JU prof nominated for Becquerel Prize!!!

Courtesy: Times of India

A teacher of the electronics engineering department in Jadavpur University — has been nominated for the 2013 Edmond Becquerel Prize.

    Colleagues of Ghosh consider the nomination as a huge achievement in itself, given the rarity of the award been conferred to scientists beyond Europe. Japan’s Masafumi Yamaguchi is the only recipient of the award from Asia.

    World Council for Renewable Energy chairman Wolfgang Palz has nominated Ghosh “for his outstanding contributions in developing photovoltaic cells in general and thinfilm photovoltaic cells in particular.”

    “It is important considering one cannot self-nominate himself and neither can his institute recommend the name for the award,” said Ghosh, who is currently working in various projects in Kyrgyzstan and Sierra Leone.

    “In Kyrgyzstan, I have been working on a project to take solar power to the rural population of that country. In Sierra Leone, we have set up a business incubation centre and the solar power work was done by me. In Gujarat, I am involved in the solar power project of 10 mega watt.

    “In addition, the philosophy behind my nomination also mentions that I have taken PV power in 1984 to the deep island village in Bay of Bengal for their participation in education, entrepreneurship development, quality and effective economic activities. Implementation of PV power enhanced the human development index to 16-17% higher than its previous figure. The results have been published in a paper at the Solar World Congress.”

    It may be noted that Ghosh has authored 150 scientific and technological publications.

    Partha Pratim Biswas, his colleague at the university, said: “He is a valuable asset to the institution and has already received international recognition for his work. Now, his nomination for the award yet again proves the multi-dimensional excellence of JU.”

Biswajit Ghosh was nominated by World Council for Renewable Energy chairman Wolfgang Palz