Following is the email that I just sent to Shri GopuKumarji
( CECRI )
– with copies to Cabinet Ministers / NITI Aayog / PM-EAC / PM-STIAC
etc
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Dear Shri GopuKumarji,
Just came across the following news
report in today’s Business Line :
Govt-owned
electrochemical lab cracks sodium-ion cell tech
It reads :
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CECRI…..will be ready to license technology for the mass production of Sodium Ion cells, if things go as
planned .
The production could be a big pep to Electric mobility because sodium-ion batteries cost a tenth of the conventional lithium ion batteries
Sodium, available in
abundance in sea water, has long been a preferred option, but the metal is also
tricky to handle due to its reactive nature.
The difficulty has not
deterred scientists at CECRI from trying, who have already developed the
technology for making lithium-ion cells and have offered to it to the industry.
Congratulations to your entire team on this “
game
changing “
breakthrough – especially considering that ,
# India has no deposits of Lithium and
must spend heavily to import it from Bolivia-China etc
# Extracting Sodium from our abundant
supply of sea water is not an issue
I take the liberty to endorse this email to
our :
Cabinet Ministers
NITI aayog
Members of PM’s Economic Advisory Council
Members of PM’s Scientific , Technology and
Innovation Council
Trade Associations ……..etc
I urge the Central Government to take the
following steps URGENTLY :
# Without waiting for the next
Republic Day , announce award of Bharat Ratna
to CECRI team
# Authorize CECRI to transfer
this technology , FREE of any cost , to companies
( Foreign or Indian ) which set up
manufacturing
plants ( under a
SPV , exclusively for this purpose ) in India
. These licensees shall be
prohibited from
transferring this technology to any other Company anywhere
# No
GST on Sodium-ion cells produced by these licensees , nor payment of any Corporate Income Tax for 10
years
for these Licensees
If for any reason ,
it is not possible to exempt the entire income from Corporate Income tax , then
, at
least the income derived
from exports of sodium-ion cells , should be exempted
I appreciate that it is too late to
incorporate these announcements in tomorrow’s Union Budget
But , nothing stops the Government to
make these announcements NEXT WEEK – or at least before the Election Code of Conduct kicks in by
next month !
With regards – and admiration ,
Hemen Parekh
From: Hemen Parekh [mailto:hcp@recruitguru.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2018 6:14 PM
To: 'gopukumar@cecri.res.in'
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Subject: RE: Lithium - Ion Cells
Dear Shri GopuKumarji,
Following might be of interest to you
Regards,
Hemen
These
fragile, futuristic batteries run longer with a little oil
A
new design could help solve a problem that has long troubled aluminum-air power
cells
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2018 2:57 PM
To: Hemen Parekh
Subject: Re: Lithium - Ion Cells
Dear Mr Parekh,
Thanks for your mail and I am to
say that at present CECRI does not work on Al/air. However, we did this work in
1985 to 1995 and gave up due to various reasons.
I have also seen the
PHINERGY news and also the video and looks interesting.
Best Regards
On 08/28/18 11:19 AM, Hemen Parekh <hcp@recruitguru.com> wrote:
Dear
Shri Gopukumarji,
I
read with interest following news report :
Where you
say :
If
mass-produced, cells made with CECRI’s technology can be sold cheaper than
those imported from China
Article
also talks about development efforts going on , in respect of :
Sodium-ion cells
Lithium-Air
, Lithium Titanium Oxide and Sodium Air , cells
In this
context , no doubt , you might be aware that Ashok Leyland has tied up with
an Israeli Company , PHINERGY
, for development of Metal Air battery
made of Aluminium
Is CERCI
working on this ?
In this
context , you might want to look up :
EV juice from Alu-Air Battery ? [ 16 Jan
2018 ]
Ashok Leyland is not waiting ! [ 17 Jan
2018 ]
Holy Grail for Electric Vehicles [ 17 Feb
2018 ]
Ashok Leyland : On the double [ 01 April
2018 ]
With
regards,
Hemen
Parekh / Mumbai
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Prof.Dr. S.Gopukumar
Prof.Dr. S.Gopukumar
Senior Principal Scientist & Professor (AcSIR),
National Coordinator- Innovative Solutions for Solar Energy Research (TAPSUN),
Electro-Chemical Energy Systems Division,
CSIR -Central Electro-Chemical Research Institute,
Karaikudi - 630 006, TamilNadu, India
Tel : +91-4565-241424
Mobile : +91-9443135901
Email :deepika_41@rediffmail.com
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31 Jan 2019
Rsvp :
hcp@RecruitGuru.com