Dream of a Sustainable Future: Pragmatic Innovations May be the Answer
Prof. Satishchandra Ogale, a world-renowned Materials Physicist, has over 550 publications in peer-reviewed journals and 10 US patents. He has co-edited three books for Springer, Wiley and Elsevier. His h-index is 91 with over 40000 citations. He has won numerous national and international awards, prominent among them is the latest TWAS (The World Academy of Sciences, Italy) award. He is only 17th Indian Physicist in last 39 years to be recognized by this honor covering 138 countries. He is the elected Fellow of the Indian Academy of Science.
The human dream of “Sustainable Future” is under major stress due to the unscrupulous and irresponsible use of polluting fuels; especially over the past and current centuries. Reversing this scenario and moving rapidly towards clean and renewable energy has become an absolute necessity. While several countries worldwide are talking more and acting less, India is moving forward fairly rapidly towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through various initiatives. We will discuss some examples of my own research in this domain, especially the development of sustainable batteries; highlighting the notion and significance of a pragmatic approach.
