Sonam Wangchuk (engineer)
Indian engineer, innovator and education reformist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Sonam Wangchuk (engineer)?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
Sonam Wangchuk (born 1 September 1966) is an Indian engineer, innovator and education reformist.[5][6][7][8][9][10] He is the founding-director of the Students' Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh (SECMOL), which was founded in 1988 by a group of students who had been in his own words, the 'victims' of an alien education system foisted on Ladakh.[11][12] He is also known for designing the SECMOL campus that runs on solar energy and uses no fossil fuels for cooking, lighting or heating.[13][14][15]
Sonam Wangchuk | |
---|---|
Born | (1966-09-01) 1 September 1966 (age 57) |
Education |
|
Alma mater | |
Occupation(s) | Engineer, educator |
Organization | Students' Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh |
Known for | Ice Stupa, SECMOL, Ladags Melong, Operation New Hope |
Parents |
|
Awards | Global Award for Sustainable Architecture (2017)[1] Fred M. Packard Award (2016) [2] Rolex Awards for Enterprise (2016)[3] Real Heroes Award (2008) Ashoka Fellowship for Social Entrepreneurship (2002)[4] Ramon Magsaysay Award (2018)[4] |
Wangchuk was instrumental in the launch of Operation New Hope in 1994, a collaboration of government, village communities and the civil society to bring reforms in the government school system.[16] He invented the Ice Stupa technique that creates artificial glaciers, used for storing winter water in the form of a cone-shaped ice heap.[17][18][19]