Active Surfaces announced as winner of this year s LKYGBPC Kajima Innovation Award kr-asia.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kr-asia.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
An Indian American graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) won an entrepreneurship competition and received $100,000 for pitching an idea that would commercialize an ultra-thin film solar technology. Active Surfaces: Shiv Bhakta and his teammate Richard Swartout won the cash prize on May 15. The pair founded Active Surfaces, a company that manufactures ultra-thin, lightweight and durable solar panels for global decarbonization.