An Initiative To Promote Energy Access Entrepreneurs
SELCO ENERGY ACCESS FUND is an Alternative Investment Fund, registered under SEBI as Category I – Social Venture Fund with registration number IN/AIF1/16-17/0262. SELCO Solar Light Private Limited is the investment manager of the Fund. The goal of the fund is to support companies in various stages that provide sustainable energy services to the underserved in India. Focus on entrepreneurs and enterprises in Tier 2-6 cities ie beyond the main metropolitan cities of India. Preference will be for entrepreneurs in rural and semi-urban areas. Complete access to holistic processes of a 25 year old financially profitable and highly impactful energy enterprise- SELCO Solar Light Pvt. Ltd.
Dr. Harish Hande
Founder & MD, SELCO Solar Light Pvt. Ltd.
Dr. Harish Hande is the founder of SELCO Solar Light Pvt. Ltd. and a globally recognised social entrepreneur. An IIT Kharagpur alumnus with a PhD from the University of Massachusetts, he established SELCO in 1995 with ₹15,000 in seed capital to deliver affordable solar energy to rural India's poorest households. SELCO has since installed over 450,000 solar systems. Dr. Hande was awarded the prestigious Ashden Award (the 'Green Oscars') twice — in 2005 and 2007. He is widely credited with disproving three myths: that the poor cannot afford, maintain, or sustain commercial energy enterprises.
Mohan Bhaskar Hegde
CEO, SELCO Solar Light Pvt. Ltd.
Mohan Bhaskar Hegde is the CEO of SELCO Solar Light Pvt. Ltd., leading the company into its 30th year of operations. He oversees SELCO's commercial solar enterprise operations across six states in India and steers the company's mission of delivering last-mile energy access.
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