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OVERVIEW

An individual’s inability to access electricity is one of the defining indicators of poverty in a country. Electricity allows access to better education and the opportunity for industry and business to flourish. But according to World Bank figures, approximately 200 million people in India lack access to electricity. Majority of rural India relies on kerosene and other fuels to meet their lighting needs, which is hazardous to both their health and to the environment. Moreover, inadequate lighting makes it hard for children to study and makes medical aid inaccessible at night.

In an effort to provide a clean and affordable lighting solution to rural India, our “Light a Home” project was born. Our Program aims to take clean and affordable lighting to 360 million people in India living in 74 million rural households. These houses have no access to electricity. SSRDP provides high-quality and cost effective Solar Lanterns, Home Lighting Systems and Solar Cookers, distributed through Solar Centers across India. These Centres are operated and managed by local ‘Yuvacharyas’ trained specifically under the initiative.

OUR GOALS

Access to Cost-effective, Renewable and Uninterrupted energy

Impacting Lives by Lighting Home

Improving Health and Safety conditions.

Inspiring Community Youth leaders towards Sustainable execution

Mobilizing and Uniting Communities towards a common Solution

Empowering local community, leading towards Increased Economic activity

Enabling Education among Rural Children, promoting Socio-Economic development.

Make access to medical aid possible even at night

OUR EXECUTION MODEL

COORDINATION WITH LOCAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT STAKEHOLDERS

All Relevant district, state & National government agencies are consulted and Involved to kick start the Project. This ensures coordination between key-partners and local stakeholders especially in sensitive rural villages, so that our vision is cordially

COMMUNITY RAPPORT BUILDING AND SENSITISATION

Village level meetings are conducted to Introduce Project plans to local leaders and stakeholders, and simultaneously gather their inputs. Nav Chetna Shivir and Bal Chetna Shivir (NCS/BCS) specialised community courses of The Art of Living to share Human values and belongingness that leads to a peaceful society with an attitude of selfless service.

LOCAL CAPACITY BUILDING

Considerable amount of village representatives especially the local youth undertake Youth Leadership Program (YLTP). A wide spectrum of in-depth training with regard to their physical, mental and emotional development equipping them to deal with any challenging situation effortlessly. After successful completion of the programme, they would become Village Yuvacharyas who will be an aid during the installation of solar panels.

CREATING RURAL MANAGERS

A group of exceptional Yuvacharyas are selected to participate in a Rural Managers Training Programme (RMTP). They would be equipped with techniques that help them identify community problems, train them in good documentation skills required for monitoring and evaluation of projects.

SETTING UP SOLAR MICRO GRIDS:

SSRDP designs and develops service-specific micro grids dedicated to providing household lighting and mobile phone charging. The design requires 90% less solar power generation capacity per customer compared to traditional solar powered micro grids.

SUSTAINABLE MODEL OF LIGHT A HOME PROGRAM

The Experts of SSRDP partnered with local During the period of installation, they would receive on-the-job training on solar systems operations. This means that after the project is complete, they would be prepared to provide routine maintenance to villagers when repairs are needed. To ensure ownership from community members for publicly owned systems, such as those in the school, community centres or streets, a community fund will be created.

OUR SERVICES

  • Net Metering Solutions (Including Utility Liaising).
  • Engineering, Procurement, Construction & Commissioning Solutions (EPC/Turnkey).
  • Engineering and Consultancy Services (Detailed Design Engineering).
  • Project Management Consultancy Services (PMC).
  • Project Installation and Commissioning services.
  • Solar Power Plant Operation & Maintenance Services.
  • Advanced technical training.

OUR STRENGTHS

  • Experts in Rooftop and Ground mounted Solar Power plants.
  • Large business and service network in PAN India.
  • Use advance technical software for engineering and design.
  • Use advance and innovative technical product/brand.
  • Government certified human resources for design, erection,
  • construction, operation, commissioning, testing and maintenance services.