Five Most Innovative Social Entrepreneurs

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Harish Hande
Five Most Innovative Social Entrepreneurs
Born in Udupi District of Karnataka and raised in Rourkela, Orissa, Harish Hande co-founded SELCO INDIA, a social venture to eradicate poverty by promoting sustainable technologies in rural India. It has its headquarters in Bangalore and has 25 branches in Karnataka and Gujarat. Currently they have installed solar lighting systems in over 120,000 households in the rural areas of these states. After completing his basic schooling in Orissa, Hande went to IIT Kharagpur for his undergraduate studies in Energy Engineering. He did his master's and PhD. in Energy Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Lowel in the U.S. Hande won several awards that includes Ashden Award for Sustainable Energy 2005 and Tech Museum Award 2005. Also to his accolade is the world's leading green energy award from Prince Charles in 2005. In 2007, SELCO INDIA won the Outstanding Achievement from Ashden Awards. He was also named the Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2007 by the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship and the Nand & Jeet Foundation. In 2011, Hande received Asia's prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award.

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