Organizes workshop on the 'Mandatory Installation of Rooftop Solar Photovoltaic Power Plants' for Principals/Directors of all educational institutes in the city
Gurugram, India, December 9, 2016: Shiv Nadar School, an initiative of the Shiv Nadar Foundation, unveiled its 50 kilo watt Solar Power Plant today. Shri Vinay Pratap Singh, Additional Deputy Commissioner, Gurugram inaugurated the plant at the school premises. The initiative is part of the Government of Haryana’s mandate directing certain categories of buildings to install Solar Photovoltaic Power Plants. These include private educational institutes, schools, colleges, hostels, technical/vocational education institutes, universities with sanctioned load of 30 Kilo Watt (KW) and above.
Photo1: Left to Right Shri Vinay Pratap Singh, Additional Deputy Commisoner, Gurugram - Col. Kanwar Pratap Yadav, Chairperson, Gurugram Chapter of HPSC – Monica Sagar, Principal of Shiv Nadar School, Gurugram – Col Gopal Karunakaran, CEO, Shiv Nadar School
Photo2: A pic of the solar plant.
A solar power plant helps to convert solar energy into electricity by using photovoltaic (PV) and focuses a large portion of sunlight into a small beam. Photovoltaic then converts light into electric energy by using the photoelectric effect.
Shri Vinay Pratap Singh, Additional Deputy Commissioner, Gurugram said, “I would like to congratulate and appreciate Shiv Nadar School (Gurugram) for installing a 50 kW solar power plant at the school premises along with a NET metering facility. I hope that others will be inspired to take similar initiatives for us to build Gurgram as a solar city.”
Speaking at the occasion, Ms. Monica Sagar, Principal of Shiv Nadar School, Gurugram said, “The installation of the solar power plant is a part of our continued effort to operate in an eco-friendly manner and contribute to the country’s mission of adopting renewable energy sources. The plant has been in operation for three months now and has not only helped us reduce our electricity costs phenomenally, but it will also feed the power back into the electricity grid through the NET metering facility on days when the school is not operational.”
Post the inauguration, a workshop on ‘Mandatory installation of rooftop solar photovoltaic power plants’ was conducted to create awareness amongst the educational institutions, social sector organizations, industrial and commercial sector organizations, and RWAs to educate them about its benefits. The workshop was organized by Department of New and Renewable Energy, Haryana and HAREDA with the support of Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Govt. of India. A group of students from Shiv Nadar School also gave a presentation on the Green School Programme that lays down conditions of building resource-efficient structures, optimizing energy efficiency, minimizing waste-generation, recycling water and providing healthier space for occupants as compared to conventional buildings.
Also, present at the event were Col. Kanwar Pratap Yadav, Chairperson, Gurgaon Chapter of HPSC; Mr. Anurag Bajpai, ECBC Expert from Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), Government of India; Mr. Vikrant Sharma, Scientist, National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE), MNRE, and representatives from other educational institutions and government departments.
Shiv Nadar Schools
The Shiv Nadar Schools is a not-for-profit initiative of the Shiv Nadar Foundation in K12 private education to deliver educational excellence and provide education for life. The Shiv Nadar Schools provide students an environment that challenges them into discovering their talent and skills. A culture of creativity inspires the joy of learning among students. The schools nurture ethical, respectful, happy and purposeful citizens of society.
About Shiv Nadar Foundation
The Shiv Nadar Foundation (www.ShivNadarFoundation.org) has been established by Shiv Nadar, Founder, HCL - a $6.5 billion leading technology and healthcare enterprise. The Foundation’s mission is to contribute to the process of national development and social transformation by establishing institutions and undertaking new initiatives in the fields of education and culture. The Foundation is committed to the creation of a more equitable, merit based society by empowering individuals to bridge the socio-economic divide through philanthropy-based transformational education.
The Foundation set up the SSN Institutions (www.SSN.edu.in) in 1996, comprising the SSN College of Engineering (already a highly ranked private engineering college in India), in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The Foundation has also set up VidyaGyan, a residential leadership academy for meritorious rural children, at Bulandshahr and Sitapur in Uttar Pradesh. In addition, the Foundation runs the Shiv Nadar University (www.snu.edu.in), an international multi-disciplinary university with strong research orientation located in Greater Noida in India’s National Capital Region and the Shiv Nadar School (www.shivnadarschool.edu.in), a network of progressive urban schools across India aimed to provide children with education that creates lifelong learners. The Foundation has also set up the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (www.knma.in), India’s largest private philanthropic museum in modern and contemporary art with the vision to take art to the common public