Management of Solar Energy Technologies and Women Empowerment: A Case of Women Barefoot Solar Engineers of India Dr G. Valentina

Name: Management of Solar Energy Technologies and Women Empowerment: A Case of Women Barefoot Solar Engineers of India Dr G. Valentina
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ABOUT THE BOOK: Dwindling and scarce energy resources in India have deprived electricity connectivity to 23 percent of 5, 86,000 villages and 56 percent of 138 million households in India. Difficult, remote locations and inaccessible terrain have compounded to the issue making it a Herculean task for various governments to extend electricity distribution networks to habitations and bring such scattered population into the ambit of electrification. Our attempts in India in the last decades show lack of aftercarefollow up –maintenance of these systems as reasons for the defunct systems. Solar energy technologies demonstrate as an alternative in meeting the electrification need in such difficult areas. This book discusses in detail on the conceptualisation of solar electrification project by National Institute of Rural Development, its initiation, management of rural energy systems by the community, training, supply and demand chains , collaborative linkages , sustainability and business dealing. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Dr. Valentina Golla, Assistant Professor at National Institute of Rural Development & Panchayatiraj (NIRD & PR), Government of India, is a Doctorate (PhD) in Sociology and specialized in Industrial Relations & personnel Management and Environmental Economics. Her professional life as a Faculty at Government Degree College, Hyderabad Central University and later at NIRD & PR got her involved in Training at International and National level, Policy oriented research studies, Action research projects and publishing many articles. Participated in International Conferences at Japan, Israel and Netherlands and worked in International Project on UN WOMEN on leadership development for women elected representatives. Principally being involved in Action Research on transfer

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Languages:: Published: English
Number of Pages:: 121
Age Recommendation:: 16 – 80 years
Publisher:: GenNext Publication
Publication Date:: 2016
ISBN / EAN:: 9789380222783
Weight:: 407 g

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