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About the Book: Reva EV: India's Green Gift to the World The journey of India's first zero-emission electric vehicle. To counter seas of cars, rising petrol prices, and snarling traffic, Reva Electric Vehicle is India's offering to the world in the shape of a zero-emission green mobility option. Dr. Maini recounts the story of Reva, India's first commercial electric vehicle—from the inception, ideation, and designing the car to taking it to the world. It is a story coloured with hope, determination, disappointment, success, and jubilation—it is the passion for making green commuting a viable possibility come alive in these pages from Reva's journey. It is the story of a team that believed in its products against all odds. A story of many firsts, this book is an immortal account of India soundly on the forefront of the electric vehicle movement with this unique car. About the Authors: Sudarshan K. Maini, Sandhya Mendonca. Sudarshan K. Maini is the founder of Maini Group of Industries, manufacturers of India's first electric car—REVA. Loughborough University, UK, honoured him with a degree of Doctorate in Technology for his contribution to Industry in India in 2006. The Vice Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University conferred on Dr. S.K. Maini the distinguished Alumnus Award in recognition of his epoch-making contribution to the field of propagation of Mahamana's ideals in 2009. Dr. Maini co-authored a book on the founder of Banaras Hindu University titled Visionary of Modern India - Madan Mohan Malaviya. He is a member of the Advisory Board of ICREATE—an organization for propagating innovations and technology. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of Ekal Vidyalaya Movement, which runs over 40,000 single-teacher schools in remote villages of India. He started the Gramothan Foundation in 2009 with an objective to improve the quality of life by eliminating the poor from rural India in the shortest possible time with systems that are workable, sustainable, and scalable to improve. Sandhya Mendonca is