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THE SOLAR MAN OF INDIA- PROF. CHETAN SINGH
SOLANKI VISITS DPS JAMMU FOR INTERACTIVE
SESSION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
elhi Public School Jammu in
collaboration with Vidhyarti
DVigyan Manthan (VVM) hosted
a Discussion cum Sensitization Session on
Energy, Climate Change and I with Prof.
Chetan Singh Solanki, popularly known
as Solar Gandhi and the Solar Man of
India, on 16th Sept. 2022 for the Senior
Secondary Science stream students of the
school. The students and teachers of DPS
Katra, Doon International School Jammu
and Police Public School Jammu also
attended the program.
Prof. Solanki is a Scientist &
Professor at IIIT Bombay and is also the
Founder of the Energy Swaraj Foundation.
He has reached 7.5 million families across
India with clean light and has undertaken
Energy Swaraj Yatra from Nov. 2020
through a Solar Bus, where he has pledged
to stay for 11 years in the wake of serious
catastrophic climate change, until 2030.
Following Gandhian ideals, he coined the
word “Energy Swaraj”, and to establish
Energy Swaraj globally, he founded the
Energy Swaraj Foundation (ESF). He
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