One lesson that Aamir Khan's 3 Idiots taught us is that we don't have to follow the rat race to achieve our dreams. That lesson was substantiated in Phunsuk Wangdu, the scientist who had 400 patents to his name and was even sought by the Japanese! What we didn't know was that the character of Phunsukh Wangdu was actually inspired by an engineer from Leh.

Wangchuk builds Ice Stupas to facilitate irrigation in the desert areas of the western Himalayas. These brilliant pieces of engineering are actually conical ice mounds that act like mini-glaciers and slowly release the water for agriculture. The term Ice Stupa was coined by him.

ICE STUPA IN SWISS ALPS
is growing fast...!
Stanzin and Sonam Wangchuk of Ice Stupa team have returned to India pic.twitter.com/xdotFw75Ml

— Sonam Wangchuk (@Wangchuk66) November 15, 2016