light for all (solar tuki) wins again

today baba was up on the stage at the academy hall receiving the award of the world bank funded nepal development marketplace 2008 on behalf of the centre for renewable energy (cre). cre also won award for its solar dryer project. the award is worth rs. 15 lakhs. there were 50 contestants selected from over 500 who had filed application who showcased their projects to a team of jury.

pictures below are from the exhibit, the long wait (for the 50 certificates, for the volunteers, for the 50 jury to distribute the 25 prizes, and the oh-so-long-but-so-interesting-reminiscing of prof. satya mohan joshi), the certificate distribution, and the plaque award distribution... followed by a group picture of all the 25 winning projects (including two from CRE-- the light for all (solar tuki) represented by baba and the solar dryer one represented by babu rajaji.)