The Bureau of Energy Efficiency, New Delhi (Government of India) and the Renewable Energy Agency, Puducherry (REAP) presented the Energy Efficiency Award 2008 to CERD for its work on fuel efficient stoves/Tawa. It may be recalled that CERD has been installing fuel efficient stoves in Pondicherry in technical collaboration with the Centre for Sustainable Technologies (ASTRA), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore for the past one year.
The award was given by the Honourable Chief Minister of Pondicherry and was recieved by Mr.T.P.Raghunath, Chairperson, CERD on 23rd December 2008 in a function held at Hotel Ram International.