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What we have for tomorrow will depend on what we can save today. Food production efficiency, optimized use of energy, smart infrastructure creation and sustainable development initiatives form the major pillars defining the progress of any nation in a world of depleting resources. Engineering Tomorrow begins with identifying issues that are currently faced by businesses and society at large and strategically using technology to address these issues.
Danfoss and Mint come together to bring to you a series of articles and round table discussions with experts to brainstorm on issues such as- the role of energy efficiency in India's policy-making, India's food safety conundrum, the nation's changing urban landscape and it's climate imperatives.
While climate change and environment, and urbanization are focus areas in the economic policy making in India, there is also an opportunity for it to work together with China on the climate agenda...
Climate
The panel discussion on climate imperatives, moderated by Mint's energy editor Utpal Bhaskar, included J. Srinivasan, distinguished scientist, Divecha Centre for Climate Change; Jagdish Krishnaswamy, senior fellow, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology...
ClimateWhen Ahmedabad became the first city in South Asia to develop a heat action plan in 2013, the initiative snowballed into a national effort involving...
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Average sea levels may rise by up to 30 feet around the world if humans continue to burn fossil and fuels causing temperatures to breach the threshold of 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial...
Climate
Nearly half of the population in India lives in places that are likely to become moderate or severe climate hot spots by 2050, according to a World Bank Study launched very recently. Changing rainfall pattern due to climate change could result...
Climate
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government has embarked on a multi-pronged strategy for achieving its climate change commitments, with measures ranging from combating air and water pollution to global...
Climate
When Ahmedabad became the first city in South Asia to develop a heat action plan in 2013, the initiative snowballed into a national effort involving 30 other cities. Several of them also appointed a resilience officer for the first...
Climate
Average temperatures have risen over the past six decades and continue to do so in South Asia, making it, particularly India, where 75% of the population is dependent on agriculture, one of the regions most vulnerable to climate...
Climate
The panel discussion on urban infrastructure challenges, moderated by national deals editor Shrija Agrawal, included Mumbai municipal commissioner Ajoy Mehta; IDFC Institute CEO and...
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With the fast pace of urbanization across India and the world, adopting carbon-neutral technologies and offering innovative solutions for sustainable living could provide new business...
infrastructure
The rising aspirations and needs of citizens are driving India towards new-age infrastructure where "SMART" is the byword. Almost every new infra project, be it public or private, coming up in the country is bringing in elements...
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Nitin Gadkari, minister for road transport and highways, said his dream project of smart highways is progressing in the right direction. Smart roads, he said, will be green, pollution-free and tolling will be based on the...
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After four rounds of competitive bidding, 99 cities, with an aggregate population of nearly 99.4 million, were selected to implement the Smart Cities programme, which was launched in 2015. Today, these are in various stages of implementation..
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India's quest for smart mobility has made the country a hot spot for international companies to offer their latest technologies such as pod taxis, hyperloop, electric vehicles, cable cars and ropeways. One such firm, skyTran, is a Nasa technology...
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Growing crops in sync with market demand can boost farmers' income, while organized supply chain can reduce loss of perishable goods, said experts at the 'Mint Danfoss Transformation...
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The centre is creating the necessary infrastructure and cold chain network to reduce food waste and help farmers realize better value for their produce, food processing minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal said on Wednesday...
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India is the second largest country in terms of arable land, roughly 160 million hectares. It also ranks second in production of fruits and vegetables. India has 15 agro-climatic zones, which can support most of the fruits...
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India is one of the leading producers of food globally and there is a lot of potential which can be harnessed to create a safe and healthy food ecosystem in the country. Food safety is critically important for improving public health and...
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Organic produce is an emerging market in India, clocking a turnover of Rs3,350 crore in 2016, and is expected to treble it by 2020. According to N. Balasubramanian, CEO of 24 Mantra Organic, among the...
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Our country, though agriculturally abundant, is still struggling to provide its large population with the right nutrition. In a few decades, as we continue to grow in numbers and economically, the situation can turn more challenging — if not alarming — if we don't come up with...
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India has seen large investments in supply chain of apple by way of controlled atmosphere cold stores in which oxygen levels are reduced from about 21% to 2% and temperature maintained at about 0 to 1 degree Celsius...
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Last month, Premsingh Chavan, a farmer from Maharashtra's Marathwada region, destroyed his ready-to-harvest crop of tomatoes and cauliflowers after wholesale prices dipped so low that it did not cover the cost of transporting the harvest to the...
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'Energy saved is energy gained' should be the mantra for India's evolving energy paradigm, said experts at Mint Danfoss Transformation agenda on energy efficiency on 20 March. The panellists for the topic—How...
State-backed Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) is leading the government's efforts to set energy efficiency benchmarks and to have policies that will reduce the carbon...
Energy
It is important to educate consumers and spread awareness of various energy efficient options in the market that can help in optimizing electricity consumption to a great extent....
Energy
Rapid industrialization and growing population are increasingly changing the ecology of the planet. With all the increment in population and development, there are growing concerns of greenhouse gas emissions depleting...
Energy
The whole world may be looking to find the next best source of energy, so we can reduce the dependence on fossil fuel, and generate environment-friendly energy. But do you know that one of the largest sources of energy may just be energy efficiency? India, at present, is the fourth largest consumer of energy in the world. The energy...
Energy
Rapid industrialization and growing population are increasingly changing the ecology of the planet. With all the increment in population and development, there are growing concerns of greenhouse gas emissions depleting green cover and causing global warming issues on one hand, the demand for energy resources is increasing...
Energy
Rapid industrialization and growing population are increasingly changing the ecology of the planet. With all the increment in population and development, there are growing concerns of greenhouse gas emissions depleting green cover and causing global...
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Dr. Rajat Kathuria,
Director and Chief Executive, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER)
India's climate imperatives
26th July
Bengaluru
5:00 PM
