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Department of Energy Kicks Off Solar Decathlon Competition Event and Announces Richard King Award Winners Details Written by Imperial Valley News
Washington, DC - Today, Acting Assistant Secretary of Energy for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Kelly Speakes-Backman officially kicked off the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon® Competition Event during the Solar Decathlon Opening Celebration.
Students from 72 teams, representing 66 collegiate institutions and 12 countries, are competing for top prizes in the 2020 Build Challenge and 2021 Design Challenge during the Competition Event.
“I was deeply inspired by the ingenuity and perseverance of our Solar Decathlon teams, who have designed and constructed buildings that embody the spirit of innovation we need for a clean energy future,” said Acting Assistant Secretary Speakes-Backman. “These homes are a testament to the incredible skill and resolve of the next generation of building p
Through the
UFP, IIHS seeks to equip, nurture, and prepare a new generation of practitioners to address India’s complex urban challenges.
What is the UFP?
UFP or the
Urban Fellows Programme is full-time, residential, scholarship-based and conducted out of the IIHS Bengaluru City Campus. The interdisciplinary UFP introduces learners to diverse forms of urban practice through classroom-based teaching, site-based applied learning, work in live projects and internships.
Who can enroll?
Graduates and young professionals born on or after 1 August 1991 are eligible to apply. All candidates must have basic proficiency in reading English. However, there is support available for candidates with limited speaking ability in English.
Online systems may help farmers and customers get better prices, but who controls Big Data?
Online systems bring better prices for producers and consumers. But corporations and states could easily misappropriate the data produced in the process. Danish Siddiqui /Reuters
Pravin Venkatesh has been running a modest kirana store in a corner of Bengaluru’s Malleswaram for approximately two decades, but over the last two years, he’s taken a technological leap.
Armed with just a mobile phone, a Point of Sale system and a barcode scanner, Venkatesh is able to assemble his stocks based on daily estimates of demand that are made possible through software provided by global wholesaler Metro Cash and Carry.
Sohini Chatterjee and Aditi Gorur will hold key positions at the US Mission to the UN.
Washington:
The Biden administration has appointed two Indian-American experts - Sohini Chatterjee and Aditi Gorur - to key diplomatic positions at the US Mission to the United Nations.
Ms Chatterjee will serve as a senior policy advisor to the US Ambassador to the UN, while Ms Gorur has been appointed as policy advisor at the mission, according to the official statement.
An expert on global development, conflict, and mass atrocities, Ms Chatterjee till recently taught as an adjunct professor at Columbia University s School of International and Public Affairs. She previously worked in the Bureau for Policy, Planning and Learning at the US Agency for International Development (USAID).