Winners of The Al Gore Sustainable Technology Venture Competition™ 2010, Held at IIT Madras, September 29 - October 3 Have Been Announced.
The Al Gore Sustainable Technology Venture Competition, India, 2010, was held September 29 – October 3 at one of the world’s leading institutions for higher education: the stunning and verdant Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras. Seven leading CEOs and MDs, of major venture capital firms, and from industry, judged the competition. Team Nairao Inventions (Sastra University, Thanjavur) took first prize, for a new means of capturing carbon from industrial exhaust to create relatively inexpensive industry-grade Carbon Nanotubes (CNT); and Team Think Innoventions (IIT Kharagpur - IIM Ahmedabad), took second prize, for a novel way to desalinate sea water.
The United States government was officially represented by the Embassy of the United States of America, New Delhi, which deputed Minister-Counsellor Blair Hall, its top ranked diplomat in charge of Economic Affairs, Environment and Energy, to inaugurate the competition at IIT Madras, September 29, 2010. Minister-Counsellor Hall's keynote address focused on President Obama's recent initiatives on climate change and energy independence. Minister-Counsellor Hall's presence at IIT Madras was a tribute to the importance of the competition, worldwide, together with the US government's acknowledgment of the contribution of the competition in tackling climate change, the environment and energy security.
View the 2010 Competition Photo Gallery.
At The Al Gore Sustainable Technology Venture Competition, India, 2009, at IIT Kharagpur, the United States government was represented by US Consul General in Kolkata, Ms. Beth Payne. Her address at the IIT Kharagpur awards ceremony, November 7, 2009 is here.
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