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SELCO India

State:
Established:
1995
Industry:
Service Provider
Solution type:

People:

Harish Hande

Chairman & Co-founder

About Company

SELCO Solar Light Pvt. Ltd. is a for-profit social enterprise based in Bangalore, India. SELCO has played an instrumental role in improving living standards of poor households in rural India especially in the state of Karnataka through solar energy-based interventions and low smoke cook stoves. In recognition of the services towards reduction of the gap in access to energy, SELCO has been awarded the prestigious Ashden Awards (also known as the Green Oscars) twice, in years 2005 and 2007. SELCO India was founded in 1995 by Dr.Harish Hande an alumnus of IIT Kharagpur with INR 15,000 funding from its co-founder Mr. Neville Williams. SELCO India has installed solar light systems in 350,000 houses till date.

Selco Foundation’s e-shala (e-school) project takes education to children in rural areas, mostly in areas where power supply doesn’t exist by using a solar-powered power storage device, LED projector, and tablet loaded with content.



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