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Sonam Wangchuk (engineer)
Indian engineer, innovator and education reformist
This article is about the engineer and inventor. For the Indian Army officer of the same name, see Sonam Wangchuk.
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Born | () 1 September (age58) Alchi, Jammu and Kashmir (now in Ladakh, India) |
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Occupation(s) | Engineer, educator |
Organization | Students' Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh |
Knownfor | Ice Stupa, SECMOL, Ladags Melong, Operation New Hope |
Spouse | Gitanjali J Angmo [1][2][3][4] |
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Awards | Global Award for Sustainable Architecture ()[5] Fred M. Packard Award () [6] Rolex Awards for Enterprise ()[7] Real Heroes Award () Ashoka Fellowship for Social Entrepreneurship ()[8] Ramon Magsaysay Award ()[8] |
Sonam Wangchuk (born 1 September ) is an Indian engineer, innovator and education reformist.[9][10][11][12][13][14] He is the founding-director of the Students' Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh (SECMOL), which w
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Sonam Wangchuk, The Real Life Phunsukh Wangdu
You may remember the character of Rancho or Phunsukh Wangdu from the movie 3 idiots but how many of us know the actual inspiration behind it. Various names of the protagonist in the whole movie, 3 idiots played by Aamir Khan. The film 3 Idiots drew inspiration from the real life story of an engineer-cum-scientist called Sonam Wangchuk.
This ladakh based engineer and genius, has build 'ice stupas' which is artificial glaciers to across the address of water problem in the community he lives in.
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Sonam Wangchuk - The real name behind Phunsukh Wangdu
While Sonam Wangchuk has taken many initiatives but it were first noticed and brought into prominence by the movie 3 Idiots in , there's more to this engineer educationist.
He is the founder of Student Educational and Cultural Movement in Ladakh that was established in the by the group of students. The whole institute is designed with solar energy and uses no fossil fuel for cooking lighting or heating.
He has also come up with a great way of providing fresh water to villages in the upper reaches of Ladakh that were in the biggest crisis situation. He sources of water are the nearby streams and he also uses his artificial glaciers that would stock freshwater for the