11 June 2026 Earlier this June I had the pleasure of participating in two highly relevant discussions for accelerating the renewable energy adoption in the EU. The meeting on Renewable Energy Directive (RED III) implementation was focussed on policy changes required to achieve the goal. Whereas the meeting on grid resilience focussed more on the technical aspects that could actually make renewable energy work on a continental scale. [1-3] The Renewable Energy Directive proposed by the EU is now a law that the member states are required to enforce. But while the intent has been positive the actual implementation of the law has been lagging. The reasons could be many: slow bureaucracy, political opposition, conflicting goals, technological gaps and prioritisation of other pressing concerns. Member states have their own complex politics & their own issues to take care of before they can look at union directives. Now to overcome this challenge the union has adopted a carrot ...
I thank the engineering export promotion council of India for organising a roadshow for the upcoming Pharma Tech expo in Sep 2026. I would also like to thank the I-hub foundation for cobotics at IIT Delhi for organising an online discussion on the evolution of healthcare with development of tooling and technology across successive industrial revolutions. The two events presented a unique opportunity for me to attempt to apply myself in the field of medicine which needless to say is extremely challenging considering that this sector is highly regulated and requires specialisation. But after listening to the experts in the field I was convinced that the industry is moving towards automation and some of the biggest challenges being faced by India and other developing states in Africa are access to machines and instruments that can help provide healthcare to people. A concern that many of the leaders in the field shared is that while India has done reasonably ...