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Line 51: ==Beginnings and purpose== ~~Fr.~~ M.M. Mathew~~, [[Jesuits\|S.J.]],~~ developed an interest in solar energy while working with the student forum on the environment [[Tarumitra]] ("Friends of Trees").<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/Sunshine+man/1/78206.html\|title=Sunshine man\|access-date=2017-02-21\|deadurl=no\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818102656/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/Sunshine+man/1/78206.html\|archivedate=2016-08-18\|df=}}</ref> He went on to [[Gujarat]] in early 1996 to study renewable energy under [[Wolfgang Scheffler (inventor)\|Wolfgang Scheffler]], the inventor of the solar concentrated Scheffler community cooker. Mathew then, with the support of the Patna Jesuits, founded a solar manufacturing unit at St. Mary's church compound in [[Patna]]. The [[Ministry of New and Renewable Energy\|Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources]] (MNES) approved this venture for use countrywide, and engineers from [[Germany]] and [[Switzerland]] assisted.<ref name=tribune/> A vocational training program affiliated with the [[National Institute of Open Schooling]] was also set up.<ref name="wikia">{{Cite news\|url=http://solarcooking.wikia.com/wiki/Solar_Alternatives_and_Associated_Programmes\|title=Solar Alternatives and Associated Programmes\|newspaper=Solar Cooking\|access-date=2017-02-21\|language=en\|deadurl=no\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171025074810/http://solarcooking.wikia.com/wiki/Solar_Alternatives_and_Associated_Programmes\|archivedate=2017-10-25\|df=}}</ref> Among its initiatives the school trains around 15 students a year free of cost, half from the USA and UK, in using solar energy. It also provides local peoples consutation and advice at no charge.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120315/jsp/bihar/story_15249275.jsp#.V4lj4vkrIrg\|title=Church preaches solar power mantra\|newspaper=The Telegraph\|access-date=2017-02-21\|deadurl=no\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222195649/https://www.telegraphindia.com/1120315/jsp/bihar/story_15249275.jsp#.V4lj4vkrIrg\|archivedate=2017-02-22\|df=}}</ref>

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