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[Sandeep Chatterjee]

	SOLAR CONFERENCE 2010
	As we continue to move towards an eminent energy crisis in the face of our escalating energy demands and even more rapidly exhausting fossil fuel resources, an urgent need to harness alternate renewable energy sources has evolved! And what better option of an alternate energy source than our Sun. The omnipresent, powerful, forever burning Sun! Given India’s highly expedient tropical location, sun presents an even more alluring option. Solar energy also has the advantage of permitting the decentralized distribution of energy, thereby empowering people at the grassroots level. Success in this endeavour of utilizing solar energy will not only change the face of India, as quoted by Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh at the launch of National Action Plan on Climate Change, but will also affect the destinies of people around the world. Solar Conference 2010 is an effort towards converging our exceptional and abundant scientific, technical and managerial talents on a single platform, uniting them in their pursuit to realize the dream of energy efficient developed India. We invite ideas as to how to encourage the solar energy technologies and make more feasible its supply options. The problem statement-Download It’s a three day event in which the best of the best will be seen racking their brains in the quest for the most effective solution.
	DAY 1 – FIRST ROUND OF PRESENTATIONS : Presentation of the 30 shortlisted entries in front of a panel of judges, out of which 10 shall be shortlisted for presentation in the final round. Date: 26th March, 2010 Venue: LR2, DOMS Time: 9:30am-12:30pm SPAEKERS AND PANELISTS: DR. B. M. S. BIST, Scientist-G, NT and Solar Photovoltaic, MNRE MR. V. S. VERMA, Member, CERC, specialist in the (solar) thermal power. DR. B. BHARGAVA, Scientist-F, SPV Grid/ R&D, Solar Mission, MNRE. AND MORE ARE YET TO COME…. DAY 2 – PANEL DISCUSSION AND MENTORING : This day includes panel discussion and one-to-one mentoring to be provided by the experts to the shortlisted teams. Date: 27th March, 2010 Venue: LR2, DOMS Time: 9:30am-6:30pm HOW TO PARTICIPATE: Download the problem statement. You are required to submit an abstract of your idea, design or technology, within 800 words to solarconferen...@gmail.com, latest by 1st March, 2010. Any undergraduate, masters or PHD student of any discipline is eligible to participate in this event. For more details, click here. DAY 3 – FINAL PRESENTATIONS: The day for final presentations in front of an elite panel of judges. Date: 28th March, 2010 Venue: LR2, DOMS Time: 9:30am-1:00pm INCENTIVES AND PRIZES: Prize money worth Rs. 10,000. The papers of the winners of IDEAZ would be published in the Cognizance journal which is sent to more than 1000 libraries across the country. ADDED ATTRACTION: TATA BP SOLAR EXHIBITION ON ALL THREE DAYS. A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN A FIRST HAND INSIGHT INTO THE COMMERCIAL WORLD OF SOLAR ENERGY! KNOWLEDGE PARTNER:
	For more details, contact us: Sandeep Chatterjee:+91-9897954998 Prachi Agrawal:++91-8979487387