of renewable energy sources. "Beginning with gram panchayat buildings to the highest offices, the switchover should be visible in government sector first," he said.
Better known as the architect of Param series of supercomputers in India, Bhatkar, the former director of Centre for Development of Advanced Computing ( CDAC), Pune has been making efforts in taking science to people. But he too admits that it is for the first time that the scientific community could reach the masses at such a large scale in the country through a single event, the 'urja yatra', involving more than one crore population covering 8,000 kms across 18 states. "The yatra was a grand success. The response was unbelievable in rural areas. People are ready to switch to newer sources of energy. We only need to take the right information to them. We are working towards the concept of developing technology enabled villages," said Bhatkar. They were amazed to see the vehicles running on biodiesel and demanded better and cheaper technologies in agriculture and energy.
Solar photovoltaic cells, light emitting diodes and biofuels will be utilised on a large scale. The government already has a solar mission in place which plans to introduce at least 25 GW solar energy by 2023. Bhatkar told TOI that scientists and technocrats attending the three-day India International Energy Summit (IIES) at VNIT.H
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