Addressing Challenges in Solar Implementation for Education Sector
Transformation Change Making is essential for tackling issues beyond technical aspects, focusing on societal, economic, and political dimensions. The journey so far involves engaging stakeholders, identifying key findings like lack of awareness, and expanding social coalitions through forums and community meetings to promote solar initiatives in education.
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Solar For Education: The Solar For Education: The Journey So Far Journey So Far : Presentation by : Arnab Ganguly, CUTS International Simran Grover, BASK Research Foundation Satrajit Sanyal, Optima Solutions Consulting
Transformation Change Making Transformation Change Making A concept to address issues not solely looking at it as a technical problem rather looking at it from the Societal, Economic and Political; Building Societal Coalitions is the key Redefining expectations from the future SEED COMMUNITY Build Narratives GREEN GROWTH Design Catalytic Projects SOLAR FOR EDUCATION Translate Discourses into Actions
The Roundtable Meeting The Roundtable Meeting Stakeholders across Government, Business, Academia, CSOs, Subject Experts were invited and divided in groups The Ideas that came up were Solar Rooftop Solar For Education Solar Irrigation Ecotourism Green Buildings
The Seed Community Meetings The Seed Community Meetings Discussion Briefs Prepared Vetting projects based on Environment Implications Opportunities Threats Political Willingness SCOPE FOR UPSCALING
Expanding the Social Coalition Expanding the Social Coalition The Forums The Forums Forum for Grassroots Educational Institutions Civil Society Organisations Banks and Financial Institutions Skill Development Organisations Policy Makers Forum for Jobs and Finance Forum for Policy Forum for Awareness
Key Findings Key Findings Lack of Awareness among educational institutions, Financial Institutions, CSOs on the Techno Financial aspects of Solar; Leading to: Non lending by Banks Institutions apprehensive of approaching the Govt. Institutions apprehensive of entering into contracts with Solar project developers regarding pricing, maintenance and after sales service
The Next Steps The Next Steps Development of a Training Manual For Grid Connected and Off grid systems Getting it vetted by the Seed Community members Capacity Building of educational institutions, Financial Institutions, CSOs, solar technicians, even some solar project developers
The Way Forward The Way Forward Deepening work in the area of solar rooftops Explore other areas where similar interventions could be undertaken Expanding the Social Coalition
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