Mahaveer Prajapat

Adoption, Impacts and Barriers to Decentralised Solar Energy in a Tribal Region: Evidence from Dungarpur and Banswara Districts of Southern Rajasthan, India

Mahaveer Prajapat, Om Prakash Prajapat & Renu · Asian Journal of Advanced Research and Reports · 2026

This study examines the extent and pattern of decentralised solar energy adoption in the predominantly tribal districts of Dungarpur and Banswara in southern Rajasthan, India (twenty villages across ten tehsils), measures its economic and social effects, identifies barriers const...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajarr/2026/v20i101486

Geographical Distribution and Potential of Solar Energy Resources in the Dungarpur and Banswara Districts of Southern Rajasthan, India: A GIS-Based Multi-Criteria Assessment

Mahaveer Prajapat & Renu · Asian Journal of Geographical Research · 2026

Solar energy development in India has been geographically uneven, and the reasons for that unevenness remain poorly understood at the sub-district scale. This study therefore analyses the geographical distribution, technical potential and socio-economic implications of solar ener...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajgr/2026/v9i4474

When Maintenance Stops Paying: Custody, Incentive Collapse, and the Household Cost of Derelict Water Harvesting Structures in Eastern Rajasthan, India

Om Prakash Prajapat, Renu & Mahaveer Prajapat · Asian Journal of Advanced Research and Reports · 2026

Semi-arid India holds a large stock of water harvesting structures that no longer work. The usual explanations for their condition, namely rainfall, structure age, and the supposed superiority of modern over traditional designs, account for that condition poorly. This paper asks...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajarr/2026/v20i111504