Former Programme Director, Renewable Energy, Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi
Homing in on tradition
Traditional models of architecture, especially for mass housing purposes, may yet be resurrected
No-budging budget
Beneath the gloss of populist governmental rhetoric, this year's budget is a dead loss
Journos access sci-tech
A new science and technology info system bails out mediapeople
Energetic dialogues
American industry tries to power its way into the Indian renewable energy market
Cooking disaster, for free
West Delhi hutment residents use methane emanating from an abandoned garbage dump for fuel
Too close to the sun
The internationally-funded programme to promote solar photovoltaic systems remains a nonstarter
Research rights
An intellectual property rights policy has been cleared for the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
The power of the zephyr
The government is sowing the wind for energy, attracting investments with the promise of fiscal felicity
Billed for conservation
A bill, to be tabled in Parliament early next year, will promote energy conservation in the industrial sector
Living energy
Bioresources, the energy and raw materials derived from plants and animals, could help end poverty.
Fissile filch
The recent recovery of stolen uranium points to the need for better security arrangements at nuclear installations
Space opera
After years of pranged possibilities and piggyback rides, India has attained independent satellite launch capability
Beating about the bush
Many important issues were hardly touched upon at the recently concluded conference on bioresources
Haul your own garbage
Vadodara's residents show that handling garbage hands-on is the best way to beat municipal overload
The vagaries of power
Differential metering of peak- and low-load consumption might jolt the power sector out of the red
Gassed into surrender
Excise duty imposed on methane produced by effluent treatment plants has been withdrawn