Energetic promotion

The Urjavaran Foundation, a non-governmental organization (NGO) is to organize, jointly with the Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Ministry of Power, Government of India, the Empower India 2009 exhibition from April 16-18, 2009 at the Bombay Exhibition Centre at Goregaon. The brochure for this event was released at the hands of Jairam Ramesh, Union Minister of State for Power, in New Delhi during the First Foundation Day celebrations and presentation of the Empower India 2008 Awards at the FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry) premises in July.

Minister Jairam Ramesh releasing brochure for Urjavaran Foundation’s Empower India 2009 exhibition, with Rusi Engineer (extreme right)

The Foundation aims at "assisting industries to conserve energy thereby reducing manufacturing cost, increasing profitability and adhering to mandatory requirements of the Energy Conservation Act,” marketing manager Godrej Daruvalla informs Parsiana. The Urjavaran Foundation advisory board has P. Abraham, former secretary, power as chairman, Rusi Engineer as president and Dhun Baldawala as vice president. Their bimonthly magazine Urjavaran has Engineer and Baldawala as editor-in-chief and associate editor respectively.