-Sudharsan
What?
Mr Das worked for 10 years in a US semiconductor industry, he created "SunMoksha" when he returned back to India in 2005.
Why?
In India, he noticed that his village in UP did not even have a steady source of electricity, he remembers his niece once saying "I have everything just bring me light", when he asked her what present she wanted when he returns back.
Where?
Chhotkei in Orissa was the first village he worked on, funded by Finnish power company Wartsila's corporate social responsibility programme, it became India's first smart village powered by the Smart NanoGrid technology.
How?
Smartgrid has a 30KW solar plant and meter, it has a sensors and a cloud based monitoring system that can detect energy demands and the health of the grid remotely. Even lets the village's entire electrical infrastructure to be monitored from anywhere by the employees of SunMoksha.
They have also installed Wi-Fi hotspots that let villagers access internet via a language-independent mobile app.
These facilities are paid for by villagers themselves via committee.
Das believes the same technology can be used for water conservation and environment management in the villages.
And so
Das believes Eventhough SunMoksha cannot provide electricity for all their needs right now, even a 20 percent share of their total power is a step in the right direction.
SunMoksha won the award for the smart village category.
Das says if we put in the amount of time and money that we put to create few smart cities, we can create 1000s of smart villages.
SunMoksha's next project is making a cluster of smart villages in Odisha.
We wish them all the best.
What?
Mr Das worked for 10 years in a US semiconductor industry, he created "SunMoksha" when he returned back to India in 2005.
Why?
In India, he noticed that his village in UP did not even have a steady source of electricity, he remembers his niece once saying "I have everything just bring me light", when he asked her what present she wanted when he returns back.
Where?
Chhotkei in Orissa was the first village he worked on, funded by Finnish power company Wartsila's corporate social responsibility programme, it became India's first smart village powered by the Smart NanoGrid technology.
How?
Smartgrid has a 30KW solar plant and meter, it has a sensors and a cloud based monitoring system that can detect energy demands and the health of the grid remotely. Even lets the village's entire electrical infrastructure to be monitored from anywhere by the employees of SunMoksha.
They have also installed Wi-Fi hotspots that let villagers access internet via a language-independent mobile app.
These facilities are paid for by villagers themselves via committee.
Das believes the same technology can be used for water conservation and environment management in the villages.
And so
Das believes Eventhough SunMoksha cannot provide electricity for all their needs right now, even a 20 percent share of their total power is a step in the right direction.
SunMoksha won the award for the smart village category.
Das says if we put in the amount of time and money that we put to create few smart cities, we can create 1000s of smart villages.
SunMoksha's next project is making a cluster of smart villages in Odisha.
We wish them all the best.
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