In the year 2009, released Rajkumar Hirani’s ‘3 Idiots’ starring Aamir Khan, R. Madhavan and Sharman Joshi and changed the way Indians looked at education, career and success, especially for engineers.

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Phunsuk Wangdu, the near perfect engineering student went on to become one of the most memorable characters from the film! But did you know, the character was inspired from a real man?

Yes, there’s a real life Phunsuk Wangdu and what he’s doing for the environment is commendable!

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Sonam Wangchuk, the 50 year old engineer from Ladakh just got honoured with Rolex Award for Enterprise 2016 in Los Angeles. His project called ‘Ice Stupas’ is winning praises all over and is one of the five winners at the award.

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His project is an incredible attempt at solving water shortage for agriculture in the western Himalayas. Ice Stupas are artificial glaciers made out of meltwater that will be used to water the fields. "The Rolex Award funds will support the project and promote ice stupas as a climate-change adaptation and desert-greening technique," Mr Wangchuk said in a statement released by Rolex.  

Here’s to Sonam Wangchu and his intelligent efforts towards conserving the environment!