The document provides information about a 3 day solar entrepreneurship workshop and challenge held from January 28-30, 2019. 84 people registered for the workshop, of which 35 participants were selected for the final pitching round. Over the 3 days, participants received training on topics like energy access solar applications, product design, business model creation, financials, customer development, and how to pitch to investors. 20 participants then pitched their solar business ideas to venture capitalists. The judges evaluated the pitches on various parameters and winners were selected. The workshop aimed to support entrepreneurs and students with innovative solar energy ideas through training, incubation support, and industry connections.

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About the Program
If you are an entrepreneur or a student with an innovative idea or prototype
in solar energy, the Solar Entrepreneurship Challenge is a great opportunity
to receive training on making your pitch and be selected for one-year
handholding support through incubation, and industry connections. You can
present your innovation at the challenge and get instant validation and
feedback from our expert panel. If your idea is selected to be among the top
contestant's pool, you can get enrolled in a free pre-incubation program with
Sangam-AIC and internship in industries
What we looked for
We were looking for enthusiastic and committed individuals for developing
entrepreneurship with innovative idea. The idea should create sustainable
environmental impact through affordable solar energy applications.
What was in it for the Enetrpreurs
Training on making pitches to investors.
An opportunity to scratch the itch of entrepreneurship and test validity of
your idea in real world. You will be pitching your idea in front of investors
and industry experts who can give you actionable and valuable feedback.
Handholding support to all the winner’s applicants through Incubation,
training and internship
Also, a chance to get associated with SCGJ, Schneider Electric Foundation
India, AIC-Sangam backed by NITI Aayog and Sangam Ventures.
Selection Process of Enthusiast Entrepreneurs

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Agenda of the Workshop
Day-1
Topic Time Trainer
Energy access solar energy
applications and sustainable
livelihood
2PM- 3:30PM SCGJ
Product Design and Product/
Market Fit
3:30PM -4:30PM Sangam-AIC
Exhibitions Visit 4:30PM onwards SCGJ
Day-2
Customer Development 10:00AM to10:30AM Sangam-AIC
Business model creation and
financials
10:30Am to 11:30
PM
Sangam-AIC
Business canvas design and pitch
deck
11:30 pm to 1:00PM Sangam-AIC
Online Assessment 1:00PM to 1:30PM Assessment by SCGJ
Lunch break – 1:30PM to 2:30PM
Pitch presentation 2:30PM to 5PM Jury Members*
Day-3 -Award Ceremony - 3:00PM to 4:30PM
84 people registered for the Solar Entrepreneurship workshop cum
Challenge. After Screening 35 enthusiastic, budding entrepreneurs
were assessed for the final round of Pitching. 20 Participants having
different business ideas, technology Driven pitched their business
before the VC’s (Venture Capitalists).
The Judges analyzed the business pitch based upon the following five
parameters:
• Relevance
• innovation
• potential
• sustainability
• pitch presentation

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List of Participants Registered for the Workshop
S.no Name of applicant S.no Name of applicant
1 Ajeet Kumar 43 Monika sen
2 Nandan Korgaonkar 44 GIRISANKAR T J
3 Yogesh kumar Singh 45 Vinit Pratap Pardeshi
4 Manojkumar Patil 46 GANESH CHAUDHARY
5 Shubhendu ranjan 47 Shubham Rawat
6 Piyush Pal 48 Raj Bahadur Ranjan
7 nikhat perveen khan 49 Pushpak Aggarwal
8 Bharati Dipak Patil 50 MISTRY A MATIN
9 Sarvesh 51 Utkarsh Jha
10 Ramkumar Patel 52 MUKESH SHARMA
11 Dilip kumar divakar 53 BRIJENDRA TIWARI
12 Pawan kumar 54 RAJ KUMAR MISHRA
13 Sharwan Kumar 55 DIPANKUR SHRIVASTAVA
14 Vikash kumar 56 ANUJ MISHRA
15 Prakash 57 Amol Ramkrishna Ghule
16 Nikhil kumar 58 SUBHAM VISHWAKARMA
17 Pawan kumar 59 DIVYANSHU SINGH BHADOURIYA
18 Anant Kumar prasad 60 SHUBENDU SARKAR
19 Mohammad rajib 61 Bilaval Aziz
20 Vikash kumar 62 SONU KUMAR
21 anil kumar 63 ASHUTOSH CHAUDHRI
22 SUDHAKAR 64 Aman Kumar Gupta
23 SUDHAKAR 65 Rahul Kumar Yadav
24 RAKESH BAGORIYA 66 Mohandas n
25 Sonu 67 Bharatesh Medar
26
GYANAKIRAN INSTITUTE OF
INTEGRAL STUDIES 68 Shaunak Oza
27 Safiur Rahman 69 Asim Bisayee
28 Bhuvan joshi 70 richa singh
29 Safiur Rahman 71 Vipin Bansal
30 Chandan Kumar 72 Jeetendra Jangir
31 Nirankar Mishra 73 Jagriti Jain
32 Manoj Bajra 74 RAM KUMAR Y
33 MAHFUZ ALAM 75 Guna Raj Khanal
34 MAHFUZ ALAM 76 Amit sharma
35 Gaurav Pratap 77 Ashok kumar
36 Jasjot singh 78 Qaisar ansari
37 Animesh Panigrahi 79 Vijay Singh
38 Utkarsh Kumar Pal 80 Divyadeep Chaudhary
39 SHEWALI BORTHAKUR 81 Rakesh Ranjan
40 Jayanth 82 Ms Jagriti Jain
41 Girisankar T J 83 Shri Amit Sharma
42 Satish Kumar Ghosle 84 Shri Y. RamKumar

