Innovator, national asset: Anand Mahindra on meeting real-life ‘Phunsukh Wangdu’

Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra took to Twitter posting a picture with Indian engineer, innovator and education reformist, Sonam Wangchuk and his wife Gitanjali. The Indian billionaire wrote that it was a pleasure to meet the husband-wife duo and discuss their university project.

Wangchuk is the founder of Student Educational and Cultural Movement in Ladakh that was established in the 1988 by a group of students. He has been recognised for his ollaborative and community-driven approach towards education.

The film 3 Idiots drew inspiration from the real-life story of an engineer-cum-scientist called Sonam Wangchuk. "But that hardly does justice to him! A true innovator & a national asset," Mahindra wrote.

The Indian billionaire is quite active on social media. He recently shared a video of a model to generate electricity using public traffic developed by Istanbul Technical University. "Given India’s traffic, we could become a global force in wind energy! Can we explore using them on our highways @nitin_gadkari ji?," he wrote on his Twitter account.

The video shows a device rotating as traffic moves on the road. The video was shot in Turkey where the wind generated by the passing traffic.

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