alright renewable energies can fix all
of India’s problem and that does not
include education right so let me tell
you a small story the story goes back
around eight years I am on an expedition
to Antarctica where we are supposed to
construct the third Indian research
station this is at an island where
humans have never set foot so we would
be the first team to enter that
peninsula which is the last man hill we
set on a journey of eight days on this
vessel which is the Ivanpah ponine that
was our vessel that took us from Cape
Town to Antarctica where we would be
constructing our research station and
along that adventurous 7 days journey we
found the Magnificent icebergs the
journey was difficult you know if you
have the love and passion for adventure
this would this is what you would love
right and it was also a difficult
journey because of the turbulence and
the sea and then when we finally arrived
this is what we saw the nature’s beauty
and it’s best this was a place which was
untouched by humans and I will come to
it later that why I am saying untouched
by humans this is the place where you
can actually see the there’s no effect
of humans on the environment rather than
when we went there the environment had
an effect on us this is the research
station that we constructed in almost 90
days and we stayed there for almost 13
months and I know it doesn’t look that
very nice but this is how it looks at
night and this is the Aurora Australis
that you see on the background you know
it used to lit the sky up now this was a
13 member team we were just 13 Indians
on this India
research station which we constructed
and for one complete peer we had access
to Internet for just 20 minutes in a
month and of those 20 minutes the call
time to home was just 20 minutes
restricted to 20 minutes in a month so
virtually we did not hear what is
happening in the outside world and we
did not interact with people so you know
it affects your mind and your body also
you stay there for one year and you’re
very happy
you know while coming back home because
one year is a very long time and you
remain in isolation for a year of course
we did our research there we did
construct the station we did the
troubleshooting the engineering part of
the station and we maintained the
station man the station whole year but
when coming back it felt like an
achievement it felt like we have done
something great service to the society
and our country so but then realizing
the fact that we were alone for one year
in a place where you don’t see humans
around you just see penguins right so
coming back we felt that we have
achieved something
but the moment I landed on the Mumbai
Airport I see this I say oh my god what
are all these people doing there I
thought maybe they’re there to welcome
us right because they were not because
they were travelers like us travelling
to different destinations right and then
I thought okay fine yeah nobody is not
it I don’t like Mumbai right maybe
coming back to Delhi because I belong to
Delhi so Delhi is something that people
would be you know more generous and
welcoming and this is what I see at the
Delhi Metro how did these people come in
last one here I mean when I left Delhi
it was not like this
of course I’m exaggerating it was like
this very little chain in a year but
very much a lot of things changed inside
me and then I thought okay fine let’s go
home and this is what I find I mean you
find people everywhere you find the
footprints everywhere so imagine you are
alone on an island for a year and then
you come back to this
and that makes you wonder what is it
what have we got into ourselves into it
took me almost two hours going from
airport to my house which is just five
kilometers from the airport so the
biggest problem that I thought which I
could not contemplate in Antarctica
because we were researching on other
environmental issues right there we were
seeing the effect of ozone there were
scientists in our team who was studying
the ozone layer and the effect of pinyin
to climate that is D climates during the
dinosaurs right I don’t know I still
don’t understand that but still when
coming back I come back to this reality
and that makes me wonder but what what
are we heading towards so I do a little
research and I find that we are the 18th
we constitute 18% in the world
so 18% is 1.2 billion we are seven point
six billion of us on this planet earth
and you know minded this seven point six
billion of us have only arrived in the
last few hundred years
like just the last hundred years we have
quadrupled ourselves so so many people
coming in and when we say people we
share this climate this earth equally so
if there are seven point six billion of
us on this planet it is seven the whole
resource of the planet divided by seven
point six billion so the amount of
natural resource that comes to a
particular individual has been divided
seven point six billion times of course
that’s not true because there is
inequality but on an idle scale we have
a limited resource that is earth and we
have an unlimited population that is
growing at a rate of one percent every
year so you an estimate that by in 2030
that is when you would be maybe joining
new jobs if your sixth may be graduating
from college or maybe having starting a
family
there would be 11 billion of us now 11
billion people on this small power
planet Earth
where are you going to come
so many people and how are you gonna
survive that was the biggest question
that I had of course life is easy life
is easy right now I mean everybody can
get a living but when you increase at
this particular base we are growing so
how is it that we are gonna survive so
that led me to understand what is the
basis of survival what is the basis of
life and it led my you know inquisitive
mind to come and understand that there
is a nexus this is a three Nexus and I
want every one of you to understand this
the index is between food energy and
water this is the three most essential
part to sustain life life as in human
not just humans but other organisms also
except of course the other bacterias and
amoebas but we’re not talking about them
we’re talking about humans today so the
Nexus the golden Nexus that we I mean
what is the food energy and water so I
am NOT an expert on water and food but I
can talk about energy so I would be
talking about energy and how if we
control just the energy we will be able
to secure our future see you can I am
