Dilip Sankarreddy

Dilip Sankarreddy

Dilip Sankarreddy is the winner of World Bank India Development Marketplace Award in 2007[1] for innovating and providing a human-power based lighting solution "Swavalamban Mono Wheel Generator" to nomadic and tribal people in more than 120 rural locations in India.[2]

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Social Work

Dilip Sankarreddy serves as Vice President of Save Bombay Committee and Prakruti, nonprofits in India.[3] He has taken up various issues concerning urban development and has given talks about environment and sustainable development in international conferences and forums.[4][5]

He is a winner of World Bank India Development Marketplace Award in 2007 and his work has been recognized by various universities and governments.[6]

Politics

He serves in the Executive Board of People For Lok Satta, a political organization, as Vice President - Finance.[7] He has been instrumental in building the organization and driving various fund-raising activities.[8]

Poetry

He has written two poetry collections, Song of a Bard and Other Poems (2005) and Wanderings with Poetry (2007).[9]

Early life

He hails from Andhra Pradesh, India. He is a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science from PES Institute of Technology, Bangalore and a Full-Time MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

References

  1. ^ "Nomads, tribals can plug in to pedal power". India: Indian Express. 25. http://www.indianexpress.com/news/nomads-tribals-can-plug-in-to-pedal-power/160430/0. Retrieved September 2011. 
  2. ^ "Swavalamban Mono Wheel Generator - Final Report to World Bank". India. September 2009. pp. 22. http://savebombaycommittee.org/database/IDM/FinalReport_Project855_IDM2009.pdf. Retrieved September 2011. 
  3. ^ http://savebombaycommittee.org/people/index.html
  4. ^ "Economic Globalization and Environmental Policy". Emerging Cities in India and China: Creation of New Environmental Hotspots due to Globalization. Warsaw School of Economics, Poland. May 25, 2006. http://akson.sgh.waw.pl/~trusek/globalization/guidelines.php. 
  5. ^ http://savebombaycommittee.org/database/IDM/Swavalamban_102709.pdf
  6. ^ http://savebombaycommittee.org/people/dilipSankarreddy.htm
  7. ^ "People for Lok Satta elects its First Executive Board". Lok Satta News (Hyderabad). April 25, 2011. http://news.loksatta.org/2011/04/people-for-lok-satta-elects-its-first.html. 
  8. ^ http://peopleforloksatta.org/profiles/dilip-sankarreddy
  9. ^ Joshi, Manju (December 2007). "Words of wisdom". India: The Tribune. http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20071216/spectrum/book2.htm. Retrieved January 1, 2009. 

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