Harish Hande is an engineer and renewable energy entrepreneur with over 23 years of grassroots experience in meeting requirements of underserved communities. He is the co-founder of SELCO Solar Light Pvt Ltd and is presently the CEO of SELCO Foundation. Today SELCO’s interventions have impacted more than 500,000 poor households across 6 Indian states, while focusing on Innovation and Ecosystem building, for which Harish was awarded the Magsaysay Award in 2011
Harish, a graduate from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and a Masters and PhD from University of Massachusetts, US. He co-founded SELCO in 1994-95 after experiencing benefits of solar energy in rural areas of Dominican Republic and Sri Lanka. Harish is recognized as a pioneer of rural energy service across the globe. He and his company have received many national and international awards including the reputed Zayed Future Energy Prize in 2018 and the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship – 2018.
Clean Energy • Economic Opportunity • Environmental Sustainability • Health • Livelihoods • Living Conditions • Peace • Sustainable Markets • Women's and Girls' Education • Youth Job Skills
Central and Southern Asia, Eastern and Southern Africa
