Shyam Nandwani

Professor Shyam Nandwani is a major researcher in the solar cooking field and Director of the Laboratorio de Energia Solar at the Universidad Nacional in Costa Rica.

• Letter regarding the "Energy Globe Award."

As planned I got the certificate as National Winner (Energy Globe Award) on Monday, April 13. Ufortunately I could not get the World Prize, firstly because some have to lose so that other could win ..., secondly after analysing the other winners (one in each category, Earth, Fire, Water, Air and Youth) I could see that the objective of the prize was to encourage the social projects, means the implementation of the device (in some rural area. It was more important than the research.

I am attaching some photgraphs. Although I have done lot of dissemination work, and in last thirty years, trained many persons (at least in 10 countries) to make Solar Cookers (mainly) and other solar devices, however at the time of application form, did not stress concrete numbers of cookers made directly under my instructions. The five winners (out of 110) did that.

Shyam S. Nandwani recieving the "Energy Globe Award"

Maybe I will try again after two years, taking the award objective into consideration.

Once again I am thankful to Solar Cookers International (beng ex Board Member during 1990- 1997), Fraunhoffer Solar Energy Institue, (Sabattical during March- Aug.1996), IITAP (Sabbatical during Sept. 1996- Feb. 1997), RICSA (Member, during 1998- 2002) and ICTP (attending many courses on Solar Energy since 1977 and Associate Member during 1986- 2007) for getting the training and exchanging information with other research workers.

On the other hand I am pleased to inform that recently there was a competetion among university researchers to buy some equipments. Money was limited and there were many applicants. Recenly I am informed that I got US$25,000 to buy new equipments for my laboratory. This will really be great help in the quality and ease of data measurements.

With best regards

Shyam S. Nandwani

Prof. Universidad Nacional

UNA, Heredia

Costa Rica.

Documents

• January 2009: Solar Food Processing - Authors Experience With Cooking and Drying in Costa Rica - Shyam Nandwani
• July 2006: Varieties of Solar Cooker Devices and Uses - Shyam Nandwani

Contact

Shyam S. Nandwani, Ph. D.
Lab. de Energia Solar, Departmento de Fisica
Campus Omar Dengo
Universidad Nacional
Apdo 728, Heredia 3000
Costa Rica

Tel: (506) 22773482 or 22773345
Fax: (506) 22773344
Email: snandwan@una.ac.cr or snandwan@yahoo.com

http://www.una.ac.cr/fisica/energiasolar.htm