Since he was a child, Santipada Gon Chaudhuri had sought ways to help India s rural poor, so when the electrical engineer was invited to visit a co-worker s home in the Himalayan village of Herma in the early 1980s, he saw his chance. I was appalled to see how local communities were living in darkness after sunset, remembered Chaudhuri, 71, who then worked for the government in the north-eastern state of Tripura. Some used kerosene lamps, but even kerosene was not always easy to get. Since I had both the skill and position to try and provide power to them, it made me act, he said.
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KOLKATA, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Since he was a child, Santipada Gon Chaudhuri had sought ways to help India’s rural poor, so when the electrical engineer was invited to visit a co-worker’s home in the Himalayan village of Herma in the early 1980s, he saw his chance.
“I was appalled to see how local communities were living in darkness after sunset,” remembered Chaudhuri, 71, who then worked for the government in the northeastern state of Tripura.
“Some used kerosene lamps, but even kerosene was not always easy to get. Since I had both the skill and position to try and provide power to them, it made me act,” he said.
FEATURE-India s Solar Man lights path out of poverty with clean power Reuters 1 hr ago Chaudhuri first brought solar energy to tribal villages in 1980s Pioneered floating solar panels and grid-linked solar plants India has about 40GW of solar capacity, aiming for 100GW by 2022
By Moushumi Basu
KOLKATA, India, April 16 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Since he was a child, Santipada Gon Chaudhuri had sought ways to help India s rural poor, so when the electrical engineer was invited to visit a co-worker s home in the Himalayan village of Herma in the early 1980s, he saw his chance. I was appalled to see how local communities were living in darkness after sunset, remembered Chaudhuri, 71, who then worked for the government in the northeastern state of Tripura.
Pioneered floating solar panels and grid-linked solar plants India has about 40GW of solar capacity, aiming for 100GW by 2022
By Moushumi Basu
KOLKATA, India, April 16 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Since he was a child, Santipada Gon Chaudhuri had sought ways to help India s rural poor, so when the electrical engineer was invited to visit a co-worker s home in the Himalayan village of Herma in the early 1980s, he saw his chance. I was appalled to see how local communities were living in darkness after sunset, remembered Chaudhuri, 71, who then worked for the government in the northeastern state of Tripura. Some used kerosene lamps, but even kerosene was not always easy to get. Since I had both the skill and position to try and provide power to them, it made me act, he said.
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India s Solar Man Sets Up Clean Energy Solution for People Living in Poverty
Chaudhuri’s solar energy project has transitioned to helping India cut carbon emissions.
By Moushumi Basu
KOLKATA, India, April 16 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) Since he was a child, Santipada Gon Chaudhuri had sought ways to help India s rural poor, so when the electrical engineer was invited to visit a coworker s home in the Himalayan village of Herma in the early 1980s, he saw his chance. I was appalled to see how local communities were living in darkness after sunset, remembered Chaudhuri, 71, who then worked for the government in the northeastern state of Tripura.