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Giving Evidence to House of Lord’s Select Committee - By Dr Prabodh Mistry On 19th November 2013, one of our Prajapati Samaj members was called to give evidence to the House of Lord’s Select Committee on Science and Technology. The committee was investigating United Kingdom’s technological readiness to use household and industrial wastes to produce energy and valuable chemical products. The member is Dr Prabodh B Mistry and we put some questions to him that we felt would be of interest to some of our readers. How did you come to be selected? One of the Government advisers has known me and knows about my policy and strategy work in generating energy from waste streams. He called me in October 2013 asking if I would be willing to give evidence based on my knowledge and experience in waste management. What was required to be done? Before attending, the clerk of the Pictured above - Dr Prabodh Mistry Committee sent me four key questions, around which they may ask questions. The same questions were also given to two other people from the industry, whom I had known but not met, and all three of us were to be questioned as a panel. There were several such sessions held during the full inquiry which lasted three months, taking evidence from over thirty people. Each session is captured in written format as well as a video – one based on my session can be found at: http://www.parliamentlive.tv/Main/ Player.aspx?meetingId=14251. This will remain on the Parliament TV channel until November 2014. How was the evidence used? The evidence has been summarised in a report that is published: http://www. publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201314/ ldselect/ldsctech/141/141.pdf. The report together with the detailed technical evidence, which runs into several hundred pages, is being used by university departments, research organisations and engineering companies in the UK to help develop the knowledge and technologies to produce sustainable energy and chemicals. How have you benefited – did you get paid? Giving evidence in this manner is considered an honour and only expenses are paid. Participating in this has helped me to raise my profile among policy makers, academics and the industry and will hopefully mean more business for my company (EHV Engineering), in the long term! Æh“dp„... Mphp S>¡hu QuS> lp¡e sp¡ Nd R>¡, Nmhp S>¡hu QuS> lp¡e s¡ A‘dp“ R>¡. ‘Qphhp S>¡hu QuS> lp¡e sp¡ byqÙ R>¡, ‘uhp S>¡hu QuS> lp¡e sp¡ ¾$p¡^ R>¡. v$¡hp S>¡hu QuS> lp¡e sp¡ v$p“ R>¡, g¡hp S>¡hu QuS> lp¡e sp¡ op“ R>¡. Æhhp S>¡hu QuS> lp¡e sp¡ â¡d R>¡, v$¡MpX$hp S>¡hu QuS> lp¡e sp¡ v$ep R>¡. lpfhp S>¡hu QuS> lp¡e sp¡ Arcdp“ R>¡, kp„cmhp S>¡hu QuS> lp¡e sp¡ NyZ R>¡. bp¡ghp S>¡hu QuS> lp¡e sp¡ kÐe R>¡, dp„Nhp S>¡hu QuS> lp¡e sp¡ k„sp¡i R>¡. L$fhp S>¡hu QuS> lp¡e sp¡ k¡hp R>¡, a¡L$hp S>¡hu QuS> lp¡e sp¡ Bjp® R>¡. R>p¡X$hp S>¡hu QuS> lp¡e sp¡ A“urs R>¡, Myi ’hp S>¡hu QuS> lp¡e sp¡ d“ R>¡. kpQhhp S>¡hu QuS> lp¡e sp¡ Bˆ>s R>¡, Ap‘hp S>¡hu QuS> lp¡e sp¡ brgv$p“ R>¡. hp‘fhp S>¡hu QuS> lp¡e sp¡ rhÛp R>¡, ‘|S>hp S>¡hu QuS> lp¡e sp¡ dpsp-r‘sp R>¡. Ad°sgpg Np¡‘pm L¡$ih, b°¡X$ap¡X®$ 12