Prof Chetan Solanki and his team's "SoULS Initiative” has won the 1st Grand Prize in the IEEE’s Empower a Billion Lives (EBL) competition, the Finals of which was held during Sept 28th - Oct 1st at Baltimore, USA. The award includes a citation and grand prize of $100,000.

IEEE’s EBL is a global competition aimed at fostering innovation to develop solutions to energy access. They qualified for the Global Finals, after winning the South Asia Regional round held in Dec 2018.

Congratulations to Prof. Chetan Solanki and their team members.

Media Coverage:

www.businesswire.com/news/home/20191003005611/en/Team-SoULS-Wins-100000-IEEE%E2%80%99s-Empower-Billion

www.ndtv.com/education/iit-bombay-solar-initiative-wins-us-prize-worth-rs-71-lakh-2110767