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‘Wind Man of India’ to receive Chanchlani Global Indian Award
Close on the heels of Ontario
proposing the Green
Energy Act, the Canada
India Foundation (CIF) is all
set to recognize the “hero of the
environment” as he is described
by Time magazine.
Tulsi Tanti, chairman and
managing director of Suzlon
Energy Limited, widely known
as the “wind man of India”, will
receive this year’s CIF Chanchlani
Global Indian Award on
April 18 at the Sheraton Centre
Hotel, Toronto.
Michael Ignatieff, leader
of the Liberal Party of Canada,
and Montek Singh Ahluwalia,
deputy chairman of the
Planning Commission of India,
will be the guests of honour.
CIF is also hosting the first
Canada India Energy Forum
from April 15 to April 17 to
identify opportunities for colla-
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• • Tulsi Tanti
between the two countries.
Tanti has put India on the
forefront of global efforts to
harness renewable sources of
energy. A mechanical engineer
by training, he founded Suzlon
Energy Limited in 1995 and has
transformed it into the world’s
fifth largest wind turbine
maker, commanding over 10.5
per cent of the global market.
boration in the energy sector He has received several
awards including the Ernst &
Young Entrepreneur of the Year
2006 and the India Business
Leader Award 2006 by CNBC.
This award assumes special
significance for Canadians as
Canada is one of the major countries
in which REpower Systems
AG of Germany, one of Suzlon
Group companies, operates.
Suzlon controls 91 per cent of
the voting rights in REpower
Systems AG, which is developing
a 954 MW wind farm in
Quebec.
Congratulating Tulsi Tanti,
Vasdev Chanchlani, the principal
sponsor of the award said,
“The award recognizes Mr.
Tanti’s pioneering contribution
towards the re-emergence of India
on the global scene. India’s
rich cultural heritage along with
its leadership position in science
and technology enables it to offer
innovative solutions to global
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problems like the energy crisis.
Suzlon is a case in point.”
Ajit Someshwar, national
convenor of CIF, said, “Mr. Tanti’s
success story highlights the fact
that India has built a substantial
repertoire of knowledge in a
wide variety of fields, which is
currently being tapped into to
find solutions to global crises”.
CIF is a national not-for-profit
organization established in
2007 and is dedicated to promoting
bilateral relations between
Canada and India, while
working to secure and promote
the interests of Canada’s dynamic
Indo-Canadian community
within the Canadian mosaic.
• For info, contact Manoj Pundit,
spokesperson, Canada India
Foundation, at 416-816-0841.
• For the gala, contact Ajit
Someshwar, national convenor, at
416-854-8600.
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