Daijiworld Media Network - Moodbidri (SP)

Moodbidri, Jan 31: Denim D'Costa, a native of Moodbidri, who has explained how operating cost and pollution can be drastically reduced by using solar system with batteries in remote areas of developing countries, has earned lot of attention.

D'Costa had developed this project at the Chair of Energy Economy and Application Technology in cooperation with United Nations Word Food Programme. The UN is now working on the implementation of the results in over 300 humanitarian locations worldwide, with first among being launched in Jalalabad, Afghanistan.

Denim (29) was honoured with sponsorship award by the Bavarian Solar Energy Association. For his Master's thesis, he was awarded EUR 1,500. Now he has started his second master's course and he now is a student of management at the Technical University of Munich (TUM)'s TUM school of management. The German publication, Suddeutsche Zeitung, recently published a detailed report about him and his unusual life story under the caption, 'Light for Moodbidri'.

D'Costa is also a living organ donor to his mother. He has been honored with University award and best thesis award in the German state for his research for developing countries for humanitarian cause. He also gets scholarship support from Archdiocese of Munich, Germany.

Denim D'Costa at the TU Munich is working on a portable battery that will be charged by a small solar cell. It would be very handy in areas where there is no electricity.

During his period of study at Mysuru, D'Costa had begun working on a solar powered cooker and hybrid system. Working along with three other fellow students, he had developed a business plan and a prototype, for which the government of India had given 'Innovative Bachelor Thesis Project' award. He chose to get higher education in Germany as compared to USA because of cost factor. He has been studying in Munich since 2014.

Denim D'Costa receives 450 Euros every month in the form of scholarship from the Archdiocese of Munich. He wants to continue working on research projects besides volunteering for humanitarian projects. He says he is grateful to his father Frank D'Costa, mother Juliet D'Costa and sister Dencil Deepika D'Costa, for their love and support.