ASIA/INDIA - The Salesians start a center for renewable energy in the Northeast

Monday, 1 June 2015

Guwahati (Agenzia Fides) - It is a center created thanks to the partnership of Salesian Fathers with other companies already present in the sector: the Don Bosco Centre for Renewable Energy, within the Don Bosco Technical Institute in Maligaon, in the northeastern state of Assam, was inaugurated in recent days in the presence of leaders of the congregation, university professors, civil authorities and managers.
In a note sent to Fides, the Director of the Institute of Don Bosco in Maligaon, Fr. Benny Alex says: "The center is the first of its kind in northeast India. It will act as a platform for integrated research on development, innovation, training and support primarily in the field of renewable energy technologies". "In addition to helping young people from the northeastern region to become entrepreneurs, the center will serve as a reference for large industries. Hopefully, skilled workforce for companies that operate in the field of renewable energy will be created in the next five years".
The Salesians say that the challenge of renewable energy "can no longer be postponed, it is an urgency for India" in the wake of what the Pope says and what will be deepened in the next encyclical, dedicated to ecology. (PA) (Agenzia Fides 01/06/2015)


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