Harish Hande is a renewable energy entrepreneur with over 27 years of grassroots experience in understanding, developing and deploying sustainable energy solutions for underserved communities. Born in Karnataka, India, Harish went on to pursue his graduation from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and a PhD from University of Massachusetts.
In order to catalyze deployment of sustainable solutions, SELCO operates at every level of the system and at every point in the supply chain, to build an ecosystem that increases accessibility, affordability, and appropriate renewable energy solutions for the poor.
Today SELCO is an umbrella of organizations, each tasked to address gaps in the energy access ecosystem namely SELCO India (1994), energy access enterprise; SELCO Foundation (2010), non profit R&D, SELCO Incubation Centre (2012), nurturing grass roots energy enterprises and finally SELCO Fund (2016), deploy patient capital.
Clean EnergyEconomic OpportunityEnvironmental SustainabilityHealthLivelihoodsLiving ConditionsPeaceSustainable MarketsWomen's and Girls' EducationYouth Job Skills
Central and Southern Asia, Eastern and Southern Africa
