I have successfully completed the first week of my internship! For a little background, the program I am studying abroad through offers one of their classes as an internship experience. Each student is able to develop their internship based on their interests. As you may have guessed, I am doing my internship in the area of renewable energy!
My internship is through the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (I wish it was the Ministry of Magic..but alas, renewable energy will do). I am spending time at MNRE for the first half of the 6-week internship, learning about the government policies they have implemented and what policies they are working on. My internship advisor, Dr. Arun Tripathi, is a director in MNRE. He is awesome! So far he has given me a comprehensive overview of RE in India though exposure at MNRE, as well as TERI. TERI, The Energy and Resources Institute, is a non-governmental organization that works in the area of sustailbility, climate change, and renewable energy. The organization is headed by Dr. Pachauri - this man was one of the people who accepted the Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore. So legit!
During the past week, I spent time at MNRE, TERI, as well as different site visits around Delhi. I got to see solar panels and solar cookers at a meditation ashram outside of Delhi. I also got to participate in a meditation class...I love getting in touch with my inner self :) Another site visit was to the Solar Energy Centre, a research facility for MNRE. All the latest solar technology is being researched there.
During my time with TERI, I was able to attend a seminar with a group of trainees. These trainees are from all over the world and are attending a 4 week training session on renewable energy in India, organized by TERI. I met people from Vietnam, Russia, Brazil, Ethiopia...just to name a few. In all, there were 21 countries represented in the group. Interestingly enough, English was the common language between everyone. Also, can you believe that I was the only person from U.S. in the room! That was something new for me...it's a lot different being the minority of a group. Overall, I learned a lot by talking with each person about their home country.
For the second half of my internship, I will be traveling throughout the country to different RE sites. I will be studying the implementation there and seeing the projects from the "bottom up." Many of the projects will be in villages...I am looking forward to that the most. Right now I am developing the topic for my research paper. Most probably it will be some sort of comparison between Indian and US policies or projects in RE. I'll write more later when I have it figured out!
My internship is through the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (I wish it was the Ministry of Magic..but alas, renewable energy will do). I am spending time at MNRE for the first half of the 6-week internship, learning about the government policies they have implemented and what policies they are working on. My internship advisor, Dr. Arun Tripathi, is a director in MNRE. He is awesome! So far he has given me a comprehensive overview of RE in India though exposure at MNRE, as well as TERI. TERI, The Energy and Resources Institute, is a non-governmental organization that works in the area of sustailbility, climate change, and renewable energy. The organization is headed by Dr. Pachauri - this man was one of the people who accepted the Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore. So legit!
During the past week, I spent time at MNRE, TERI, as well as different site visits around Delhi. I got to see solar panels and solar cookers at a meditation ashram outside of Delhi. I also got to participate in a meditation class...I love getting in touch with my inner self :) Another site visit was to the Solar Energy Centre, a research facility for MNRE. All the latest solar technology is being researched there.
During my time with TERI, I was able to attend a seminar with a group of trainees. These trainees are from all over the world and are attending a 4 week training session on renewable energy in India, organized by TERI. I met people from Vietnam, Russia, Brazil, Ethiopia...just to name a few. In all, there were 21 countries represented in the group. Interestingly enough, English was the common language between everyone. Also, can you believe that I was the only person from U.S. in the room! That was something new for me...it's a lot different being the minority of a group. Overall, I learned a lot by talking with each person about their home country.
For the second half of my internship, I will be traveling throughout the country to different RE sites. I will be studying the implementation there and seeing the projects from the "bottom up." Many of the projects will be in villages...I am looking forward to that the most. Right now I am developing the topic for my research paper. Most probably it will be some sort of comparison between Indian and US policies or projects in RE. I'll write more later when I have it figured out!
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