Rajendra K. Pachauri - Lighting A Billion Lives Initiative

Lighting A Billion Lives Initiative

Pachauri conceptualized and launched Lighting a Billion Lives Initiative in 2005 to bring electricity to energy starved rural areas of India through solar energy. The initiative has taken solar energy to remote places like Sundarbans, West Bengal and Thar Desert, Rajasthan.

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