ET: IIT-Madras seeks to brighten lives of 300 million power-starved Indians

With ingenious tech tweak, IIT-Madras seeks to brighten lives of 300 million power-starved Indians.

Shaitanram, a farmer from Likhmasar village on the edge of the Thar Desert has for the first time this year tasted the benefits of having electricity in his home and says “his five member household has literally seen a new dawn”.

He is one of the early beneficiaries of a new disruptive technology being spearheaded by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras which promises to brighten the lives of the 300 million Indians who have no access to assured electric supply even today.

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