NOT in a population expert so I cannot
ask people to control population plus I
don’t know how government would be
planning to control population because
it’s growing but of course you can come
up with ideas that are that will help
the coming future that is you people to
understand whether we can control one of
this factor out of these three and that
factor can control the other two so if
you see food water and energy if you
combine all this we get life right so
when I say right now energy 90% I mean
if it’s not an overstatement 90% of our
demands are met by conventional sources
of energy
now what is conventional sources of
energy the conventional sources of
energy are sources like oil sources I’ll
come to the slide sources like fuel
fossil fuels so we have coal we have oil
and then we have natural gas so they
combine together and constitute 85 to 90
percent of the energy that we consume
today now this can be in the form of the
cars we drive this can be in the form of
electricity we use all of them almost
all of them has come from fossil fuel
source which is minded limited so if you
are going on a dinner and you have
limited dinner for three people maybe
three more join what do you have to do
divide the whole dinner in three parts
six parts right maybe three more come
and come to the same dinner and you have
limited food the whole dinner gets
divided into nine parts now right so we
cannot keep on dividing the natural
resource in such a way that we can feed
everybody so why not go to a buffet
right so that is going to a alternate
source of energy which is wind solar
geothermal biomass and what are these
sources of energy right yeah even I am a
big fan of a renewable source but how
can I mean what is it with this sources
of energy that can you know power our
generations to come because you know
energy is the basis of humanity now
nobody has you don’t have to be you know
told that Sun is unlimited of course it
is it rises every day it comes up every
day and I have made my living just by
understanding Sun and harnessing power
from solar right so the technology that
is being developed today
windmills everybody knows what a
windmill is most of you have seen this
right
but this constitutes only three to four
percent of our global demand right now
this will change soon and it is changing
we will have more electricity from the
new nubile sources of these renewable
sources that could power our nation
because these renewable sources are
unlimited wind will always blow and Sun
will always shine because that is what
this earth is about if the Sun stops we
all are dead there is no art without Sun
so why not tap on to the biggest source
of energy that we know of that is the
Sun and the wind blows because of sun
shining so alternate sources of energy
it is important and why it is important
for you to understand this because
tomorrow when you go and become workers
Brahma or when you go and you become
leaders of this country you will know
the importance of renewable energy you
will know that no longer can we stand
and say ok you know this is how it was
done in the previous generation we have
to follow what they have done no you
have to start something new you have to
become leaders you have to say fine if
my father did it let him do I will start
something else he may be wrong for once
I will do something different and this
renewable source that is something which
will never end why not invest why not
the capital costs may be high
there would be other obstacles but if
you start sanitizing start understanding
about these renewable sources that is
the wind solar geothermal you will
slowly learn that the old and
conventional ways were right in their
time the newer ways this is the new you
this is the new India when you say these
sources of energy today we are for you
know focusing so much on solar and wind
that is why why why are we doing it
everybody have heard about solar plants
coming
on building solar plant coming off of
government building solar farms huge
solar farms I have myself designs
designed so many solar farms I don’t
constructed them how was it happening in
such a short span of time in last five
years five to eight years this is
because we need something that stays for
long we need sustainable sources of
energy that will not end and continue to
power India in the future so these
renewable sources are the basis and the
future and you as students have to
understand that you as students have to
take the initiative and understand and
question not just your parents everybody
the teacher that if coal is so polluting
why are we still using it why can’t we
part of the whole country on wind and
solar because when you start asking
questions
you start getting answers some answers
you may like some you may not and some
you will start to get on your own
because you would be starting to ask
questions and do research so I’ll give
you a perspective right and you know
just a small you know how we contemplate
solar so if I say solar you see that
small little square here if this only
this square area can be covered with
solar panels you can actually power the
whole world
that’s like powering the whole world
without any coal oil natural gas and
it’s just pisspot small square of area
that will power this whole world so this
is the power of this technology and it
doesn’t end there wind if you install
wind farms on these small green lines
just by installing wind funds along the
coastal areas on these small green lines
will give you enough energy to power the
whole world and we are not just talking
about India we’re talking about the
whole world
so why I am here and telling all this to
you the reason is by the time by the
time you grow up you will be using all
this information
maybe directly maybe indirectly reason
oil is going to last just 50 years and
maybe coal would last another twenty
five years 75 80 years maybe but you
would be lasting more than that what’s
the average age that a person lives
right now the life expectancy is around
75 to 80 years and by the time you are
80 the average life expectancy because
of the advancement of medical science
will be almost 100 plus years so be rest
assured that you will live to 100 and
you would be the first generation to see
this change happen where we defy the
conventional methods of harnessing
energy and look into the future to a
brighter and more greener and
sustainable energy with that I rest my
case
thank you and have a good evening [Applause]
