HANDERTO HARISH HANDE

Age: 40

CURRENT DESIGNATION: Managing Director, Selco Solar Light (P) Limited

EDUCATION: Schooling from Rourkela Public School (1986) Undergraduation in Energy engineering from IIT Kharagpur (1990) Masters (Topic—Rural Electrification in Dominican Republic) and PhD (Topic— Rural electrification in India and Sri Lanka and Does Solar Make Sense?) from University of Massachusetts, Lowell (1995)

CAREER TRACK: He launched Selco in 1995 and this has been his only career

LEADERSHIP STYLE: Unassuming. “He does not lead, but moves with the team”

FAMILY: Wife Rupal is a software engineer in the US and daughter Adhishri

HOBBIES: If he gets a chance, hockey is what he likes to watch on TV. Used to play hockey in school and at IIT. He is also “seriously looking at water issues”

FAVOURITE QUOTE: The maxim that has made him what he is: Solar is expensive for the rich and affordable for the poor”

GOAL IN LIFE: To create modules and solutions for the next generation to replicate Selco model in India