OUR STORY
WE STARTED WITHIN SELCO INDIA
SELCO Foundation started in 2008 as SELCO Innovation Labs
Drying clothes in rainy season, yellow lighting for banana vendors, drudgery in tea picking, energy requirements for school students etc were some of the rural issues that the SELCO Innovation labs worked on while being a part of SELCO Solar Light Pvt Ltd (the enterprise) from 2008 to 2010. Such grass root energy-driven problems are impossible to find, read or understand through desk research, without experiencing it first hand. The solutions are even more challenging and complex to develop and replicate. Moreover, the ecosystem required for any enterprise based solution for very poor communities to sustain and scale is completely missing or lacking. SELCO Foundation was registered in 2010 to bridge this gap in high risk innovation and ecosystem development for under-served communities by using philanthropic capital.
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