of India’s problem and that does not
include education right so let me tell
you a small story the story goes back
around eight years I am on an expedition
to Antarctica where we are supposed to
construct the third Indian research
station this is at an island where
humans have never set foot so we would
be the first team to enter that
peninsula which is the last man hill we
set on a journey of eight days on this
vessel which is the Ivanpah ponine that
was our vessel that took us from Cape
Town to Antarctica where we would be
constructing our research station and
along that adventurous 7 days journey we
found the Magnificent icebergs the
journey was difficult you know if you
have the love and passion for adventure
this would this is what you would love
right and it was also a difficult
journey because of the turbulence and
the sea and then when we finally arrived
this is what we saw the nature’s beauty
and it’s best this was a place which was
untouched by humans and I will come to
it later that why I am saying untouched
by humans this is the place where you
can actually see the there’s no effect
of humans on the environment rather than
when we went there the environment had
an effect on us this is the research
station that we constructed in almost 90
days and we stayed there for almost 13
months and I know it doesn’t look that
very nice but this is how it looks at
night and this is the Aurora Australis
that you see on the background you know
it used to lit the sky up now this was a
13 member team we were just 13 Indians
on this India
research station which we constructed
and for one complete peer we had access
to Internet for just 20 minutes in a
month and of those 20 minutes the call
time to home was just 20 minutes
restricted to 20 minutes in a month so
virtually we did not hear what is
happening in the outside world and we
did not interact with people so you know
it affects your mind and your body also
you stay there for one year and you’re
very happy
you know while coming back home because
one year is a very long time and you
remain in isolation for a year of course
we did our research there we did
construct the station we did the
troubleshooting the engineering part of
the station and we maintained the
station man the station whole year but
when coming back it felt like an
achievement it felt like we have done
something great service to the society
and our country so but then realizing
the fact that we were alone for one year
in a place where you don’t see humans
around you just see penguins right so
coming back we felt that we have
achieved something
but the moment I landed on the Mumbai
Airport I see this I say oh my god what
are all these people doing there I
thought maybe they’re there to welcome
us right because they were not because
they were travelers like us travelling
to different destinations right and then
I thought okay fine yeah nobody is not
it I don’t like Mumbai right maybe
coming back to Delhi because I belong to
Delhi so Delhi is something that people
would be you know more generous and
welcoming and this is what I see at the
Delhi Metro how did these people come in
last one here I mean when I left Delhi
it was not like this
of course I’m exaggerating it was like
this very little chain in a year but
very much a lot of things changed inside
me and then I thought okay fine let’s go
home and this is what I find I mean you
find people everywhere you find the
footprints everywhere so imagine you are
alone on an island for a year and then
you come back to this
and that makes you wonder what is it
what have we got into ourselves into it
took me almost two hours going from
airport to my house which is just five
kilometers from the airport so the
biggest problem that I thought which I
could not contemplate in Antarctica
because we were researching on other
environmental issues right there we were
seeing the effect of ozone there were
scientists in our team who was studying
the ozone layer and the effect of pinyin
to climate that is D climates during the
dinosaurs right I don’t know I still
don’t understand that but still when
coming back I come back to this reality
and that makes me wonder but what what
are we heading towards so I do a little
research and I find that we are the 18th
we constitute 18% in the world
so 18% is 1.2 billion we are seven point
six billion of us on this planet earth
and you know minded this seven point six
billion of us have only arrived in the
last few hundred years
like just the last hundred years we have
quadrupled ourselves so so many people
coming in and when we say people we
share this climate this earth equally so
if there are seven point six billion of
us on this planet it is seven the whole
resource of the planet divided by seven
point six billion so the amount of
natural resource that comes to a
particular individual has been divided
seven point six billion times of course
that’s not true because there is
inequality but on an idle scale we have
a limited resource that is earth and we
have an unlimited population that is
growing at a rate of one percent every
year so you an estimate that by in 2030
that is when you would be maybe joining
new jobs if your sixth may be graduating
from college or maybe having starting a
family
there would be 11 billion of us now 11
billion people on this small power
planet Earth
where are you going to come
so many people and how are you gonna
survive that was the biggest question
that I had of course life is easy life
is easy right now I mean everybody can
get a living but when you increase at
this particular base we are growing so
how is it that we are gonna survive so
that led me to understand what is the
basis of survival what is the basis of
life and it led my you know inquisitive
mind to come and understand that there
is a nexus this is a three Nexus and I
want every one of you to understand this
the index is between food energy and
water this is the three most essential
part to sustain life life as in human
not just humans but other organisms also
except of course the other bacterias and
amoebas but we’re not talking about them
we’re talking about humans today so the
Nexus the golden Nexus that we I mean
what is the food energy and water so I
am NOT an expert on water and food but I
can talk about energy so I would be
talking about energy and how if we
control just the energy we will be able
to secure our future see you can I am
NOT in a population expert so I cannot
