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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Harish Hande <br />
| image = Harish Hande - India Economic Summit 2011.jpg<br />
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| caption = Hande at the [[World Economic Forum]] India Economic Summit in 2011<br />
| birth_place = Handattu, [[Udupi Taluk]], [[Udupi District]], [[Karnataka]]<br />
| occupation = [[Social entrepreneur]]<br />
| awards = [[Ramon Magsaysay Award]] 2011<br />
| alma mater = [[IIT Kharagpur]]<br>[[University of Massachusetts Lowell]]<br />
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'''Harish Hande''' (born Handerto Harish Hande) is an [[India]]n [[social entrepreneur]], who co-founded [[SELCO]] India in 1995.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businesstoday.in/magazine/special/solar-crusader--harish-hande/story/1183.html|title=Solar crusader - Harish Hande- Business News|website=www.businesstoday.in|access-date=2019-04-05}}</ref> He was awarded with the [[Ramon Magsaysay Award]] for 2011 for "his pragmatic efforts to put solar power technology in the hands of the poor, through his social enterprise SELCO India".<ref>{{cite news |title= Bangalorean gets Ramon Magsaysay Award|url= http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Bangalore/article2300127.ece |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=28 July 2011 }}</ref><br />
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== Early life ==<br />
He was born in Handattu, [[Kundapura|Udupi]] Taluk, [[Udupi District]], [[Karnataka]], and raised in [[Rourkela]], [[Orissa, India]].<br />
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After completing his basic schooling in Orissa in [[Ispat English Medium School]], he went to [[IIT Kharagpur]] for his undergraduate studies in energy engineering and graduated in 1990.<ref>{{Cite web|title = A toast to IIT Kharagpur|url = http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/books/article2885945.ece|website = The Hindu Business Line|access-date = 2016-01-02}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Bhattacharya|first=Saumya|date=13 January 2008|title=Solar Crusader|journal=Business Today}}</ref> He then went to the U.S. to do his master's degree and later PhD in energy engineering at the [[University of Massachusetts Lowell]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title = Social Entrepreneur: Harish Hande (Part 1)|url = http://www.sramanamitra.com/2007/05/10/social-entrepreneur-harish-hande-part-1/|website = One Million by One Million|date = 10 May 2007|access-date = 2016-01-02}}</ref> Hande left the active management of SELCO INDIA in 2014 and became the CEO of SELCO Foundation.{{fact|date=March 2021}}<br />
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== Career ==<br />
Hande co-founded SELCO INDIA (in 1995), a [[social enterprise]], to eradicate poverty by promoting sustainable technologies in rural India. SELCO India is a social enterprise that provides [[sustainable energy]] services to the poor in India.<ref>{{cite news |title=Nileema Mishra, Harish Hande win Magsaysay award|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-07-27/india/29820340_1_ramon-magsaysay-magsaysay-award-solar-lights |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130820050345/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-07-27/india/29820340_1_ramon-magsaysay-magsaysay-award-solar-lights |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 August 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=27 Jul 2011 }}</ref><br />
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== Awards and recognitions ==<br />
SELCO India under the leadership of Hande has won the [[Ashden Award]] for Sustainable Energy 2005 and Accenture Economic Development Award for 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.techawards.org/laureates/stories/index.php?id=104|title = The Tech Awards Laureates 2005|access-date = 16 July 2011}}</ref> In 2007 SELCO INDIA again won the Ashden Award, this time for "Outstanding Achievement" in energy sector.<ref>{{Cite web|title = International winners 2007|url = http://www.ashdenawards.org/finalists_2007|website = Ashden Awards, sustainable and renewable energy in the UK and developing world|access-date = 2016-01-02|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071230062003/http://www.ashdenawards.org/finalists_2007|archive-date = 30 December 2007|url-status = dead}}</ref> The award was presented by [[Al Gore]], former vice president of the United States of America. <br />
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Hande was named the Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2007 by the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title = Harish Hande {{!}} Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship|url = http://www.schwabfound.org/content/harish-hande|website = www.schwabfound.org|access-date = 2016-01-02}}</ref> and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20071121114708/http://www.khemkafoundation.org/ Nand & Jeet Khemka Foundation]. In 2008, Hande was chosen by Business Today as one of the "21 young leaders for India’s 21st century".<ref name=":0" /> Later, in June 2008, [[India Today]] named him one of the 50 pioneers of change in India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.digitaltoday.in/index.php?option=com_content&issueid=60&task=view&id=10476&Itemid=1|title=Let there be light|publisher=India Today|date=26 June 2008|access-date=16 July 2012}}</ref> He was elected an [https://www.ashoka.org/en-US/fellow/harish-hande Ashoka Fellow] in 2008. In 2011 he was awarded the Magsaysay Award.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Two Indians among winners of Magsaysay Award 2011 - Rediff.com India News|url = http://www.rediff.com/news/report/two-indians-among-winners-of-magsaysay-award-2011/20110727.htm|website = www.rediff.com|access-date = 2016-01-02}}</ref><br />
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Hande was also awarded the Karnataka [[Rajyotsava Prashasti]] in 2011 by the Government of [[Karnataka]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = Karnataka: Harish Hande among 50 state awardees|url = http://ibnlive.in.com/news/karnataka-harish-hande-among-50-state-awardees/197777-60-115.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111104021016/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/karnataka-harish-hande-among-50-state-awardees/197777-60-115.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 2011-11-04|website = IBNLive|access-date = 2016-01-02}}</ref> In 2013 the trustees of [[University of Massachusetts]] awarded him the [[Doctorate of Humane Letters]].<ref>{{Citation|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mG0CAXhGXl0|access-date = 2016-01-02}}</ref> In 2014 [[IIT Kharagpur]] conferred upon him the distinguished alumnus award.{{fact|date=December 2019}}<br />
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