This document provides information about a national level seminar on renewable energy technologies for sustainable rural development in India. The seminar will be held on January 29-30, 2015 at Government Arts College in Madurai, Tamil Nadu. It will discuss how renewable technologies like hydropower, solar, wind, and biomass energy can ensure sustainable development for India's rural households, agriculture, and industries. Authors are invited to submit abstracts by January 5th and full papers by January 16th on topics within four sub-themes: large/small/micro hydropower, solar cooking/heating/electricity, small wind mills for homes/farms/industries, and issues/policies/programs/technologies related

1. UGC SPONSORED
NATIONAL LEVEL SEMINAR ON
RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES FOR SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT IN RURAL SECTORS OF INDIA
29th and 30th January 2015
ORGANISED
By
P.G. & Research Department of Economics
Government Arts College
Melur
Madurai – 625 106
In Association with
Madurai Productivity Council
Madurai.
The College
The college was established by the Government of Tamil Nadu in the year 1969 so as to provide higher education to the rural poor students. It is affiliated to the Madurai Kamaraj University and accredited by the NAAC by B+. It is in the northern part of Madurai and situated on the Madurai to Trichy National High way. It is 29 km away from Madurai Mattuthavani Bus Terminal and 34 km away from Madurai Railway Junction.
The college is accomplishing the goal of the Government of Tamil Nadu of providing quality education to the students living below the poverty line, who are the first generation graduates and the downtrodden. The college works for the welfare of the nation, inculcating discipline in rural youth and cultivate national integrity among the students. The college has committed for the improvement of the standard of living of the people who are living in and around it. The college admits students in such a way so that it ensures social justice. The college introduced the second shift scheme of the government of Tamil Nadu and therefore provides chances to more number of rural students to get quality higher education. There is no second thought that the college is really a boon to the poor downtrodden people of the northern part of Madurai District.
The Department of Economics
The department of Economics came up in the year 1985-86. It conducts UG, PG and Ph.D. programmes in Economics. This Department has a very good Library. The B.A. Economics course is conducted in two shifts. There are eight faculty members in this Department and five have got Ph.D. Degree. The P.G. programme was started in 2011 – 12 and the Ph.D. full time programme was started in the academic year 2014 – 15.
Theme and Sub- Themes
The seminar will be on discussing the importance and the role of renewable energy technologies that will ensure sustainable development in the rural sectors such as rural household sector agricultural sector and industrial sector in India.
Sub- Themes
The seminar will focus on the following sub- themes.
1. Hydropower
a) Large hydropower
b) Small Hydropower
c) Micro Hydropower
2. Solar Energy
a) Solar Cooking
b) Solar for Heating Water
c) Solar for Generating Electricity.
3. Wind Energy – Small Wind Mills
a) Wind Power for Home
b) Wind Power for Farm
c) Wind Power for Rural Industry
4. Biomass Energy
a) Problems of Traditional Biomass Energy
Use
b) Biomass Energy Policies and Programmes
c) Modern Biomass Technology in India
d) Large Scale Electricity Generation
Programmes
e) Technology for Production of Biomass
f) Modernization of Biomass Energy in India
Paper Submission and Acceptance
Authors are requested to submit their papers with abstracts as per the guidelines given below.
Dates to Remember
1. Submission of Abstract: 5th January 2015.
2. Communication about the status of the abstract 9th January 2015.
3. Submission of the full paper: 16th January 2015. 4. Seminar dates: 29th and 30th January 2015.