India’s Biomass Man: How Lt. Col. Monish Ahuja is Fighting Pollution with Innovation
On a cold morning in rural North India a farmer once stood helpless watching heaps of paddy straw pile up after harvest Burning it seemed like the only option a choice that would choke cities with smog and silently damage the soil But what if that same waste could become a source of energy income and hope This is where Lt Col Monish Ahuja Retd stepped in not as an entrepreneur but as a problem-solver shaped by discipline service and vision nbsp An alumnus of the prestigious National Defence Academy and trained in Nuclear Technology at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre Lt Col Ahuja s journey is anything but ordinary After serving the nation in uniform he chose a different battlefield India s growing environmental crisis Building a Green Revolution with BiomassIn he founded Punjab Renewable Energy Systems Private Limited a company that would go on to redefine how India looks