The fourth edition of the IREDA-NIWE Annual Awards for Wind Energy 2021 to promote innovation, research & development, manufacturing, developing & harnessing Wind Energy at the State and National levels and to motivate individuals, stakeholder to strive for the best in the field has been announced for the following three broad categories:
Call for nominations for each category were uploaded in NIWE / IREDA / MNRE websites and advertised through national daily Newspapers, and through groups & mass communications. In response to the announcement, NIWE has received nominations.
The nominations are as below.
The selection of the awardees for all the three categories was done through an eminent Jury Committee comprising of Senior Members from Government Organizations, Academic Institutions, Media and Financial Sectors. The Jury Committee adopted the notified criteria and recommended the nominations for each of the category to be awarded for the year from the nominations received, segregated under the various categories. The Awardees were informed of their selection and invited to attend the Award Ceremony of the IREDA-NIWE Annual Awards for Wind Energy 2021, scheduled during the Global Wind Day 2022 and Silver Jubilee celebration of NIWE on 15th June 2022, to receive the Award.
The Award Ceremony was held on 15.06.2022 in the Auditorium, Atal Akshay Urja Bhawan, Lodi Road, New Delhi and inaugurated by the Hon'ble Shri. R. K. Singh, Union Minister for Power and New and Renewable Energy. Shri. R. K. Singh delivered the keynote address and congratulated the wind fraternity for their achievement. He appreciated the role of NIWE in the development of wind energy sector. Shri. Singh awarded the prizes carrying a citation and a cash award of Rs.1.00 lakh to the following three categories of winners of IREDA-NIWE Annual Award for Wind Energy - 2021. Shri. Indu Shekhar Chaturvedi, Secretary, MNRE, Shri. Dinesh Jagdale, Joint Secretary, MNRE and Dr. K. Balaraman, Director General, NIWE were present in the ceremony. Dr. P. Kanagavel, Director and Head, Skill Development Division, NIWE, Convener of IREDA-NIWE Annual Award for Wind Energy has coordinated the programme.
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| Hon'ble Union Minister Shri. R. K. Singh honoured with flower bouquet |
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| Union Minister delivering Keynote Address |
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| Ms. Shivani Goyal, IAS, Director, GEDA receiving the Award | |
The award is conferred to State of Gujarat which has installed highest wind capacity during 2019-20 with 1468.45 MW. The award was received by Ms. Shivani Goyal, IAS, Director, GEDA.
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| Principal of the Basaveshwar Engineering College receiving the Award | |
The award is conferred to The Basaveshwar Engineering College, Bagalkote, Karnataka for promoting research, innovation in the field of wind energy. They have carried out pioneering research wind data, small wind turbine and micro-grid.
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| Dr. Agnimitra Biswas receiving the Award | |
The award is conferred to Dr. Agnimitra Biswas, Associate Professor, National Institute of Technology, Silchar, Assam, for his work on vertical axis wind turbine using experimental and computations methods. He has published over 75 research papers.
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| Award Winners, industrial guests, officials of MNRE and NIWE during Award Ceremony |
