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Made in Germany | Social Entrepreneur: Lights On in India

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Uploaded by on Feb 10, 2008

57 percent of the population in India has no electric light, and many would be unable to afford regular electricity even if it were available. But Harish Hande is working to improve the situation. He set up a company called Selco in Bangalore, which now supplies some 80 000 people with solar power.

He's helped improve life for many in Karnataka and Kerala, making it possible for children to study for school by lamplight and allowing small independent businesses to keep working even after nightfall. His project has been very successful - and it's environmentally-friendly, too. Report by Dagmar Zindel.

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  • Harish - watching this video really made me proud of you. Great work ... incredible impact ... humble as usual.

    Cheers,

    Pavan Vaish

  • this is amazing. hats off to the brilliant entrepreneur who did it. i feel so inspired too. i wish i could come up with something like this. n i feel so proud of being indian when i see people like this who think long-term and care about the environment.

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  • hats off to harish......

  • gr8t....

    inspiring

  • What a great inspiration you are - Harish. Appreciate your determination and perseverence to be an ethical entrepreneur. It's easy for others to make negative comments on your hard work but they don't know how hard to pull the strings to get the ball rolling, especially in India.

    Hats off.....

    Vishwa

  • Exactly my idea! Solar energy! Spread the sales of this!

  • wow...so inspiring....i bow to true indians like harish...u r what i call a indians to d core!

  • how can i get the email address of harish...even i was planning a similar solar project in kerala

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