Harish Hande
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Harish Hande | |
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 Hande at the World Economic Forum India Economic Summit in 2011 | |
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| Alma mater | IIT Kharagpur University of Massachusetts Lowell |
| Occupation | Social entrepreneur |
| Awards | Ramon Magsaysay Award 2011 |
Harish Hande (born Handerto Harish Hande) is an Indian social entrepreneur, who co-founded SELCO India in 1995.[1]
He was awarded with the Ramon Magsaysay Award for 2011 for "his pragmatic efforts to put solar power technology in the hands of the poor, through his social enterprise SELCO India".[2]
He was born in Handattu, Udupi District, Karnataka, and raised in Rourkela, Orissa, India.[3]
After completing his basic schooling in Orissa in Ispat English Medium School, he went to IIT Kharagpur for his undergraduate studies in energy engineering and graduated in 1990.[4][5]
He then went to the United States to do his master's degree and later PhD in energy engineering at the University of Massachusetts Lowell.[5][6]
Career
Hande co-founded SELCO INDIA (in 1995), a social enterprise, to eradicate poverty by promoting sustainable technologies in rural India.
SELCO India is a social enterprise that provides sustainable energy services to the poor in India.[7] Hande left the active management of SELCO India in 2014 and became the CEO of SELCO Foundation.[8]
