Dr.
Anil K. Rajvanshi, the
Director of Nimbkar Agricultural Research
Institute (NARI) has been selected for the prestigious
US based Solar Hall of Fame for 1998. This award was
established during the Bicentennial of USA by an Act of Congress and is
given for "Promoting Excellence in the field of Solar Energy
Utilization through public testimonials and tribute to outstanding
contributions in the field".
THE
SOLAR HALL OF FAME AWARDEES
1976
Dr. C. G. Abbot, Exec. Secretary,Smithsonian
Institution, Washington D.C.,USA
Dr.
E. A. Farber, Dir., Solar Energy & Energy Conversion Lab. Univ. of Florida,USA
Dr.
J. I. Yellott, John Yellott
Engineering Associates, Inc. Phoenix, AZ. USA
Dr. H. E. Thomason, Pres., Solaris Solar Houses, Inc. Washington, D.C., USA
1977
Dr. H C. Hottel, Prof. Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, USA
Mr.
E. D. Howe, Dir., Saline Water Conversion Lab. Univ. of California, USA
Mr. F. Bridgers, Bridgers
& Paxton Consulting Engineers, Inc, Albuquerque, USA
1978
Dr. F. Daniels, Dept. Chairman, Chemistry, Univ. of Wisconsin, USA
Dr.
M. Telkes, Solar Thermal Storage Div., American
Technological Univ., USA
Mr.
H. Hay, Pres., Skytherm Processes & Eng., USA
1979
Dr. H. Z. Tabor, Scientific Director, Hebrew Univ., Israel
Dr.
R. C. Jordan, Prof., Univ. of Minnesota, USA
Dr.
V. A. Baum, Dir., Tashkent Solar Lab., Russia
1980
Dr. F. Trobme, Dir., Laboratoire
d’l’ energie solair,
Dr.
R. Morse, Dir. Solar Research CSIRO, Australia
1981
Dr. I. Tanashita, President, Ikutoku
Univ., Japan
Dr. J. Lindmayer, President, Solarex
Corp., USA
1982
Dr. A. Whillier, Dir. Research, Union of So. Africa
Dr.
J. C. Kapur, Kapur Solar
Farms, India
1983
Dr. J. L. Threlkeld, Prof., Univ. of Minnesota, USA
Mr.
R. W. Bliss, Donovan & Bliss Architects, USA
1984 Dr.
T. A. Lawand, Dir. Brace Research Institute, Canada
Mr.
H. McCraken, Pres. McCraken
Solar Co. USA
1985
Dr. J. Page, Prof. College of Sheffield, England
Dr. F de Winter, Pres. Atlas Corp. USA
1986
Dr. M. Yanagimachi, Prof.
Mr.
J. A. Eibling, Pres. Eibling
Thermal Systems Tech. USA
1987
Dr. W. A. Shurcliff, Prof. Harvard Univ., USA
Dr.
K. Kimura, Prof. Architecture, Waseda Univ., Japan
1988
Dr. W. H. Klein, Dir. Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, USA
Dr.
J. J. Loferski, Dean, Engineering Brown Univ., USA
1990
Mr. S. Baer, Pres. Zomeworks Corp. USA
1991
Dr. L. O. Herwig, PVC Div., U.S. Dept. of Energy
(DOE), USA
Dr.
Y. Goswami, Dir. Solar Energy & Energy Conversion
Lab. Univ. of Florida, USA
1992
Dr. K. G. Soderstrom, Dept. Chair, University of
Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico
Mr.
J. L. Thomason, Engineer, U.S. Naval Academy, USA
1993
Mr. W. W. Farber, Pres. U. S. Solar Corp., USA
Mr.
R. L. Bailey, Prof. Elect. Eng.,
1998
Dr. N. Cope, Consulting
Dr. A. K. Rajvanshi, Dir.
Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute, India
1999 Dr.
David L. Block, Former Director, Florida Solar Energy Center, Florida, USA
2005
Dr. Karl W. Boer , Former Director, Institute of Energy Conversion, Univ. of
Delaware, USA
Dr. Stanford R. Ovshinsky, Chairman, Energy
Conversion Devices, Inc., USA
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