It all started when Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi shared a short video message with the country on Friday, 3rd April at 9 AM and urged citizens to switch off all lights in the house on 5th April at 9 PM for 9 minutes and light a…
Blink by Malcolm Gladwell: Explore 20th-century in stories
I came across ‘Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking’ from my Ph.D. supervisor. He suggested a few books to read in my leisure time. The reason I picked Blink over other books is because of its title! I was curious to know what does the author means by…
Employment: The least explored part of Renewable Energy Policies
Over the past few decades, humanity has exploited the natural resources of mother earth at a much faster rate than ever before! This exploitation is causing undesirable effects on Earth’s atmosphere and even predicted to result in catastrophic failure in future. Science and technology have proved again and again…
My Experiments with Sleep
It has been more than 4 months since I have written something on this blog. My apologies. I was preparing for Ph.D. admissions in the month of May. I joined Centre for Policy Studies, IIT Bombay for my Ph.D. program. The last 2 months were packed with course work…
Planetary Boundaries and Sustainable Development Goals: Our Rescue Tools
I recently came across an interesting research paper wherein group researchers proposed a novel concept of Planetary Boundaries. I was so fascinated to know about it that I decided to share with you all. Since the topic is vast and a bit technical, I will try to keep my…
Andhra Challenges Solar PPA Tariffs
While the Government of India is pushing for the adoption of several renewable energy technologies across different domains of application, it looks like newly formed Andhra Pradesh state government has something different on its agenda. Andhra Pradesh government led by Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has issued…
Management of Antimony Containing Solar PV Glass
For many years, solar PV panels are enjoying the status of being environment-friendly. Lot has been written about their all-around clean-and-green characteristics. However, with the research and development, substances which are not so environment-friendly are being used in panel manufacturing over the last few years. Hence, their secure and…
Global Grid: All You Need To Know
I first came across the concept of a global grid during my diploma days. Those were the days when the then head of the department Mr Bhosale sir used to teach us transmission and distribution of electrical energy for hours and hours. Bhosale sirs teaching style was so appealing…
Story of My Virtual Mumbai City From Cities Skylines
I have been playing Cities Skylines for more than 2 years. Like most of the Cities players, I started with Sim City and switched to Cities: Skylines because of its customization features. The mods, scenarios, maps, assets are fabulous. The inventory of assets and mods have grown rapidly over…
NVIDIA GauGAN: Convert your painting into images!
On March 18, 2019, NVIDIA, technology-based company introduced AI enabled software called GauGAN which converts your dumb paintings into photorealistic images. A few minutes ago, their video popped on my Youtube homepage. The idea is so cool that I couldn’t resist me from sharing it with all of you….
