Imagine 1984. India was not a tech powerhouse; it was a country bound by red tape, power cuts & the suffocating shadow of the License Raj.
A brilliant mechanical engineer from IIT Bombay leaves behind the prestige of executive boardrooms, steps out onto the dusty plains of Maharashtra & makes a choice that sounds like absolute madness: He is going to build a global bio-energy empire out of Pune.
There were no VCs lining up. No safety nets. No high-tech labs.
Just a modest room, relentless heat & the deafening silence of a world that refused to take him seriously. When Pramod walked into banks asking for loans to extract energy from agricultural waste, traditional bankers literally laughed him out of the room. Western conglomerates owned the energy sector with an iron grip. Oil was $20 a barrel. Nobody wanted green energy. Nobody believed an Indian start-up could rewrite the laws of industrial thermodynamics.
There were months when the accounts ran dry, when the project walls seemed to collapse under financial strain & when every logical voice screamed at him to pack up & go back to a safe corporate paycheck..
In 1984, long before India's startup ecosystem existed, Pramod took an audacious leap into the unknown. Armed with little more than a vision to connect agriculture with industrial engineering, he founded Praj Industries.
The early days were fraught with skepticism. In the 1980s, biofuel was dismissed as an expensive fantasy. Crude oil was king & few believed a homegrown Indian startup could compete with global engineering giants. Financial strain mounted, capital was scarce & traditional industries laughed off the idea that agricultural waste could replace fossil fuels.
Yet, inside a modest office in Pune, Pramod stayed the course. He was betting on an eco-revolution that the rest of the world had not even begun to visualize.
Praj’s technological breakthrough was relentless, uncompromising engineering. Pramod built Praj Matrix, a world-class R&D hub in Pune, turning it into the crucible where India’s industrial biotechnology was born.
When the world finally realized that fossil fuels were poisoning the atmosphere, Praj Industries was already decades ahead.
From the lush sugar belts of South America to the industrial hubs of Europe, 1000+ bio-energy plants across 5 continents now run on tech engineered in India by Praj.
When Colombia launched its national ethanol-blending program, they did not look to Western conglomerates, they chose Praj's technology to fulfill 100% of their national mandate.
Praj pioneered groundbreaking tech that converts agricultural stubble, the very waste burnt in North Indian fields into clean, high-grade ethanol, turning an environmental hazard into clean energy.
Praj is now pioneering bio-jet fuels, ensuring that tomorrow’s commercial flights soar on Indian-developed green fuel technology. Pramod Chaudhari put India at the absolute center of the global bio-economy.
Recognized as the "Biofuel Man of India," he became the 1st Indian to receive the prestigious George Washington Carver Award in Washington D.C. & the 1st Asian to win the William C. Holmberg Award for Lifetime Achievement in Bioeconomy.
Where others saw agricultural waste, Pramod saw energy independence. Where the world relied on Western tech, Pramod forced the world to import Indian technology. Today, Praj Industries stands as a testimony to what happens when Indian engineering meets an unyielding commitment to the planet.
They told him he was attempting the impossible. But today, every time a car in Europe / America / India runs on green fuel, it runs on the unstoppable audacity of a man who proved that Bharat does not just follow the future. We power it.
1-Gas cylinder on missed call.
2-Payment of online bills.
3-UPI payment.
4-DigiLocker.
5-Jan Aushadhi Kendra.
6-Ayushman Card.
7-New Parliament Building.
8-Free vaccination.
9-Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana.
10-Surgical strike.
11-Operation Sindoor.
12-Triple Talaq Bill.
13-Aadhaar linking.
14-FASTag.
15-Chenab Bridge.
16-Jammu Tunnel.
17-Ganga Expressway.
18-Kashi Corridor.
19-Vishwanath Corridor.
20-Kedarnath reconstruction.
21-Shri Ram Temple construction
22-Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana.
23-Construction of toilets.
24-Doubling of railway tracks.
25-Expansion of railway stations.
26-Fewer days for ticket booking.
27-Ticket cancellation facility.
28-Golden Quadrilateral Scheme.
29-Bharatmala Project.
30-18 AIIMS construction
31-S I R
32-Mahatma Gandhi Setu reconstruction.
33-Bhupen Hazarika Setu.
34-Army modernization.
35-Make in India.
36-Drone revolution.
37-Direct money into farmers' accounts.
38-Ration digitization.
39-Free ration.
40-Kanya Sumangala Yojana
41-Implementation of GST.
42-Major reduction in GST.
43-Preservation of cultural heritage.
44-Construction of ponds.
