Apr 30 2018
Perspective
An early-morning fresh market in the middle of Salingyi town in Central Myanmar is bustling with farmers, traders, and entrepreneurs coming from surrounding villages to sell assorted agricultural produce and …
Feb 20 2018
Perspective
Every Earth Day, those of us who live in the perpetual glow of electronic devices, screens and city lights are implored to reduce our energy use to soften our carbon …
Feb 12 2018
Speeches
As delivered on Monday, February 12, 2018, at New Delhi, India Thank you very much. I also want to thank my friend and former colleague, Mark White, with Shri Desh Deepak …
Feb 07 2018
Perspective
In December, The Rockefeller Foundation President Dr. Rajiv Shah invited me to talk with him about next generation impact during his first visit to Southeast Asia. As a young and …
Jan 22 2018
Perspective
India currently reports 99.4% electrification, yet there are 304 million people who still lack access to electricity according to the recent draft of the National Energy Policy (NEP) issued by …
Jan 19 2018
Perspective
The Asia-Pacific is a land of promise.
Even as the region does continue to face real economic and social challenges – for example, its mushrooming megacities, which are seeing the world’s …
Jan 11 2018
Perspective
About 300 million people in India, most of them in rural areas, live without reliable electricity. Without electricity, people’s livelihood options are limited, access to basic services is restricted, and …
Jan 03 2018
Perspective
Government affirmation of off-grid models being a complementary way of viable electricity provision will be critical to unlocking market potential. A quarter of the world’s energy poor live in India. This …
Dec 17 2017
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Video
Tech & innovation can transform how rural people get power. Our president, Dr. Rajiv J. Shah, takes you behind the scenes of a mini-grid in Bihar, India. Our new collaboration with Tata …
Sep 17 2017
Perspective
See firsthand the transformative power of energy access on people’s lives by viewing “Power in Hand”: a virtual reality experience. Mobile users, click to view the virtual reality film on YouTube …