Project: Alternate Energy

Project : Promotion of Parabolic Solar Cookers in Rural Areas through Aanganwadi Workers
State : Maharashtra
Development Focus: Alternate Energy

About the NGO*: Jankibai Trust, Dhule is assisting in the efforts of popularizing solar energy in Dhule district. For more details, please visit www.princeindia.org .

Summary of Project: Cost of solar cookers is the main hurdle in promoting this technology in rural areas. Aanganwadi workers have good social contacts in rural areas. They can be good promoters of solar energy. The new solar cookers: parabolic cookers are fast and convenient as compared to the traditional ones. It can provide fast and long term cost effective alternative cooking in rural areas. However to popularize this technology additional subsidy for the cookers has to be provided.

Objectives of Project:
1. To provide cost effective alternative for cooking in rural areas.
2. To popularize the solar cooking applications by generating public awareness.
3. To protect conventional fuels like “Fire wood”, Kerosene and Cooking gas.
4. Environmental preservation through eco-friendly alternatives. One solar cooker is expected to save wood equivalent to 2 trees of @ 10 yrs. age.
5. To develop new manufactures of solar cookers, thus generating employment and technology dissemination.

Requested Budget: $1500.

Status: Approved

Project Coordinators: Kavita Karandikar, Venkatesh Merwade
Contact Email: kavitakarandikar@rediffmail.com

Additional Information
Project Proposal: proposal.doc
Presentation Slides :
Visit Report: Visit by Mike Levin ,Visit by Ravi , Interim Project Report- 31 Jan 2005, visit by Rajendra Marulkar- 28 Dec 2004
Correspondence Notes: Correspondence with Prof. Chandak by AID SD

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