XLRI, Jamshedpur CEO Forum addressed by Dr. Harish Hande, Founder & MD, SELCO India
"CEO Forum" is a lecture series organized by XLRI School of Business & Human Resources Jamshedpur to showcase its commitment towards providing the students with the best exposure to the practical world.
Tweet-- Dr Harish Hande, Founder & Managing Director, SELCO India, has addressed the CEO Forum on August 11th, 2009 at XLRI, Jamshedpur: School of Business & Human Resources. Addressing the students, faculty and a number of Jamshedpur citizens on “Sustainable Solar Energy for Rural & Under-Served Markets” Dr Hande shared his personal experience with one and all present at the Forum.
“CEO Forum” is a lecture series organized by XLRI School of Business & Human Resources Jamshedpur to showcase its commitment towards providing the students with the best exposure to the practical world. The Speaker usually talks about the operations of his organization which is immensely valuable and inspirational for the entrepreneurial minds of the students.
Describing the purpose of the CEO Forum, Fr E Abraham, director of XLRI, stated, “In this forum we invite innovative leaders from industry and social sectors to interact and share their experience with our students and faculty. We want the students to get exposed to a wide variety of role models, and become responsible citizens and managers.
At the CEO Forum Dr Harish Hande, Founder & MD, SELCO India said, “most initiatives in the social sector have failed due to fallacy that the poor can’t afford and maintain solar technology. In its 16 years of existence, SELCO has proved that with a right combination of technology and micro-financing instruments, it is possible to reach the solar power to the poor at affordable price “on their doorsteps
Dr Hande further emphasized that, “Judicious and innovative use of technology is the key to poverty alleviation. However, technology per se is not the solution. Rather, it has to be supported by customized micro-financial instrument so that it becomes affordable for the poor. SELCO, for instance, not only provides the solar panels and lamps, but also helps the customers avail micro-loans from financial institutions to buy them on installment.
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About Dr Harish Hande & SELCO India:
Dr Harish Hande isa graduate from IIT Kharagpur in Energy Engineering, andan MTech and PhD. in Energy Engineering from the University of Massachusetts, USA.
SELCO INDIA, a social venture to promote sustainable technologies in rural India. With its headquarters in Bangalore, SELCO has 25 branches in Karnataka and Gujarat. Today SELCO INDIA has installed solar lighting systems in over100,000 households in the rural areas of these states.
For his outstanding work on promoting sustainable energy for rural & under-served markets, Dr Hande was honoured with the Ashden Award for Sustainable Energy 2005 and Tech Museum Award 2005. Harish has also received the world’s leading green energy award from Prince Charles in 2005. In 2007 SELCO INDIA won the Ashden Outstanding Achievement Award.He is also the winner of the Corporate Responsibility 2009 Award by Financial Times.
In 2008, Harish Hande was chosen by Business Today as one of the 21 young leaders for India’s 21st century. In mid 2008, India Today named him one of the 50 Pioneers of Change in India.
About XLRI Jamshedpur: School of Business & Human Resources
XLRI School of Business & Human Resources is an AICTE-recognised premier management institute in India, established in 1949 in Jamshedpur. Founded by the Jesuit Society, XLRI has been a pioneer in the field of management education for over six decades, and has remained committed to the principles of Excellence with Integrity and Social Concern.
XLRI offers wide-ranging educational programs to meet the specific needs of individuals and organizations, which include 2-year full-time programs in Business Management and in Personnel Management & Industrial Relations, 1-year full-time Executive MBA (called General Management Program), part-time management programs in Dubai and Singapore for practicing executives, and a number of specialized certificate courses through satellite platform. With its faculty strength of more than 70, the institute also provides consultancy services, management training programs and applied research services to private and public sector organizations, government, and to social/development sector.