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Go Green NEN EWeek BITS Pilani - Talk on Carbon Credits by NextGen PMS CEO Abhishek Humbad

02-16-2009 04:01 PM CET | Energy & Environment

Press release from: BITS Pilani Rajasthan

Proud to be BITSian Abhishek Humbad - CEO NextGen PMS

Proud to be BITSian Abhishek Humbad - CEO NextGen PMS

National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN) was co-founded by five premier academic institutions of India today namely BITS Pilani, IIT Bombay, IIM Ahmedabad, SP Jain Institute, Bombay and IBAB, Bangalore.

The Entrepreneurship Week – ‘E Week’ with the theme “Go Green! The World is our Business” initiated by the non-profit NEN of the Wadhwani Foundation is expected to have a participation from over 400 institutes and 500,000 students across 30 cities during February 7-14 2009.

The Birla Institute of Technology and Science – BITS Pilani which has the reputation of pioneering the online examinations for admissions through the path breaking BITSAT and setting a bench mark in industry university collaborations is one among the top ranking universities towering above the rest in various best college surveys in India today. Recently it has been accredited by NAAC with a CGPA of 3.71 out of 4 and ranked ‘A’ Grade Very Good Status also.

As part of the Go Green NEN E Week celebrations at BITS Pilani, on 12 February 2009, CEO NextGen PMS Abhishek Humbad gave a talk on carbon credits, carbon footprints, the challenges and opportunities in tapping renewable energy. He explained in detail as to how in the new movement to go green, which one hears and sees it all around, companies are buying green power and offsetting their carbon footprint with carbon credits.

It was an eye opener, when he pointed out how his company NextGen PMS http://nextgenpms.com/ has been going about doing its business. Humbad concluded his talk stating that carbon trading is one of the fastest growing specialties in financial services and that hundreds of thousands of companies are looking to go green this year alone, and are turning to green consultants to help them.

For those who want to know more about the dreamer, performer and achiever CEO behind NextGen PMS, let it be known that he is none other than Career Launcher Under age 25 Tycoons 2008 second position holder and moving spirit behind the Wall Street Club, Proud to be BITSian Abhishek Humbad who is in his final semester of B.E. (Hons) EEE at BITS Pilani.

About BITS Pilani: The Institute offers degrees in various disciplines presently at Pilani, Dubai, Goa and Hyderabad campuses apart from an array of work integrated learning programmes for HRD of a vast spectrum of Indian corporates. The alumni of the Institute who are Proud to be BITSians peaking with Passion Quotient for Alma mater and spread across the globe from Australia to America are the true ambassadors of Brand BITS Pilani.

Dr BR Natarajan
Professor & Vice President BITSAA
BITS Pilani Rajasthan 333031 India
Phone 91- 1596-242210
Fax 91-1596-244183
Email: brnt@bits-pilani.ac.in
Website: http://www.bits-pilani.ac.in

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