Solar Hall of Fame Award

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 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, France
                    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. Tokyo University, Japan
                    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., Univ. of Florida. USA

1998             Dr. N. Cope, Consulting Engineer, USA
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

Last Revised: 2006