45-Har Ghar Nal Se Jal.
46-22 hours of electricity.
47-Unprecedented rebate in income tax.
48-Abolition of Article 370.
49-553 new railway stations.
50-1500 new overbridges.
51-Removal of over 200 obsolete laws.
52-ED's record-breaking raids on corrupt individuals.
53-Year-long waiver on FASTag for 3000 rupees.
54-Implementation of VVPAT in EVMs.
55-Kartavya Path route.
56-Pictures of cultural heritage on currency notes.
57-Reconstruction of Nalanda University.
58-Indigenous production of Tejas.
59-Self-reliance in cell phone manufacturing.
60-Mudra Yojana.
61-Ujjwala Yojana.
62-Suraksha Bima.
63-390 new universities
64-7 new IITs
65-7 new IIMs
66-16 new IIITs
67-300 new medical colleges.
68-Construction of Pamban Bridge.
69-Rishikesh-Karnaprayag railway project.
70-Uttarakhand Char Dham road construction.
71-BrahMos production factory.
72-Assault rifle manufacturing in Amethi.
73-Vande Bharat modern trains.
74-Law on Waqf Board property.
75-Bio-toilets in railways.
76-Implementation of labor laws for workers' welfare.
77-Implementation of GRAM JI Yojana.
78-India has already surpassed China in road construction.
79-12 lakh youth provided government jobs.
80-Over 8 lakh commercial licenses issued.
81-80,000 new petrol pumps.
82-Construction of Shaurya Sthal.
83-Merger of railway budget into general budget.
84-Over 9000 new schools.
85-Bulldozers on illegal constructions.
86-Fencing on borders.
87-Open license to army against terrorism.
88-Vikas Kaushal Yojana.
89-Demonetization.
90-FASTag facility by abolishing toll gates.
91-Chandrayaan.
92-Mangal Mission.
93-Multi-satellite stabilization.
94-Reduction of flood-affected areas in Bihar.
95-End of queues.
96-Smart City expansion.
97-Urea coating for farmers.
98-PF withdrawal made convenient.
99-Creation of over 5 crore new jobs in private and domestic sectors.
100-If the farm laws had been passed, brokerage would have ended, and illegal encroachments by many Bangladeshis in mandis would also have ended.
Therefore, stand firmly with BJP and Modi ji, and understand the opposition's conspiracies.
I urge the readers of this post to make this hashtag viral. #suspenddipkepassport
This 4 foot fu€k@ll inch tall stinkw€€d @abhijeet_dipke is threatening from his rathole to raise voice against the arrests defying Supreme Court of India's order.
In all likelihood, your passport may get suspended kid. I urge MEA to suspend his passport immediately because we all know which all anti-national forces formed part of his protests.
So many criminals can't congragate at one place without the hands of anti-national elements.
#suspenddipkepassport
@MEAIndia@DrSJaishankar
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If the harassment of students at the hands of the police continues, the Cockroach Janta Party will respond with a massive peaceful protest soon.
The Govt must stop targeting and witch-hunting students.
Someone needs to tell the CJP leadership this:
Whatever goodwill you earned over the last 50 days is being squandered by appearing on Godi media.
You are not ‘exposing’ them.They are already exposed. Every appearance only helps rehabilitate the very ecosystem your movement challenged.
Don't give them the legitimacy they desperately need.
The Modi govt & state govts under BJP are still harassing & victimising the youth who peacefully protested across the country, especially Muslims. They are also harassing those who criticised Modi during the protests.
This will give rise to more anger & more protests against them
Congratulations
Dharmendra Pradhan Resigns
At what cost
Peaceful protesters :
Lathicharged
Suffered injuries
pellets embedded in eyes
Went on a hunger strike for 23 days
Who pays for this !
The Home Minister @AmitShah is responsible for the atrocities inflicted on peaceful protestors on July 20. The Home Minister must resign: @MamataOfficial
DAY 26
PEACE & ONLY PEACE IS MY WAY…
While at Jantar Mantar the protests remain peaceful I’m pained to learn that elsewhere some antisocial elements are taking advantage of the peaceful protests to provoke violence.
No matter what the other side does our response must only be flowers.
Please keep this tradition at all costs.
When the spell of fear fractures, the politics of resistance begins. Jantar Mantar wasn’t just a protest—it was India’s youth reclaiming the national agenda.
Sawal ye nahin ki janata khari hogi ya nahin, sawal sirif itna hai ki jab janata khari hogi tab tak kahin ham toh nahin baith jayenge.
Janata was standing. And so was I.
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