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Glimpses of the Workshop
SIGMA
SUMMIT

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About the Participants
VIPIN BANSAL
Jaipur, Rajastan
Currently working develop affordable PV
based dc water geyser ,rice cooker,
induction cooktop etc.
LUCIOLE, a solar lantern, is the solution to the perennial problem to
the woes of the rural people. It’s made from recycled waste with an
indigenous design and unique features. The product is still at the
design building stage, but a similar product has been tried and
validated by my customer segments during my awareness
campaigns. Research is still on to add more value to the product.
Though the markets are flooded with solar lanterns imported from
china and assembled lanterns in India. By the time the lantern
reaches the end user, questions arise about the affordability
quotient, the products quality and easily available after sales
services. The potential market for the lanterns could be derived from
the Directorate of Assam, census data which mentions the total no
of unelectrified villages in upper Assam only i.e Jorhat – 72, Golaghat
– 74, Dibrugarh -6 just to name a few. Assuming that each village has
a household of around 75 – 100 household for a small village and for
a medium village about 150 – 250 households. LUCIOLE would be
assembled and marketed by WE SERVICES based in Jorhat, Assam.
Post extensive research and surveys conducted by WE, the result
oriented data brought out the exact spending capacity of a village
house hold and the affordability quotient. WE’s provides various
selling proposition to ensure consistent cash flow. The approach
would be both B to B and B to C segments. Self Help Groups and
NGO’s would be an integral part of the business plan.
Shewali Borthakur,
Jorhat, Assam

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About the Participants
Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh Mr. Pawan kumar
I want to organize seminars and
exhibition about solar energy
systems in my rural areas to make
people aware about the solar
energy, So that they can reduce
their electricity bill.
Mr. Shubham Rawat,
Delhi
I've purpose my 4 bussines model plans
1) 1 Kw plant installation in balcony of
apartments
2) Micro Ac/Dc grid for rural areas so that
they have 24*7 electricity and that will
create employment for them
3) PV rechargeable based E- rickshaw.
4) 4) PV small plant (Kw scale) Cleaning
through unskilled and unprivileged
peoples.

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About the Participants
Dilip kumar
Kanpur, UP
Set up a solar Exhibition center in Kanpur
city
Develop Solar Products that can be useful for
Rural Markets
Raj Bahadur Ranjan,
Begusarai, Bihar

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About the Participants
Manojkumar patil
Nanded,
Maharashtra
Green Building :- Self Sufficiency Solar DC
system for residential building
I want to Start up Solar Service Center Pan India. Why? Because today
Company's are Focusing on Only Sales Because Profits. and Less Focusing
on Service. and some of company's closed there Operations. While Selling
the Solar Products Company's says very proudly that Solar Systems
Investment is long term Investment and it will work for you 20 to 25 Years.
Small Example: If Company Install today 1 KW Solar System. and It will give
warranty on the systems. 1) Solar PV Module - 5 to 10 Years on power
generation 80% to 90%. 2) Battery - 2 to 4 Years 3) Solar Inverter -2 to 4
Years. After 2 Years if Company closed. if System has problem then where
this Customer has to go for Service? Out side No one is Technical sound to
Find out the Fault & repair the system. This is one customer problem and
Across Indian Population is Large in Size. Hence I want to Start up
Authorized Solar Service Center Across India. Today "After Sales Service is
the Back bone for Solar PV and Solar Thermal Industry." Company Aim is to
give: 1) Best Quality of Solar System Installations by Highly Trained
Technicians. 2) Solar System After Sales Services, By Highly Technically
Trained Technicians. 3) Site Survey 4) Our Company will provide Pan India
Service within 24 Hours. 5) Service with Affordable Price. 6) Keep Customer
Always Happy pan India & Abroad. Large Market Size to cater Service to
the Customers. My Company aim is to Create 1000 Employment
Opportunity. About Me: As I'm Started my career with Shell Solar India Pvt
Ltd ( MNC, Royal Dutch Shell groups of Company ) since 2003. and to today
I'm Master Trainer for Skill Council for Green Jobs. and Holding 12 Years of
work experience in Solar Industry and Management Teaching 3 Years. I
seen very closely Customer pain while Service provider is no more in the
Business. Hence this is my Idea to support solar pv and thermal Industry
with After Sales Service support to accomplish Solar P V mission in India
and Keep Solar Customer Happy always 24 x 7 in India. I'm seriously
Looking for Capital Ventures & Investors to invest in my Company and Join
Hands with us to contribute to the Accomplish Solar Mission In India.
Bharatesh. Medar,
Karnataka

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Ramkumar Patel
Chattisgarh
AGROPHOTOVOLTICS
Ganesh Chaudhary,
Kalyan, Maharashra
our patented Smart Automatic Solar PV
Module Cleaning System, which will be useful
in cleaning the entire solar plant every day at
desired time economically & efficiently.

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Vinit P Pardeshi,
Pune
Smart Automatic Solar Module Cleaning
System which will require less water and is
contact free system.
I am pursuing advance solar professional
course in NISE as a advance solar professional
i want to open my solar EPC company
because
India has huge potential for solar and with
good plan to capture india's urban area
where mostly people do not know about
solar net metring policy and that kind of
areas couldn't coverd by any solar company
ASIM KHAN, Shawar
Uttar Pradesh

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