“Energy Engineering started first in IIT Kharagpur in 1983 and mine was the third batch. It was definitely not a popular course. It was basically an amalgamation of nuclear, mechanical, chemical engineering, etc. But I don't think it was a big factor because if we look, most of them joined the IT sectors and not the energy sector.” IfsThinkingFirstsLooksBigsCoursesEnergyMinesThirdsNuclearFactorsEtcChemicalsEngineeringAmalgamationChemical Engineering Author:Ramon Magsaysay
“Comparatively there is a much more awareness about energy resources in other countries and especially in the US and European countries. Also people there are much more serious about what they do. Here, people are more concerned about getting a 'degree' rather than this.” PeopleCountryEnergyAwarenessSeriousDegreesResourcesConcernedOther CountriesEuropean Countries Author:Ramon Magsaysay
“The problem is the policy makers don't have practitioners in the policy team. You won't make an IT policy without consulting a Narayan Murthy or Nandan Nilekani. But for energy, people think they know everything and they know what to do for it. That's how the policies are created in Delhi and that needs to change.” PeopleThinkingKnowsNeedsProblemEnergyTeamPolicyMakersNeed A ChangeConsultingDelhiPolicy Makers Author:Ramon Magsaysay
“If you look at a farmer and his daily expenditure on existing energy services, it is much higher on an incremental delta basis. And then there is an emotional cost of not providing their kids with the right to educate. If you calculate these costs in economic terms and create a financing mechanism for them to buy it, the emotional delta cost is much higher compared to their household.” IfsLooksKidsEnergyTermEconomicEmotionalHigherCostBasesFarmersEducateMechanismHouseholdProvidingExpendituresFinancingDelta Author:Ramon Magsaysay
“Our expertise is solar energy and we don't want to focus on other forms and we never push for solar form everywhere like say in upper hill areas where eco-hydro or biogas is more viable.” WantFormEnergyFocusAreasHillsExpertiseEcoSolar Energy Author:Ramon Magsaysay
