In the News
Five decades of press coverage — and the story is not finished
The coverage below spans from 1975 to the present. It is not exhaustive. It is a selection of the moments when the wider world took notice of what Vivek Mundkur was doing — often before anyone else in India had thought to ask the question.
1981 — India Today
Catching the Wind — Pramod Pushkarna
A five-page photographic feature on India's first hang gliding school at the CME, Pune. The most detailed published account of Vivek's pioneer work from the period.
2017 — The Hindu
Here Comes the Sun Again
On the Atom Solar water pump and its deployment across rain-deficient farming areas in Maharashtra. Quote: "Zero dependence on electricity and zero maintenance has been the biggest boon for small farmers."