Ashok Gadgil, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Ashok Gadgil

American businessman

Date of Birth: 15-Nov-1950

Place of Birth: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Profession: inventor, university teacher

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Ashok Gadgil

  • Ashok Gadgil (born November 15, 1950 in India) Is Faculty Senior Scientist and was Director of the Energy and Environmental Technologies Division for 2010-2015 at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
  • He is also Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley.
  • He specializes in heat transfer, fluid dynamics, and technology design for development.
  • He also has substantial experience in technical, economic, and policy research on energy efficiency and its implementation - particularly in developing countries.
  • Two of his best-known technologies for the developing-world are "UV Waterworks" (a simple, effective, and inexpensive water disinfection system), and the Berkeley-Darfur Stove (a low-cost stove that saves fuelwood in internally displaced person's camps in Darfur).
  • In early 1990s, he analyzed the potential for large utility-sponsored projects to promote energy efficient electric lighting in poor households in developing countries, then teamed up with others to design and demonstrate such projects.
  • These have become commonplace in dozens of developing countries since 2000 onward, saving billions of dollars annually to their economies.

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