ask people to control population plus I
don’t know how government would be
planning to control population because
it’s growing but of course you can come
up with ideas that are that will help
the coming future that is you people to
understand whether we can control one of
this factor out of these three and that
factor can control the other two so if
you see food water and energy if you
combine all this we get life right so
when I say right now energy 90% I mean
if it’s not an overstatement 90% of our
demands are met by conventional sources
of energy
now what is conventional sources of
energy the conventional sources of
energy are sources like oil sources I’ll
come to the slide sources like fuel
fossil fuels so we have coal we have oil
and then we have natural gas so they
combine together and constitute 85 to 90
percent of the energy that we consume
today now this can be in the form of the
cars we drive this can be in the form of
electricity we use all of them almost
all of them has come from fossil fuel
source which is minded limited so if you
are going on a dinner and you have
limited dinner for three people maybe
three more join what do you have to do
divide the whole dinner in three parts
six parts right maybe three more come
and come to the same dinner and you have
limited food the whole dinner gets
divided into nine parts now right so we
cannot keep on dividing the natural
resource in such a way that we can feed
everybody so why not go to a buffet
right so that is going to a alternate
source of energy which is wind solar
geothermal biomass and what are these
sources of energy right yeah even I am a
big fan of a renewable source but how
can I mean what is it with this sources
of energy that can you know power our
generations to come because you know
energy is the basis of humanity now
nobody has you don’t have to be you know
told that Sun is unlimited of course it
is it rises every day it comes up every
day and I have made my living just by
understanding Sun and harnessing power
from solar right so the technology that
is being developed today
windmills everybody knows what a
windmill is most of you have seen this
right
but this constitutes only three to four
percent of our global demand right now
this will change soon and it is changing
we will have more electricity from the
new nubile sources of these renewable
sources that could power our nation
because these renewable sources are
unlimited wind will always blow and Sun
will always shine because that is what
this earth is about if the Sun stops we
all are dead there is no art without Sun
so why not tap on to the biggest source
of energy that we know of that is the
Sun and the wind blows because of sun
shining so alternate sources of energy
it is important and why it is important
for you to understand this because
tomorrow when you go and become workers
Brahma or when you go and you become
leaders of this country you will know
the importance of renewable energy you
will know that no longer can we stand
and say ok you know this is how it was
done in the previous generation we have
to follow what they have done no you
have to start something new you have to
become leaders you have to say fine if
my father did it let him do I will start
something else he may be wrong for once
I will do something different and this
renewable source that is something which
will never end why not invest why not
the capital costs may be high
there would be other obstacles but if
you start sanitizing start understanding
about these renewable sources that is
the wind solar geothermal you will
slowly learn that the old and
conventional ways were right in their
time the newer ways this is the new you
this is the new India when you say these
sources of energy today we are for you
know focusing so much on solar and wind
that is why why why are we doing it
everybody have heard about solar plants
coming
on building solar plant coming off of
government building solar farms huge
solar farms I have myself designs
designed so many solar farms I don’t
constructed them how was it happening in
such a short span of time in last five
years five to eight years this is
because we need something that stays for
long we need sustainable sources of
energy that will not end and continue to
power India in the future so these
renewable sources are the basis and the
future and you as students have to
understand that you as students have to
take the initiative and understand and
question not just your parents everybody
the teacher that if coal is so polluting
why are we still using it why can’t we
part of the whole country on wind and
solar because when you start asking
questions
you start getting answers some answers
you may like some you may not and some
you will start to get on your own
because you would be starting to ask
questions and do research so I’ll give
you a perspective right and you know
just a small you know how we contemplate
solar so if I say solar you see that
small little square here if this only
this square area can be covered with
solar panels you can actually power the
whole world
that’s like powering the whole world
without any coal oil natural gas and
it’s just pisspot small square of area
that will power this whole world so this
is the power of this technology and it
doesn’t end there wind if you install
wind farms on these small green lines
just by installing wind funds along the
coastal areas on these small green lines
will give you enough energy to power the
whole world and we are not just talking
about India we’re talking about the
whole world
so why I am here and telling all this to
you the reason is by the time by the
time you grow up you will be using all
this information
maybe directly maybe indirectly reason
oil is going to last just 50 years and
maybe coal would last another twenty
five years 75 80 years maybe but you
would be lasting more than that what’s
the average age that a person lives
right now the life expectancy is around
75 to 80 years and by the time you are
80 the average life expectancy because
of the advancement of medical science
will be almost 100 plus years so be rest
assured that you will live to 100 and
you would be the first generation to see
this change happen where we defy the
conventional methods of harnessing
energy and look into the future to a
brighter and more greener and
sustainable energy with that I rest my
case
thank you and have a good evening [Applause]
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