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Role of Batteries in Clean Energy Transitions – ET Auto

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The alliance, including India, aims to secure 5 GW of battery energy storage by 2024, aligning with the long-term goal of developing 90 GW of storage capacity worldwide. The alliance, including India, aims to secure 5 GW of battery energy storage by 2024, aligning with the long-term goal of developing 90 GW of storage capacity worldwide.

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Harish Lakshman to take over as Chairman of Rane Group after L Ganesh retires on March 31 – ET Auto

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He was conferred with the prestigious Deming Award in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the dissemination and promotion (overseas) of TQM in 2022. Harish Lakshman holds bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from BITS Pilani, and master’s degree in business from Krannert School of Management at Purdue University, USA.

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Leading the Way for More LGBTQ Inclusivity in STEM

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Arti Agrawal , who is gay, didn’t have access to LGBTQ+ support groups when growing up in India, where homosexuality was a crime until 2018. She went on to form her own groups and lead diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts at the universities she worked for in London and Sydney. The society itself was very homophobic,” she says. “I

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Global billionaires unite in “Breakthrough energy coalition” to support development of zero-carbon energy

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As the UN climate conference COP21 opened in Paris, Bill Gates announced the formation of the “ Breakthrough energy coalition ”, an investment grouping of global billionaires focused on developing the technologies that will create a new zero-carbon energy mix. Ratan Tata, Chairman Emeritus, Tata Sons, India.

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From Introvert to IEEE Influencer

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In addition, he is the new editor of the IEEE IC Vaani , the India Council newsletter. Kalra says he found his voice in 2016 after becoming a member of the IEEE student branch at Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University in Dwarka, Delhi. Kalra has been invited to present his research at several IEEE conferences.

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IPCC Chairman To Head Climate and Energy Institute At Yale

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Speaking at the International Scientific Congress on Climate Change (ISCCC), which opened today in Copenhagen, Yale University president Richard Levin announced that the university’s new Yale Climate and Energy Institute (YCEI) will be led by Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, who has headed the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) since 2002.

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Being More Inclusive is Paying Off for This IEEE Society

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And more articles are now submitted from authors in China, India, and Italy than from North America. “We She is also a member at large of the society’s administrative committee and conference treasurer. “I Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems at RWTH Aachen University , in Germany. Ponci recently spoke with.

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