“Nimbus 2.0” – a team from the Department of Energy Science & Engineering secured the first prize and received $10,000 in the International Switch Energy Case Competition 2022. The competition was organized by Switch Energy Alliance, a Texas-based nonprofit organization, with support from Sempra and the Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin (PGE).

Over 140 teams from 15 countries participated in the competition and were tasked with developing a 30-year plan for improving energy access and reliability in countries like Colombia, Ghana, and Myanmar. IIT Bombay’s team comprising Ph.D. students Mr. Shivam Kumar and Ms. Roopmati Meena and DD students, Ms. Srushti Bhamare and Ms. Shruti Prajapati, worked on energy poverty issues in Ghana and won the finale where the top 5 teams presented their projects to a live audience and a 3-member jury.