Presentation given by Rahul Gupta of IIT Kanpur in the final round of Symposium-the youth parliament, at IIT Roorkee in February 2006 organized by SFIH.
8. The Jatropha project
Oil imports are estimated at Rs.1,48,269
crore($38 bn) for 2005-06.
Net imports – $ 30 bn
Energy security
Agricultural growth rate
9. The Jatropha Project
Can be used to produce Biodiesel
63 million ha of waste land available in India
10 % of waste land can reduce oil imports by
30%
Foreign players have entered the market
10. As technologists and entrepreneurs..
Milk Yield
Agricultural yield
Energy Concerns
Other industries
11. Summer Internships
Disconnected with the technological
problems at the grass roots of India
DA-IICT
Fax to the PM from this Symposium
12. The Right to Information Act
Masters need to take accounts from their
servants
We need to tax it to its full potential
13. The magazine..
We have scientific journals to answer
scientific problems
But Social Problems are definitely more
challenging
A national level magazine will be launched
for this
14. Freedom Struggle Reloaded
A network of brilliant people
An all India movement
Connecting dots of Good will