Azure Power's rise in the Indian solar world

Reblogged from GigaOM:

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After spending years in the U.S. acquiring an MBA and working at several tech companies, Inderpreet Wadhwa returned to his native India to build a solar power business. India is an emerging market for solar, and many residents have no access to electricity and blackouts can be common. Now his company, Azure Power, will be building one of India’s first megawatt-scale rooftop solar projects that will put solar panels on dozens of rooftops and share revenues from power sales with building owners.

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A country has done something right, when her best and brightest return to genuinely make a difference. It's sustainable and scalable (to borrow from the American India Foundation's standards) and is a chance at real change and impact.

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