College alumni of a model kind.THE alumni of Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, a premier center of technical education, was established in the academic year 1980-81 by the Prabandhak Committee Gurudwara, Sri Nanak Jhira Saheb, Bidar. The college is is approved by All India Council for Technical Education ( A.I.C.T.E. ). ( GNE GNE Gateway Network Element (data communications) GNE Game Neverending (MMORPG) GNE Gross National Expenditure GNE Game Networking Engine GNE Graphical Network Editor (Nortel) ) in Ludhiana are working on a plan to convert the college campus into an energy efficient and carbon neutral campus. The ambitious plans of the former students -- to be launched on November 8 -- include the replacement of electric bulbs and tubes in hostels and classrooms with CFLs. The existing sodium lamps on the campus streets would give way to LEDs. The LEDs and CFLs would be funded by the alumni. After the successful completion of the first phase, the old students plan to utilise solar energy solar energy, any form of energy radiated by the sun, including light, radio waves, and X rays, although the term usually refers to the visible light of the sun. to facilitate cooking. They also plan to promote a new motor vehicle policy on the college campus and limit the use of motorised Adj. 1. motorised - equipped with a motor or motors; "a motorized wheelchair" motored, motorized vehicles. The endeavour will require them to replace 650 light bulbs and 2700 tubelights with CFLs and install LEDs replacing the 150 sodium lamps -- of 250W each -- that light up the streets. The alumni association An alumni association is an association of graduates (alumni) or, more broadly, of former students. In the United Kingdom and the United States, alumni of universities, colleges, schools (especially independent schools), fraternities, and sororities often form groups with alumni has approached old students holding important positions in reputed electric companies for CFLs, LEDs and other equipment. The GNE alumni hope that their alma mater would save about Rs 30 lakh lakh Noun (in India) 100 000, esp. referring to this sum of rupees [Hindi lākh] Noun 1. lakh - the cardinal number that is the fifth power of ten 100000, hundred thousand on electricity every year because of their efforts. The college paid over Rs 60 lakh on electricity bills last year. The money saved would be used for students' welfare activities, they propose. Their college will also become the country's first carbon neutral institute, they claim. Vikas.kahol@mailtoday.in Copyright 2009 India Today Group. All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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