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January 30, 2019
Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania awards 4th annual Carnot Prize to Piyush Goyal, India's Minister for Railways
Photos: India’s Minister for Railways, Coal, Finance and Corporate Affairs, Piyush Goyal, addressing after receiving the ‘Carnot Prize’ of the Kleinman Centre for Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania, in New Delhi on January 30, 2019.
Photo: The Union Minister for Railways, Coal, Finance and Corporate Affairs, Piyush Goyal, arrives at Parliament House to present the Interim Budget 2019-20, in New Delhi on February 01, 2019.
New Delhi, January 30, 2019 — The Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design formally presented the fourth annual Carnot Prize to Mr. Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways & Coal, Government of India, at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.
Piyush Goyal stated that “it is both a personal honor as well as a tribute to the efforts of all involved in this great work throughout India to be recognized with the Carnot Prize by the University of Pennsylvania.”
The Carnot Prize is the Kleinman Center’s annual recognition of distinguished contributions to energy policy through scholarship or practice. The most prestigious award in the energy sector, Carnot Prize is named after French physicist Nicolas Sadi Carnot who recognized that the power of the steam engine would “produce a great revolution” in human development.
Source: Ministry of Railways, India
|GlobalGiants.Com|
Honoured to receive the #CarnotPrize2018. Dedicate this award to the enabling & inspiring leadership of PM @NarendraModi, & all those who work in the energy sector helping bring electricity & light to the lives of crores of poor fellow Indians. pic.twitter.com/XHWpwyZnkr
— Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) January 30, 2019
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