Grundfos
India and NDTV Make Energy Efficiency the Buzz Word on World Environment Day
Partner for
“The Mission Energy Sessions” to
highlight key issues in energy conservation, access and security
Felicitated winners of India’s first
televised eco-challenge
New Delhi, June 05, 2014:
NDTV and Grundfos
Pumps India Pvt Ltd (Grundfos India) turned the spotlight on the
looming energy crisis this World Environment Day with the Mission Energy
Sessions – a platform for prominent energy experts, policy makers
and industry leaders to highlight issues; recommend solutions for industry and
the new government; and focus on energy efficient ideas for the future.
Actor Abhay Deol felicitated winners of the NDTV Grundfos Mission
Energy Challenge, which saw 100 contenders competing to achieve highest
energy and monetary savings. This was India’s first televised
eco-challenge, conducted in association with CII, and winners included
Larsen & Toubro Ltd, Vadodara; Indian School of Business, Mohali; Kesoram
Industries Ltd [Cement Division], Sedam and homeowner Ameetsinh Vaghela.
Held at the Taj Palace, New Delhi, many prominent personalities including actor Abhay
Deol, who is building an eco-home in Goa; Dr Ajay Mathur, Director General- Bureau of Energy
Efficiency, Government of India; Saurabh Kumar, Managing Director - Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL); Naina Lal Kidwai, Executive Director &
Country Head – HSBC and Former President – FICCI; Ranganath N K,
Managing Director - Grundfos Pumps India; Jørgen
Bjelskou, Group Public Affairs Director
– Grundfos; Dr Sunita Narain, Director General - Centre for
Science and Environment (CSE); Mili Majumdar, Director, Sustainable
Habitat Division – TERI; Beroz Gazdar, Head Sustainability -
Mahindra and Mahindra; Krishan Dhawan, Chief Executive Officer - Shakti
Sustainable Energy Foundation; Dr Prem Jain, Chairman - IGBC - CII; Samit
Aich, Executive Director – Greenpeace, amongst
others participated in the informative sessions.
Supporting the cause, Abhay Deol,
said, “It is a great initiative by NDTV and what I liked most about it
was it showcased great innovations, which gives so much encouragement to these
people. I already have a shopping list for my home after coming here.
It’s inspired me and if I am investing in it myself then it will
encourage those who are making these.”
Vikram Chandra, Group CEO, NDTV said,
“Over
the years NDTV's programming has brought focus on a number of social issues
through a multitude of campaigns. This campaign is an attempt by us to create
awareness around energy conservation and I am glad that we are able to
highlight viable solutions that can be adopted, both at an individual level as
well as at a national level.”
Ranganath N K, Managing Director, Grundfos India
said “We partnered with NDTV to promote energy
efficiency in India through the Mission Energy campaign on TV. This is a first
of its kind initiative and was aimed at
sensitizing all the stakeholders on the importance of energy conservation.
In the last five months, this campaign has had a considerable impact on
various stakeholders like the Government, industry, educational institutions,
as well as individuals. People are waking up to the fact that energy
conservation is critical to ensure we bridge the demand - supply gap in India.
Not only this, there are savings in costs as well - for the individual and for
the nation. India has still a long way to go till it can completely bridge the
energy deficit. Being energy efficient will help us achieve this at a lower
cost to the country. We at Grundfos along with NDTV are happy to have helped
increase the awareness and the momentum through Mission Energy.”
The event marked
the culmination of the NDTV-Grundfos Mission Energy Campaign, which was launched earlier this year
to create awareness about the importance of energy efficiency and encourage
individual efforts towards conservation. The Grundfos
Mission Energy Sessions were conducted with the aim to not only discuss
issues but also suggest plausible solutions. While the first session
focussed on highlighting gruelling current issues, suggestions from the
panellists on policy changes etc, the second session drew attention to
innovations in energy efficiency that can play a vital role in solving some of
India’s energy problems. This session showcased some unique and
viable innovations to facilitate energy efficiency in your homes and
organisations. The last session concluded with shortlisted participants from
the Mission Energy Challenge (conducted by NDTV in association with CII)
discussing "It’s All About ME – The Power of An
Individual” and presentation of awards to winners and Runners Up.
NDTV-Grundfos Mission Energy is supported by
CII as Knowledge Partner, TERI as Content Partner and Shakti
Sustainable Energy Foundation and AEEE
as Energy Efficiency Partners.
List of
Mission Energy Challenge Winners:
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Manufacturing Unit
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Winner
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Kesoram Industries Ltd
[Cement Division] Unit: Vasavadatta Cement, Sedam
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Runners
Up
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Godrej & Boyce-Appliances Division,
Satara
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Pridiw Poly Industries, Madurai
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Subros Limited, Pune
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Educational Institute
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Winner Up
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Indian School of Business,
Mohali
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Runners
Up
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MS University of Baroda
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Chiranjiv Bharati School, Palam Vihar
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Sanghamitra School, Hyderabad
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Commercial Building
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Winner
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Larsen & Toubro Limited
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Runners
Up
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CESC Ltd, Kolkata
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Bougainvilla Hermitage Retirement Village, Goa
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Kohinoor Hospitals, Mumbai
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Homeowners
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Winner
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Ameetsinh Vaghela
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Runners Up
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Manoj Jain
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Sanjeev Jain
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Binoy Kamath
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About NDTV
NDTV Ltd, founded in 1988, is India's largest news and
infotainment network. It is home to the country's best and brightest reporters,
anchors, camerapersons and producers. Offices and studios across the country
host India's most modern and sophisticated production, newsgathering and
archiving facilities. NDTV has an unmatched track record of being the first to
successfully launch innovative news and lifestyle channels: NDTV 24x7 is a
clear leader in the English news segment; NDTV India is amongst the country's
leading Hindi news channels while NDTV Good Times straddles issues from health
and holistic healing to fashion and food. In a first of its kind in the country
the 2-in-1 channel of NDTV Profit and NDTV Prime is a business plus
infotainment channel with NDTV Profit being India's number one markets’
news channel. NDTV is credited with pioneering several broadcasting and programming
initiatives in Indian television and has expanded into one of the nation's
biggest broadcasting houses by growing beyond news broadcasting and venturing
into non news verticals with NDTV Worldwide and NDTV Convergence. NDTV has
received many accolades for pioneering causes and for taking a leading role in
Corporate Social Responsibility. For more information visit www.ndtv.com
About
Grundfos India:
Grundfos Pumps
India Pvt. Ltd. (Grundfos India) a wholly owned subsidiary of Grundfos Holdings
was established in March 13, 1998. Grundfos India is responsible for sales of
Grundfos products in India, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Maldives. Currently,
Grundfos India has more than 250 employees and works with 200 distributors and
dealers with 20 offices across India. Grundfos India provides pumps and pumping
solutions for various applications – heating and hot water service
systems, cooling and air-conditioning systems, industrial applications,
pressure boosting and liquid transfer, groundwater supply, domestic water
supply, sewage and wastewater, dosing, chlorination systems, disinfection
systems and pumps running on renewable energy. For more information,
visit http://www.grundfos.in/
