Riding solar-powered bicycle, IIT innovator reaches Jodhpur
- With a concern for depleting conventional energy resources and promoting solar energy as an alternative to this impending crisis, an IIT Mumbai alumnus Sushil Reddy has set off on a 7000 km long journey through five states of the country with his three friends on a solar-powered electric bicycle.
- Started from IIT Mumbai on May 8, Reddy reached Jodhpur on Wednesday covering 2100 km and interacted with the students of Euro School and MBM Engineering College addressing their confusions and replying to the queries pertaining to solar energy.
- “The solar energy has been touted to be not only a green energy but the energy of future also. Even the Indian government has a huge stake and projections about production of solar energy, but on the grass root level, there is pathetic dearth of knowledge and awareness about the technology,” said Reddy. Read More…