EAI - Energy Alternatives India

EAI, of which I am a co-founder, is a leading renewable energy and cleantech consulting firm in India.

EVREX - Electric Vehicle Summit at Hyderabad Co-organized by EAI, Feb 2018 at HITEC Expo Center

EAI coordinated EVREX, a prominent electric vehicle conference and exhibition. This was held in Hyderabad in Feb 2018. The conference had over 200 delegates and about 40 experts shared their views and insights

The Cleantech Guide

An online resource that provides simple answers to many interesting questions on cleantech, clean energy and environment

Climate Change for Idiots

Climate Change for Idiots, from the Cleantech Guide, is for the ordinary me and you. I have put together (easy to understand) answers to 70 questions that encompass most aspects of climate change and global warming relevant to the common person.

Will Jinjinoo Drown? - An Eco-novel for Children

Will Jinjinoo Drown? is the world’s first eco-novel for children, co-authored by me and my 9 year old niece Prakrithi. While the novel is suited for children of all ages beyond 6, children in the age group 7-13 will find the book especially interesting. You can download the book free from www.malarmugam.com

http://malarmugam.com/

Solar Mango

Solar Mango provides effective, expert guidance for the adoption of solar energy for all user segments - from Watts to Gigawatts, from off-grid to rooftop solar to large-scale solar farms. We are also India's largest web resource for solar energy and its applications

Oilgae - online resource for algae

Started in 2007, Oilgae originally had a focus on biofuels, but has today grown into a comprehensive resource providing intelligence on a wide range of fuel and non-fuel products and solutions from algae.

Push Trust - Education and Financial Support to Orphanage

Push Trust is an orphanage for small children, in the outskirts of Chennai. My company has been continually supporting the trust for over 8 years now, through a mix of financing, educational and also other material support. While the experience has been satisfying, it also showed me how such discrete assistance can only make a marginal difference - what's needed is a more powerful and effective framework to make a sustainable difference to such organizations and its members.

Carbon Zero Challenge

A pan India cleantech contest for college students and young startups

ISB Cleantech Contest Judge - 2015

I was one of the judges of the MBA school cleantech contest organized by ISB in 2015. It was an interesting experience - while it showed the potential such contests have, it also showed how little even the top rung MBA schools in the country appreciated the real challenges in cleantech

A Sustainable Software Company at Chennai - SolverMinds

I had the opportunity in 2014 to do a brief assignment for a Chennai-based software firm, SolverMinds. My assignment revolved around rooftop solar, but I discovered the company had implemented many green processes - natural daylight and other green building concepts, energy efficient laptops, waterless urinals, waste minimization at canteen, water harvesting, sewage waste management, waste segregation at source, employee involvement in sustainability, diesel efficiency in buses...an inspiration!

Yes 3D BY Kerala Industries Dept - Moderator for Session - Sep 12 Cochin

Young Entrepreneur Summit (YES) was organized by the Kerala govt in Cochin in Sep 2017. The objective for the event was to be a starting point and a catalyst for startups and entrepreneurs in Kerala. I was the moderator for the cleantech conference session that was held as part of this event. http://www.yeskerala.org/yes-3d-2017

Going Solar - A Webinar Co-hosted by Me for IITM Alums Worldwide

I recently had the pleasure of co-hosting a webinar for my alum IIT Madras, on solar power plants. The webinar was presented by Mux Narasimhan, a 1995 IIT alum who runs PlaySolar, and was part of the cleantech special interest group under the IIT Madras alumni outreach program. I was the host for the event - was a fun experience, coordinating a webinar for the first time in my life. More from here - https://fundoo.info/going-solar-commercial-residential/

Solar Business Opportunities - A Value Chain Perspective

A white paper I co-authored on the various current and emerging business opportunities in the solar energy value chain. This white paper had a focus on the solar photovoltaic sector, and is one of the few documents that in my opinion has analysed the value chain in such a manner that a company wishing to diversify or a startup will find it to be a ready reckoner