Ladakh Ignited Minds Project

April 27, 2021

The Indian Army recently initiated the Ladakh Ignited Mines Project to provide educational opportunities for the Ladakhi students.

The project aims to provide better future for the Ladakhi youths.
The Indian Army has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to implement the project. The MoU has been signed with HPCL (Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited) and a Kanpur based NGO called the National Integrity and Educational Development Organisation.
The MoU was signed in Leh.
The project will train forty-five students from Kargil and Leh districts. It will train twenty girls.
The project will train the students for JEE and NEET entrance examinations.

UPSC recently added Leh as its exam centre.
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) is to set up its first Geothermal Power project in Ladakh.

In the first phase, ONGC will drill up to 500 metres to tap hot sulphur and steam that spews out of the geysers.
In the second phase, drilling will be done deeper to explore the potential of the reservoir.
In the third phase, a commercial plant will be set up. The estimated power capacity of the plant is 250 MW.

Ladakh produces abundant natural resources with annual solar radiation greater than the other areas of India with high insolation.
It is popularly known as Lama Land or Little Tibet. It has numerous tourism opportunities at an altitude of 9,000 feet and 25,170 feet. Also, it has several monasteries.
The presence of abundant resources in Ladakh is what makes India, Pakistan and China fight over Ladakh.